Our Services
1. Operating Rhythms and Cadence
In cross-border integrations, execution often breaks down not because of strategy—but because leaders and teams operate on different rhythms.
Meeting structures, decision cycles, escalation paths, and communication norms vary widely across countries and organizations. When these rhythms are misaligned, execution slows, accountability blurs, and integration momentum stalls.
We help organizations establish a shared operating cadence that works across borders.
The Challenge
In international integrations, common symptoms of misaligned operating rhythms include:
Inconsistent leadership meetings across regions
Decisions stalling due to unclear escalation paths
Over- or under-governance at headquarters versus local markets
Conflicting expectations around speed, preparation, and follow-through
Integration PMOs struggling to maintain momentum across time zones
These issues are cultural in nature—but their impact is operational.
What We Do
We design and embed operating rhythms that align leadership behavior, governance, and execution across geographies.
Define the Integration Cadence
We establish clear cycles for leadership meetings, integration reviews, and decision forums—aligned across global, regional, and local levels.
Align Meeting Design and Expectations
We clarify how meetings are run, how input is gathered, how decisions are made, and how actions are tracked—reducing cultural friction and wasted time.
Create Clear Escalation Paths
We define when and how issues move across levels and borders, ensuring speed without undermining local ownership.
Synchronize HQ and Local Operating Models
We align headquarters governance rhythms with local market realities—avoiding both excessive central control and fragmented execution.
2. Cross-Border Decision Points
In international integrations, decisions rarely fail because of lack of intelligence. They fail because authority, accountability, and cultural expectations are misaligned across borders.
Unclear decision rights between headquarters and local markets slow execution, create frustration, and undermine leadership credibility. We help organizations clarify how decisions are made—without oversimplifying complex global realities.
The Challenge
Common decision-related breakdowns in cross-border integrations include:
Ambiguity over who owns decisions at global vs local levels
Different cultural expectations around hierarchy, consensus, and speed
Escalation either happening too late—or too often
Leaders avoiding decisions to prevent cross-border conflict
Integration PMOs caught between global governance and local resistance
These issues quietly stall execution and dilute accountability.
What We Do
We bring clarity to the most critical cross-border decision points.
Map Critical Decisions
We identify the decisions that matter most to integration success—strategic, operational, and
organizational—across geographies.
Clarify Decision Rights
We define who decides, who contributes, and who executes—balancing global oversight with local accountability.
Align Cultural Expectations
We surface and align cultural assumptions around authority, escalation, and risk tolerance so decisions stick.
Embed Decision Discipline
We integrate decision clarity into governance forums, operating rhythms, and integration plans.
3. 100-Day Execution Plans
The first 100 days after close set the trajectory for the entire integration. In cross-border deals, early momentum is often lost due to cultural friction, unclear priorities, and misaligned leadership expectations.
We design culturally informed 100-day execution plans that translate strategy into action—across countries, cultures, and legacy organizations.
The Challenge
In international integrations, early execution often suffers from:
Overloaded or unrealistic 100-day plans
Conflicting leadership priorities across regions
Cultural resistance to new operating models
Delayed decisions during the most critical phase
Lack of ownership for cross-border initiatives
The result is lost momentum when speed matters most.
What We Do
We design 100-day plans that reflect how organizations actually operate across borders.
Focus on What Truly Matters
We prioritize initiatives that protect value, enable execution, and build leadership alignment early.
Align Leaders and Expectations
We ensure leadership teams across geographies share a common understanding of priorities, roles, and behaviors.
Integrate Culture into Execution
We embed cultural considerations directly into milestones, governance, and accountability—not as a separate workstream.
Support Delivery
We support execution through cadence design, decision clarity, and ongoing leadership alignment.
4. Cultural KPIs & Dashboards
In cross-border integrations, culture is often discussed—but rarely measured. As a result, leadership teams lack early visibility into risks that directly affect execution.
We make culture measurable by translating behavioral and organizational dynamics into practical KPIs that signal integration health and execution risk.
The Challenge
In international integrations, leadership teams often struggle to answer:
Are decisions slowing down across regions?
Are leaders aligned on priorities and expectations?
Where is resistance building beneath the surface?
Which markets or teams are at risk of disengagement or talent loss?
Traditional financial and operational metrics surface issues too late.
What We Do
We design cultural KPIs and dashboards that act as early warning systems.
Identify Critical Cultural Drivers
We pinpoint the cultural factors most likely to impact execution—decision speed, leadership alignment, collaboration, and accountability.
Translate Behaviors into Metrics
We convert qualitative signals into measurable indicators that leadership teams can monitor consistently.
Design Integration Health Dashboards
We integrate cultural KPIs into existing PMI or operating dashboards—avoiding parallel reporting structures.
Enable Action, Not Just Insight
We link KPIs directly to escalation paths, leadership interventions, and integration actions.