The Common Path Partnership
One roadmap. One team.
Diagnose what matters, align leadership, drive adoption of the right changes and embed simple routines that keep decisions fast and ownership clear. Typically 6–12 months, paced in sprints so gains stick without overload.
Who it’s for
Executive teams and programme owners who want a paced, whole‑system journey rather than isolated fixes (e.g., post‑merger integration, turnaround, multi‑year transformation or service modernisation).
Duration
Typically 6–12 months.
Begins with a short diagnostic to shape the route together.
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Typical triggers
Multiple initiatives competing for attention. Decisions looping or escalating by default. Patchy adoption or change fatigue. Post‑restructure uncertainty about roles, hand‑offs and cadence.
Format
Blended consulting and facilitation in time‑boxed sprints: whole‑team sessions, targeted leader 1:1s/Reflection Sessions, manager toolkits and simple adoption measures. Managers get a 45‑min briefing with ready‑to‑use prompts
What you’ll get
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Clarity & confidence: one shared story, practical decision rights and visible ownership.
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Momentum: credible early wins and simple adoption signals everyone understands.
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Artefacts that last: operating‑model one‑pager, decision‑rights map, team charters, cadence/agenda templates and manager toolkits.
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Capability lift: leaders practise new habits in real meetings, managers get clear materials they can reuse.
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Assurance: concise, board‑ready updates and proportionate documentation.
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Our approach
We make it safe to surface what really drives choices.
Keeping dignity intact while the real issues come into view. Loyalties, risks, unwritten rules and everyday trade‑offs.
We focus on the set of moves that shift the system.
Locating leverage in roles, decision paths, meeting rhythm and hand‑offs so effort is concentrated where it counts.
We land change in real work and leave you the rhythm.
Sprints, practical templates and adoptions signals so the new way becomes the easy way.
How we work
1. Diagnose (Weeks 1–4)
Light Culture Health Check, quick scan of decisions/roles, doc read‑across and listening.
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Output: Priority moves that matter, baseline adoption signals and risks.​
3. Adopt (Weeks 9–20)
Change Adoption Sprint on one or two priority shifts, stakeholder map, manager conversation toolkit, trial‑and‑learn cycles.
Output: Early wins, active‑use behaviours, simple board‑ready updates.
2. Align (Weeks 5–8)
Leadership Team Reset: purpose/mandate clarified, draft decision‑rights map, team charter. Targeted Reflection Sessions.
Output: Clear ground rules, first cadence to test and visible ownership.
4. Embed (Weeks 21–26)
Governance cadence tuned (inputs/outputs, decision log), role briefs/interfaces sharpened, measures handed to owners.
Output: operating‑model one‑pager, decision map, agendas and a sustain plan you own.
What’s included
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Short discovery, sponsor‑owned roadmap with milestones and success signals
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Whole‑team workshops, targeted leader 1:1s/Reflection Sessions
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Manager toolkits (messages, team‑brief, Q&A prompts)
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Adoption tracker with 30/60/90‑day signals, light dashboard
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Artefacts: operating‑model on a page, decision‑rights map, team charters, cadence/agenda set, decision log
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Board‑ready update packs and a light sustain plan
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Your Effort
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Sponsor: 3–4 hrs/month on average, with peaks of 4–6 hrs in Align & early Adopt phases, monthly steerco touchpoint
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Leaders: 2–3 whole‑team sessions across alignment; brief 1:1s; participation in the first tuned meetings
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PMO/Lead: 1–2 hrs/week on coordination and adoption signals
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Access: recent plans/minutes, org charts and agreed meeting slots
Package Options
Core (6 months)
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Phases 1–4 focused on one priority change theme
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Monthly targeted leader support
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2 Quick Move sessions
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Board‑ready summaries
Plus (9 months)
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Core + a second priority theme (two themes total)
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Additional Quick Move sessions (up to 4)
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Deeper adoption support
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90‑day sustain pack
Full (12 months)
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Plus + team‑level resets for 2–3 critical teams
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Quarterly speak‑up pulses
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Up to 6 Quick Move sessions
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Explore the building blocks
The components this Partnership draws on, and the Quick Move which unlock momentum.
Culture & Ways of Working
Make everyday habits clear so collaboration flows. Get a candid picture of what helps and hinders - and a plan that sticks.
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Change & Adoption
Make the case clear, line up influencers, and turn roll-outs into visible uptake with 30/60/90-day signals.
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Leadership & Teams
Reset mandate and decision habits so senior meetings decide once - and momentum holds.​
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Organisation Design & Role Clarity
Map real work to explicit owners and decision rights so decisions happen once, in the right forum.
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Quick Moves
Fast, focused sessions that unlock momentum without a long commitment. Work a live issue in the room and leave with clear owners, dates and simple artefacts you can reuse.​
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