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Strategy Days & Annual Strategy Days

A strategy day built around the conversation you keep not having.

Half or full day, off-site, with the right people in the room. For family businesses where succession, exit, family dynamics or shareholder decisions keep stalling. You leave with a written roadmap your family and leadership team can act on.

One-off introductory offer

10 Strategy Sessions to make the most of 2027.

A 3 to 3.5 hour session in Parnell, Auckland, with preparation beforehand. Come on your own, or bring your leadership team or family (up to eight people) and get clear on the next 12 months.

What's included
  • A short discovery call and preparation with you beforehand
  • Your 3 to 3.5 hour session
  • A one-page Strategy on a Page
  • A top-line priority action plan
Price
$3,995 + GST

Normally $4,995 + GST, plus 7% disbursements.

Available until the end of January.

Dates (morning or afternoon)
Oct 27, 29
Nov 4, 11, 18, 25
Dec 2, 9
Jan 20, 27

Want the fuller version, with a detailed roadmap covering owners and timelines and a 90-day plan? We can extend to a half or full day, priced separately.

Outside Auckland? I work with clients across New Zealand and am happy to talk about a session in your region. Travel costs would apply.

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Why a strategy day

Most of the year gets set by whatever is urgent.

The issue is rarely that people don't know what needs to happen. It is that nobody inside the room can make it happen without it costing them something. In a family business, most of what looks like a business decision is a relationship decision wearing a business suit.

A strategy day takes those decisions out of the day-to-day. One structured session, with an independent facilitator, to get the right conversations on the table before they're forced.

In the room

Owners, family and the key people the decision depends on. Off-site, away from the business.

On the table

Succession, exit, family dynamics, shareholder alignment - whatever is actually stuck.

You leave with
  • The decisions made in the room, documented
  • A strategy roadmap: priorities, owners and timelines
  • An action plan for the next 90 days
  • Agreed next steps on succession, exit or shareholder issues
Half day or full day

Sized to what's on the table.

We agree the format on our first call, based on the breadth and depth of the priorities involved. Either way, it's a fixed fee, so no surprises.

Half day

One or two clear priorities that need resolving. A focused session to surface the issue, align the room and reach a decision.

Full day

Several priorities, or ones that run deeper - where ownership, succession and governance questions are connected and need working through together.

How it works

The Cost of Inaction Method

01
Surface it

A first call, then preparation with the key people beforehand, so the day starts at the real issue.

02
Align the room

Owners, family and board working from the same picture.

03
Decide

A clear decision, owned and understood by everyone who needs to act on it.

04
Roadmap & follow-through

A written roadmap: decisions, priorities, owners and timelines. Monthly or quarterly advisory if you want help keeping it moving.

Annual Strategy Days

Set the date before the year sets it for you.

Not every call starts with a problem. Some boards and family businesses simply build an Annual Strategy Day into their calendar - one day, once a year, to pressure-test direction, alignment, and what's not being said. Each year, the roadmap gets reviewed and reset. It's often the easiest way to start working together.

"What stood out was the preparation Richard invested in before the session, his ability to keep the team engaged, and the calm way he facilitated complex discussion while keeping us focused and on track."

Terry Buchan
GM, Hawkins. Board Member, NZ Institute of Building / Building Institute Aotearoa

Some conversations keep not happening. This is where they start.

A first conversation is confidential, with no cost and no obligation. We'll work out whether a half or full day is right, and who needs to be in the room.