Responsibility has changed.
Authority has not.
A Mandate Check helps CEOs, boards and investors clarify where responsibility, authority and decision rights no longer match the next phase of growth.
Mandates rarely break. They drift.
Mandate drift often starts before there is visible conflict.
Execution has not collapsed.
But decisions take longer.
Escalations increase.
Authority feels less explicit.
Conversations lose precision.
At that stage, doing nothing is rarely neutral.
A Mandate Check helps identify where responsibility, authority and decision rights have started to drift before they turn into slower execution, board tension or avoidable value leakage.
What the Mandate Check helps assess
The Mandate Check identifies where responsibility, authority and decision rights have started to drift.
It helps clarify:
Where mandate clarity is weakening
Where decisions are slowing down
Where governance has become heavier than execution can carry
Where escalation is replacing alignment
Where expectations between CEO, board and investors need to be reset
“Mandates don’t break. They drift. What gets lost first is decision velocity.”
Steven Piessens
Decision-making slows down.
Escalations increase.
The board asks for more visibility.
The CEO feels more exposed.
The leadership team waits for clarity.
Execution becomes heavier than it should be.
What happens if mandate drift is left unnamed
“Mandate drift is rarely dramatic at first.
But it quietly leaks speed, trust and value.”
The Mandate Check is a focused diagnostic designed to identify where responsibility, authority and decision rights are no longer fully aligned.
You receive:
What the Mandate Check includes
1. Intake conversation
A 45-minute confidential conversation to understand the context, governance dynamics and mandate questions.
2. Diagnostic review
A focused assessment of mandate clarity, decision rights, authority, escalation patterns and governance friction.
3. Report + next steps
A concise report with key observations, mandate risks and three practical next steps for the next 90 days.
4. Debrief conversation
A 30-min conversation to discuss the findings and decide whether a deeper Mandate Reset is needed.
The outcome is not more discussion.
It is clearer judgment.
You leave with a sharper view on:
Where mandate friction is building
How material the risk may be
Whether a deeper reset is needed
What can be clarified before misalignment hardens
For companies where growth has changed the mandate, but authority and decision rights have not been reset.
Investment
Fee
€1.950 excl. VAT
Timing
Typically completed within 5–7 business days
Format
Confidential and focused
Delivered remotely
The Mandate Check can stand alone.
In some cases, it is enough to clarify the next steps.
In others, it reveals that responsibility, authority and decision rights need a deeper reset.
When mandate drift has become structural, the next step may be a full Mandate Reset™.
A Mandate Check helps CEOs, founders, boards and investors clarify where responsibility, authority and decision rights are no longer aligned.
Use it to identify the friction before it slows decisions, trust or governance.
Need clarity before the mandate becomes a problem?
Conducted in strict confidence.