
Strong Roots, Room to Grow: The Individual Side of Family Succession
In this episode, we’re joined by Perry Gladstone, a confidential coach, advisor, and family enterprise transition specialist at Perry Gladstone Consulting. Drawing on his experience building and selling Limited Snowboards and reinventing himself along the way, Perry brings a personal understanding to the decisions facing founders and rising-generation leaders. Our conversation considers how unspoken expectations influence the roles family members accept, what it means to honour a legacy while retaining personal choice, and why founders need support in discovering who they want to be as their responsibilities change. We also discuss Perry’s approach to an “individual succession plan” and how greater clarity about each person’s aspirations can inform governance and transition planning. Perry invites us to consider how families can make space for honest conversations about identity, purpose, and what comes next, giving each person the opportunity to contribute in a way that is meaningful to them. About Perry Gladstone Perry Gladstone is a confidential advisor and thinking partner to a small number of founders, family enterprise leaders, and people who change the world. He has done this work since 2010. Before that, he founded Limited Snowboards, which he grew into Canada's largest snowboard brand and sold. He also co-founded the branding agency Brand & Tonic, produced music videos for Sony Music and radio documentaries for CBC Radio, set a Canadian national freediving record, and toured three albums as the recording artist Prince Perry. He is the author of FAST & HOT: How to Open Hearts, Win Minds and Create a Better Life in Business and founding partner of The Moonshot Collective. He is also a member of Genius Network and the Leaders Council at the Ultra High Net Worth Institute. He lives in Toronto. Resources discussed in this episode: FAST & HOT: How to Open Hearts, Win Minds and Create a Better Life in Business (Storymine Press, 2012) Separate Coaches, Shared Vision, on parallel coaching, with Doug Baumoel The Person in The Plan (white paper for The Ultra High Net Worth Institute) The Transition Trap (white paper) Contact Cory Gagnon | Beacon Family Office at CI Assante Wealth Management Ltd. Website: BeaconFamilyOffice.com LinkedIn: Cory Gagnon LinkedIn: Beacon Family Office Email: beaconfamilyoffice@assante.com Podcast: Legacy Builders Strategies for Building Successful Family Enterprise Contact Perry Gladstone | Perry Gladstone Consulting: Website: perrygladstone.com | transitiontrap.com Instagram: @perrygladstone LinkedIn: Perry Gladstone Email: perry@perrygladstone.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.











