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Family business needs structure.

It's time to professionalize. The next generation is joining, non-family managers want clear authority, and decisions still happen at the dinner table. We set up governance that respects the family and lets managers manage.

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What it looked like

  • Family and company decisions are made in the same conversation.
  • Managers outside the family wait weeks for answers.
  • Each branch or company in the group runs its own way.

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02 · What we did, stage by stage

What we did, stage by stage

  1. Assess

    We interview family members and managers and map where decisions stall.

  2. Map

    We map the group's entities, roles and decision paths as they are today.

  3. Mature

    A family forum, a management committee, an approval matrix and shared SOPs across the group.

  4. Run

    We facilitate the first year of forums and committees, then step back.

03 · The process

Decision rights and approval matrix

Every spend, hire, discount or contract goes to the person named in one approval matrix, with a deadline and a record.

What changed

  • Approval wait for managers14 days2 daysExample
  • Group companies on shared SOPs1 of 44 of 4Example
Decision rights and approval matrixApproval wait: 4 days → 6 hours · Example

Decision rights and approval matrix

  1. Request raised
  2. Read the request
  3. Apply approval matrix
  4. Within own limit?
  5. Named approver decides
  6. Decided in 2 days?
  7. Decision recorded
  8. Request goes ahead
  9. Decided in hours
  10. Approval wait: 4 days → 6 hours (Example)

05 · Questions

Questions

  • Do you get involved in family matters?

    Devvion separates family and company decisions in a family business; we design the company side and the forum where the two meet. Ownership and succession stay with your family advisers.

  • We have several companies. Do you cover all of them?

    Yes, Devvion designs governance and SOPs for the group and each company, so the same rules apply wherever it makes sense.

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06 · Contact

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Tell us what is slowing the business down. We'll confirm the scope and the dates on a first call.