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🤝 Expert Match

Some things need
a human in the room.

Documents sort out what's on paper. The right expert sorts out what's under the surface — the tension, the unspoken, the things that have been building for years.

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Family Support
The tension between family members is getting in the way of everything. You need someone who understands both the family dynamics and the business context — not just a general counsellor.
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Business Expert
The business needs an independent set of eyes. Someone who can come in, assess what's actually happening, and either advise or take an active role — interim CEO, board member, succession facilitator.
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Step 1 of 5
Question 1 of 5
What's bringing you here today?
Choose everything that feels true. There's no wrong answer.
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A business issue
Succession, ownership, governance, performance, strategy
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Family tension
Conflict, communication breakdown, trust issues, resentment
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Both — they're tangled together
The business issues and family issues are feeding each other
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I'm not sure yet — I just know something needs to change
That's a completely valid place to start
Question 2 of 5
How urgent does this feel right now?
Be honest — urgency helps us match you with someone who has the right availability.
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Simmering — been like this for a while
It's manageable but it's not going away on its own
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Heating up — getting harder to ignore
Things have escalated recently and we need to act
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Crisis point — we need help now
There's an immediate threat to the business or the family
Question 3 of 5
How many family members are actively involved in the business?
This shapes what kind of support will actually work.
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2 people — partnership or couple
Spouses, siblings, parent and child
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3–4 people
A family unit with multiple members involved
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5 or more — multi-generational or extended
Multiple branches, generations, or in-laws involved
Question 4 of 5
Has the family tried to address this before?
Knowing the history helps us match you with someone who won't waste your time covering old ground.
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No — this is the first time we've sought outside help
We've talked about it internally but nothing more
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Informally — a lawyer, accountant, or friend has weighed in
But nothing structured or specialist
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Yes — we've worked with someone before, but it didn't fully resolve
We need a different approach or a fresh set of eyes
Question 5 of 5
What does a good outcome look like to you?
No right answer. Even a sentence or two helps enormously. You can be vague — "I just want the family to be okay" is a completely useful answer.
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Finding your matches…
We're reviewing your situation and matching it against our network of specialists. This takes about 10 seconds.
Your matched experts

We found the right people
for your situation.

Based on what you've shared, your situation involves family tension tangled with a business succession question, at a point where things are heating up. You've tried addressing it before without full resolution. We've matched you with specialists who have direct experience with exactly this combination.
Family Therapists & Counsellors
🧠 Family layer
MO
Marcus Oyelaran
Family Systems Counsellor
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Matched because: Marcus's background in family systems therapy is particularly effective where previous attempts haven't worked — he uses a different framework to find new paths.
"When a family has been stuck for years, it usually means the previous approaches were treating symptoms. We find the root."
Repeat conflict patterns
Parent-child dynamics
Trust repair
Works best with: Families who have tried other approaches and need someone willing to ask the harder questions.
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Dr Priya Lakshmanan
Organisational Psychologist
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Matched because: Priya bridges the clinical and commercial — she's worked with over 80 family businesses and understands how to hold both the emotional and governance conversations simultaneously.
"The family meeting and the therapy session don't have to be separate appointments. Sometimes the most useful work happens in the same room."
Multi-generational
Communication breakdown
Identity & legacy
Works best with: Larger family groups (5+) where different members have different needs and a single therapeutic approach won't serve everyone.
Business Experts & Advisors
🏢 Business layer
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Nadine Walsh
Succession Facilitator · Board Advisor
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Matched because: Nadine specialises in the handover moment — the period between the founder stepping back and the next generation stepping up. She's also an experienced independent board member.
"The succession plan that lives in the founder's head is not a plan. It's a risk. We get it on paper and we do it before the crisis."
Founder exit
Next-gen readiness
Board governance
Stakeholder management
Works best with: First-generation founders who haven't yet had the succession conversation and need someone to facilitate it safely.
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Robert Tran
Family Business Mediator
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Matched because: You've indicated a previous attempt didn't fully resolve the situation. Robert is a specialist mediator for active family business disputes — he's skilled at breaking deadlocks that other approaches haven't cracked.
"I don't take sides. I take the conversation to a place where both sides can actually hear each other — usually for the first time."
Active dispute
Deadlock resolution
Shareholder conflict
Pre-litigation mediation
Works best with: Families where a specific dispute has reached an impasse and both parties are willing to engage in structured mediation.

Not quite right? Your answers can be refined for a different match.

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