Executive
Senior counsel alongside the person actually carrying the decision.
Lead. Transform.
Executive
Discipline 06 of 06
Someone in the room who has seen this before, is not competing for the job, and will tell you the unwelcome thing. Leading a business through a change is a different problem from designing the change, and it is lonelier.
Discuss a executive engagementWhat it covers
The work
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Counsel to the principal
A confidential sounding board for the person who has no one else to think out loud with.
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Transformation leadership
Standing alongside the executive carrying a restructuring, integration or turnaround.
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Team and decision rights
Who decides what, and whether the people in the seats can do what the plan requires.
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Stakeholder work
Boards, lenders, families and investors — the conversations that determine whether the plan gets its runway.
Method
How we work on it
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Work to the principal's agenda
The engagement serves the person carrying the decision, not a reporting line that finds it convenient.
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Separate the person from the problem
Most executive difficulty is a mix of both. Untangling them is usually the first useful thing that happens.
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Hand it back
The objective is a leadership team that no longer needs us in the room, and a visible point at which that is true.
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Talk to us about executive
Describe the decision in front of you. You will get a considered reply and a straight answer about whether this is work we should be doing.