Before You Lock In Your 2027 Plan, Know Whether Your Business Can Deliver It.

Three live 45-minute briefings for founders and CEOs of professional services firms. Uncover weak assumptions about your people, leadership team and organizational structure before they are built into next year’s priorities, budget and headcount.

OCT 15
01The People Plan Your 2027 Strategy Is Missing
NOV 5
02The Leadership Blind Spots You’re Building into Your 2027 Strategy
NOV 19
03The Headcount Your 2027 Plan Does Not Need

Thursdays · 1:00 p.m. ET

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Timed to the decisions you’re about to make.

Q4 is when priorities, budgets and headcount get locked for the year ahead. Each briefing lands before the decision it's designed to test, while there's still time to act on what you find.

OCT 15 · SESSION 01
Test the people plan

Before priorities and targets are set.

NOV 5 · SESSION 02
Test how the leadership team decides

Before the leadership team signs off.

NOV 19 · SESSION 03
Test the structure

Before the headcount line is locked.

JANUARY
Execution begins

On a plan you've tested, not just approved.

BUILD FOR WHERE THE FIRM IS GOING

“We could see how fast we were growing and knew our people infrastructure had to get there first.”

CO-FOUNDER & CEO, FAST-GROWTH ADVISORY FIRM
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Three briefings.Three tests of your 2027 plan.

Each session stands on its own. Come to the one that matters most right now, or all three.

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THU · OCT 15

The People Plan Your 2027 Strategy Is Missing

Five decisions every CEO needs to make about the people who will deliver the plan.

  • +What your 2027 strategy will require from your people, not only what the financial plan requires from the business
  • +Where role clarity, management capability and workforce capacity could prevent the plan from being delivered
  • +Which people and performance baselines to establish before the year begins
In the room: You’ll assess your current people plan against five essential questions and identify what still needs to be decided before 2027.
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THU · NOV 5

The Leadership Blind Spots You’re Building into Your 2027 Strategy

How your leadership team’s shared decision-making tendencies determine what gets challenged and what slips through.

  • +How collective behavioral defaults shape strategic decisions
  • +The four decision-making tendencies and which become stronger under planning pressure
  • +One question that brings missing perspectives and untested assumptions into the room
In the room: You’ll identify the decision-making tendency your leadership team is most likely to overuse and what may be going unchallenged as a result.
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THU · NOV 19

The Headcount Your 2027 Plan Does Not Need

What to settle about roles, accountability and structure before January.

  • +Why structure lags the business, and what it costs in speed
  • +Where founder dependency and unclear decision rights slow execution
  • +What AI changes about which roles your firm is built around
In the room: You’ll identify whether the biggest constraint on execution is headcount, accountability or structure.
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One registration. Three calendar invitations.

More than a webinar.An executive briefing.

Forty-five minutes built to be used, not simply watched. Apply the framework to your own firm, compare your thinking with other founders and ask Sel questions about what you find.

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45 FOCUSED MINUTES

A clear framework, real examples from professional services firms and time to apply it to your own firm.

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APPLY IT TO YOUR FIRM

Join fellow founders and executive leaders. Apply the questions to your own firm and ask Sel about what you find.

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A ONE-PAGE WORKSHEET

Answer the session’s question about your own firm during the session, not afterwards.

Built for the people signing off the plan.

Founders, CEOs, COOs and executive leaders of professional services firms, typically 10 to 60 people. It’s particularly useful when:

  • +You're starting 2027 planning in the next eight weeks.
  • +You're considering adding headcount next year.
  • +Payroll is one of your firm's biggest investments.
  • +Too much still depends on you as the founder.
  • +Your leadership team rarely disagrees in planning.
  • +You want the plan tested, not just approved.
Sel Watts, founder of wattsnextpx

The frameworks matter. The judgment behind them matters more.

Sel Watts is the founder of wattsnextpx. For 20 years she has worked with founders of professional services firms on the people, leadership and structural decisions that determine whether a firm scales, or just gets bigger.

These briefings aren't theory. They're the questions Sel asks clients before they sign off a plan.

Still deciding? Here's what most people ask.

Is it free?+

Yes. There is no cost to attend any of the three briefings. You can register for one, two or all three.

Can I attend just one session?+

Yes. Each session stands on its own. Attend one, two or all three.

Is this a sales pitch?+

Each briefing is designed to be useful on its own. You will apply the framework to your own firm and leave with a conclusion in writing. At the end, Sel will briefly explain how wattsnextpx can help if you identify something you want to investigate or address.

Can I bring members of my leadership team?+

Yes. Each person registers separately so they receive their own link.

Test your 2027 planbefore you lock it in.

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Free · Three sessions · Oct 15, Nov 5 and Nov 19 · 1:00 p.m. ET