The S.T.E.P. Diagnostic™
A rapid assessment that maps where value is leaking across Strategy, Trust, Economics and Performance. The output is a Board-ready risk map and a prioritised 90-day corrective agenda.
Commission a Diagnostic →
Advisory & Board Services
Senior judgement, applied where decisions carry operating consequence.
Engagement architecture
Five core mandates.Two specialist modules.
A deliberately focused offer, led directly by Stefano Rosa Rosso. Each engagement has a defined decision context, time horizon and operating outcome.
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Core executive mandates
The primary routes from diagnosis to governed execution.
Board Sparring & Confidential CEO Retainer
Independent counsel through a live, high-consequence transformation: direct access, decision review and impartial challenge, without a delivery team or institutional agenda attached.
Discuss retainer availability →Transformation Governance & Operating Model Redesign
The flagship mandate to convert strategy into an accountable operating model—aligning governance, technology, economics and capability around measurable P&L outcomes.
Initiate a mandate discussion →PE Capital & Sourcing Optimization
A focused mandate for PE Operating Partners who need to restructure run-rate economics without weakening execution. The work connects demand governance, supplier strategy, contract integrity and internal ownership to a targeted run-rate restructuring. The outcome is a Board-ready capital and sourcing plan: explicit demand decisions, supplier actions, contract priorities, accountable owners and a 90-day implementation agenda.
Request a value-leakage review →Executive Execution Sprint
A 30-day mandate for CEOs and leadership teams who need to convert an approved transformation into coordinated action. The Sprint aligns priorities and decision rights, establishes the governance and accountability model, and turns executive intent into an operating commitment. The outcome is one Executive Execution Charter. One governance and accountability model. One coordinated 90-day action plan.
Download the Executive Execution Sprint one-pager →06—07
Specialist modules
Focused interventions for regulatory and decision-critical moments.
Board-Level DORA & ICT Third-Party Governance
Turns DORA obligations into explicit decision rights, supplier accountability, concentration oversight, resilience reporting and continuity controls at Board level.
Download the DORA governance brief →Executive Transformation Briefing
Tests one live transformation through S.T.E.P. and converts discussion into explicit decisions, owners, escalation thresholds and immediate next actions.
Commission an executive briefing →Mandate qualification
Choose the mandate by decision context.
| Mandate | Designed for | Time horizon | Primary output |
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| S.T.E.P. Diagnostic™ | Boards, CEOs and PE Operating Partners who need an independent execution-risk baseline. | 2 weeks | Board-ready risk map and prioritised 90-day corrective agenda. |
| Board Sparring | CEOs and Board Chairs governing a live, high-consequence transformation. | 6–12 months | Direct decision review, impartial challenge and confidential senior counsel. |
| Transformation Governance | Enterprises and portfolio companies converting strategy into an accountable operating model. | 3–6 months | Governance, technology, economics and capability aligned around measurable outcomes. |
| PE Capital & Sourcing Optimization | PE Operating Partners restructuring run-rate economics without weakening execution. | 60–90 days | Board-ready capital and sourcing plan with accountable owners and a 90-day implementation agenda. |
| Executive Execution Sprint | CEOs and leadership teams converting an approved transformation into coordinated action. | 30 days | Executive Execution Charter, governance and accountability model, and coordinated 90-day action plan. |
Mandate discipline
What SRR does not offer
Routine interim management. SRR does not substitute for line management or run business-as-usual functions.
Isolated vendor sourcing. Supplier action is undertaken only when connected to demand governance, capital protection and operating performance.
Generic executive coaching. Every intervention is tied to an explicit decision, economic mechanism, governance outcome or execution metric.
Confidential executive conversation