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What are employees actually saying, once the internal narrative is set aside?
Get an independent read on how employees and internal stakeholders are genuinely experiencing an organisational change, including the disagreement that internal reporting lines make hard to surface.
What this looks like
Examples of who brings us in
- A people function running a restructuring programme, wanting to know how employees are really responding beneath the formal feedback channels.
- A leadership team noticing internal disagreement about a change, needing an independent account of where the disagreement actually sits.
- An HR leader wanting evidence of organisational sentiment that does not rely on a survey response rate people no longer trust.
Relevant guides
How to Challenge Groupthink in a Leadership Team: A Working Guide
This guide explains how senior leaders can surface and challenge groupthink inside an executive team without destabilising it. After reading, you will know how to spot the warning signs, structure dissent into your decision process, and build the habits that keep a leadership team honest.
Running Stakeholder Intelligence Across a PE Portfolio: A Working Guide
This guide explains how private equity firms can build a repeatable stakeholder intelligence function across portfolio companies, covering customers, employees, regulators and partners. After reading, you will know how to design, sequence and act on portfolio-wide intelligence that supports value creation and protects downside.
How to Structure an SMCR Handover When a Key Function Holder Departs
A practical guide to managing the departure of a Senior Manager under SMCR, covering handover documentation, interim arrangements, regulatory notifications, and preserving accountability through the transition. After reading, you will know how to sequence the handover, protect continuity of responsibility, and demonstrate credible governance to the FCA and PRA.
Reading Customer Sentiment After an Acquisition: A Field Guide
This guide sets out how to assess customer sentiment in the months following an acquisition, using structured interviews, behavioural signals, and segmentation. After reading, you will know what to measure, who to talk to, and how to turn findings into decisions the integration team can act on.
Leadership Blind Spots in Major Decisions: A Working Guide
This guide identifies the specific blind spots that distort senior decisions in financial services and explains how to surface them before they cause damage. After reading, you will have a practical method for stress-testing your own judgement and that of your leadership team on consequential calls.
What to Research About Stakeholders Before You Decide
This guide explains how to run pre-decision stakeholder research that actually changes the quality of a decision, not just documents it. After reading, you will know what to ask, who to ask, in what order, and how to read the results without flattering your own hypothesis.