Written for [First name] [Last name], [Company]

Are you and your team ready for what comes next?

[First name],

A new owner changes the job before anything else changes. [One or two sentences on what changed at this company: the investment, the acquisition, the new targets.]

The leaders I work with at this point describe two feelings at once. There is real excitement, because the capital and the ambition are finally there. And there is a quieter question, one that rarely gets said out loud in a board meeting: are my team and I ready for what this plan is going to ask of us?

If that question is on your mind, it is a fair one, and it says nothing about how good you are. The team that built [Company] built it for a different set of expectations. The pace is faster now, the board wants answers sooner, and some of the people who got you here are being asked to do jobs they have never done. You are working out who will grow into it, who is already stretched, and how much of that you can say to [Sponsor name]. Some days that is exciting. Some days it is a lot to carry.

I put six questions together for leaders in this spot. They take about three minutes, and they cover what keeps people up: what your sponsor expects, which decisions are still yours, whether the team has the capacity for the plan, and how you choose when everything is a priority. When you finish, you will see a short read on where you and your team stand, with one question worth taking to your next executive meeting.

Your answers stay with INDx. We do not share them with [Sponsor name] or with anyone else.

Once you have answered, I will write a short playbook for you and [Company] and mail it to you. There is nothing to schedule and no one will call. If a conversation would help, my direct line is on the letter you received.

Miranda

Miranda [Last name], Founder and Principal, INDx Talent Solutions