Structure trust. Govern behavior. Protect legacy with negotiation discipline.
Family Office Negotiation Strategy
We help executive teams govern complex commercial negotiations where exposure is long-cycle, reputational, and structurally hard to unwind.
Design the Trust Structure
Preparation
Control the Relationship System
Management
Protect Decision Integrity
Engagement
Structure trust. Govern behavior. Protect legacy with negotiation discipline.
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We work discreetly with family offices to protect structure, authority, and behavioral discipline:
- Structure trust into fallback logic—not vague alignment
- Prevent missteps by governing behavior, not improvising tone
- Manage emotional exposure before it erodes credibility
- Build conditional governance into succession, asset allocation, and external engagement
- Surface implicit risk — in tone, authority ambiguity, or over-accommodating behaviors
- Design behavioral guardrails — with conditional logic, fallback language, and escalation clarity
- Protect internal governance — across siblings, next-gen, advisors, and external partners
- Sustain institutional trust — especially during founder succession or capital realignment
- Preparation for sensitive negotiations with founders, family members, or long-trusted advisors
- Real-time coaching for role boundaries and escalation integrity
- Post-deal support to preserve alignment and governance after agreement
- Preserve credibility when governance and relationships must be navigated together
- Avoid emotional red drift or blue appeasement that costs decision clarity
- Protect voice and structure across principal transitions or portfolio debates
- Reduce long-term governance risk by managing tone and structure—not just outcome
- Strengthen conditional trust through behavior, not assumptions
Family principals and founders
Navigating complex negotiations involving succession, control, or legacy investments
Next-generation stewards and owners
Needing structure for voice, alignment, and credibility under authority
Family advisors and legal counsel
Supporting decisions where behavior and structure must align
External partners and investors
Engaging with family offices where negotiation tone reflects institutional integrity
Confidentiality Note:
All diagnostics, negotiation reviews, and engagement design are conducted under strict client confidentiality. We do not disclose client names, negotiation strategies, or behavioral assessments before, during, or after engagements.
We’re a family business ourselves. That’s why we don’t treat negotiation as a skillset — we treat it as a risk to govern, and a legacy to protect
Florence Kennedy Rolland, President, Kennedys Negotiation,
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