Leaders carrying messy execution.
Procurement, S2P, transformation, finance, supply chain, shared services, and operating model leaders.
Executive Diagnosis
Real problems. Live diagnosis. No slides.
For the moment when the issue is too expensive to keep discussing internally, but too urgent for a six-week consulting ramp-up.
Executive Diagnosis is the recommended first diagnostic move for leaders who need one senior read before the expensive route.
Bring the real problem. We diagnose the execution system behind it and identify the next move before more time, budget, and credibility are committed.
Problem
The expensive issue is rarely the loudest one.
Teams often arrive with a symptom: resistance, delays, escalations, weak adoption, unclear accountability. The advisory work starts by finding the system that keeps creating the symptom.
Before you take the expensive route.
Use it when the team is active, the issue keeps resurfacing, and the next option on the table is a large assessment or another political workshop.
You stop buying noise.
Not a slide deck. A clearer diagnosis, a sharper owner question, and one practical next move before money and attention scatter again.
Why it exists
Sometimes the miracle is not more consulting. It is the first honest diagnosis.
Executive Diagnosis is for the leadership moment before the organization turns a real execution break into a large program, a steering deck, or months of waiting.
Get a senior read now.
If every week costs momentum, the first value is not a report. It is knowing what kind of system problem you actually have.
Do not turn every signal into a project.
Some issues need a full advisory path. Many first need a precise diagnosis before budget, scope, and stakeholders inflate the problem.
Find the break in the architecture.
Ownership, decision rights, handoffs, governance, technology, capability, and value realization become visible enough to act.
What happens in the session
A focused diagnosis, live and practical.
The session is built around one real issue. We map the system, expose the hidden break, and decide where leadership attention should move next. The output is not theatre; it is a usable next move.
Example
An S2P rollout is stuck because regions, process owners, and IT define success differently.
Example
We expose the ownership gap, decision rights issue, handoff break, and governance drag.
Example
One owner, one decision path, one 30-day intervention that removes the next blocker.
Example
If the problem deserves deeper support, we scope Diagnose, Design, or Mobilize.
Pricing
Choose the depth your issue deserves.
Executive Diagnosis is not consulting by the hour. It is concentrated executive judgment before the expensive route. Choose the depth your issue deserves: fast triage, serious diagnosis, or a deeper system review.
Starting point
€900+
Recommended first move: Executive Diagnosis at €1,700.
Signal Scan 30 min. Fast triage for one concrete blocker.€900Book Signal Scan
Executive Diagnosis 60 min. Recommended first move before the expensive route.€1,700Book Diagnosis
System Review 90 min. Deep read for complex execution and operating-model issues.€2,500Start System Review
How booking works
A closed process, not a vague inquiry.
A short comic-strip flow: first the issue, then the live read, then an output you can actually use.
- Primary signalYour issue is not primarily low adoption.
- Strongest signalsUnclear ownership, decision-speed bottleneck, fragmented operating logic.
- Immediate next moveClarify who owns the cross-functional flow and which decisions must move without escalation.
- Root cause 1Ownership exists by title, not by outcome.
- Root cause 2Governance slows decisions instead of protecting speed.
- Priority actionRedesign the decision path before adding more tools, dashboards, or meetings.
- Mapped gapsOwnership, governance rhythm, decision rights, technology enablement, value tracking.
- Future-state directionCreate one connected execution architecture with clear owners and decision rights.
- Next roadmapMap critical handoffs, assign outcome owners, simplify governance, and track adoption.
Executive Diagnosis fact sheet
Set expectations before the session starts.
A lightweight preview makes the diagnostic route tangible: scope, inputs, decision focus, expected output, and the next executive move.
Download Fact Sheet
01 ScopeSignal Scan, Executive Diagnosis, or System Review.
02 InputOne concrete blocker, context, and the decision that needs movement.
03 OutputA senior read, sharper problem framing, and the next executable step.
04 RouteUse the lightest format that can create clarity without theatre.
Executive Diagnosis resources
The deeper formats now have their own documents.
Use the 60-minute Executive Diagnosis assets when the issue needs senior judgment before the expensive route. Use the 90-minute System Review assets when the problem is already complex enough to require a fuller execution-system picture.
Executive Diagnosis Booklet
A four-page booklet for the recommended first diagnostic move: fit, value, process, and expected output.
Download BookletExecutive Diagnosis 4-Page PDF
A visual full-screen version for quick executive review and sharing before a session.
Download 4-Page PDFSystem Review Booklet
A deeper guide for complex execution, governance, operating-model, and transformation issues.
Download BookletSystem Review 4-Page PDF
A visual full-screen version for leaders who need to understand the 90-minute review at a glance.
Download 4-Page PDFShort, concrete, time-sensitive.
Use Signal Scan when one blocker needs fast clarification, a sharper problem statement, and one immediate next move.
Messy, visible, not yet scoped.
Use Executive Diagnosis when the issue needs judgment before the organization buys a larger assessment, workshop, or mandate.
Complex, confidential, cross-functional.
Use System Review when the issue needs a fuller read across ownership, governance, decision rights, operating model, technology, and value tracking.
FAQ
Straight answers before we speak.
Executive Diagnosis is intentionally narrow. It is not a free discovery call, not a generic coaching hour, and not a hidden sales pitch.
Is this a workshop?
No. It is a senior diagnostic session focused on the execution system behind a real business problem.
Do we need to prepare a slide deck?
No. Bring the real challenge, the current context, and the decision or blocker that needs movement.
What should we share before the session?
One core issue, the pressure point, what has already failed, and the decision or next move you need. Do not put confidential details into the intake form.
How do you route complex topics?
Short blockers go to Signal Scan. Senior judgment goes to Executive Diagnosis. Complex, confidential, or cross-functional issues go to System Review or a separate advisory scope.
Is this only for procurement?
Procurement, S2P, P2P, operating model, and transformation contexts are the strongest fit.
What happens after?
You leave with a clearer system diagnosis and a practical next move. If deeper work is needed, that can be scoped separately.
Is the outcome guaranteed?
No serious advisory work should promise fake certainty. The value is a sharper senior diagnosis, clearer ownership, and a better next move.
Book the first diagnosis
If the same issue returns every Monday, the system is asking to be diagnosed.
Bring the real issue. We make the next move visible.
Dario KulicKulic Advisory
dario@kulicadvisory.com