start with alignment

Alignment Workshop

Is your family pulling in the same direction, or just holding the same assets?

When families share ownership or responsibility, it is common for different views about the future to emerge. Over time, this can lead to uncertainty, tension, or decisions feeling harder than they need to be.

The Family Alignment Workshop provides a structured, supportive space to build shared understanding, strengthen trust, and agree a clear way forward together, without forcing decisions or imposing a rigid plan.

ALIGNMENT WORKSHOP

What challenges does this help with?

Outcomes

What to expect from the Alignment Workshop

Shared Direction

A clearer, collective picture of your family’s future

Reduced Tension

Less anxiety through open, well-held conversations

Generational Understanding

Seeing each other beyond roles, titles, and assumptions

Decision Clarity

Confidence about what needs deciding and when

Practical Alignment

Agreement on next steps your family can live with

THE FAMILY BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

Your Facilitators

Coach | Facilitator | Family Business Adviser

Russ Haworth ACFBA

I am a UK based specialist family business adviser and I have been working with families in business for 15 years. My passion for this work has seen me move from a successful career in financial planning and wealth management to setting up this business.

I hold the Advanced Certificate in Family Business Advising, awarded by the Family Firm Institute and recognised globally as one of the leading qualifications for those providing advice to family owned businesses.

Coach | Facilitator | Family Business Adviser

Alec Broadhurst

I work with families in business together to make sense of their challenges, communicate more effectively, and develop a shared purpose so they can move forward with clarity.

I’m proud to be part of The Family Business Partnership, alongside the founder, Russ Haworth and Martin Stepek. We support families, and the individuals in them, to explore what success means to them, and to create the conditions where that can happen…

Alignment Workshop

Clarity. Connection. Direction.

Alignment Workshop

Why Start with Alignment?

Stronger Foundations

Decisions are easier when understanding and trust come first

A Clearer Picture

See where alignment exists and where attention is needed

Deliberate First Step

Create progress without committing to a long programme

Confident Direction

Move forward with clarity rather than assumptions

Overview of the Day

1

Pre-Workshop Call

Individual input gathered before the day begins

2

Shared Starting Point

A collective view of where things stand today

3

Strengths and Values

Understanding what each person brings

4

Future Perspectives

Exploring hopes and aspirations across generations

5

Open Conversations

Carefully held dialogue on important topics

6

Lifeboat Drills

Testing assumptions against realistic situations

7

Alignment Themes

Identifying what to protect and what to address

8

Next Steps Agreed

Clear, proportionate actions shaped together

Start with alignment

Take our Alignment Assessment

If you are considering whether this is the right next step, our Alignment Assessment provides a short, confidential reflection on where alignment currently exists and where it may need strengthening.