The Common Path Partnership
One roadmap. One team.
In 6 to 12 months, we run a paced partnership that makes ownership clear, decisions faster, and change that sticks.
We diagnose what matters, align leadership, drive adoption of the right changes, and embed simple routines that keep pace without overload.
Work is delivered in time-boxed sprints, starting with a short diagnostic to shape the route together.
Who it’s for
Executive teams and programme owners who want a paced, whole-system journey rather than isolated fixes, especially when multiple strands need to be joined up.
Duration
Typically 6 to 12 months.
Begins with a short diagnostic in the first 2 to 4 weeks to shape the route together.
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 and Reflection Sessions, manager toolkits and simple adoption measures.
What you’ll get
Clarity and ownership: one shared story, practical decision rights, and visible owners for the work that matters most.
Artefacts and routines that last: operating model one-pager, decision rights map, team charters, cadence and agenda templates, and manager toolkits you can reuse.
Momentum without overload: credible early wins and simple adoption signals everyone understands.
Assurance and capability: leaders practise new habits in real meetings, managers get clear materials, and you get concise board-ready updates with proportionate documentation.
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Our approach
We make the hard things sayable without harm.
Keeping dignity intact while the real drivers come into view: loyalties, risks, unwritten rules and trade-offs.
We focus on the few moves that shift the system.
Locating leverage in roles, decision paths, meeting rhythm and handoffs so effort goes where it counts.
We land change in real work and leave you the rhythm.
Time-boxed sprints, practical templates and simple adoption signals so the new way becomes the easy way.
How we work
1. Diagnose (Weeks 1 to 4)
Light culture check, quick scan of decisions and roles, document read-across and listening.
Output: priority themes, baseline signals, and the risks to manage.
3. Adopt (Weeks 9 to 20)
Change Adoption Sprint on one or two priority shifts: stakeholder map, manager conversation toolkit, trial-and-learn cycles, adoption measures.
Output: early wins, active-use behaviours, and simple board-ready updates.
2. Align (Weeks 5 to 8)
Leadership reset on purpose and mandate, draft decision rights, team charter, and a first cadence experiment. Targeted Reflection Sessions where helpful.
Output: clear ground rules, visible ownership, and a rhythm to test.
4. Embed (Weeks 21 to 26)
Governance cadence tuned (inputs and outputs, decision log), role briefs and interfaces sharpened, measures handed to owners.
Output: operating model one-pager, decision map, agendas, and a sustain plan you own.
For 9 to 12 months options, we repeat the Adopt and Embed cycle for a second theme, and add team-level resets where needed.
What’s included
A short diagnostic and sponsor-owned roadmap with milestones, decisions needed, and simple success signals.
Whole-team workshops and facilitation across the phases, plus targeted leader 1:1s and Reflection Sessions.
Manager toolkits that support local, two-way engagement (core messages, team-brief outline, Q&A prompts).
Governance cadence (meeting charters, inputs and outputs, decision log).
Adoption tracker with 30/60/90-day signals and a lightweight progress view (what’s landing, what’s stuck, what’s next).
Practical artefacts you can keep using: operating-model one-pager, decision-rights map, team charters, cadence and agenda set, and a simple decision log.
Board-ready update packs and a light sustain plan with clear ownership.
Your Effort
Sponsor: typically 3 to 4 hours per month, with peaks of 4 to 6 hours during Align and early Adopt. Includes a monthly steering check-in and unblock decisions.
Leaders: 2 to 3 whole-team sessions across alignment, brief 1:1s, and participation in the first tuned meetings.
PMO or lead partner: 1 to 2 hours per week on coordination and adoption signals.
Access: recent plans and minutes, org charts, and agreed meeting slots.
Package Options
Core (6 months)
Focused end-to-end route on one priority shift, from diagnostic to adoption and embed.
Includes monthly targeted leader support, 2 Quick Moves, and board-ready summaries.
Plus (9 months)
Core, plus a second priority shift once the first is landing.
Includes up to 4 Quick Moves, deeper adoption support, and a 90-day sustain pack.
Full (12 months)
Plus, and team-level resets for 2 to 3 critical teams so change holds below the executive layer.
Includes quarterly speak-up pulses and up to 6 Quick Moves.
Explore the building blocks
The components this Partnership draws on, and the Quick Move which unlock momentum.
Short culture review with clear actions.
In 4–6 weeks, we give you an honest read on how work really happens in your organisation.
Focused team reset with decisions that stick.
In 8–12 weeks, we help your leadership team act as one.
Lean role design with clear owners.
In 6 weeks, we make ownership clear and decisions faster.
Small interventions that unlock pace.
In a single session, we help you resolve something real.