For the complicated stuff.
CONFIDENTIAL ADVISORY & RELATIONAL STRATEGY
People are complicated.
Relationships are complicated. Businesses are complicated. And businesses are ultimately made of people having relationships with other people.
I work in the part that gets difficult.
The conversation nobody wants to have. The relationship that isn't working. The founders who can't agree. The leadership problem nobody can quite name. The decision that has consequences far beyond the decision itself.
I've spent fifteen years professionally working with people through situations that rarely have simple answers.
My work is to understand what's actually happening, identify what matters, and help determine what happens next.
No performance. No rehearsed answers. No need to make your situation sound better than it is.
Just bring me the truth.
The work
RELATIONSHIPS
Romantic. Familial. Platonic. Professional. The relationship you have with yourself.
Married, single, poly, monogamous, open, queer, straight, questioning, separating, reconciling or somewhere in between.
I'm not particularly interested in what a relationship is supposed to look like.
I'm interested in whether it works for the people actually in it.
INDIVIDUALS
Sometimes the problem isn't one particular relationship. It's a decision, a pattern, a responsibility, a situation or a life that has become difficult to navigate.
I work with individuals who want an independent perspective, honest conversation and someone willing to ask the questions other people might avoid.
BUSINESSES & ORGANISATIONS
Businesses are made of people, and people don't stop being complicated when they arrive at work.
I advise founders, business partners, executives and leadership teams navigating interpersonal conflict, organisational challenges, difficult decisions, changing responsibilities and relationships that affect the business.
Sometimes the issue is structural. Sometimes it's relational. Often it's both.
Understanding the difference matters.
How I work
I don't begin with a predetermined framework or assume I know what your situation needs before I've heard it.
I listen. I ask questions. I pay attention to what's being said, what's being avoided and what may be happening underneath the obvious problem.
Then I tell you what I think.
That might involve challenging an assumption, identifying a pattern, helping you make a decision, facilitating a difficult conversation or working alongside you over a longer period.
I'm not here to tell you what you want to hear.
I'm here to be useful.
Confidentiality
Discretion isn't an added feature of my work. It's fundamental to it.
What you share with me is treated confidentially, subject to applicable legal obligations and the terms of our engagement.
I don't use client stories as marketing material or rely on testimonials to demonstrate the value of private work.
For engagements requiring additional contractual protections, a professionally drafted non-disclosure agreement can be arranged.
Working together
Everything starts with a conversation.
One conversation | 30 minutes | $300 AUD + GST
A private conversation via Zoom.
Before we meet, you'll complete a short questionnaire so I understand what you're bringing to the table.
When we speak, we'll get straight into it.
Bring me the relationship, decision, person, business challenge or situation you can't see clearly anymore.
I'll ask what I need to ask, tell you what I see and offer my professional judgement about what might need to happen next.
Sometimes one conversation is enough.
Sometimes the situation requires something more substantial.
If further work makes sense, we can discuss a tailored engagement, whether that's additional advisory conversations, in-person work, facilitated discussions or ongoing support.
There's no obligation to continue.
A FINAL THOUGHT
You don't need to have everything figured out before you speak to me.
That's rather the point.
Megan Luscombe
Confidential Adviser & Relational Strategist