Kathy Overbeke

Kathy K. Overbeke, DBA, family business consultant, entrepreneur, researcher, and author, draws on her experience as an entrepreneur and practitioner-scholar to help individuals and businesses discover strengths to conceive new possibilities and reach desired outcomes. She is a family business advisor and executive coach who works with Fortune 500, middle-market, and small businesses. When working with family businesses, Dr. Overbeke aims to keep the entrepreneurial fire alive while...See more

Kathy K. Overbeke, DBA, family business consultant, entrepreneur, researcher, and author, draws on her experience as an entrepreneur and practitioner-scholar to help individuals and businesses discover strengths to conceive new possibilities and reach desired outcomes. She is a family business advisor and executive coach who works with Fortune 500, middle-market, and small businesses. When working with family businesses, Dr. Overbeke aims to keep the entrepreneurial fire alive while maintaining family harmony. She is informed by empirical research when helping family businesses plan for the future and when helping to develop leaders. Dr. Overbeke has published original research in academic journals and has presented her research internationally. She has also published in popular journals such as Psychology Today . She was an entrepreneur for over twenty-five years before returning to school to earn her doctorate in management. Subsequently she founded GPS: Generation Planning Strategies, LLC, joined the executive coaching staff at Case Western Reserve University, and became an adjunct professor of leadership, marketing, and independent studies at various colleges. generationplanningstrategies.com See less