GoFast.Finance/BC-LONG-02: (Re-)Align the Organization for Action

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[Governance] (Re-)Align the Organization for Action

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  • 12 Lessons

Make reviews productive: clarify decision rights, standardize inputs, and simplify interfaces. Track actions, kill noise, and keep execution forward.

🧭 Clearer ownership: Make decision rights and expectations explicit so you stop chasing inputs.

🤝 Cleaner interfaces: Reduce conflict by standardizing what forums decide and what teams must deliver.

🏢 Faster execution: Improve follow-through so actions stick and local workarounds shrink.

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Who this is for

Head of controlling and finance director redesigning decision paths and governance forums across functions, business units, or regions.

Business unit controller and FP&A manager simplifying performance forums and interfaces to reduce noise and improve follow-through.

Prerequisites

Knowledge: Experience running senior reviews or steering meetings and dealing with cross-functional tradeoffs.

Tools: Access to meeting calendars, agendas, packs, and any existing decision log or action tracker.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Map decision paths and diagnose interface and forum overload.

  2. Define clear decision rights, inputs, and outputs by forum.

  3. Standardize follow-through with action logs and escalation rules.

  4. Coach leaders to use packs and meetings for decisions.

CPE Information

  • Eligibility: currently not eligible

  • Watch time: about 4 hours

  • Total learning: about 6 hours

  • Estimated credits: 4.0

Contents

Module 1: Diagnose overload and decision paths

Lesson 1: Map decision paths and interfaces
Lesson 2: Inventory forums and overload signals
Lesson 3: Diagnose interface failure modes

Module 2: Redesign forums and decision rights

Lesson 4: Design the minimal forum set
Lesson 5: Set decision rights and escalation triggers
Lesson 6: Build agendas that force decisions

Module 3: Standardize inputs and outputs

Lesson 7: Standardize decision inputs
Lesson 8: Standardize outputs and action logs
Lesson 9: Frame options with clear narratives

Module 4: Follow-through and leader coaching

Lesson 10: Run follow-through without more meetings
Lesson 11: Coach leaders to use packs for decisions
Lesson 12: Roll out and improve the model