Strategy only works when the system behind it works too.

When the pressure of growth, change, or transformation impacts your ability to execute, we help leadership teams find and fix what’s getting in the way so they can make better decisions, move faster, and create lasting value for the business.

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Your Work Friends founders Francesca Ranieri and Mel Plett — **Francesca Ranieri + Mel Plett** Co-Founders

We’re operators like you

We’ve owned P&L and led talent transformations inside complex, fast-moving organizations. We know where work slows down and what it takes to get things done.

Experience

The source of most execution issues

It’s almost always one (or more) of these three.

Our PSI Framework helps leaders uncover what’s really driving the friction.

People Right roles, right capacity, right work.

Structures Org design, workflows, decision rights, and operating rhythm.

Incentives What gets rewarded and reinforced.

PSI

Knowing where you’re stuck is only the first step.

Here’s how we help you remove organizational friction so strategy can move faster.

Most organizations start here

Sprint Shops™

1- and 2-day working sessions that help leadership teams make the decisions that matter most.

Strategic Direction
Team Effectiveness
Annual Planning
Partner Alignment
Strategic Reset
New Leader Assimilation
Future of Work
Leadership Team Reset

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When the work goes deeper

Strategy

Best when the work goes deeper. We partner with you to design and activate the strategy, operating model, and capabilities your future requires.

DiagnosticsUnderstand what’s actually creating friction.
Strategy BlueprintClarify priorities, operating model, and roadmap.
ActivationTurn decisions into sustained execution.
Ongoing AdvisoryA strategic partner as new challenges emerge.

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Inside the work

A Top 20 accounting firm asked a question every tax leader is starting to face.

What happens when AI does more of the compliance work?

AI, pricing pressure, and changing client expectations were reshaping the economics of tax. We helped leadership define a shared vision for the future of the profession, align around the capabilities that would matter most, and create a roadmap for where to invest first.

The Pod

Take us on your next commute.

Weekly conversations with leaders, researchers, and builders redefining the future of work.

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Let’s figure out what’s actually getting in the way. Together.

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