Illustration. Figures and dates are made up.
This morning
You promised the board a decision by Friday. The person who owns it is out.
The work did not stop. The brief is written from the source documents, the two options are costed, and the people who need to act have been told what is coming.
Board brief · Friday
Status
Written, not sent
A brief and two costed options, ready and waiting on a person.
6 pieces of work came out of it. 4 are done. 1 is with the person who owns it. 1 is yours.
- The brief, written from the source documents
- Both options, costed
- Friday's agenda slot, held
- The people who act on it, told
- What the board already decided on this
- One figure the owner has to confirm
This one needs you.
Yours to call
Go to the board with the brief as it stands, or wait for the owner on Thursday?
Whoever owns the board relationship
- The board gets the brief and both options on Friday. The owner sees it before it goes.
- One day of room disappears. The brief still goes Friday, with the owner behind it.
Everything that does not depend on this is already moving.
With the person who owns it
One number in the brief is theirs to confirm, and they are back Thursday.
The owner
Confirm the figure, or say it can go without them.
Ewange Musonge and Manokia MusongeTwenty-five years building enterprise technology for global banking and insurance. Twenty years running operations and governance inside TD Bank, Wells Fargo and a national foundation.More about us →