A sparring partner
for the hardest decisions.
SAZ executive consulting is a confidential, on-call partnership for the CEO, owner, or senior leader navigating strategy, hiring, capital, M&A, or crisis.
What we actually do here.
The CEO seat is the loneliest seat in the company. Boards want narrative, investors want growth, employees want certainty, customers want value — and the CEO has to hold all of it at once. Most CEOs do this without a sparring partner who is senior enough to push back, smart enough to add signal, and trustworthy enough to hear the unfiltered version of any situation.
SAZ executive consulting fills that seat. Confidential, on-call, and structured around monthly reviews with on-call access between them. We pressure-test major decisions before you commit, prepare you for the board and investor conversations that matter, calibrate senior hires, and stand beside you in downturns, layoffs, and crises.
Engagements run 6 months minimum. Many run multi-year as the executive's standing advisor.
What you should expect.
Every engagement is scoped to deliver specific outcomes, not deliverables.
- Faster, better high-stakes decisions
- A clear strategic narrative for the board and investors
- A trusted, confidential sparring partner with no agenda
- Better executive cadence, self-management, and time allocation
- Calibration on senior hires before they cost six figures
- On-call support during downturns, layoffs, and incidents
The structure of the work.
A repeatable structure that lets us deliver complex programs without losing momentum.
Onboarding sessions to map the business, the board, the calendar, and the executive operating system.
Monthly structured reviews plus on-call access between them.
Pressure-test major decisions — capital, hiring, M&A, restructuring — before commitment.
Materials, rehearsal, and live support for the hardest board and investor conversations.
Scorecards, calibration, and panel design for senior hires.
On-call advisory during downturns, layoffs, restructuring, and incidents.
How operators typically engage SAZ on this.
Common questions from buyers.
Want to scope an executive advisory engagement?
A senior partner will respond within one business day.