03SPECIAL PROJECTS

A bounded mandate for conditions normal structures cannot move.

Direct executive involvement where the outcome is material, authority is fragmented and the work requires discretion.

SELECTIVE MANDATESCONTROLLED ACCESSSOUTH AFRICA · GLOBAL
OPERATING DECK

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Commercial Recovery

Revenue, margin or opportunity is exposed.

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Commercial Recovery

Reconnect executive intent to priorities, ownership and measurable commercial movement.

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Strategic Initiative Rescue

Approved work has stalled.

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Strategic Initiative Rescue

Expose the real constraint, reset authority and rebuild a credible path to delivery.

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Stakeholder Realignment

Agreement exists, action does not.

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Stakeholder Realignment

Clarify decisions, incentives and escalation across the people shaping the outcome.

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Sensitive Transition

Change carries internal or external exposure.

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Sensitive Transition

Control sequence, access and communication while maintaining execution momentum.

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Market Entry & Expansion

The opportunity is real but movement is weak.

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Market Entry & Expansion

Align commercial logic, local conditions, partners and accountable next actions.

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Executive Assignment

The work sits outside normal role boundaries.

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Executive Assignment

Create a contained mandate with direct sponsorship, controlled visibility and a defined exit.

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SPECIAL PROJECTSA defined condition. Real access. A path back to internal control.
MANDATE GATEWAY

Three conditions determine whether direct intervention can create value.

Use the gateway before opening a discussion. If all three conditions are present, the mandate is ready to be tested.

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Material consequence

Delay, drift or exposure has a meaningful commercial or institutional cost.

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Executive sponsorship

A senior owner can protect the decision pathway and the required authority.

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Operating access

The mandate can reach the people, information and conditions shaping the outcome.