Tristan received a non-executive strategic role after the board determined that he could still provide value without having unchecked control.

He hated that at first.

“What am I supposed to do?” he asked during mediation.

“Sit in meetings while someone else runs the company I built?”

I answered:

“You can experience what it feels like to watch someone else receive credit for something you helped create.”

He looked at me.

I regretted the sentence immediately.