Concentric Growth Partners
Concentric supports performance-focused leadership teams ready to push past board / management friction and navigate complex decisions with greater alignment and confidence.
No director assessing, coaching, recruiting, refreshing or replacing. We unlock the potential of your existing board to increase trust and productivity while reducing governance and decision risk.
“Concentric didn’t just manage our transition — they ignited it. Real momentum, real buy-in, at every level.”— CEO, Finnriver Farm & Cidery
Clients typically engage Concentric for support in three areas:
A key decision brought to the board is stalled or moving too slowly.
Board / management interactions need to be more predictable and productive.
The board has more to contribute than current processes allow.
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The stakes and complexity of board / management decisions are expanding, with more at stake in every major call.
CEOs and executive teams undervalue the board as well as the ROI on the time and effort expended on board interactions.
Boards want to be more strategic, but often function as approval and oversight bodies, leaving their strategic value largely unrealized.
Conventional board processes and practices hamper productivity and underserve governance best practices.
“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, Mastery Charter School System
Most approaches to board improvement focus on the directors themselves — assessing them, developing them, or replacing them. All of that has merit. But it takes considerable time, effort, and resources before getting to results.
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.
Over-crowded meeting agendas that squeeze the most important decisions into too little time.
A constrained board meeting cadence for directors juggling a breadth of external interests and executives contending with the day-to-day pressures of their jobs.
Expanding complexity, overwhelming board packs, and diminishing capacity to focus on what truly drives strategic value.
Role and relationship dynamics that limit cognitive diversity, trigger groupthink, and prevent the best thinking from surfacing.
Conventional board practices misaligned with modern requirements that limit impact and productivity.
Boards defaulting to their compliance role rather than leveraging their strategic potential — treating governance as a checkbox, not a competitive advantage.
Concentric Decision Agility™ unlocks the intelligence of your existing board to improve decision outcomes without board overstep.
Most boards have more intelligence in the room than ever makes it into the decision. It’s not because of the people — it’s the approach.
Making it easier for directors and executives to overcome the biases that distort group decisions creates better outcomes more quickly, without needing to change — or change out — people.
Independently surfacing deeper insights from every director — not just quick takes around the table — delivers better results while cutting through time deficits, groupthink, and communication friction.
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.
PROCESS OVERVIEW
The DEEDs™ Decision Framework — Process Overview
Concentric Decision Agility™ provides a low-risk, laddered approach to confirm need and right-size application.
Maps your current decision bottlenecks with no ongoing commitment. Assesses whether CDA Sprint can deliver measurable value for your organization.
Single-decision solution using DEEDs™.
Builds this capability permanently into your organization.
Concentric Decision Agility™ creates a virtuous cycle that builds trust, fosters better collaboration and ultimately improves and accelerates decision making.
Improve the quality, speed, and durability of key decisions and gain faster alignment and stronger commitment from all parties.
Reduce friction and frustration in board / management engagement. Meetings stay focused and avoid revisiting past decisions or unproductive tangents.
Unlock the board’s full experience, expertise, and cognitive diversity, improving decision outcomes and increasing everyone’s return on time invested.
Distribute decision risk across a broader, more committed leadership pool through repeatable processes that meet fiduciary duties and deliver more durable decisions.
“The clarity streamlined decisions, saving us valuable time in putting together our strategic roadmap.”— Founder & CEO, Violet Flame Chocolate
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.
Bringing a more structured process to board / management decisions benefits everyone involved, transforming how organizational leaders align and decide.
We help corporate, non-profit and institutional clients apply collaborative intelligence and decision architecture to: