Laura Michaud is a family business expert who intimately understands the challenges facing today’s family businesses. As a third-generation owner and executive of Beltone Electronics for nearly 20 years, she was instrumental in growing sales by over 300% in less than two decades by focusing on sales, marketing, and most of all, people. She led the company’s sales department to gross over $150 million in revenue.

As a nationally recognized speaker, author and family business coach, Laura shares her expertise with family-businesses and their employees to help them improve their performance, enhance their relationships, and work through the various transitions that are inevitable in family-owned companies. Since 1998, she has worked with thousands of family businesses across the country. When it comes to growing and operating a family-owned business, classroom theory cannot substitute for real-world experience. Laura is sensitive to family business issues, having been in the trenches herself.

Laura knows her subject inside-out and understands how to communicate it in a manner that is both informative and entertaining. As one of today’s most sought-after family business experts, Laura’s articles and interviews have appeared in hundreds of magazines and newspapers, such as Entrepreneur, Executive Excellence, Family Business Magazine, Crain’s Chicago Business and Home Business Journal. She has been featured on numerous radio programs across the country.

As author of the groundbreaking book From the Kitchen Table to the Conference Table: Family Business Communication, Laura shares the wealth of knowledge she has gained through her many years as a successful family business owner, VP of Sales and Marketing, board member, and family business consultant. She provides real-world solutions to help family-owned businesses manage conflict, establish effective communication, address entitlement and succession issues, build a strong organizational structure and ensure the future of the business.