Executive Advisory
The strategic partner you call before making the decision.
Most senior leaders make their hardest decisions without a thinking partner who combines management rigour, AI-era context, and direct accountability for outcomes. Advisors offer perspective. INSTAR offers something more specific: structured strategic support from a practitioner who has managed real organizational transformations and will tell you directly what they see.
Same capability. Different accountability.
Adapt programs build skills and capabilities within a defined timeframe. They are for managers and teams who want training and practice.
Executive Advisory is not a project. It is an ongoing partnership with INSTAR - a retainer that gives you direct access to an INSTAR principal consultant as a strategic thinking partner. Not a coach. Not a trainer. A practitioner.
For leaders who already know what they are doing and need a partner to think through the hardest parts with
- →VPs and managing directors of organizations (100+ people) navigating AI transformation or significant organizational change
- →COOs who are accountable for execution but don't have a strategic thinking partner at their level
- →PMO directors heading a transformation portfolio who need a senior sounding board
- →Directors of NGOs and international organizations managing donor accountability alongside organizational development
- →Business owners who are building management capability in their organizations and want expert guidance alongside the process
Three engagement formats within one partnership
Monthly strategic sessions
Each session focuses on one or two specific decisions, challenges, or initiatives you are navigating. We prepare beforehand, work through it together, and you leave with clarity on what to do next. Not a check-in - a working session.
Advisory on transformation projects
When your organization is running a significant transformation - AI adoption, PMO redesign, organizational restructuring - InStar advises the leader steering it. We review progress, identify risks early, challenge assumptions, and ensure the management layer holds up under delivery pressure.
On-call consultation
Between sessions, you can reach out when a decision can't wait until the next scheduled meeting. A call, a message, a working document reviewed and returned with direct input. The kind of support that most consultants charge a project fee for.
What changes
- ✓You make higher-quality decisions under uncertainty with a structured thinking process
- ✓Transformation programs you lead stay on track because someone is watching the management layer
- ✓You have sharper vision of reality through direct feedback from a practitioner
- ✓Your organization benefits from continuity by working with the same partner who knows your context, team, and constraints
Upcoming courses, workshops and webinars
Practical training from experts. Choose your track: from management foundations to AI mastery.
Ready to discuss this engagement?
Start with the AI Readiness Assessment or book a scoping call directly. We respond within 1 business day.
Price: on request · We share accountability for results.