Services

How I work with mid-market leadership teams

Prioritisation tells you what to do. Governance protects that decision over time. My work sits across both — from a single session to an embedded retainer.

01

Priority Clarity Session

A single, focused 90-minute session for a leadership team that needs external perspective on a specific prioritisation or governance challenge.

What they get

  • 90-minute facilitated session (virtual)
  • Pre-session briefing questionnaire
  • Post-session summary with observations, recommended priorities, and immediate next steps
  • One follow-up email exchange within 7 days

Who it's for

Leadership teams with a specific decision to make or a roadmap that needs external challenge.

From £1,500

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02

Retained Advisory

Ongoing embedded support. Helen works with the leadership team to build and maintain prioritisation discipline and delivery governance.

What they get

  • Agreed days per month (typically 2–4)
  • Attendance at steering committees and leadership meetings
  • Ongoing prioritisation framework management — challenging new requests, protecting the roadmap, facilitating trade-off conversations
  • Governance design and oversight — stage gates, accountability structures, reporting cadence
  • Direct access between scheduled days for urgent decisions
  • Monthly written summary of portfolio status, risks, and recommendations

Who it's for

Mid-market businesses needing ongoing prioritisation and governance support without a full-time hire.

From £3,000/month

Minimum: 3-month engagement

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03

Fixed-Price Engagement

A defined project with clear scope, timeline, and deliverables.

Example engagements

Technology Prioritisation Review (4–8 weeks)

From £12,000
  • Full review of current technology portfolio and roadmap
  • Stakeholder interviews across the C-suite and senior leadership
  • Risk of Inaction assessment — evaluating the cost and risk of NOT doing each project, giving the leadership team a shared language for projects without a revenue number
  • Prioritisation framework incorporating both return on investment and risk of inaction
  • Facilitated leadership session to align on priorities
  • Final report: prioritised roadmap, rationale, recommended deferrals with risk of inaction analysis, capacity versus demand view

Delivery Governance Design (4–8 weeks)

From £12,000
  • Assessment of current delivery governance
  • Stakeholder interviews across delivery teams and supporting teams
  • Design of configurable governance framework — stage gates, deliverables, ownership, meeting cadence
  • Documentation of governance model
  • Pilot implementation with one or two active projects
  • Handover and training for internal teams

Prioritisation + Governance Combined (8–14 weeks)

From £22,000
  • Full Technology Prioritisation Review including Risk of Inaction assessment
  • Delivery Governance Design
  • The full closed loop — decide what matters then build the structure to deliver it

Who it's for

Businesses needing a specific problem solved. Often triggered by a crisis, a board demanding visibility, post-acquisition technology mess, or a new COO/CFO inheriting a technology landscape.

From £10,000

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04

Founder & Board Advisory

Strategic guidance for founders and boards. A different offering to the prioritisation and governance work, serving a different audience.

What it covers

  • Startup and scale-up advisory — strategic guidance for founders navigating growth and operational scaling in FamilyTech, EdTech, and FemTech
  • Board advisory and governance — strengthening decision-making, direction, and accountability
  • Digital transformation and delivery — optimising operations and technology to scale sustainably
  • Mentoring and coaching — support for purpose-driven founders and leadership team members including Heads of IT stepping into broader roles

Who it's for

Founders, boards, and leadership team members at early-stage and mid-market businesses.

From £150/hour

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