Our Services
Mergers & Acquisitions
Provide leadership expertise for M&A work at all or any stage of the journey. This is particularly beneficial if current leadership has little experience in M&A processes or not enough bandwidth for the priority of M&A focus.
Find a Corp.
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Assemble a team of advisors (legal and financial advisors, experts in business valuation, information technology, human resources and marketing).
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Set clear objectives
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Write an acquisition plan
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Set target timeline and budget
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The roles and responsibilities of acquisition team members
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The key characteristics of the kind of company you want to buy
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The types of risks you’re prepared to accept
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Find a business to buy. Start searching for businesses that meet the criteria set out in your acquisition plan, which may include traits such as:
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A proven history of success
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A product or service that will complete your own offerings
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Room to grow in its market
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Access to suppliers
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Buy a Corp.
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Prearrange financing
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Research the business and meet with the seller
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Draft and negotiate a letter of intent
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Conduct a thorough due diligence process
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Negotiate the purchase price
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Secure financing
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Finalize the purchase agreement
Join 2 Corp.
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Establish detailed Day One integration plans that define tasks required to enable a successful Day One.
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Collect and confirm the Integration Roadmap to include established value driver’s, corporate and financial goals, guiding principles, and high-level milestones.
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Partner with Client Integration leaders to ensure ownership and capability to perform integration planning and execution within their functions.
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Orchestrate functional integration work planning (created by each function with integration milestones, tasks, due dates, owners, and dependencies with other functions).
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Direct the definition of the operating model and organization design (people, processes & technology dimensions).
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Institute a communication plan for the integration with appropriate governance, status updates, and reporting.
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Oversee the execution of the integration plans.
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Leverage Client’s current governance structure to enable effective decision-making and risk management.
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Manage and resolve functional or cross-functional issues.
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Communicate and uphold guiding principles of integration.

Strategic Change Management
Provide leadership expertise with extensive knowledge in change management and proven track records of successful change. Outside leaders can bring an unbiased and change focussed mindset that is often absent in leadership that have created or been maintaining the status quo. Our outside leaders can augment the existing leadership structure and advise on best practices or can operate in parallel to the existing structures to implement the futureproof strategies.
Split a Corp.
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Time your sale right.
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Get a business valuation.
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Hire a broker.
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Prepare documents.
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Get due diligence ready.
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Find a buyer.
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Plan for tax.
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Negotiate and do the deal.
Grow a Corp.
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Use a growth strategy template.
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Choose your targeted area of growth.
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Conduct market and industry research.
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Set growth goals.
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Plan your course of action.
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Determine your growth tools and requirements.
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Execute your plan.
Shrink a Corp.
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Reduce staffing.
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Move to a smaller space.
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Eliminate money-draining areas.
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Cut spending and expenses.
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Scale back production.
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Focus on a certain niche.
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Pause new projects.

On-Demand Leadership
Provide fractional or full time leadership expertise at Executive levels when there is a prolonged absence, unplanned exit, special assignment, or when increased workload demands a fractional increase but not yet a full headcount increase.
Run a Corp.
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Know your business
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Get organized and plan.
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Keep detailed records.
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Support and develop people.
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Satisfy your customers.

Organizational Development
Provide focus on enhancing the skills, capabilities, and overall effectiveness of leaders within organizations. This type of consulting aims to drive strategic growth and improve organizational performance by cultivating strong leaders who can inspire and manage teams effectively. Here are some key aspects of leadership development consulting:
Enhance a Corp.
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Assessment and Evaluation: Start with assessments to identify the strengths and weaknesses of current leaders. This can include 360-degree feedback, leadership assessments, and skill gap analysis.
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Customized Training Programs: Based on the assessment findings, Motiv designs tailored training programs that address specific leadership competencies such as communication, decision-making, emotional intelligence, and conflict resolution.
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Coaching: Provide one-on-one coaching to leaders, helping them navigate challenges, develop new skills, and achieve personal and professional goals.
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Strategic Planning: Motiv works with organizations to align their leadership strategies with overall business objectives, ensuring that leaders are equipped to meet future challenges and capitalize on opportunities.
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Leadership Culture: Help organizations foster a leadership culture that promotes effective leadership practices, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
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Succession Planning: Assist in identifying and developing future leaders within the organization, ensuring a smooth transition in leadership roles and a sustained organizational performance.
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Measurement and Evaluation: Ongoing evaluation of leadership development programs is crucial. Motiv will help organizations measure the impact of leadership initiatives and make necessary adjustments.

Cybersecurity Consulting
Provide cybersecurity guidance and governance in the conduct of a risk assessment and actionable risk mitigation plan, and development of an incident response plan. Expertise to provide all encompassing and tailored action plans to mitigate current business risks from cyber attacks.
Protect a Corp.
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Cybersecurity strategy: A document that outlines the steps your company will take to protect itself from cyber attacks, as well as how you will respond in the event of an attack.
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Incident response: A plan that outlines the steps to take in the event of a cyber incident, including identifying the incident, containing the threat, recovering and communicating.
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Risk management: A plan to assess your organization's security posture and identify areas for improvement. It should also ensure that suppliers and third-party partners meet certain requirements.
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Access control: A vital component of any security policy that ensures only authorized individuals are granted access to sensitive information.
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Security awareness: A culture of cybersecurity in employees that includes effective policies and awareness training programs.
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Data security: A strategy to ensure data cannot be accessed by unauthorized parties, including identifying risks, setting up detection methods, and addressing risks.
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Identity and access management: Regulations that let IT administrators authorize systems and applications to the right individuals, and let employees know how to use and create passwords securely.
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Financial Services
Provide CFO and Controllership Services for sound financial operations, accurate financial data and robust internal controls.
Control a Corp
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Cash Flow Management
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Tax Compliance
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Financial Statement Preparation (IFRS, ASPE)
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Billings, Collections & Accounts Payables
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Audit Preparation & Management