Global Programs - 2025, 2026

The Founder’s Crossroads

Navigating the Transition from Builder to Legacy Maker

 

Founders navigating critical transitions gain proven frameworks for legacy preservation while maximizing value. Led by executives who’ve successfully managed acquisitions, successions, and IPOs globally, our program combines structured advisory sessions with personalized Founder’s Shadowing. Partners access valuation tools, talent retention strategies, and crisis protocols while learning from peers at similar crossroads. Our specialized advisors help ensure your vision endures through and beyond transition.
 MODULES & SESSIONSPRICESTARTING DATE

ESSENTIALS

Target Audience:
. Founders or members of family businesses facing transition decisions or willing to prepare their companies for the next chapter in their ventures
. Family business owners planning for success across generations
Business builders seeking to maximize the value of their legacy

Format: 4 sessions over 4 weeks, 120 minutes each
Delivery: Live virtual group sessions

1. Mapping the Crossroad:  Introduction to transition types and crossroad framing; Understanding the founder’s evolving role;  Exploring strategic alternatives (full/partial sale, joint ventures, family succession, governance redesign); Purpose and legacy reflections

2. Unlock Value: Exploring financial signals and value levers;  Leadership capabilities assessment; Organizational value identification; Financial valuation principles and readiness gaps

3. De-Risking the Transition: Assessing legal, stakeholder, and communication risks; Crisis scenarios and reputational risk management; Compliance review and structural gaps; Risk mitigation strategies

4. Purpose & Next Steps: Clarifying long-term vision and legacy priorities; Define founder legacy pillars; Post-transition intention statement; Next steps toward strategic transition

    €5,000 per person (for the complete 4-session ESSENTIAL program)

1. Mapping the Crossroad:  September 17, 2025

2. Unlock Value: September 24, 2025

3. De-Risking the Transition: October 1, 2025

4. Purpose & Next Steps: October 8, 2025

    

PREMIUM

Target Audience:
Each module lasts approximately 2 hours and are delivered in bi-weekly group sessions (2 (two) hours)  session combined with individual consulting approach (estimated 1(one)-2 (two) hours, bi-weekly)

Format:
Bi-weekly sessions (120 minutes each) with group learning + individual consulting

Delivery:
Live virtual group sessions

Cohort Size:
Limited to 10 companies

Opportunity to participate as voluntary members of Transition Boards for other participating companies.

Module 1: Strategic Positioning & Value Creation
Session 1: Clarifying the Transition Path
Session 2: Leadership & Talent Dynamics
Session 3: Financial Valuation & Readiness
Session 4: Governance Evolution

Module 2: Risk Management & Deal Preparation
Session 1: Legal & IP Structuring
Session 2: Financial Due Dilligence Deep Dive
Session 3: Crisis & Reputation Management
Session 4: Family Business Dynamics

Module 3: Stakeholder Alignment & Deal Strategy
Session 1: Communication Strategy
Session 2: Negotiation & Deal Structuring
Session 3: Culture & Legacy Preservation

Module 4: Implementation & The Day After
Session 1: Implementation Planning
Session 2: Personal Reinvention

Module 1: €35,000 per company

Module 2: €35,000 per company

Module 3: €26,500 per company

Module 4: €20,000 per company

Module 1: Strategic Positioning & Value Creation
Session 1: October 15, 2025
Session 2: October 29, 2025
Session 3: November 12, 2025
Session 4: November 26, 2025

Module 2: Risk Management & Deal Preparation
Session 1: November 19, 2025
Session 2: December 3, 2025
Session 3: December 17, 2025
Session 4: December 31, 2025

Module 3: Stakeholder Alignment & Deal Strategy
Session 1: January 14, 2026
Session 2: January 28, 2026
Session 3: February 11, 2026

Module 4: Implementation & The Day After
Session 1: February 18, 2026
Session 2: March 4, 2026

    

INTENSIVE

Target Audience:
Founders requiring dedicated, high-touch advisory support during active transition processes

Format:
1. The Founder’s Legacy Advisory
Individual 4-hour sessions per month, led by a selective member of KOMPASSIUM’s roster of advisors and senior partners as founder’s individual advisor

2. The Transition Boards
Composed of:
2 members from KOMPASSIUM’s roster of advisors
2 members from other participants of the cohort
Up to 2 selective additional board members covering specific needs for the transition process

Delivery:
Individual online meetings
One Annual in person meeting (investment to be informed)

1. Founder’s Legacy Advisory
Individual high-touch guidance from senior advisors:
. Weekly check-ins; 
. Monthly strategic deep dives
. On-demand expert support
. Communication and culture management
. Founder identity coaching

2. The Transition Boards:
Strategic decision support and governance
. Quarterly board meetings
. Embedded decision support for negotiations
. Access to expert network
. Real-time execution challenges

1. Founder’s Legacy Advisory
Investment: €8,000/month (includes 4 hours of advisory)

2. The Transition Boards:
Investment: €20,000/quarter (4 hours meeting + preparation dedication)

1. Founder’s Legacy Advisory
Starting dates are flexible as per participant’s needs

2. The Transition Boards:
November 26, 2025

Modules and  individual sessions are available in the following languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Czech, Polish, Arabic, Lithuanian

SigmaPro: Business Growth and New Business Model Program

Commercial Precision. Scaled Sucess.

 
Our approach to help you accelerate your business’s short and long-term plans through practical actions. The program balances individual workshops and group acceleration, adopting our WECORE methodology: A unique approach that combines tools that were successfully implemented in leading global organizations. 
  • War Game: Role-Playing a workshop using cross-functional team members to discuss the scenario and competitors’ actions.
  • Explore: We understand processes that add value to customers, as well as those that destroy value. Then, we investigate and prioritize new business models..
  • Create: We partner with your teams to create practical solutions that increase customer value perception and differentiate your company.
  • Organize: We work with your team to structure the solutions you create within your organization.
  • Realize: Regular reviews to support the implementation and measurement of impact.
  • Expand: We integrate the newly developed capabilities into your teams to drive continuous innovation.

Who is it for? Founders and CEOs or Commercial or Operational Leaders of mid-sized or large private companies interested in defining and executing business growth programs and develop innovative approaches to differentiate the company’s offerings. 

Language

Price per participant (company)

start

English

€300,000 (three hundred
thousandeuros) + 19% IVA

Tuesday, January 6, 2026.

Duration: 8 months, 10 bi-weekly meetings of 2 hours each + individual Sr. Consultant support.

Germany

France

Brazil

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