In this episode, hosts Adriana McLane and Caryn Lee examine advisory councils as a structured mechanism for bringing frontline intelligence into strategy conversations before execution breaks down. Mid-market organizations frequently struggle with a gap between what leadership believes is happening and what people on the floor or in the field actually see.

Adriana and Caryn discuss how closing that gap requires more than an open-door policy, and why a properly designed advisory council creates the feedback loop that sustains strategic momentum.

Caryn explains how the language and framing leaders use when launching an advisory council shapes whether participants speak candidly or simply reflect back what they think leadership wants to hear. Adriana connects advisory councils to the SUSTAIN phase of the Truly Transformative Method, showing how they function as a real-time calibration tool rather than a one-time engagement exercise.

Key Takeaways:

• Why advisory councils belong in the SUSTAIN phase as an ongoing feedback mechanism
• Selecting participants based on informal influence networks within the organization
• How council framing shapes the quality of frontline candor

Ready to bring this into your organization? Connect with Caryn and Adriana at ⁠⁠⁠⁠betrulytransformative.com/work-with-us⁠⁠