The relationships that move companies.
Most companies fail at the relationship layer long before they fail at strategy. The Mintz practice intervenes precisely there.
Executive Communication
Leadership team rebuilds, board dynamics, and CEO/COO partnership architecture.
Founding-Team Operating Agreements
The relationship contract that prevents the lawsuit five years from now.
Negotiation & Mediation
Discreet facilitation of high-stakes relational negotiations.
Executive Couples Program
C‑suite couples whose partnership is the company's most important asset.
Three formats. One standard.
Strategic Diagnostic
Two-week intensive: confidential interviews, dynamic mapping, executive readout. Often a stand-alone engagement.
Engagement Quarter
Twelve-week structured intervention with the leadership cohort. Outcome-based contract.
Annual Counsel
Ongoing advisory retainer. Stephanie on call to leadership for any relational matter, internal or external.
The teams behind the headlines.
Client names are confidential. Categories include: Series C+ tech, hedge funds, private equity, professional sports franchises, surgical practices, and family offices.
When companies engage the practice.
Named triggers we see repeatedly. Any one of them is enough to warrant a diagnostic.
Co-founder friction ahead of a round
The cap table conversation is easy. The two-humans conversation is the deal-breaker.
A leadership team that has stopped disagreeing
Consensus culture masking unspoken conflict is a leading indicator of attrition.
A public C-suite couple approaching an inflection
IPO, sale, spin-out, or succession. The partnership is the risk.
Post-merger integration at the leadership layer
The synergy is real. The relational architecture is not.
A high-performing team that suddenly can't ship
The strategy is right. The relational stack is broken.
A founder–investor relationship on tilt
Before the term sheet becomes litigation.
What the engagement produces.
- A written Relational Diagnostic delivered to the sponsor.
- Executive readout with the leadership team, on the record.
- A 30 / 60 / 90 intervention plan with named owners.
- Communication architecture and conflict protocol installed at the leadership layer.
- Coaching cadence for the affected principals.
- Quarterly recalibration for the duration of the retainer.
What sponsors say.
Attribution redacted at the client's request.
"She fixed in a quarter what a $600/hour firm couldn't touch in a year."
— Board Chair, growth-stage SaaS
"The most important hire we made in the year we tripled headcount."
— CEO, Series C fintech
"Stephanie is the person the executive coach calls when they're stuck."
— Managing Director, PE-backed platform
How a corporate engagement begins.
01
Sponsor call
A 30-minute confidential call with the executive sponsor.
02
Scope memo
A written memo returned within five business days.
03
Diagnostic
Two weeks of confidential interviews and dynamic mapping.
04
Engagement
Contracted intervention with a named outcome and a named end date.
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