M-T1-BV-17 · A 90-day try-out

A club plan for Executive Leadership Breakfast

Use this as a starting point. Cross out what does not fit, add what is missing and make it your club's own.

Where this idea came from

Playbook entry
M-T1-BV-17 · Executive Leadership Breakfast
Theme
Theme 1: Attraction & Visibility · Subtheme BV: Business Visibility
Source material
Existing checked Theme 1 guide
Linked playbook entry
M-T1-BV-17 · Executive Leadership Breakfast

1. Is this worth trying here?

What we hope will change: Uses a small, confidential breakfast to secure senior cross-organisation decisions on one community priority, with each attendee chosen for a relevant lever rather than status.

2. Our 90-day try-out

What our club will do for Executive Leadership Breakfast
StepWhat we will doWho could lead itOur dateHow we will know it is done
1Name the decision and invite only leaders controlling a relevant lever.Executive convenor
2Pre-brief participants and collect conflicts plus decision constraints.Secretariat
3Open with the community owner's evidence and requested outcome.Priority owner
4Facilitate decisions, dependencies and named commitments within 75 minutes.Independent chair
5Confirm the record bilaterally and begin delivery immediately.Accountability secretary

3. Checks before we start

Things our club needs to check
QuestionWhat it means for usWho will checkDone?
Confidentiality does not conceal conflicts, unlawful conduct or agreed public accountability.
No procurement, political donation, grant or regulatory favour is discussed as consideration.
HIGH — concentrated influence, conflicts, confidentiality and quid-pro-quo perception demand careful invitations and a controlled decision record.

4. What changed?

What we will keep an eye on
What mattersWhere we are nowWhat we hope to seeHow we will checkWho
Required decision-makers attending with authority.

After 30 days

Is it reaching the right people? Is anything unsafe, unfair or harder than expected?

After 60 days

Make one useful change based on what people have told you.

After 90 days

Compare with where you started. Decide whether to change it, continue it or stop.

Before your club says yes

Does the idea fit?

Talk with the people it is meant to serve and check that the need is real.

Who can say yes?

Name the person or group that can approve the work, spending and any safety arrangements.

Are people protected?

Check privacy, consent and safety. Collect only the information you genuinely need.

Can everyone take part?

Check the language, format, place, technology and cost for barriers.

Are the facts and permissions right?

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How will we learn?

Note where things stand now, check in at 30, 60 and 90 days, and decide what to do next.

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Event and session plan

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Implementation and budget plan

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Communications and content planner

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Workflow and minimum-data register

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