​​Beyond Fiduciaries: Accelerating Growth 

We believe the most impactful boards contribute beyond their fiduciary obligations to help their organizations grow. Our DEEDs™ process makes it easier for boards and executive teams to accelerate alignment and decision making and increase the board’s value contribution.

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Concentric Board Value Model

There are three types of value a board contributes to executives and the organization, but only one goes beyond expectation to be truly added value:

Fiduciary Value. Control and monitor on behalf of shareholders, with the goal of providing oversight and minimizing any managerial opportunistic behavior.
[EXPECTED VALUE]

Transactional Value. Provide access to directors’ funding, talent, brand and network assets. 
[EXPECTED VALUE]

Spark Value. Inform and inspire management thinking and decisions, with a focus on foresight and growth.
[ADDED VALUE]

Increasing board productivity and value contribution.

Most boards aren’t able to contribute to their potential due to availability and attention constraints, fiduciary focus and interpersonal dynamics.
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Concentric Decision Agility™ creates the conditions for boards to expand their catalytic "spark" value contribution--making it easier to support management teams' efforts to help their organizations grow. 

Expanding Board Value Contribution                  

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Decision Flywheel

Overcome the barriers of time & attention deficits, process friction as well as interpersonal and group dynamics to reduce decision risk, increase board value contribution and accelerate trust and productivity in a virtuous cycle.

DEEDs™ decision flywheel. Concentric's DEEDs™ approach creates a virtuous cycle that engages both board and management around collaborative value creation. Each cycle builds more trust, which fosters better collaboration and ultimately improves and accelerates decision making.

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Activities

DEEDs™ Decision Framework
DEEDs™ is an efficient, collaborative decision process that helps boards and leadership teams overcome common barriers to alignment and action. Built on proven innovation methods, it transforms how boards and executives work through complex decisions together. DEEDs™ has four steps:
 
1. Define: Getting clear on the problem
Assess: Identify alignment gaps and decision bottlenecks
Define: Define what needs to be decided and what success looks like
Align: Make sure everyone understands what we're really trying to solve
 
2. Explore: Insights + elaboration
Insights: Gather candid perspectives individually and anonymously, making sure all voices are heard
Elaboration: Distill initial inputs and gather additional reflections from contributors to refine decision inputs
Decision mapping. Distill decision spaces into their component parts, identifying areas of alignment and misalignment  
 
3. Experiment: Build alignment
Productive tension: Harness the power of diverse perspectives to challenge thinking and see if assumptions hold up
Prioritize options: Use simple frameworks to test solutions and underlying assumptions collaboratively
 
4. Decide (or Discover)
Align and decide: Reach a decision everyone supports, as well as key implications
Or discover: Discover what else is needed in order to do so
Metrics: Follow up measures taken to monitor success

Efficient engagement. DEEDs™ insights and collaboration leverages individual and group interactions that foster trust and collaboration that does not conflict with board fiduciary activities.

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Outcomes

DEEDs™ collaboration will:
Strengthen board / management trust and cohesion
Create decision outcomes in less time and with less friction
Spark the untapped potential of those entrusted to be most capable of helping your organization succeed

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