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Where is execution actually breaking down?

Bring the problem as you see it. We will use 30 focused minutes to work out what is really going on and what deserves a closer look. No fee, and no obligation.

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01 / Pick a time

30 minutes, and a straight answer.

Bring whatever decision is on your mind. You do not need a brief, a deck or a tidy problem statement.

If it turns out I am the wrong person for it, I will say so and tell you who is better placed.

01Before

Nothing to prepare. A decision on your mind is enough.

02During

Questions rather than a presentation. Most of the half hour is you talking.

03After

A short written note on what the problem looks like from the outside, and what would confirm it.

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02 / Is this the right call

What to bring, and what to send elsewhere.

Bring this

Worth the call

Send this elsewhere

Not my work

Worth the callA decision close to sign-off that is bothering you
Not my workA proposal against a written tender
Worth the callA structural change made twice, with the tension back again
Not my workManaging one person's performance
Worth the callA board and a management team that have stopped agreeing on the facts
Not my workRecruitment, search or interim placement
Worth the callA conference programme or a closed board session
Not my workDelivering training against an existing curriculum
Worth the callA full investigation, where the business itself is the subject
Not my workA quote to be compared on a day rate

Full investigations are run by the firm, on separate terms.

FranklySpeaking 12–16 weeks · Written finding

03 / How I work

A small number of clients at a time.

Advisory work is priced as access to one person, and access is only worth anything if I am actually available. New work comes through referral and direct approach.

Booking is the fastest route. Anything that is not a booking goes to the address in the footer.

If none of this describes your week, we have nothing to discuss yet.