Team Retention OS™ | Protect your EBITDA. Keep your people.

Protect your EBITDA.
Keep your people.

The operating system that stabilises teams, retains critical talent, and turns acquisitions into long-term wins.

Most acquisitions don't fail because the numbers were wrong. They fail because the people left.

Where deals quietly unravel

You've done the financial due diligence. The operational review. The legal work.

But here's what the spreadsheets don't show you:

The operations manager who's already updating her LinkedIn. The sales lead who's been approached by a competitor. The founder who's quietly checked out. The middle managers who don't know how to lead through uncertainty, and are defaulting to fear.

This is where acquisitions quietly unravel.

Not in the boardroom. In the corridors. In the car parks. In the resignation letters that arrive three months after close.

By the time you see the numbers slip, the damage is already done.

What if you could see it coming, and stop it?

Team Retention OS is infrastructure for the human side of acquisitions.

Not training. Not a culture programme. Not a consultant who arrives after the damage is done.

It's a structured, repeatable system that identifies human risk before close, stabilises teams during transition, and installs the leadership and execution rhythms that turn calm teams into high-performing ones.

Built from 17 years of applied work in high-pressure environments. Purpose-built for acquisitions, successions, and roll-ups.

Three modules. One outcome: stability that scales.

1

Retention Intelligence

The human due diligence layer

Before you close, know who will stay, who's at risk, and where the business will fracture under change. We map hidden flight risk, leadership gaps, founder readiness, and cultural fault lines, so you can act before problems surface.

Output: A prioritised map of human risk and a tailored stabilisation plan.
2

Retention Stabilisation

The emotional shock absorber

Activated immediately post-close. We reduce fear, rebuild trust, stabilise managers, support founder transitions, and create the psychological safety that prevents early resignations. This is where most acquisitions quietly fail, and where we create the greatest value.

Output: A stable team that's ready to perform, not planning their exit.
3

Retention Execution

Turning stability into scalable performance

Once the team is stabilised, we install leadership cadence, communication systems, accountability structures, and execution rhythm. This prevents owners from becoming the operational bottleneck and allows the business to perform consistently without constant intervention.

Output: A high-performing team that runs without you in the room.
  • Psychological Safety
  • Emotional Intelligence & Co-Regulation
  • Leadership Agility & OKRs
  • Intrinsic Motivation & Purpose
  • Continuous Growth & Resilience

When you're ready to build leaders, not just retain them

Team Retention OS ensures stability. Tribe Thrive develops the leadership capability to sustain it.

Drawing on psychological safety research, emotional intelligence, growth mindset science, and AI-supported coaching, Tribe Thrive is designed for newly promoted leaders stepping into bigger roles, inherited management teams, and organisations scaling beyond founder-led behaviour.

It's the leadership upgrade layer for those who want more than survival. They want transformation.

The difference you'll feel, and the numbers will show

Lower post-close attrition

Faster, smoother integration

Less operational drag on owners

Stronger leadership benches

More stable EBITDA

Cleaner growth narratives

Higher exit valuations

Repeatable success

Built for acquirers who understand that people are where deals succeed or fail

PE Firms

Repeatable success across your portfolio

Search Funds

Acquire your first business with confidence

Family Businesses

Navigate succession without losing what matters

Roll-Up Groups

Scale through acquisition without breaking culture

Any Acquirer

Who knows people are where deals succeed or fail

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Team Retention OS is currently in development with a select group of acquisition partners.

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