You picked them. You back them. But when the plan meets reality and the clock is running, you're assuming, and on a programme this size, assuming is the risk.
Book a Right Fit callDesign, cost, safety, quality. All tested, all signed off. Whether the people at the top actually deliver together when it's hard? Taken on trust. Ground Truth is the assurance nobody else runs.
We put your senior team into an unfamiliar situation under real pressure, and our Guides watch what actually happens. Do they challenge each other. Does the right information surface fast enough. Is accountability clear, or does everything quietly route back through you.
Not what a 360 says. Not what an engagement survey suggests. What the team does when it counts.
You've assembled, changed or reset the team, and a consequential phase is coming. Good people, on paper a strong group. You need to know they perform as one before the programme finds out for you.
You're delivering, but not firing. You can feel performance isn't where it should be. You need an objective read on why, not more reassurance.
Four things that decide whether a group of capable people is a team you can bet a programme on.
Whether the hard things get said in the room, or after it.
How they decide under pressure, and who owns the call.
Whether they pull the same way when it matters.
Whether they get sharper under load, or come apart.
A concise, evidenced report. What we saw, what it means, and where the risk sits.
One to one, just you and us, to talk it through properly.
It belongs to you. You decide who ever sees it.
How attributable the findings are: full, role-level, or patterns only. Some want names against what we saw. Some want the pattern without the fingerprints. Your call, made before we start.
We've never had to honour it. But the offer is the whole point. This is only worth doing if it shows you something you can act on.
One price. No tiers, no discounts. Set against the delivery risk on your programme, and covered by the guarantee.
For a larger team, or an acute situation that needs the full picture first time, there's a deeper, in-person version. If it fits, we'll say so on the call. Nothing after Ground Truth is ever sold before the evidence exists.
Trusted by the teams delivering some of the UK's largest infrastructure.
An independent read on how your senior team actually operates under pressure, with evidence you can act on. It isn't a training day, a personality test or a survey. Nobody gets developed and nobody gets a certificate. We observe, we evidence, we tell you what we saw. What you do with it is yours.
Your team joins a live session and takes on a challenge together, while two Guides observe throughout. It's built for distributed programme teams, so nobody travels and you lose half a day, not a whole one. It runs on whatever platform your organisation already uses. Teams is the usual choice for infrastructure clients and works cleanly behind most IT policies, though Zoom or Google Meet are fine too. We confirm the platform with you before the day.
A short brief to set the scene. Then the challenge itself, where the team has to work as one under pressure while the Guides watch what really happens. Then a structured discussion: the team's own reflections and observations, given anonymously so people are honest, alongside what the two Guides saw. The gap between how the team sees itself and what we observed is usually where the real finding sits.
One runs the room, one reads it, and between them nothing gets missed. Two independent sets of eyes on the same team is what makes the evidence hold up, rather than being one person's opinion.
A concise, evidenced report within 48 hours: what we saw across the four areas, what it means, and where the risk sits. Then a one-to-one debrief with you within the week to talk it through. The report belongs to you, and you decide who else ever sees it.
None. If we tell you nothing you didn't already know, you don't pay. We've never had to honour it, but the offer is real and it's the whole point. This is only worth doing if it shows you something.
Fifteen minutes, before any money changes hands. A few straight questions about your team and the moment you're in, so we both understand what you want from Ground Truth and whether it will deliver it. No pitch, no deck. If it's not right for you, we'll say so on the call. That's genuinely part of the job.
There's a deeper, in-person version for teams that want the full day and a richer challenge. If that's a better fit for your situation, we'll talk it through on the call. Ground Truth online is where most start.
Leaders who want reassurance rather than an honest read, who'd rather send their team than take part themselves, or who already know who "the problem" is and just want us to confirm it. If that's the brief, we're not your people, and we'll say so early.
Fifteen minutes. A few straight questions about your team and the moment you're in. No pitch, no deck. By the end we'll both know if this is a fit, and if it isn't, we'll say so.
Thanks. A director will be in touch within 24 hours to arrange a time that suits you. A real person, not a sequence.