I’ve worked with professionals on personal and organizational levels. None of them have come close to Andrew. A few years ago my oldest son and business partner brought him in. He started with the two of us, father and son, and it didn’t take long to realize how much more was possible if we brought him deeper into the family and the business.
We are not an easy group. Demanding business, four adult kids in the company, strong personalities, real stakes, and enough history between us to make most people uncomfortable. Things have gotten loud. People couldn’t share what they were feeling without it going sideways, but with Andrew in the room we were able to communicate and find real resolution. He didn’t flinch.
When he came in we were coming off a record year that had all of us burned out. Then the market corrected hard. Feast to famine. He was in the middle of all of it, not just as support but actively navigating a complex leadership team through a year of restructuring and then rebuilding. We made changes that were long overdue, had conversations that needed to happen for years, and came out the other side. A family member who had left is back and playing a critical role. Nobody is trying to exit. The company is stronger and better positioned for growth than at any point in our history.
He works with me individually, with my kids, with the leadership team, with us as a family, and with the business itself. The work has become central enough that we’ve taken it into on-site weekend retreats. Several members of our staff, our lawyers, our accountants all know Andrew. He recommends other resources when the work calls for it. He’s become part of the team in a way I didn’t anticipate and couldn’t have planned for.
He walked alongside me through health scares and real personal challenges within the family.
Smart people with real problems need someone who can handle the weight of it. Andrew can. I wouldn’t say that about many people.