The Corporate Affairs leadership sprint is the main way I work with Heads of Corporate Affairs. In four weeks, your team’s work lines up with what your CEO and board care about, low-value work stops, and you’re treated as a senior executive.
The right work
Every activity traces back to a priority they’ve set. Work that doesn’t connect gets questioned.
How the sprint does itIn week 1 we map how the business creates value and what your CEO and board have prioritised, decide which of those priorities Corporate Affairs influences, and set a few measures your CFO can read.
Room to do it
We clear out the reports, briefings and routines nobody needs, agree it with the people who receive them, and automate what’s left with AI. Your team gets the time back for the big strategic issues.
How the sprint does itAcross weeks 1 to 3, the people who receive your team’s work tell us what they use, they agree what stops, and we automate one recurring workflow with AI.
A seat when it counts
The executive team treats you as a senior executive with a view on the business.
How the sprint does itIn week 4 we set up an operating model with clear ownership and a standing rhythm with the leadership team, business cases in commercial terms, and a board-ready presentation.
Six weeks later the business case was approved.
Anonymised. Richard’s account of the engagement.
“This is excellent. … [The CEO] loved the statistics around trust and NPS increasing significantly due to advocacy and community work … He’ll likely use this as the basis for increasing focus and resources into corporate affairs.”
You work directly with me. We agree the scope, outputs, fee and your team’s involvement before work begins.
A 30-minute conversation about what your function needs to deliver and what is getting in the way.
Talk with Richard