Experienced strategic perspective for founders and CEOs facing important decisions, growth and change.
Both routes are a valid start: the check for a structured starting point, the intro call if you already know you would like to talk.
Not coaching. Operational experience and an outside view for the moments when internal viewpoints are no longer enough.
Growth does not make decisions easier. It raises the cost of getting them wrong, while the people around you become less able to tell you so.
Priorities multiply and nothing gets dropped, so the team runs at half speed on everything.
The management team agrees in the meeting and drifts apart the week after.
You carry decisions alone because there is no one at your level to test them with.
Investor, board, or bank conversations get prepared the night before.
Structural problems get treated as people problems, and the same issue returns in a new form.
A sparring partner does not take the decision from you. They make sure it survives contact with reality.
WE WORK ON THE DECISIONS IN FRONT OF YOU, NOT ON A CURRICULUM
Every engagement runs on a simple rhythm: we agree what is actually at stake, we pressure-test it together, and you leave each session with a position you can defend in front of your team, your board, or your bank.
A first working session on where the business stands, what decisions are pending, and which of them carry real consequence. No diagnostic theatre, just the shortlist that matters.
Recurring sessions on the live questions: priorities, pricing, hiring, structure, ownership, capital. You bring the situation, we bring the outside view and the experience of having been there.
Preparation for the conversations that decide things: management alignment, investor or board meetings, bank and partner negotiations. We rehearse the hard questions before someone else asks them.
Six things you get from a sparring partner that you will not get from your team, your network, or a training programme.
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Most leadership teams do not lack energy. They lack agreement on what deserves it. We start by cutting the list of priorities down to what actually moves the business in the next two to three quarters, and by naming what gets dropped.
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Most leadership teams do not lack energy. They lack agreement on what deserves it. We start by cutting the list of priorities down to what actually moves the business in the next two to three quarters, and by naming what gets dropped.
Capacity
Sparring only works when the Senior Business Advisor actually knows your business. We keep a limited number of engagements running at any time. If we are full, we will tell you rather than hand you to someone else.
All levels run on the same principle: the same experienced Senior Business Advisor, a fixed rhythm, and no billing by the hour.
Pick the level that matches the weight of the decisions in front of you, not the size of your company.
6 months of working together. Then flexible in 3-month periods.
For owners who want a regular experienced second perspective on important decisions, priorities and difficult situations. 1 personal sparring session per month, 60 minutes, with your Senior Business Advisor. Preparation is included, as is a short written summary of the key decisions and next steps.
Includes everything from Perspective, plus:
6 months of working together. Then flexible in 3-month periods.
For owners who want to prepare, execute and follow through on important decisions, not only reflect on them. 2 personal sparring sessions per month, 60 minutes each. The focus is decision quality, priorities, accountability and leadership or organisational topics.
Includes everything from Perspective and Momentum, plus:
6 months of working together. Then flexible in 3-month periods.
For owners who want an experienced sparring partner close by during complex decisions, demanding phases of change or particularly important situations. Up to 4 personal sparring sessions per month, 60 minutes each. For selected important conversations your advisor can join you in person or remotely.
Not sure which level of support fits your situation? The highest level is not automatically the right one. We recommend the intensity that matches the decisions currently on your table. Start the Leadership Sparring Check
All prices net, plus VAT. Initial minimum term of 6 months, then automatic extension in three-month periods, cancellable with 30 days notice before the next period begins. On-site involvement is arranged individually and charged separately as incurred.
Client Perspective
“He challenged assumptions we had stopped questioning. Since then our operating costs are down and active users on the app are up.”
N.R., Co-founder
On-demand services platform
Straight answers on how the engagement works, what it costs you in time, and where the limits are.
Leadership Sparring Check
Your 7-minute starting point
Twenty-four questions, about seven minutes. It measures the six parts of your decision architecture and tells you which one is holding the rest back.
About this check: 24 questions, roughly 7 minutes. It measures six dimensions of leadership decision architecture (direction, decision quality, leadership team, founder load, follow-through, boardroom readiness) and factors in your role, company size, ownership and leadership setup. You receive a scored PDF report with a decision architecture diagram, an archetype, your primary constraint, an estimated cost of inaction and a 60 to 90 day focus plan, delivered free by email.
Your report is the starting point. In the free conversation that follows, we review the findings together, put them into the context of your business and discuss which level of sparring would currently be most useful.
So we can send your scored report and address you properly. Two fields, twenty seconds.
Used only to send your report and, if you allow it, follow up once. Never shared.
