Anne Cullen
Communication and conflict advisor for couple- and family-run businesses
| Hourly rate range | $80 to $175 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | Leadership and team buildingStartups and foundersInterpersonal communicationFamily communicationFamily businesses |
| Works with | Couples, Founders and business owners and Parents |
| Also coaches | Speaking coach, Parenting coach and Spiritual coach |
| Based in | New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| Sessions | Online and in person |
| Credentials | Certified MAP Practitioner; Mindfulness Instructor |
| Practice | Cullen Advisory |
Anne Cullen is a communication and conflict advisor in New Zealand. She helps couples and families who run a business together. Her work covers how partners talk, decide and handle pressure, both at work and at home. She created the PEACE Method, a five-step framework for responding instead of reacting. She has 30 years of experience with human behaviour, family systems and business dynamics. She works online worldwide and in person in New Plymouth.
What Anne helps with
Anne helps couples and family members who work together see the patterns that shape their business and home life. She then helps them build clearer ways to communicate and decide.
- Decisions that keep circling without an outcome
- Blurred roles between partners or family members
- Conversations that feel loaded or stuck
- Pressure spilling between business and home
- Communicating clearly in high-stakes moments
- Making agreements that hold
- Parenting in a more aligned way
- Leading a team as a united pair
Who Anne works with
Anne works with couples and other family members who run a business together. Her clients include business owners, founders and successors. They want clearer communication, shared decision-making and a healthier dynamic across business and family life. She also speaks to organisations, leadership teams and business communities.
How Anne works
Anne starts with diagnosis before she suggests changes. She helps clients see what is happening between them, including patterns and places where roles and values have drifted apart. She uses the PEACE Method, which has five steps: Create space to respond, understand the other person's view, find what is going on beneath the conflict, build a plan together, and check in and refine. Work is usually a longer-term partnership. The first step is a 30-minute fit call.
Background and qualifications
Anne has worked for 30 years at the intersection of human behaviour, family systems and business dynamics. She has supported leaders, families and couples in hard moments of communication and conflict. She is a Certified MAP Practitioner and a Mindfulness Instructor. She created the PEACE Method as a framework for handling pressure, communicating clearly and making decisions both people can stand behind. She also delivers keynotes and workshops on relational systems and values-led leadership.
Anne Cullen pricing
Programs and services
- Free 30-minute fit call
- Longer-term advisory partnership
- Keynotes and workshops for organisations
- Virtual sessions worldwide
- In-person sessions in New Plymouth
Anne Cullen reviews
The CoachVouch take
She created the PEACE Method and applies it to business and family life together for couple- and family-run businesses.
Best for couples and families running a business together who want to communicate and decide as a united team.
Common questions
How much does Anne Cullen charge?
Coaching with Anne runs $80 to $175 an hour. Message Anne from this page for an exact quote.
What does Anne Cullen help with?
Anne Cullen helps with decisions that keep circling without an outcome, blurred roles between partners or family members, conversations that feel loaded or stuck and pressure spilling between business and home.
Does Anne Cullen coach online?
Anne is based in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Sessions are online and in person.
Is Anne Cullen certified?
Anne Cullen lists: Certified MAP Practitioner; Mindfulness Instructor.
Is Anne Cullen's work therapy?
No. She describes her work as advisory and systems-focused. It is not clinical or diagnostic.
Does Anne Cullen work with couples or individuals?
She works with couples and other family members who are in business together. She encourages both partners to join the first call.
How do I contact Anne Cullen?
Send Anne a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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