EP 117: Working With Your Spouse in a Family Business: How Married Co-Founders Stay Healthy & Happy Together
from The Conscious Entrepreneur | Leadership, Self-Awareness & Mindset
by Sarah Lockwood | Conscious Entrepreneur
Published: Mon Dec 01 2025
Show Notes
If you are wondering if you should work with your husband or wife, or for tips and tricks to stay married when you work together, you are in the right place today! When married partners work together, the business is never “just business.” Working in a #familybusiness is a dynamic that impacts the partners at home and at work, and it impacts everyone in the company, too.
Kaley Warner Klemp, co-author of The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership and The 80/80 Marriage, discusses actionable tips to help partnerships thrive. She shares suggestions for aiming for generosity rather than fairness, why clear roles protect both the relationship and the business, and how spouses can repair after conflict when you are doing it in front of the whole company.
They discuss the quieter questions leaders rarely ask out loud. How do power dynamics shift when work and home blend so closely? What do employees notice before the couple does? What helps a team feel steady when conflict between partners surfaces in real time?
Kaley offers tools for conversations, visible repair, and the kind of leadership that supports long-term wellbeing for the couple and the company. It’s a grounded look at working with your partner in a way that strengthens both the business and the relationship behind it.
Episode Breakdown:
Marriage and Business Dynamics
Conscious Leadership in Action
The 80/80 Marriage Framework
How Couples Affect Team Culture
Power Dynamics at Work and at Home
Repairing Conflict in Front of Your Team
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