Executive Discovery Scan
Duration5 days
SLT discussions1-3 sessions
FeeBespoke
Delivery guarantee7 working days
Senior-ledYes — throughout
Delivery guarantee
If you do not receive the diagnostic report and board-ready slide within 7 working days, you do not pay.
Usefulness guarantee
If the report is rated less than 8/10 in usefulness, it is reworked within 48 hours or refunded in full. No questions.
Why it matters
Surface the constraints. Define the path forward.
- Explores the organisation's strategic ambition, current performance challenges, leadership alignment, and transformation context.
- Surfaces both known and hidden issues, identifies where the organisation is struggling to scale, and uncovers the systemic barriers holding back performance.
What we do
- Structured discussions with the leadership team to test alignment, uncover gaps in capability or decision-making, and clarify what success looks like.
- Review previous transformation efforts to understand what has worked, what has stalled, and why.
What you receive
A clear, aligned, and evidence-informed understanding of the business today.
| Deliverable | Description |
|---|---|
| Executive Decision Brief | C-suite / SLT level briefing pack covering scope of work and findings. |
| Leadership alignment | Evidence-based current state assessment. |
| Constraints validated | Ranked and sized for £EBITDA impact. |
| Roadmap | Sequenced plan with scenarios for communication. |
| Focussed mandate | Clear direction to move forward at the required pace. |
Value we create
Clarity. Confidence. Control.
Clarity
A single view of what's working, what's not, and why.
Confidence
Quantified opportunities supported by evidence-based recommendations.
Control
A sequenced roadmap that aligns leadership and enables acceleration of delivery.
How it works
Days 1-2: Structured discussions with SLT and function leads - constraint-seeking, not hypothesis-confirming.
Days 3-4: Data analysis - financial, operational, and existing diagnostic material reviewed.
Day 5: Constraints validated, ranked, and sized for EBITDA impact. Executive Discovery Scan delivered with roadmap and scenarios.
Natural next steps
Partnership support based on findings and recommendations
The Executive Discovery Scan ends with a clear mandate. The natural next step depends on what the findings reveal.
| Product | Fee | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic - Rapid | Bespoke | 10 days | Learn more → |
| Diagnostic - Functional | Bespoke | 20 days | Learn more → |
| Diagnostic - Company Wide | Bespoke | 60 days | Learn more → |
| Implementation (Delivery) | Bespoke | 60 days | Learn more → |
| Leadership (Interim / Fractional) | Bespoke | As required | Learn more → |
| Programme Management & Recovery | Bespoke | 60 days | Learn more → |
Practitioners - not process factories
You are not buying generic consulting. You are buying independent clarity, a lower-regret first step, and outputs you can use at board level immediately.
What we do
- Every engagement led by a Principal Consultant who has operated at the level they are advising
- Commercially oriented - paid to find profit, not to sell more consulting
- Honest - we will tell you if the evidence does not support the investment
- Independent - benchmarked against 150+ businesses; we know what good looks like for a business your size
What we are not
- A generalist strategy firm charging for frameworks
- A technology integrator with a platform to sell
- A staffing business with an interim bench
- A firm that produces reports that sit in a drawer
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30-min scoping call2
5-day Executive Discovery Scan3
Board-ready findings
What clients say
What clients say.
“The Executive Discovery Scan told us things we suspected but could not articulate. The board walked away aligned.”
COO · Insurance business
“The 5-day Executive Discovery Scan was the most useful £5k we have spent. It gave us a clear answer on what to fix and in what order.”
CFO · Professional services business
“We were circling the same problem for six months. The Executive Discovery Scan named it in a week and gave us a plan the board could act on.”
MD · Mid-market operator
“Fixed scope. Useful output. No pressure toward a vendor path.”
CEO · Growth-stage operator
“Assured Velocity named the risk clearly, gave us a board-ready view, and made the next move obvious.”
CFO · Mid-market business
“They told us the problem was in our process, not the system we were about to replace. Saved us a six-figure implementation and six months of disruption.”
FD · Mid-market manufacturer
“The Executive Discovery Scan told us things we suspected but could not articulate. The board walked away aligned.”
COO · Insurance business
“The 5-day Executive Discovery Scan was the most useful £5k we have spent. It gave us a clear answer on what to fix and in what order.”
CFO · Professional services business
“We were circling the same problem for six months. The Executive Discovery Scan named it in a week and gave us a plan the board could act on.”
MD · Mid-market operator
“Fixed scope. Useful output. No pressure toward a vendor path.”
CEO · Growth-stage operator
“Assured Velocity named the risk clearly, gave us a board-ready view, and made the next move obvious.”
CFO · Mid-market business
“They told us the problem was in our process, not the system we were about to replace. Saved us a six-figure implementation and six months of disruption.”
FD · Mid-market manufacturer