No. This is a fully standalone, fully-delivered workshop. You'll walk out with a completed 10-year Family Roadmap, a 90-day action plan, and the tools to keep the conversations going.

On Day 2, there's an optional lunch for families who want to learn more about working with Ben long-term through the High Performing Families Accelerator program. Zero pressure. Most families attend just to hear what's possible — but you're under no obligation to do anything beyond the two days.

The workshop delivers everything we promise, whether you ever work with us again or not.

Most succession events are legal-heavy: wills, trusts, tax structures. They assume the family is already aligned and just needs paperwork. We start where they finish.

This workshop focuses on the root causes succession planning ignores — family dynamics, communication breakdowns, misaligned expectations, and the conversations you've been avoiding. We build the family plan first. The legal and financial structures come later, once everyone's actually on the same page.

If you've been to a succession seminar and left thinking "that didn't actually solve anything" — this is why.

Short answer: Yes.

If you come alone, you'll leave with ideas — but no alignment. The whole point is to get your family in the same room, working on the same plan, so everyone walks out committed to the same future.

We've seen it happen: one person attends, comes home energised, tries to implement — and hits a wall because no one else was part of the process.

Additional family members are $250 each (heavily discounted). That's exceptional value for what you'll get. If your family isn't aligned, your Roadmap won't be either.

We get this all the time.

Usually, it's the husband. He's thinking: "I'm too busy working the farm to go sit in another seminar with some bloke I've never met."
We get it. You've been to industry events. You've sat through presentations that felt like a waste of time. This feels like more of the same.

Here's what's turned a lot of hesitant husbands around: listen to one of Ben's podcasts first.

Not the polished, scripted ones — the real conversations with farming families who've been through this process. Families like yours. Talking about what actually happened, what changed, and why they wish they'd done it sooner.

When blokes hear other blokes — not a consultant, not a salesperson — talking honestly about how this helped their family, it clicks.

Try this:
• Pick one episode from a family that sounds like yours
• Listen to it together on a drive or over a coffee
• If it resonates, you're ready. If it doesn't, this probably isn't for you — and that's fine.

But here's the hard truth: if a key family member flat-out refuses to participate, that's not a small problem — that's your biggest problem. And waiting won't fix it.

This workshop gives you the structure and safety to finally address it. But everyone has to be willing to show up.

Still unsure? Email: admin@thefinancialbloke.com.au and we'll set up a 15-minute call with Ben. No sales pitch. Just an honest conversation about whether this fits your family.

You're right — you are.

And that's exactly the problem.

The farm will always demand everything. There will never be a "perfect time" when the calendar clears and you suddenly have space to do this. That's why it keeps getting pushed to next quarter. And next year. And the year after that.

Two days now could save you ten years of drift — or worse, a crisis that forces the conversation when emotions are high and options are limited.

The families who regret this workshop? We've never met one. The families who regret waiting? We talk to them all the time.

Let's be honest: this workshop is the first step, not the finish line.
You'll leave with a written 10-year Family Roadmap, clear next steps, and the tools to keep going. But then you have to go home and actually do the work.

The families who succeed?
They take the Roadmap seriously. They schedule the follow-up conversations. They implement what they committed to. They keep showing up for each other.

The families who fail?
They attend the workshop, nod along, feel good for a week — then let the Roadmap sit in a drawer while the farm swallows them whole again.

We can't force you to follow through. We can't make your family communicate after you leave. We can't do the work for you.

But here's what we can do:
Give you the structure, the clarity, and the plan you need to actually make it happen — if you're willing to act on it.
We've never had a family leave and say "that was a waste of time."
The ones who regret it? The ones who didn't come at all — and called us three years later wishing they had.

No — because you're 5-10 years out, and succession will come over time.

Right now, you don't need a succession plan. You need the foundation one is built on.

A succession plan is a legal and financial document: who gets what, when, and how. But if your family isn't aligned on the why, the what, and the how we work together — that plan will create resentment, not clarity.

What you WILL leave with is a Family Roadmap.
It's the foundation you need now — while there's still time to get it right. It answers:
• What does success look like for this family in 10 years?
• What are our shared values and non-negotiables?
• What does each generation actually want?
• How do we make decisions together?
• What's our 90-day action plan?

Over the next 5-10 years, you'll build the succession plan from this. The legal and financial pieces will come when the time is right. But they'll actually work because your family is already aligned.

This is where you set the foundations. Succession comes later — but only if you build the right base now.

No. You'll share what you're comfortable sharing. Some families are open books. Others keep things closer to the chest. Both are fine.

The workshop isn't group therapy — you're not expected to air your dirty laundry. But you will be working alongside other families facing similar challenges, and there's huge value in realising you're not alone.

Most families find the peer environment is one of the biggest benefits — they learn as much from the other families in the room as they do from the process itself.

Not for 2026. Ben only runs these workshops when he has capacity and for the rest of 2026 are not expecting to run another.

If this date works for your family, lock it in. Waiting for the "perfect" workshop six months from now often means waiting another year — because by the time the next one rolls around, something else will be in the way.

You leave with:
• A written 10-year Family Roadmap
• A 90-day action plan with clear next steps
• Tools and frameworks to keep the conversations going

From there, you can implement independently — many families do. Or, if you want ongoing support, you can continue working with Ben through the High Performing Families Accelerator program (quarterly family meetings, annual strategy sessions, access to a network of other high-performing families).

There's no pressure either way. The workshop is fully standalone.

If you give us more than 30 days' notice, you'll receive a credit toward the next workshop.

No-shows forfeit their ticket. No exceptions.

It depends.

If your family is in active crisis — court disputes, estrangement, or deep unresolved resentment — you'll need a mediator or family therapist first. This workshop is built for families who want to get ahead of conflict, not resolve it mid-battle.

But if you're just feeling tension, miscommunication, or a growing sense that "we're not on the same page" — you're exactly who this is for.

If you're unsure, email: admin@thefinancialbloke.com.au and we'll have an honest conversation about whether this is the right fit. We'll point you in the right direction either way.