The Strategic Reset
Regain clarity, rhythm, and control—quickly.
A 3-Session Operational Diagnostic to Restore Control
When covenant pressure is real and cash flow forecasting feels like guesswork, you need someone who actually understands what you’re dealing with—not another advisor who’s never been in your shoes.
The Strategic Reset gives you space to think out loud with someone who’s been there. Someone you can bounce ideas off without worrying about internal politics, functional bias, or having to manage their expectations.
If you downloaded my guide “Leading a Stressed Business? I Actually Know How You Feel,” this is the practical next step.
This Is For CEOs and MDs Who Are:
- Managing covenant pressure while maintaining team stability
- Struggling with cash flow patterns that don’t respond to obvious fixes
- Feeling like they’re making critical decisions with incomplete information.
- Surrounded by advisors but still carrying the weight of uncertainty alone
- Leading through complexity that’s outpacing their current operational rhythm
What Actually Happens in the Strategic Reset
Session 1: Diagnostic and Immediate Actions
We talk through what you’re actually dealing with, the pressure you can’t share with your team, the decisions keeping you awake. But we also identify the 2-3 operational patterns consuming your bandwidth right now. You’ll leave with immediate actions to reduce leadership drag and a diagnostic framework to apply before Session 2. Written summary includes specific operational changes to implement immediately.
Session 2: Decision Framework & Trade-off Analysis
We work through the approaches you’re considering and stress-test your thinking. But we also build decision criteria for the trade-offs you’re actually facing. You’ll leave with a clear framework for evaluating options and specific next steps for your highest-impact decisions. Written analysis includes decision trees and implementation priorities.
Session 3: Strategic Reset Plan & Implementation
We crystallise everything into an actionable Strategic Reset Plan. Specific operational changes, resource reallocation, stakeholder communication approach, and 90-day implementation timeline. You leave with a complete roadmap that addresses your actual constraints and capabilities, not generic best practices.
Between Sessions:
Direct access via email for urgent decisions, plus review of implementation progress and course corrections as you execute the plan.
Read more about the PE-style decisiveness framework that underpins the Strategic Reset.
What You’ll Have After the Strategic Reset
Clear operational priorities that address root causes, not just symptoms
Specific actions to improve cash generation without strangling growth
Stakeholder communication framework that builds confidence while you implement changes
Decision criteria for the trade-offs you’re actually facing
Reset timeline that accounts for your real constraints and capabilities
Why This Works
The Strategic Reset is part of My Strategic CEO Coaching approach, developed through 30 years of operational leadership including interim CEO roles in turnaround situations.
It’s a trusted sounding board. Someone you can be completely honest with about what you’re facing, without managing their expectations or worrying about how it sounds.
It’s grounded in real experience. I’ve been in the chair making decisions with incomplete information, managing covenant pressure, and carrying weight I couldn’t share with my team.
It’s genuinely confidential. No internal politics, no functional bias, no stake in the outcome except helping you think clearly about what you’re actually dealing with.
It’s designed for isolation. When you’re the one who has to make the call and everyone’s looking to you for certainty you don’t always have, sometimes you need someone who understands that reality.
Who This Works Best For
CEOs and MDs of businesses between £2M-£50M revenue facing operational complexity that’s outpacing their current management rhythm.
Leaders managing covenant pressure who need to improve cash performance while maintaining team stability and market position.
Executives who’ve tried traditional coaching and found it too theoretical for the operational challenges they’re actually facing.
Business leaders who prefer diagnostic clarity over exploratory conversations about leadership development.
Next Steps
If you’re tired of managing complexity through improvisation and want frameworks that actually address the pressure you’re under, let’s discuss whether the Strategic Reset makes sense for your situation.
The Strategic Reset begins with a short qualification call to ensure this approach fits your specific situation.
During this call, we’ll discuss:
- The operational pressure you’re managing
- What you’ve already tried that hasn’t worked
- Whether the Strategic Reset addresses your actual constraints
- Timeline and logistics for the 3-session intensive
This isn’t a sales call. If the Strategic Reset isn’t right for your situation, I’ll tell you directly and suggest what might work better.