50/50 Business Partner Deadlock: How Mediation Breaks the Stalemate Without Destroying the Company

50/50 Business Partner Deadlock: How Mediation Breaks the Stalemate Without Destroying the Company

A 50/50 business partner deadlock is a decision failure, not automatically the end of the company. Mediation helps equal owners identify exactly what is blocked, separate business facts from accumulated grievances, and negotiate a workable path – renewed decision rules, a division of authority, a buyout, or an orderly separation. The mediator does not impose the result; the owners retain control of the outcome.

10 Tips to Conduct a Successful Partnership Buyout

10 Tips to Conduct a Successful Partnership Buyout

Before I offer you my tips on conducting the buyout negotiations with your partner, let me offer a big piece of advice. Use a Mediator. I say that because there is a LOT of emotion around buyouts. It is an extremely personal and emotional process. People always underestimate just how emotional separating from a business is.