STEP 3 | Align the Business
Align the operating model.
Allocate the capacity, don't just bank it.
STEP 3 takes the proven capability from STEP 2 and uses it to align the whole leadership system: functions, strategy, risk, technology, product, and who holds which decision rights.
Capacity that isn't allocated gets absorbed. Without a deliberate plan, each function spends what it reclaimed on its own backlog, risk stays fragmented and strategy stays untested. STEP 3 gives the leadership team one grounded view to decide from, drawn from the evidence STEP 1 and STEP 2 produced.
ALLOCATION
Capacity gets a destination
The 10/10/10/10 model splits reclaimed capacity across retention, insourcing, new risk work and cross-functional growth, each slice with a baseline, owner, measure and financial hypothesis.
RISK PICTURE
One named, functional view of risk
A picture the CRO can consolidate into the enterprise register, with owners and a review cadence attached.
COMMITMENT
A route and a contract the ExCo commits to
Strategic assumptions tested against evidence, then decision rights, incentives and a 90-day rhythm the organisation can be held to.
THE SESSIONS
10/10/10/10
How reclaimed capacity is deliberately split: retention, insourcing, new risk work, cross-functional growth.
250+ hrs
How reclaimed capacity is deliberately split: retention, insourcing, new risk work, cross-functional growth.
WHAT IT DELIVERS
Allocated capacity
A 10/10/10/10 split, each slice with a baseline, owner and financial hypothesis.
Named risk picture
A functional risk register and response plan per CxO, consolidated into the enterprise register.
Operating contract
Tested strategic choices, decision rights, incentives and a 90-day accountability rhythm, in writing.
Collectively, the evidence gathered across STEP 1-3, potentially 250+ hours of session records in a full seven-function CEO route, gives RISK, STRATEGIC and ENTERPRISE a grounded view of how the organisation actually operates, rather than an isolated diagnostic.
STEP 3 starts with FUNCTION, allocating the capacity STEP 1 and STEP 2 created.