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Whose view of this decision is actually right?
Get an independent, evidence-based account of a decision where internal stakeholders disagree, so the disagreement can be resolved on the merits rather than on seniority or the loudest voice in the room.
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Examples of who brings us in
- A leadership team split on the right course of action, wanting an independent, evidence-based view rather than a seniority-driven resolution.
- Two functions disagreeing about the cause of a problem, with no shared evidence base to settle it.
- A decision stalling because internal disagreement has gone unresolved for months.
Relevant guides
How to Improve Decision Quality at Board Level: A Practical Guide
This guide sets out how boards in financial services can raise the quality of their most consequential decisions, from paper design to dissent management. After reading, you will know what to change in your board process, what to demand from executives, and where good boards consistently outperform mediocre ones.
Leadership Blind Spots in Major Decisions: A Practical Guide
This guide sets out the specific blind spots that distort major decisions at the top of financial services firms, and how senior leaders can surface them before they cause damage. After reading, you will have a practical method for pressure-testing your own reasoning and your team's before capital, reputation, or regulatory standing is committed.
How to Test Strategic Assumptions Before Committing Capital or Reputation
A practical guide for senior financial services leaders on stress-testing the assumptions underneath a strategic decision before capital, reputation, or regulatory standing is on the line. Readers will finish with a working method for surfacing hidden beliefs, designing cheap tests, and knowing when the evidence is strong enough to commit.
How to Build Real Board Accountability in Regulated Industries
This guide sets out what board accountability actually requires in regulated financial services firms, from information rights to individual responsibility. After reading, you will be able to test whether your board is genuinely accountable or only appears to be.
How to Challenge Groupthink in a Leadership Team
A practical guide for chairs, CEOs, and ExCo members on how to challenge groupthink in a leadership team without breaking cohesion. After reading, you will know the specific mechanisms, sequencing, and behaviours that surface real disagreement and improve the quality of consequential decisions.
How to Map Stakeholders Before a Capital Commitment
This guide sets out how to run a rigorous stakeholder mapping exercise before committing capital to a deal, investment, or major allocation. After reading it, you will know who to map, in what order, and how to translate the output into a decision the board can defend.