Executive Advisory
The partner you call before you decide, not after.
Confidential, ongoing advisory for a senior leader carrying a hard call, the big AI strategy ones included. A practitioner who has run real change and will tell you straight what they see.
The most expensive moves go wrong before anyone touches the work, in how the problem was framed. We sit in before the spend, make sure you're solving the right problem, and say plainly what we see. On AI, that means deciding where it belongs in your organization and where the noise is leading you wrong. This is a relationship, not a project. For C-suite, founders and function heads who make the calls and have no one to test them against.
Same capability. Different accountability.
Adapt programs build skills and capabilities within a defined timeframe. They are for managers and teams who want training and practice.
Executive Advisory is not a project. It is an ongoing partnership with INSTAR - a retainer that gives you direct access to an INSTAR principal consultant as a strategic thinking partner. Not a coach. Not a trainer. A practitioner.
For leaders who already know what they are doing and need a partner to think through the hardest parts with
- →VPs and managing directors of organizations (100+ people) navigating AI transformation or significant organizational change
- →COOs who are accountable for execution but don't have a strategic thinking partner at their level
- →PMO directors heading a transformation portfolio who need a senior sounding board
- →Directors of NGOs and international organizations managing donor accountability alongside organizational development
- →Business owners who are building management capability in their organizations and want expert guidance alongside the process
Three engagement formats within one partnership
Monthly strategic sessions
Each session focuses on one or two specific decisions, challenges, or initiatives you are navigating. We prepare beforehand, work through it together, and you leave with clarity on what to do next. Not a check-in - a working session.
Advisory on transformation projects
When your organization is running a significant transformation - AI adoption, PMO redesign, organizational restructuring - InStar advises the leader steering it. We review progress, identify risks early, challenge assumptions, and ensure the management layer holds up under delivery pressure.
On-call consultation
Between sessions, you can reach out when a decision can't wait until the next scheduled meeting. A call, a message, a working document reviewed and returned with direct input. The kind of support that most consultants charge a project fee for.
What changes
- ✓You make higher-quality decisions under uncertainty with a structured thinking process
- ✓Transformation programs you lead stay on track because someone is watching the management layer
- ✓You have sharper vision of reality through direct feedback from a practitioner
- ✓Your organization benefits from continuity by working with the same partner who knows your context, team, and constraints
Upcoming courses, workshops and webinars
Practical training from people who do the work. Pick your track, from management foundations to AI mastery.
Ready to discuss this engagement?
Start with the AI Readiness Assessment or book a scoping call directly. We respond within 1 business day.
Price: on request · We share accountability for results.