Harry Lakin | Bespoke Advisor

The Decision Room™

One bad hire in the C-suite can set you back years. The Decision Room™ gives you a data-backed recommendation you can stand behind.

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

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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, internal politics, or whoever interviewed best on a given day.

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That's not a process. That's a roll of the dice. And 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 14+ 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 bespoke 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 14+ years of behavioral insight and pattern recognition to your final hiring decision, supported by 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 you couldn't from an interview alone.

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Step 4

The recommendation

I give you my honest, experienced perspective on who fits best - and why. You make the call. I make 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, this process was designed for you.

 

Why this is different

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There are hundreds of assessment tools. There are many consultants. What The Decision Room™ offers is the combination of both, 14+ years of lived experience reading people in the workplace, paired with a behavioral instrument precise enough to reveal what interviews simply cannot.​

 

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

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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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