Articles by Carrie Birmingham | Startups Magazine

Carrie Birmingham

Carrie Birmingham runs a small consultancy focused on complex & messy people problems. She specialises in Co-Founder conflict, supporting partnerships to face the silent killer of start-ups head on. Her consultancy was inspired by her previous role as HR Director of the Sun newspaper, when they were facing police allegations, and informed by her Masters in People & Organisational change. Outside of working hours, you will find Carrie walking her dogs, on the yoga mat, or on her Peloton bike (yes she still uses it!).

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The New Year’s resolution for your co-founder partnership

In my experience, there is one habit in a co-founder partnership that consistently sets them up for conflict. This New Year I invite you to commit to the resolution that avoids that.

Co-founder conscious uncoupling

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin termed the phase ‘conscious uncoupling.’ My immediate reaction is to roll my eyes, yet I suspect they are onto something. For co-founders, the statistics tell us that over half of them are going to face a separation and yet we rarely talk about how to consciously uncouple.