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GOVERNANCE

Governance should help the organization move.

Governance is not only about oversight and compliance. It defines how authority, ownership, decisions, performance, risk, and accountability work together so the organization can execute with confidence.

Current

Responsibility exists without clear authority.

Possible

Clear governance turns responsibility into authority and decisions into action.

When governance is unclear, execution slows.

Only 20% of executives in a McKinsey survey said their organizations excelled at decision making.

Organizations with high organization-design maturity were associated with 23% greater revenue growth than organizations with low maturity in Deloitte’s research.

Clear governance turns responsibility into authority and decisions into action.

Governance breaks when ownership is ambiguous.

Policies may exist without clear owners. Committees may exist without clear decision rights. Measures may exist without accountability. Risks may be identified without action. Decisions may move upward because no one is certain who has the authority to make them.

More governance does not necessarily create better governance.

  1. Purpose
  2. Authority
  3. Decision rights
  4. Ownership
  5. Measures
  6. Risk
  7. Adaptation

Govern what matters.

Current

Unclear ownership, duplicated authority, reactive risk management, and slow decisions.

Possible

Clear decision rights, ownership, measures, risk visibility, and adaptation.

  1. Purpose
  2. Authority
  3. Decision Rights
  4. Ownership
  5. Measures
  6. Risk
  7. Accountability
  8. Adaptation

Governance should create enough structure to protect the organization while preserving enough clarity and authority to let it move.

From governance to enabled execution.

We help clarify what needs to be governed, who owns it, who decides, how performance is measured, how risks are handled, how decisions are escalated, and how governance connects to strategy and day-to-day execution.

  1. Understand current governance
  2. Clarify decisions and ownership
  3. Connect performance and risk
  4. Implement governance mechanisms
  5. Build adaptive capability

Governance must evolve with the organization.

A governance system designed for yesterday’s organization will eventually constrain tomorrow’s. The organization needs the internal capability to review, adapt, and evolve governance as its strategy, operations, technology, and responsibilities change.

Insight only creates value when the organization can act on it.