Forming the Executive Action Team (EAT) Empowering the Right Leadership Structure to Guide and Sustain Transformation

Overview
The success of any transformation effort hinges not only on executive sponsorship but also on having the right leadership group actively guiding and governing the change. The Executive Action Team (EAT) is your internal transformation steering committee — formed from influential leaders who can make decisions, model new behaviors, remove blockers, and ensure alignment across the enterprise.
This service helps you design, align, and activate your EAT to lead transformation from the top — with clarity, cadence, and commitment.

Why This Matters
Transformation often fails when leaders delegate it to delivery teams or treat it as a project. Without a dedicated leadership structure, change efforts stall, lose alignment, or fall into local optimization traps.
The Executive Action Team ensures transformation is not only visible at the top, but also owned, guided, and actively nurtured by top leaders who are invested in its success.

Who It’s For
* C-level executives and direct reports (C-1 level)
* Heads of Business Units, IT, Product, and HR
* Identified change sponsors and transformation leads
* Any organization that is serious about enterprise agility or cultural change

What’s Included
This engagement involves facilitated workshops, role definition, and ongoing coaching to ensure the EAT is effective from day one.

✅ Purpose & Mandate Definition
We work with leadership to clarify:
* Why this team exists (beyond reporting)
* The scope of its influence and authority
* How it connects with other governance layers
* Success indicators and team charters

✅ Team Design & Role Clarity
Form the right group with a diverse mix of authority, influence, and operational knowledge. Define roles such as:
* Executive Sponsor
* Change Champion
* Transformation Facilitator
* Portfolio/Strategy Owner
* HR/People Lead

✅ Ways of Working for the EAT
We introduce light governance structures to help the team stay agile and effective:
* Cadence and agenda of action-oriented meetings
* Decision-making protocols
* Escalation and support pathways
* Feedback loops with delivery teams

✅ Capability Uplift
Provide short, targeted coaching on what it means to lead in a transformation context:
* What executive agility looks like
* How to foster alignment without command-and-control
* Techniques to lead with vision and empower teams

What You’ll Walk Away With
* A fully formed, chartered, and aligned Executive Action Team
* Defined roles, accountabilities, and working agreements
* A regular operating rhythm and templates for action meetings
* A strong leadership coalition ready to lead transformation intentionally
* Ongoing facilitation support (optional)

Why Work With Us
At Business Agility Tune Up, we don’t just help you “launch a steering committee” — we help you activate a leadership system that models the future culture. Our EAT setups are grounded in change leadership psychology, Agile governance, and real-world transformation practices.
We co-create this with you — not as consultants who leave, but as your co-pilots in driving sustained change.

Ready to Form the Leadership Core of Your Transformation?