Step 1 of 2 · Dominion Advisory
Founder Clarity Intensive
Two days. One room. We find the one wall the business is resting on, and you make the move that takes the load off it.
By the end of this page you will know what the two days do, and whether yours is the problem they fix.
Take the Drift DiagnosticRecognition
You have said one of these out loud this month.
This is not a leadership problem. It is a build problem. The company grew and the structure did not grow with it, so the load kept coming back to you.
- “Nothing moves until I have looked at it.”
- “My leaders should be further along by now.”
- “I am tired of options. I want a decision.”
- “I know what is wrong. I cannot get traction on it.”
- “What is slowing us down is not out there. It is how we are built.”
You have probably tried to fix this already. Here is why it did not hold.
What this is not
You have been offered versions of this before.
Most founder help lives in one of four lanes. Each one is good at something. None of them name the one wall and make the move. That is what the Founder Clarity Intensive, or FCI, is built for.
A coach asks better questions and leaves the answers to you.
FCI names the wall and the move, then hands you the plan that holds it.
A consultant studies the business and returns a report.
FCI ends in a decision you own and follows up at 30, 60 and 90 days, not a document you file.
An operating system installs the same meetings and scorecards in every company.
FCI finds the one wall in yours and takes the load off it.
A peer group gives you a room of opinions.
FCI gives you one read and one move.
The work is not more input. It is the one decision that releases the other thirty.
So is this for you? Not everyone. Here is the honest list.
Fit
Founders who are done circling the same problems.
- Founders whose company has grown dependent on them
- Founders who know something is off in how the business runs
- Owners getting ready to sell, hand off, or step back
- Founders whose growth has stalled after trying everything they can think of
Some founders are fine being the company. That is a legitimate choice. It just ought to be a choice and not a default.
If you are on that list, here is what the two days actually do.
The two days
Name the wall. Make the move.
Day One decides. Day Two installs.
What you leave with
One wall, named.
The one thing actually slowing the business. In the room we call it the constraint.
One move, made.
The decision that takes the load off it.
One structure, installed.
The walls that carry the load without you.
How it works
Day One · The decision
Diagnose
Dominion Drift Index™
A score across five parts of the business. The lowest one is where the load sits.
Isolate
Constraint Identification Filter™
The wall, in one sentence a new hire could act on.
Decide
Decisive Move Architecture™
You make the move, with a date on it and your signature under it.
Architect
90-Day Execution Architecture™
The plan that holds it for ninety days.
Sustain
Close and Commitment
Score the baseline. Put the commitments in writing.
The Overnight
Between the days, the decision sleeps one night. Day Two opens with you saying it out loud again, or changing it.
A decision with your name under it survives Monday. One that stayed in your head does not.
Day Two · The install
Execute
The Install
Four things built before you leave: the announcement, the resistance map, the first test, and the calendar.
That is the room. Here is what keeps the move standing.
After the room
What makes the move hold.
What the move usually is
A decision right has three parts: what the person decides, up to what limit, and whether their answer is final. Founders reliably give the first two and withhold the third, and the third is the only one that matters.
Responsibility got delegated. Final authority did not.
Read the piece on decision rightsBuilt-in follow-through
On Day One you score five parts of the business, 1 to 10. Three reviews are built in, and each one has a job of its own. The change is measured, not assumed.
- The 30-Day Hold. Did the move hold? We confirm it took, and deal with any early fracture.
- The 60-Day Stress Test. Does it carry weight? We push on execution and tighten any standard that has slipped.
- The 90-Day Re-Score. We score the five dimensions again against Day One, and close the cycle.
You do not leave with a report to file. You leave owning a system you can run every ninety days.
What clarity gives back
Decisions happen without you. Your time moves up to the work only you can do. The business moves faster because it is no longer waiting on one person.
That rhythm can be protected across a whole year. Here is the one next step.
One next step
Ten questions, before you spend two days.
The diagnostic names which area is carrying your load. Bring the result and Day One starts from it, not from a blank page.
For founders who want the rhythm protected across the year, the Intensive is the entry point to the Founder Architecture Advisory. See the year
Take the Drift DiagnosticIf you would rather read than book
Including the part this page will not teach you, and why the applied build does not survive being generalized.
What happens at thirty and sixty days, and how to tell a failed plan from a misnamed wall.
This work is not for everyone. Worth reading before you decide it is for you.
Name the constraint. Make the move. Build what holds.