Strategy and Execution Diagnostic: what’s slowing you down
“We used to move fast. Now everything takes longer, and nobody can say why.”
Sound familiar?
“We know something isn’t working, but we don’t know what.”
You’ve tried fixing it before, but it’s Groundhog Day.
“We used to function well, but then we grew.”
Every time you grow, something breaks, and the faster you grow, the more things break.
“We raised the money, but we’re not yet set up to deliver.”
You know your investors expect more, but you’re not sure how you’ll do it with your current setup.
“We’ve hired leaders, but haven’t set them up for success.”
You’ve got the right people, but it isn’t working (yet).
What we do
I’ll interview your leaders one by one, review meeting cadences and agendas, and read your strategy and planning material. I’ll find where things are working and where they could be better, including where it might be related to how you’re leading. I’ll debrief with you candidly, one on one, so we can align on what is most important to you, and then we’ll run a workshop with your leadership team to agree the first changes.
What it looks like when it works
You know why everything takes longer, and it isn’t a guess.
You know what you need to change to keep up with your growth, and in what order.
You know what problems you need to solve to take you through to the next raise.
You know what you need to do so your leaders can succeed.
How it runs
Discover
I interview your team and review materials, checking in with you as I go.
Debrief
We have a private debrief where you shape the workshop.
Decide
We run a workshop with your leadership team to decide the first changes.
You leave with
What’s slowing you down and what to do about it, including the two or three changes to make first. You’ll also get a proposal for any further support from me, or introductions to others when I’m not the right person to help.
Typical format
How long: two to four weeks from start to finish
Where: mostly online, with the debrief and workshop in your office or at an offsite if you prefer
Preparation and support: by email and video call, as much or as little as you need
This is the best process we have ever run, so thank you.
CEO, Series A B2B software startup
Case studies
A leadership team that owns the work
A Series A health-tech CEO held the whole business in his head. We named its real business lines and gave each leader one to own, and drafted OKRs for each.
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OKRs that took the company up-market
A Series D data SaaS scale-up whose product had stopped selling refocused on the world’s biggest customers, got on budget, and stopped pulling its CEO into everything.
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Who you’ll be working with
I run every session myself.
I spent six years at Google, then two at Amazon, where I led a 100-person organisation. Since then, I’ve worked with over 200 leaders and 16 startup leadership teams as a facilitator and coach.
If I’m not the right person to help, I’ll introduce you to someone who could be.
What usually comes next: Strategy workshop · Who owns what · OKR workshop
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Richard talks to the leaders one by one, finds where decisions and work get stuck, and says plainly which two or three changes to make first.
Next steps
1
Book a call.
A free, 20-minute Clarity Call to see whether the Diagnostic is the right first step.
2
Then a Strategy Session.
Free. We go through what’s happening, what good looks like and what’s been tried, and you leave with a plan for what to do next, even if it doesn’t involve me.
3
A clear proposal.
The scope, the timing and the price: usually between €5,000 and €15,000, depending on your company’s stage and the size of your leadership team.
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Clarity in difficult business situations
What I appreciated a lot while working with Richard was his approach towards clarity in difficult business situations and finding a solution that fits for the team… which helped us a lot in developing our own business to the next level.
Susanne Palli
CEO
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