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PathForward is our holistic CEO and board advisory offering, combining the power of LEAP’s CEO Advisory Panels and Leadership Assessments into one integrated approach.
This isn’t just about responding to a crisis. It’s about preparing for what’s next.
Where We Engage
PathForward helps CEOs, boards and private investors make better strategic decisions, understand their exact needs, and navigate organizational transitions with clarity and conviction. Typical scenarios include:
PathForward engagements are flexible and tailored. They can be:
Every engagement begins with context, taking a holistic view of the challenges, ambitions, and pressure points at play. From there, we curate a custom-built CEO Advisory Panel, a small, confidential group of former CEOs matched precisely to your situation using PanelBuilder.AI, and, where valuable, integrate our CEO & Leadership Assessment framework to provide deeper clarity on leadership and organizational readiness.
We assess both individual and organizational readiness. This isn’t a generic skills test or HR assessment. It’s a strategic diagnostic, grounded in real-world leadership experience, that determines:
We convene a panel of 3 former CEOs who’ve sat in the chair and navigated similar situations. The panel offers:
Because CEOs and boards value both clarity and confidentiality, we keep the process structured, efficient, and highly focused:
Proven CEO expertise in making the decisions that matter.
No recycled frameworks. No strategy without experience.
When the stakes are high, decisions made at the CEO and board level have lasting impact. PathForward helps leaders see around corners, avoid costly missteps, and create decision runway—getting you there faster.
Unlike traditional consultants, LEAP doesn’t deliver reports from the sidelines. We embed as strategic partners, working directly with CEOs and boards through their most critical challenges, bringing lived experience into the room when it matters most.
“You’re never simply replacing a CEO—you’re finding the next CEO. That means boards must stop thinking tactically about who fills the chair and start thinking strategically about where the organization is going. PathForward brings that discipline and foresight when it matters most.”
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While most CEOs have faced similar headline challenges—restructuring, refinancing, market challenges—their résumés rarely reveal how they navigated those situations.
The real value comes in the ‘how’.
We developed our proprietary IP, PanelBuilder.AI, to do exactly that. It quickly unpacks the complexity of a client’s situation and assembles the right advisory partners—those with relevant experience not just in the industry, but in the specific nuances of the challenge.
PanelBuilder.AI completely deconstructs our Advisory Partners to uncover their deepest level of experiences and complexities. It is not just about achievements and successes; it also reflects the hard-earned wisdom gained from struggles and failures—things that would never appear on a CV, during an interview, or through other testing methods.