From polite to honest leadership team
Most leadership teams agree in the meeting and disagree in the corridor afterwards. Here you build the difficult things into a form where they can be said — and agreed.
- Roles and decision rights become explicit
- Hidden agendas reach the table as models
- A shared direction the team can repeat word for word
- Written agreements with ownership and deadlines
The symptoms we usually get called in for
Decisions get made and then reopened. Meetings are about status rather than direction. Each leader optimises their own silo. And everyone knows what the problem is — it just has not been said with everyone in the room.
A built model makes it possible to point at the problem instead of at the person. That changes what can be said in the room — and therefore what can be decided.
Three modules we combine as needed
Identity & roles
Each leader builds their role, their responsibility and what they need from the others.
Decision rights
Who decides what, when do we involve others, and what cannot be reopened.
Shared direction
One model of where we are going — and what we stop doing to get there.
Frequently asked questions
We have tried leadership team development before with no effect. What is different?+
The difference is that nobody can hide, and nobody has to confront anyone. Everyone builds, everyone speaks, and the hard points come out through the models. The day always ends with written decisions and ownership — not a mood.
Does the CEO take part?+
Yes, as an equal participant. The method's etiquette makes hierarchy matter far less: everyone builds at the same time, and everyone gets airtime for their own model.
Can you run it as part of our leadership offsite?+
Yes. We often deliver half a day or a full day as the core of a two-day offsite, designed to work with the rest of your programme.
What about confidentiality?+
All material from the day sits in your own closed space on the platform. You decide who has access, and recordings can be deleted after the engagement.
Get a proposal for your leadership team
Tell us briefly about the group and what is getting in the way. We come back within two working days with a concrete proposal and price.