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Test your 2027 plan before you lock it in.

Three 45-minute briefings for founders and CEOs of professional services firms. Find the weak assumptions about your people, leadership team and structure while budgets and headcount are still open.

OCT 15
01What Does Your Firm Earn for Every Dollar of Payroll?
NOV 5
02The Decisions Your Leadership Team Will Never Question
NOV 19
03The Headcount Your 2027 Plan Does Not Need

Thursdays · 1:00 p.m. ET · Free, live on Zoom

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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 baseline

Before priorities and targets are set.

NOV 5 · SESSION 02
Test how the 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.

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.

01
THU · OCT 15

What Does Your Firm Earn for Every Dollar of Payroll?

The five questions to answer before you sign off on your 2027 plan.

  • +The ratio that shows whether your people investment is paying off
  • +Five questions on value, roles, managers, capacity and ramp-up
  • +Which baselines to establish now, before the plan is final
In the room: you'll score your own firm on all five questions.
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THU · NOV 5

The Decisions Your Leadership Team Will Never Question

Why the same people approving your 2027 plan miss the same things every year.

  • +How a team's collective default shapes what gets challenged
  • +The four tendencies in every executive team, and which hardens in Q4
  • +One agenda question that forces the plan to be argued with
In the room: you'll name the tendency your team overuses under planning pressure.
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THU · NOV 19

You Are About to Budget for 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 the one constraint most likely to slow execution.
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One registration. Three calendar invites.

More than a webinar.An executive briefing.

Forty-five minutes built to be used, not watched. You leave each session with the question answered for your own firm, in writing.

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45 FOCUSED MINUTES

A clear framework, one anonymized client example, and time to apply it to your own firm.

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A SMALL, VISIBLE ROOM

Live on Zoom with fellow leaders. See who's there, use the chat and ask real questions.

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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 15–150 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.

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Is it free?+

Yes. All three briefings are free. Register once and choose the sessions you want to attend.

Can I attend just one session?+

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

Is this a sales pitch?+

No. Each briefing is built to be useful on its own. At the end, Sel will mention how wattsnextpx helps if you want to go further.

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