One decision.
Three weeks.
A clear answer.
For CEOs and founder-owners facing a call on scaling, capital or succession, where getting it wrong is expensive and waiting is no longer an option.
The hardest decisions
rarely arrive with
a deadline attached.
They sit on the agenda. They get discussed and deferred. Meanwhile, the cost of not deciding grows quietly.
Most leaders don't lack information. They lack a structured way to test it, and someone outside the organisation who will say what others won't.
The Decision Review exists for that moment.
A fixed three-week
engagement focused
on one decision.
We frame it properly, hear from the people around it, test every option against what could go wrong, and reach a recommendation you can act on and defend.
Four steps.
Three weeks.
Frame
A 90-minute session to find the real decision behind the stated one. We map options, constraints, stakeholders and what a good outcome looks like in three years.
Output: a one-page decision statement, agreedListen
Confidential conversations with three or four people you nominate: your chair, co-founder, CFO or a key investor. You hear what they think, without it being filtered.
Output: the themes no one inside can see clearlyTest
A two-hour session that stress-tests each option through the BRAVE lens and a pre-mortem: "It's 18 months on and this failed. Why?" Every viable path is tested against what could go wrong.
Output: two or three viable options, with risks namedDecide
A written Decision Paper, delivered 48 hours before your final session. We walk through the recommendation together. You make the call, or set the exact condition for making it.
Output: the decision, and a 90-day action pathNot a presentation.
A decision.
The work is made visible in documents you can share with a board, chair or investors. Everything is written to be used, not filed.
The Decision Paper
A 6 to 8-page document covering the decision, what's at stake, options considered, stakeholder findings, a clear recommendation, and the conditions under which it would change.
The 90-Day Action Path
The first five to seven moves, with owners and dates. The plan starts the week after the final session.
Board-Ready Summary
One page you can take to your chair, board or investors. The recommendation stated plainly, with the reasoning behind it.
A 30-Day Check-In
A 30-minute session at the end of the first month to review progress on the first actions and address what has shifted.
Is this for you?
This works when the decision is yours to make, the consequences are real, and you want to know what is true, not what is comfortable.
This is the right fit when
- The decision has a clear owner, and it is the person engaging
- Getting it wrong costs money, reputation or key people
- You want the truth, not a second opinion that agrees with you
- The decision sits in scaling, capital or succession
It is not the right fit when
- The decision has already been made and you want validation
- The board or investors hold the final call and are not involved
- The underlying issue is a long-running leadership development need
- You need someone to run financial analysis or due diligence
A fixed fee.
No surprises.
The fee is fixed and paid in full before we begin. It is shared when you enquire.
Two Reviews run each month. If you move into retained advisory within 30 days, the Review fee is credited in full against your first two months.
If it is not the right fit after the diagnostic call, no money changes hands.
What are you really deciding?
Tell me about the decision. I will reply within two working days, either with a proposed next step or an honest note if this is not the right fit.
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