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“Concentric’s process created genuine organizational momentum and secured critical buy-in across all levels, making our transition both more efficient and more meaningful.”
— CEO, organic beverage alcohol co.
Board / management dynamics: Key challenges
Decision scope and complexity expanding
The breadth and complexity of decisions facing boards and management is expanding and accelerating.
Board ROI: Low return on high effort
CEOs and executive teams undervalue the board as well as the ROI on the time and effort expended on board interactions.
Board contribution: Untapped value
Boards want to be more strategic, but often function more as approval and oversight bodies, leaving their strategic value largely unrealized.
Inefficient, riskier process
Conventional board processes and practices hamper productivity and underserve governance best practices.
What's getting in the way: Deficits and dysfunctions
Board consultants, coaches and recruitment firms do an important job of trying to "fix" or refresh directors. While individual development is always a good thing, changing people, or changing them out, takes a lot of time, effort and resources.
There is a faster, more impactful way of improving the existing board's performance: Create a more productive interface that reduces the deficits and dysfunctions that undermine high-stakes board / management decisions:
There is a faster, more impactful way of improving the existing board's performance: Create a more productive interface that reduces the deficits and dysfunctions that undermine high-stakes board / management decisions:
Deficits
Time
Availability
Attention
Dysfunctions
Biases & communication dynamics
Conventional practices
Inertia & orthodoxy
“Concentric supported our CEO transition by helping us gather insights and build alignment with key stakeholder audiences, from our board, to funders, to our school principals, in the rollout of a new three-year strategy.”
— Chief of Staff, Nationally Recognized "Turnaround" Charter School
How we help: Concentric Decision Agility™
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Concentric Decision Agility™ unlocks the latent intelligence of your existing board to improve decision outcomes without board overstep.
We solve for the decision itself, not the people making it. By building the trust that allows real candor and changing how and when perspectives are gathered, we make it easier for directors and executives to overcome the cognitive biases inherent in group decisions. Independently surfacing deeper insights from every director—not just quick takes around the table—delivers better outcomes while cutting through time deficits, groupthink, and communication friction. |
Methodology: The DEEDs™ decision framework
DEEDs™ is an efficient, collaborative decision process that helps boards and management teams overcome common barriers to alignment and action. Built on established, proven methods, it transforms how boards and executives work through complex decisions together. |
Key Outcomes
Concentric Decision Agility™ creates a virtuous cycle that builds trust, fosters better collaboration and ultimately improves and accelerates decision making. Key outcomes:
Accelerate board / management decision making
Improve the quality, speed, and durability of key decisions and gain faster alignment and stronger commitment from all parties.
Create smoother, more predictable, and productive interactions
Reduce friction and frustration in board / management engagement. Meetings stay focused and avoid revisiting past decisions or unproductive tangents.
Increase board value contribution and ROI
Unlock the board's full experience, expertise, and cognitive diversity, improving decision outcomes and increasing everyone's return on time invested.
Reduce governance and decision risk
Distribute decision risk across a broader, more committed leadership pool through repeatable processes that meet fiduciary duties and deliver more durable decisions with less procedural drag.
Common use cases
Concentric clients typically engage us when boards and management face high-stakes decisions where alignment and speed matter—but traditional board processes create delays, friction, or suboptimal outcomes.
Strategy & material transactions
- M&A related
- Major capital allocation
- Strategic direction & pivots
Leadership & talent
- CEO succession
- Talent dynamics & transitions
- Board composition & refresh
Performance & relationships
- Unproductive board dynamics
- Board-CEO relationship / engagement
- Crisis & external pressure (Activists, regulatory, cyber, ESG, litigation, reputational)
The clarity streamlined decisions and accelerated bringing on new investors and advisors alike, saving us valuable time while building stronger alignment around our strategic direction.
—Founder & CEO, gourmet confectionary company
Stakeholder benefits
Bringing a more structured process to key board / management decisions benefits everyone involved.
Over time, Concentric Decision Agility™ can transform how organizational leaders align and decide to positively impact their organizations.
Over time, Concentric Decision Agility™ can transform how organizational leaders align and decide to positively impact their organizations.
CEOs & executives
- Faster board alignment for big moves
- Expands board engagement with minimal additional effort
- Become a mind reader—flag concerns before the board meeting
- More predictable board interactions
- Reduce overstep concerns
- Increase trust and collaboration
Directors & chairs
- Greater engagement and candor from all directors
- Increase productivity with minimal increase in effort
- Enhance board’s value contribution & impact
- Increase trust and collaboration
Board managers
(GCs / CLOs, Corp. Secretaries, etc.)
(GCs / CLOs, Corp. Secretaries, etc.)
- More structured decision process
- Smoother, more predictable interactions
- Increase director engagement
- Supports governance best practices
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