This week's question

When you hit a problem you cannot take to your board, who do you actually call?

Two conversations this week, with people who have run some of the largest programmes in the country, came back to the same gap: the executive who has nobody to call who is already read in and selling nothing. Before you read my take on Friday, tell me who you call.

Week of 26 October0 repliesCloses Friday, then Scott's take
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A former boss or mentor, unpaidA peer at another companyA paid adviser who already knows the businessNobody. I work it out alone

Scott's take
Lands here on Friday, once the votes are in.
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Where this came from
The Lechley Brief, Issue 17.

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