Growing up in a Family Business with Joshua Gentine (Ep. 14)
What happens when families lead with curiosity instead of control?
In this episode, Joline Godfrey is joined by Josh Gentine, founder of Bench Consulting and member of the Sargento Foods family, for a deeply personal and practical conversation.
Together, they explore how healthy communication, intentional leadership, and emotional awareness shape thriving families, especially those managing wealth across generations.
Josh discusses:
- How growing up in a legacy business shaped his view of family expectations and personal autonomy
- Why families struggle with communication, and how business frameworks like personality assessments and family meetings can help
- The tension between stability and innovation in multigenerational families
- How vulnerability from the leading generation fosters trust and growth in younger members
- The importance of preparing families emotionally and structurally for the transfer of generational wealth
- And more
Resources:
- Get your copy of Raising Financially Fit Kids!
- Redefining Fatherhood: Lead Dads and Modern Family Dynamics with Paul Sullivan (Ep. 10)
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About our Guest:
Josh Gentine is a coach and family business advisor, helping individuals, entrepreneurs, families, and boards of directors maximize impact. Josh is accredited as a Hogan-Certified coach, Gallup-Certified Strengths coach, and an ICF Certified coach. Josh’s background as an entrepreneur, advisor, corporate board member, and third-generation family business owner gives him a range of perspectives to draw from when advising clients. Josh focuses his time on helping family businesses transition leadership from one generation to the next, coaching family members, entrepreneurs, and senior leaders, and supporting talent strategies across organizations. Josh sits on the board of directors at his family’s company, Sargento Foods, as well as a $700 million ESOP auto dealership group. Additionally, Josh runs family executive round table groups for middle-market and large-cap family-run companies, and he is currently a part-time instructor with UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Family Enterprise Center.
Prior to starting Bench, Josh served as a Manager at Deloitte Consulting, where he focused on mergers & acquisitions as well as co-designing Deloitte Consulting’s global talent operations.
Josh earned his undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Josh returned to Notre Dame following his MBA to study philosophy and theology in the seminary with the intent of becoming a Catholic priest. Josh and his wife, Meredith have two young children, Henry and Juliette, and live in Charlottesville, VA.
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