Boards, chairs and chief executives often face decisions that need an independent, experienced sounding board. Someone who has seen similar situations across thousands of community-business engagements and can offer pragmatic counsel without an internal agenda.
What we do
- Merger and amalgamation strategy: from initial scoping and partner identification through due diligence, member engagement and integration planning. See our 10 Steps to the Altar framework
- Partnership development: designing and negotiating zones of mutual benefit between organisations, including service, advocacy and back-office partnerships
- Risk management: risk frameworks, board risk appetite and structured risk reviews
- Organisational redesign: structural reviews, restructuring options and change-management support
- Crisis and succession support: confidential support for chairs and CEOs through unexpected events, regulatory issues or leadership transitions
How we work
Engagements are tailored to each client and run on a confidential, fixed-scope basis. Most begin with a scoping conversation to understand the situation, identify the right form of support and agree clear deliverables.
How we engage
Strategic advisory work ranges from a single confidential conversation through to retained advisory across the life of a project. Merger and amalgamation advisory typically spans 6-18 months from initial scoping to integration. Crisis and succession support is shaped to the situation. The first conversation is always confidential, no commitment, and aimed at clarifying whether and how we can help.