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The GLOBO Program

The program that helps you master the Graduate Level of business ownership.

Somewhere along the way, the business stopped teaching you and started consuming you. The Program is where that changes. It is a guided path to owning at the Graduate Level, where you learn to run your business like an investor instead of its hardest-working employee, so it grows in value, runs without you, and funds the life you actually want. Taught by the people who wrote the book, with your own business as the material.

Why a program, not a fix

You didn't stop being capable. You stopped having room to think.

Most business advice treats the owner as a problem to be solved: install these systems, follow this manual, and get out of the way. That misses what got you here. You are good at this. What you have not had is the time, the framework, or a guide to step back and work on the business the way an investor would.

The Graduate Level is a way of thinking before it is a set of tasks, and it is best learned the way you learned everything else that stuck: by doing it, on something real. So we teach it against your own company and the actual decisions in front of you. You come out the other side owning your business differently, and for good.

What you'll master

Eight ways of thinking that separate an owner from an operator.

The Program works through all eight, in the order that fits your situation, always against the real decisions in your business rather than as theory.

01

Plan the life first

Decide what you actually want from your life, then make the business the engine that funds it, not the thing that consumes it.

02

Own like an investor

Step back from running the business day to day and start directing it the way an investor would, for return and for freedom.

03

Build a business that runs without you

Lower the dependency in both directions, so the business no longer needs you in the room and you no longer need it to feel whole.

04

Grow a team that carries the plan

Develop leaders who are accountable and capable, so the strategy holds up when you step away.

05

Lead by the numbers

Put reporting in place that shows you where the business truly stands, so you decide with clarity instead of instinct.

06

Close the Value Gap

Learn what actually drives your business's worth, and grow it on purpose toward the number your future needs.

07

Face the human side

Work through the parts no one else asks about: identity, letting go, family dynamics, and co-owner tension.

08

Plan for what if, and what's next

Protect the business against the unexpected, and design an exit on your own terms and timetable.

The path

A path that meets you where you are.

Start with a room of owners or a focused conversation, and go as deep as your situation calls for, all the way to working directly and exclusively with the author.

01
Start together

Workshop

Half or full dayBest if you want to begin in a room of owners, learning the ideas alongside people who get it.

A room of owners works through the Graduate Level traits together and scores how dependent each business is on its owner. You leave knowing exactly where you stand, and the one thing worth working on first.

  • A self-assessment workbook to keep
  • Your business's owner-dependency score
  • A clear first move
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02
Get clarity

Discovery

4 to 6 weeksBest if you want one clear, honest picture of where you and the business actually stand.

A guided deep-dive with you, and your spouse or partner if they share the decision. Over four to six weeks we work through the three questions most owners never sit still long enough to answer: what do you actually want from your life, how much will that take, and what is the business truly worth today.

We connect all three into one picture, so the number in your head finally meets the numbers on paper, and you can see the gap between where the business is and where your future needs it to be. You finish Discovery with clarity and a plan, not just a diagnosis.

  • A one-page Owner's Blueprint: your goals, your timeline, and the life the business is meant to fund
  • A financial-needs number: what your future actually requires from the business
  • A Value Gap estimate: what it's worth today versus where it needs to be
  • A prioritized roadmap of what to work on first, and why
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The core program

Mastery

9 to 12 monthsBest if you're ready to do the real work, with accountability, and change how you own for good.

The heart of the Program, and where the thinking becomes second nature. Over nine to twelve months we work through all eight Graduate Level principles in the order your situation demands, with the accountability that makes change actually hold.

We build the strategy, grow the value, strengthen the leadership team, and put the reporting in place so you can lead by the numbers. Alongside the mechanics, we do the human work of preparing you, your family, and the business for whatever comes next. You are not handed a binder and left to it. You are coached through the real decisions until owning at the Graduate Level is simply how you run.

  • A written strategic plan tied to your personal goals
  • Quarterly value reviews that track real progress
  • A stronger leadership team and a reporting rhythm you trust
  • An exit-options decision, made on purpose rather than by default
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Ronen Shefer, founder of GLOBO Advisors
Direct with the author

One-on-one with Ronen

By application · limited each year

Everything in the Mastery program, delivered personally by Ronen, with deeper access and bespoke attention to the human dynamics most advisors never touch: co-owner conflict, succession tension, and the identity work of letting go. Deliberately limited to a small number of owners each year.

  • The full Mastery program, led personally by Ronen
  • Deeper access and bespoke attention
  • Care for the human side, not just the numbers
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Prefer to start in a room of owners?

Join a live workshop, webinar, or talk.

Built around the Graduate Level method, and the most relaxed way to meet us before you commit to anything.

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Not everything needs the full path

Sometimes you just need a guide for one specific thing.

If you already know the issue in front of you and simply need experienced hands, that is what the GLOBO Projects are for. They can come before the Program, out of it, or entirely on their own. The Program and the Projects work together, each leading naturally to the other.

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Not sure where you fit?

Take the assessment and we'll point you to the right starting place. Or just talk it through with us, no pitch, only a clear read on where you are.