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What is private advisory?
Private advisory is confidential outside business judgment for an owner or leadership situation that is not ready for a public setting. It fits when the problem crosses growth, money, team, operations, authority, or ownership and the owner needs a sharper read before acting.
Confidential and principal-only. No client names disclosed. No public association of work and principal. The default is silence. The principal speaks; the coach listens for the decision pattern.
Output is a review, not a deck. Two pages or three. Compact, explicit, checkable. The check closes the decision; the engagement does not continue past the close without a new engagement.
reviewed after fit. No mass intake, no booking widget, no waitlist. Engagements are scoped to the decision being carried; pricing is set against the decision, not against hours.
Private advisory is strongest before the owner exposes a half-formed decision to the team, board, buyer, bank, or vendor. It gives the owner a place to test the business problem first, then decide who else needs to be involved.
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Private advisory in plain language
- Private advisory is confidential outside business judgment for an owner or leadership situation that is not ready for a public setting.
- It fits when the problem crosses money, team, operations, authority, ownership, or growth and the owner needs a sharper read before acting.
- On this site, it sits under the broader Work with me route. It is not legal, tax, accounting, investment, or medical advice.