When execution slows and teams stop moving together, are you looking in the right place to fix it?

Most organizations have a strategy that makes sense. What breaks is how that strategy turns into decisions and action as complexity grows. The result is friction, rework, slow decisions, and teams pulling in slightly different directions.

I help leadership teams see why this is happening and fix it so execution becomes clearer, faster, and more predictable.

The Silent Factors That Slow Execution

These issues rarely show up on dashboards. They appear in small gaps and patterns of interaction across the system.

A strategy that is not actionable at the working level
It makes sense to leaders, but teams describe it and interpret priorities differently.

Leadership teams that believe they are aligned but act from different assumptions
There is agreement in conversation, but not in execution.

Teams that coordinate through artifacts instead of collaboration
Cross functional work shifts from shared problem solving to presentations and handoffs. Long decks replace real conversation.

An operating model built for an earlier stage of growth
Informal coordination worked when the organization was smaller. As it grows, those same habits create dependency, bottlenecks, rework, and slow decisions.

No real learning loop
Teams work hard but rarely pause to examine what is working and what is not. The same issues recur.

These silent factors create cycles of friction that slow execution and make progress feel harder than it needs to be.

Aligned companies grow 58% faster and are 72% more profitable.

Organizations with strong strategic alignment consistently outperform their peers.

— LSA Global (Harvard Business Review)

Who I
Work With

Stillpoint is built for leaders who feel the strain of growth or change and sense that the challenge is not a single team, but how the system works together.

I work directly with CEOs, CROs, CMOs, and Heads of Product who are navigating moments when:

→ You have grown beyond the point where informal coordination can scale
→ Strategy is clear at the top but difficult for teams to turn into action
→ Cross functional work feels heavier than it should
→ Decisions take too long or bounce between leaders
→ Everyone is working hard, but key initiatives are not moving fast enough

These patterns tend to emerge once an organization passes the stage where proximity alone keeps people aligned. This might be forty people or a few hundred. The real marker is complexity, not headcount.

How I Help

I design and realign execution operating models so strategy turns into coordinated action. That work typically includes:

Diagnosing how decisions are made, how work actually flows, and where friction shows up

Redesigning roles, decision rights, operating rhythms, and cross functional coordination

Translating strategy into clear priorities and expectations at the working level

Supporting leaders and teams as new ways of working take hold

The form of the work varies by engagement. Sometimes it looks like focused facilitation. Sometimes it looks like embedded or advisory leadership support.

The outcome is consistent. Teams move together again. Execution becomes easier. Progress becomes more predictable.

Misalignment slows execution by 30–50%.

— McKinsey

My Perspective

Across many types of organizations, the surface issues differ, but the underlying pattern is strikingly consistent.

Teams want to do the right things

They want clarity. They want to collaborate.

What holds them back

What holds them back is not effort or intent. It is an operating model that has not kept pace with the needs of the business.

When the system becomes visible

Once that system becomes visible, the path forward becomes clearer.

When the system works

And when the system works, people can do their best work.

What leaders say

"John modernized and transformed our go to market organization. The growth we achieved was a direct result of the systems, culture, and leadership he built."

"One of the rare leaders who unifies product, marketing, engineering, and sales rather than competing with them. He brings out the best in every team he works with."

"Calm, insightful, and steady under pressure. He understands what it means to own a number, lead through uncertainty, and deliver results."

If execution feels slow, heavy, or misaligned, let's talk.

We can walk through what you are seeing and decide together whether Stillpoint is the right fit.

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