Harry Lakin | Founder

The Decision Room™

 

Finalist Decision Support for High-Stakes Executive Hires.

 

One bad hire At this level can set you back years. The Decision Room™ gives you a data-FUELED recommendation you can stand behind.

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You’ve done the work. You’ve interviewed, deliberated, and narrowed the field down. Now you’re staring at two, three or perhaps four finalists for a role that will shape your organization for years to come and you have a decision to make.

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The Decision Room™ provides finalist decision support for high-stakes executive hires, helping CEO's, boards and hiring teams evaluate their finalists against behavioral demands of the role before making the final call.  

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It is designed for the moment when the search is almost over - but the most consequential decision remains and your margin for error - zero...

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The problem is the final stage

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Most hiring processes are remarkably rigorous right up until the moment that matters most. Résumés get screened. Presentations are completed. Interviews are in the books. And then, when it comes down to the final slate of candidates for a C-Suite, VP, Sales Leadership or other high priority role, the decision often comes down to gut feel. That's right, research shows,"gut feel" is the number one way final decisions get made in these situations.

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That's not a process. That's a roll of the dice. At this level, a bad hire doesn't just cost money - it costs momentum, morale, and sometimes years of recovery.

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"After nearly 15 years of studying workplace behaviors, I can tell you that most costly mis-hires are not mysteries in hindsight. The signals were there. No one had the right lens to read them."
                                                         - Harry Lakin, Founder, Hire Capacity

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What The Decision Room is

 

The Decision Room™ is a customized advisory engagement built entirely around your situation, your finalists, and the unique demands of the role you’re filling. There is no off-the-shelf version of this. Every engagement is one-of-a-kind.

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Harry Lakin brings nearly 15 years of behavioral insight and pattern recognition to your final hiring decision, supported by the data of the OMS assessment...one of the most precise behavioral measurement tools available. OMS goes beyond personality type or surface-level traits. It maps the behavioral DNA of your finalists against the actual demands of the role, revealing not just who your candidates are, but how they will perform, lead, sell, and collaborate once they’re in the seat.

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This isn’t a report you receive and figure out on your own. Harry walks you through what the data means, what it doesn’t, and how to weigh it against everything else you already know. Harry's expertise is the offering. The OMS is the lens.

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How it works

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Step 1

Role clarity session

Together, we define what behavioral success actually looks like for this role in your organization - not some generic job description, but a true behavioral benchmark.

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Step 2

Candidate assessment

Each finalist completes the OMS assessment. The data reveals how they are wired - their drives, needs, and likely behaviors under the real conditions of the role.

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Step 3

Deep-dive debrief

I walk your team through the findings in plain language - no jargon, no ambiguity. You'll understand each finalist in a way not possible from an interview alone.

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Step 4

The recommendation

Harry give you his honest, experienced perspective on who fits best - and why. You make the call. Harry makes sure you're making it with eyes wide open.

 

Who this is for

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The Decision Room™ is purpose-built for organizations making final hiring decisions at the:

• C-Suite level:  CEO, COO, CFO, CRO, CHRO, and equivalents

• VP level:  Operational leaders who will shape culture and drive results

• Sales leadership:  Regional Directors, VPs of Sales, National Sales Managers

• Any role you simply can't afford to get the hiring wrong.

 

This is not a high-volume, transactional service. The Decision Room™ is intentionally limited in availability so that every engagement gets the full weight of Harry's attention and experience. If you are filling a critical role and need to get it right, no-fail, this process was designed for you.

 

Why this is different

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Tools are everywhere. So are consultants. What you get here is Harry Lakin; 44-years leading businesses. 15 of those decoding how people actually behave at work. Harry knows what the data says. That's what you're buying. Not a tool. Not a report. A lifetime of human behavior experience.

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What's more, Harry guarantees his work! Follow Harry's recommendation. If that hire doesn't work out within 180 days, he'll do the entire process again. No charge. *Click for more details.

 

Every engagement is custom. Every recommendation is earned. And every client walks away with a clarity they didn't have before.

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You're so close. Let's make sure you get it right.

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If you're in the final stages of a critical hire, reach out. Let's have a straightforward conversation about whether The Decision Room™ is the right fit for where you are.

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Data > Gut.

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