WHAT THIS WORK DOES

Restores clear decision authority at the top of the company.So leadership teams can make and commit to major decisions without everything escalating back to the CEO.This work focuses on the structural conditions that cause escalation inside executive teams:• CEO decision bottlenecks forming during scale
• Unclear ownership of critical decisions
• Leadership teams escalating instead of committing
• Authority erosion across the executive team
• Political drag slowing important callsThe objective is simple:Decisions move forward without depending on the CEO.In most engagements, 60-80% of leadership decision escalations disappear within 90 days, allowing the CEO to reclaim roughly 10-20 hours per week of strategic time.

Eduardo da Conceição, Founder & CEO Germany

“In three months, our decision cycles shortened from weeks to days.
Escalations dropped by around 70%, and ownership became clear across the leadership team.”

Michael Champagne Ikea USA

“Rym helped me address leadership tensions directly and restore clarity in how decisions were made.
The team began operating with stronger ownership instead of escalating issues upward.”

Shaun Spence Aegon UK

“Rym stepped in when decisions carried real weight.
She helped me cut through mixed signals and strengthen decision ownership across the leadership environment.”

WHO THIS IS FOR

Founder-CEOs who have already built an executive leadership team.From the outside the company performs.Inside:• key decisions still escalate to the CEO
• executives hesitate to commit without escalation
• leadership meetings discuss options but delay decisions
• decision cycles slow as complexity increasesThe leadership structure exists.But the decision system has not caught up with the scale of the company.This is where this work becomes relevant.

NOT SUITABLE

This work is not designed for every founder.It is not appropriate for:• founders who prefer to remain the final decision-maker
• companies without a real executive leadership team
• early-stage companies still building basic leadership structure
• leaders unwilling to transfer real decision ownership to their teamThis work is designed for founder-CEOs who want their executive team to operate with real decision authority.

Executive Decision Diagnostic

A private 90-minute executive diagnostic working session examining where leadership decisions stall and why they route back to the CEO.You leave with a clear diagnosis of the decision system and the structural shifts required to restore executive decision ownership.

Executive Decision Authority Reset

A focused intervention to remove the founder decision bottleneck and restore clear decision ownership across the executive team.Within 90 days, 60–80% of decision escalations typically disappear, and CEOs regain 10–20 hours per week as executives start committing to decisions independently.

CEO DECISION PARTNER advisory

Ongoing advisory for founder-CEOs shifting from operational decision-maker to strategic leader as the company scales.This engagement provides continued support as leadership authority evolves and decision complexity increases.

THE WORK BEHIND THE WORK

Perspective

Alongside my advisory work, I lead a research program on powerlessness.The research explores:• How and why people experience powerlessness
• The strategies they use to overcome it
• What enables individuals to transform that experience into resilienceThis perspective informs how I work with leaders when stakes rise and complexity overwhelms.

about me

I have built, scaled, rebuilt, and led organizations across continents, often where certainty was absent and consequences were real.Over time, one pattern became clear.The crisis in leadership is a loss of power.When leaders lose power:• execution slows
• authority fragments
• innovation dies
• culture deterioratesToday I combine executive experience, research, and advisory work to help leaders operate with clarity, authority, and integrity when it matters most.This work is not about becoming fearless.It is about becoming grounded enough to act.