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Does every budget cycle reopen the priorities you already agreed on?
Usually yes. The priorities were agreed once, then every budget owner made the case for their own again, and the cycle became a negotiation. This program aligns what your department heads know, believe and do about the priorities, in four one-hour team sessions.
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Execution readinessExample scores for a team like yours. Add your website to estimate your own. Measured once your team plays. Ready at 80.
Where it usually breaks40Today91/ 100After the 4 team sessions
Ready to executeShared knowledgeHigh riskNobody can say why the priorities are in that order
Shared convictionHigh riskEvery budget owner believes their area was under-funded
Shared practiceMedium riskThe same request is ranked five different ways
4 sessions~50 min each8–12 people per teamNo facilitatorThe gap
What you'd typically hear if five of your budget owners answered alone.
SESSION 1 · FILL THE GAPSAnswered alone
Finish the sentence: when the budget cycle opens and my area is behind priority three, I…MMira…make the case for my area again. That is what the cycle is for.
JJonas…fund the agreed priorities first and argue for the rest only with new facts.
AAylin…ask for more than I need, because everyone does.
TTomas…accept it and quietly keep what I can.
RRosa…honestly, I'm not sure what priority three even is.
What it costs you if nobody notices
Shared knowledgeThe order is a mysteryWhen nobody can say why the priorities are in that order, the only thing to do with them is argue.
Shared convictionEvery area feels under-fundedA budget owner who believes they lost the last round opens the next one as a rematch, and the priorities become whoever argues longest.
Shared practiceThe cycle becomes a negotiationWhen the same request is ranked five ways, the agreed list is reopened by the first person who disagrees with it.
The program that closes the gap
Four one-hour sessions. Every one of your department heads, the same order, and a cycle that does not reopen it.
Session
Shared knowledgeShared convictionShared practice
S1Know the prioritiesAgrees what each priority is for, why it is in that order and what reopens it.
Shared knowledge1Agree the shared story for why Acme's budget priorities…2Agree why each budget priority holds its rankShared conviction3Stand in the CFO's shoes to decide the priority orderShared practice4Agree the one correct response to each real budget…5Rehearse the moment a budget owner's request threatens to…
DemoS2Back the orderShows you whether budget owners believe in the order, and what they would change.
Shared knowledge1Test and align on why the priority order is what it isShared conviction2Align on what the team risks if budget owners never truly…3Decide as the CFO whether to hold the agreed budget orderShared practice4Sort real budget-cycle requests into the one response each…5Rehearse the moment a budget owner pushes back on the…
DemoS3Rank the same requestsRanks the same budget requests alone, compares and aligns on an order that holds.
Shared knowledge1Quiz yourselves on the rule for funding orderShared conviction2Compare your individual rankings of the same budget requestsShared practice3Rank five budget requests in the order you would actually…4Rank and align budget requests into a funding order that…
DemoS4Keep the list closedPractises the request that reopens a priority, and the answer that keeps the cycle short.
Shared knowledge1Quiz the team on when a priority can reopenShared conviction2Decide as the CFO, then test it against the real reasoning…Shared practice3Match each reopening request to the correct answer that…4Rehearse the reopen request
DemoPlay it yourself · a short demo · one exercise from session 3 · Get the Order Right
Alone first. Then the team agrees on one answer.
This is a taste, not the whole session. “Rank the same requests” runs 4 exercises with your own team, on a call or in a room. Here is one of them, on the real screens, played with four AI teammates, so you can feel how a session works.
Rank the same requests · Get the Order Right00:00MJLSYouRank five budget requests in the order you would actually fund themOn screen: Rank these five budget requests from fund first to fund last alone
You are playing with 4 AI teammates. Every screen opens on its briefing: read it, then tap I’m ready.
Readiness intelligence · what you'll see as teams play
Know which of your department heads would hold the order under pressure, and where you should step in, before the next cycle opens.
Your company › Readiness intelligence › Budget prioritiesEvery one of your department heads holds the priorities the cycle agreed, and stops reopening them
Readiness index91%Ready+51 pts25% participation + 25% progress + 50% alignment · Ready at 80
Shared knowledge48 → 88Shared conviction37 → 71Shared practice44 → 80
Participation94%9 of 10 people played at least once
Progress75%3 of 4 planned sessions completed
Alignment41% →78%31 of 40 points aligned
Failed alignment pointsWhere you should step in
The senior leader's requestNot aligned in 16 of 40 playsShared knowledgeYour business unit budget owners · 8 people
Was my area under-funded last cycle?"Not yet, we still have concerns" in 2 playsShared convictionYour longest-serving budget owners · 5 people
Your department heads could play this next week. Add your website to make it yours.
- 01 · 5 minConfirm the assumptionsCheck what we inferred about you and edit any text in place. Your edits are locked.
- 02 · 1 link per teamInvite your teamAny browser, any device. No account, nothing to install.
- 03 · after each playWatch readiness fill inYou see who played, what they agreed, and where to follow up.
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