Celebrating 25 Years of Supporting Business Owners Across America with a Proven Professional Management System
Aileron is a nonprofit organization that believes professional management – a systematic way to run a business – can empower businesses to thrive in any environment. We help business owners grow in professional management so they can lead with competence and confidence, increase team satisfaction, and build sustainable, thriving organizations. In supporting America’s small business owners, Aileron changes the lives of families and communities across the nation.
Celebrating 25 Years of Supporting Business Owners Across America with a Proven Professional Management System
Aileron is a nonprofit organization that believes professional management – a systematic way to run a business – can empower businesses to thrive in any environment. We help business owners grow in professional management so they can lead with competence and confidence, increase team satisfaction, and build sustainable, thriving organizations. In supporting America’s small business owners, Aileron changes the lives of families and communities across the nation.
“Aileron is a support system for business owners and entrepreneurs who are seeking some kind of advice for how to grow or strategically manage their businesses.”
Renee Hoderlein, Owner of Maximum Fire Protection
“Aileron is a support system for business owners and entrepreneurs who are seeking some kind of advice for how to grow or strategically manage their businesses.”
Renee Hoderlein, Owner of Maximum Fire Protection
Founded on the Belief that Small Businesses Improve Lives and Raise the Quality of Life
In aviation, an aileron is the moveable part of the wing that allows an airplane to maintain balance, control, and lift. This concept is the namesake for our organization. We work with private business owners to help them achieve balance, control, and lift in their businesses. Also akin to an airplane, we use a proven systematic approach to help them step back from the day-to-day to get a 30,000-foot view of their business.
Since our founding in 1996 by entrepreneur Clay Mathile and the parallel launch of our flagship program, Course for Presidents®, we’ve welcomed thousands of private business owners from across America into our community – and yet we know our true impact is seen not just in the work we do with them, but the way their businesses create jobs and stability for families and communities across America.
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Growing Businesses Across America with a Proven Professional Management System
Partway through his entrepreneurial journey as the owner of the Iams company, Clay Mathile set out on another dream – building a community of trusted mentors to support small business owners who practice professional management. He believed that when entrepreneurs performed the noble act of putting their own capital at risk, they were also maintaining our country’s wealth, freedom, and prosperity.
Clay founded Aileron to continue his work of honoring, studying, and supporting the entrepreneurial journey. His learnings laid the foundations for Aileron’s DOC System, our unique approach to professional management. He went on to document his leadership approach and the thinking behind the DOC System that enabled him to grow the Iams Company from $500K to $1 billion in Run Your Business, Don’t Let It Run You, a practical guide to living professional management and building a thriving business.
We Are a Thriving Community of DOC System Practitioners
Aileron has welcomed thousands of businesses into our community through our flagship program, Course for Presidents, which onboards business owners to the DOC System. We continue to support our members’ professional management journeys through offering business-building workshops and one-on-one coaching and building a community for professionally managed organizations to learn and grow together.
Businesses that are Part of Our Community
