When married partners work together, the business is never “just business.” Pressure that builds inside the company often shapes the marriage, the leadership team, and the overall sense of wellbeing in ways people rarely acknowledge.
Sarah Lockwood sits down with Kaley Warner Klemp, co-author of The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership and The 80/80 Marriage, to talk about what really happens inside a family business when a couple shares both the home and the helm. Their conversation centers on why partnerships thrive when generosity replaces fairness, why clear roles protect both the relationship and the business, and how the emotional undercurrent of entrepreneurship becomes more complicated when your co-founder is your spouse. 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:
00:00 Marriage and Business Dynamics
03:00 Conscious Leadership in Action
06:12 The 80/80 Marriage Framework
12:10 How Couples Affect Team Culture
17:59 Power Dynamics at Work and at Home
29:52 Repairing Conflict in Front of Your Team
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