Kin in the Game | Empowering Families in Business

Working in my own family business and as a specialist family business adviser for over 25 years, I have come to understand the unique advantages and challenges associated with having Kin in the Game.

I provide independent advice and support to assist families in business to clarify their roles and direction, transition leadership and ownership, and improve how they communicate and make decisions. I do this through an innovative approach to empowering families in business to capitalise on their competitive advantage, called Tears, Sweat & Blood.

As a specialist family business adviser, I have the privilege of assisting people achieve a balance between two of the most important aspects of their lives, their relationship with their family, and the success of their working/business life.

Ultimately, my role is to help my clients answer yes to the following critical questions:

Is my family better off by having this business?
Is my business better off by having this family?

I look forward to hearing from you if you are grappling with these questions… I’m confident I can help.

Succession Planning

We help family businesses navigate the important and complex process of leadership and/or ownership transition.

Governance

We assist family businesses establish a range of governance structures designed to enhance communication and decision-making.

Conflict Resolution

We help identify the source of tension within the family and/or the business, and mediate any overt or underlying conflict.

Business Planning

We assist family businesses to identify their competitive advantages and formulate plans and initiatives designed to exploit them.

As a specialist family business adviser, I have the privilege of assisting people achieve a balance between two of the most important aspects of their lives, their relationship with their family, and the success of their business.

MEET MARTIN

Commencing my career as a solicitor, I later joined and became Managing Director of my family’s highly respected and successful Melbourne-based funeral company, Tobin Brothers, before reinventing myself as a specialist family business adviser in early 2011.

Working for almost twenty years, with over fifteen members of my wider family (across four lines and generations), I have become acutely aware of the unique advantages and challenges associated with having kin in the game.

I have worked with, and exchanged views and stories with dozens of family businesses throughout Australia, and have become a trusted, independent adviser or Board member to many.

Since 1998, I have played an active role within Family Business Australia (FBA), the national peak body for family owned enterprises in Australia, serving on its Victorian Committee and National Board, before becoming an FBA Specialist Accredited Adviser, and Forum Group Facilitator.

Given these experiences, I have become a recognised leader within the Australian family business community, and through Kin in the Game, am able to draw on my extensive family business insights and experience to the benefit of my clients.