Let me tell you about Sarah.

Not her real name, but the story is 100% real.

She’s a VP at a company you’ve heard of. $4.2 billion in revenue. Oncology division. Smart. Driven. Meticulous.

And last Tuesday, she sat in a boardroom and watched $180 million disappear.

She did everything right.

Hired the best consultant money could buy. Waited for the full competitive analysis. Presented findings to the board. Got approval.

She followed the playbook.

And the playbook destroyed her.

Because while she was waiting 94 days for a 247-page report, her competitor was already moving.

• Day 7: They had their intelligence.

• Day 12: They had their strategy.

• Day 21: They owned the position Sarah thought she was preparing to take.

Here’s what that boardroom meeting actually looked like:

Her CFO the one who’d championed her for VP two years ago sat there silent. Disappointed.

Her team the 14 people who’d worked nights and weekends believing in her strategy avoided eye contact.

And the SVP who’d warned her about using “Big Four consultants who take forever”? He didn’t say anything. He didn’t have to.

His expression said it all: “I told you so.”

The worst part?

Sarah went home that night and had to tell her husband—the one who’d supported her through the 60-hour weeks, the missed dinners, the canceled vacations that it didn’t work out.

Not because she wasn’t smart enough.

Not because she didn’t work hard enough.

Because she waited for complete information while her competitor moved on sufficient information.

Three months later, the SVP who warned her got the promotion she was supposed to get.

Her CFO stopped inviting her to strategy meetings.

Two people from her team left for competitors.

And her husband stopped asking about work.

Sarah called us four weeks after that meeting.

One question: “Can you deliver intelligence I can use before my next window closes, or am I going to fail again?”

We delivered in 5 days.

She moved on day 6.

By day 21, she’d secured a position that brought in $240 million.

Six months later:

Her CFO called her “the fastest strategic thinker on the executive team.”

Her team got bonuses.

The SVP who got “her” promotion? He reports to her now.

And her husband? He brags about her at dinner parties.

The difference between the two stories?

89 days of velocity.

I’m telling you this because right now, somewhere, a director is making a decision.

Wait for complete intelligence and risk becoming the person their team whispers about.

Or get Clear Dossiers intelligence and become the person everyone wants on their next critical project.

If you’re reading this, you already know which story you want to be in.

The only question is: How fast do you want to move?

Here’s exactly how it works:

WHAT CHANGED?:

1. CFO (Mentor Figure):

• “The one who’d championed her for VP”

• “Sat there silent. Disappointed.”

• Pain: Lost respect from someone who believed in her

2. Her Team (Tribe/Family):

• “14 people who’d worked nights and weekends believing in her”

• “Avoided eye contact”

• Pain: Let down the people who trusted her

3. The SVP (The Doubter):

• “Warned her about Big Four consultants”

• “I told you so” (unspoken but felt)

• Pain: The person who doubted her was RIGHT

4. Her Husband (Personal Life):

• “Supported her through 60-hour weeks, missed dinners, canceled vacations”

• “Had to tell him it didn’t work out”

• “Stopped asking about work” (devastating silence)

• Pain: Professional failure bleeding into personal life

5. Long-Term Consequences:

• SVP got HER promotion

• CFO stopped inviting her to meetings

• Team members left

• Husband’s silence

• Pain: Lasting damage to relationships and career

THEN THE REVERSAL PROCESS=REDEMPTION 

After using Clear Dossiers:

✅ CFO calls her “fastest strategic thinker”
✅ Team gets bonuses (she restored their faith)
✅ SVP now reports to HER (justice served)
✅ Husband brags about her

Her personal pride was restored.