Partnerships are much like romantic relationships. When it’s all new and exciting, we can easily become infatuated to the point of overlooking differences. After all, don’t the differences make the partnership stronger? Sometimes. Most often differences magnify with time and become triggers to arguments. As time goes by, the differences you ignored become important. What do you do when the differences break the partnership?
Sometimes, in Partnership Mediations, people will dig into very irrational positions. And sometimes, when there is tension in a partnership, as a professional mediator, I can see an easy solution. When disputants won’t do simple things to protect their business, it makes me want to scream!
My business partner and I can no longer work together. We’ve tried to talk about a buyout—I want to buy him out—but it always leads to an argument. Do you have any suggestions for conducting buyout talks that don’t turn into an argument? Read these tips to conduct Buyout negotiations without tension.
Business Partnership Advisor Together, we can fix your business and partnership problems Chris Reich, Business Mediator 10 Tips to Conduct a Successful Partnership Buyout Chris, My business partner and I can no longer work together. I want to buy him out, but...