Our Mission is to Maximize Your Success as a Family, and as a Family Business. The Secret to Your Success will be discovered after you have opened The Black Box. In doing so you will build the necessary clarity and courage to effectively face the truth, and when the truth is managed with confidence you will unleash the full potential of your Family and your Business. We can help you. Our decades of experience working with families and partnerships has uniquely equipped us to work through the "soft-stuff" that can be so hard to manage. We can help you, your family, your business, even your partnership to Maximize Success. We are Marriage and Family Therapists and Business Advisors, and we are on a Mission.
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who we are

We are you and me, your best people and most able advisors, working collaboratively to create the future we all want for you. We might also be some of the seasoned professionals in my network.

  • Experienced
  • Successful
  • Senior Level
  • Professional
  • Collaborators
  • Who Partner with You
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atwood plus what we do

We partner with you, your family, and your business, helping you all to navigate around the rocks, through the rapids, and away from The Falls!

  • Free Jammed-Up Families
  • Unlock Hidden Potential
  • Build on Individual Strengths
  • Cultivate Healthy Cultures
  • Discover Best Practices SOP's
  • Grow & Develop Leaders
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Updated with posts from our team of "Integral Family Business Specialists." Here is a place where you can learn and interact with us, and with each other.

  • Practical Tips
  • Posts from our Specialists
  • Relevant Advice
  • Current Research Reports
  • Enter into Dialogue
  • Lessons from Experience
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You can save time and energy by visiting our list of useful and practical resources. Some are local, some are web-based. A growing list of important links, organized for quick reference.

  • Trusted Professional Colleagues
  • Proven Local Resources
  • Our Growing Network
  • Tools for Partnerships
  • Books, Articles, Whitepapers
  • Web-based Help for FOBs
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Our Map of Your Journey to the River of Fortune
 A vivid explanation of the many territories, rocks, and rapids that every family business must navigate to avoid The Falls
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The Compass that Guides Us
We use this "Integral Compass" to bring thoroughness and objectivity to emotionally charged family and business challenges. There is less confusion and more clarity when we have a compass that gives us direction. More >