Advisory / Overview
Every engagement starts with a conversation.
No two businesses arrive with the same question.
Some founders are carrying decisions they no longer want to make alone. Some executive teams are struggling to bring the organisation behind a new strategy. Some boards know their governance has fallen behind the complexity of the business.
Others need confidence that strategy, governance and execution are still moving together.
Starting point
The work is different. The starting point is always the same.
We take the time to understand what is happening inside the business before recommending where to begin.
Because the first problem a business describes is rarely the one that needs solving.
Where should we start?
Business Advisory gives founders, owners, CEOs and leadership teams a commercial sounding board before the decision is made.
Business Advisory I need leadership to agree on the picture of the business.The Strategic & Architecture Diagnostic helps the organisation see how it really operates before making major decisions.
Diagnostic Our governance has not kept pace.Board & Governance Advisory clarifies decision rights, responsibility and oversight as the business grows.
Governance Our strategy is in motion and needs to stay visible.The Strategy Realisation Office helps leadership understand whether decisions, investments and initiatives still support the strategy.
Strategy Realisation We need consistent decision making.Decision Table gives the organisation a governed way to make, record and improve important decisions.
Decision Table We need to know where our controls and risks stand.Control Tracker gives boards and leaders a stable view of controls, risks, evidence and reviews.
Control Tracker Our operations are inconsistent.BOAS assembles capability, decisions, process, technology, data and governance into repeatable operating discipline.
BOAS We need a Certified Partner to deliver the work.Some organisations need Ivory to shape the thinking and a trusted partner to help deliver it.
Certified PartnerWho we work with
We do not define our clients by industry or company size. We define them by responsibility.
We tend to work with the people responsible for the direction, performance and long-term success of the organisation.
Founders, CEOs, boards, executive teams and functional leaders usually engage us when decisions become larger, more connected and harder to carry through experience alone.
See who we work withWays this usually starts.
Some decisions should not be made in isolation.
An experienced commercial sounding board for founders, owners, CEOs and leadership teams when the decisions matter most.
How the engagement works Strategic & Architecture DiagnosticSomething does not feel right, but you cannot explain why.
A clear view of how the business is operating today, where complexity has crept in and why execution has become harder than expected.
How the diagnostic works Board & Governance AdvisoryThe business has changed. Your governance has not.
Support for boards and leadership teams building clearer decision making, accountability and responsibility as the organisation grows.
How governance advisory works Strategy Realisation OfficeYour strategy has moved into execution. Now it needs to stay visible.
Ongoing strategic oversight that helps leadership understand whether decisions, investments and initiatives still support the direction of the business.
How strategy realisation worksMost clients do not arrive asking for a specific service. They arrive with a business problem.
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