One problem. One hour with Jason. Your written report the next day.

Something at work isn't working, and you've already tried the obvious fix

You've clarified the brief. You've added a check. You've had the conversation twice. And the same thing keeps happening, which is starting to make you wonder whether the problem is you.

The Janet Review is one hour on one situation, with someone who has spent over two decades watching these patterns play out. You'll leave knowing what's actually happening, what to do first, and what to write down while you do it.

Is this you right now?

You've handed something over and got back something unusable. Not badly done exactly, just not what you needed, and now you're deciding whether to fix it yourself again.

The brief you were given makes no real sense. Someone wants something for Friday, nobody has said what good looks like, and asking too many questions feels like admitting you don't know.

Four people want things first. All of them think theirs is the priority, none of them will move, and you're the one who has to choose.

The meeting ended and nobody knows what was agreed. Everyone nodded. Nothing was written down. It'll surface again in a fortnight as a problem.

You're about to send something you're not certain about. The numbers came out of a system, someone adjusted something, and it's going somewhere that matters.

You need to say no and it isn't simple. The request is unreasonable, the person asking outranks you, and you've been rehearsing it in your head since Tuesday.

If any of those landed, or if something else needs looking at, that's the hour.

What you get

One hour, on Teams, on your situation. Not a curriculum, not a coaching programme, and no homework. One problem, taken seriously.

The Janet Report, within 24 hours. A written one-page summary covering the situation as I understand it, what's actually happening underneath it, what to do first with a date against it, what to action over the next four weeks, and what to watch for (The Colin Risk).

The frameworks that apply to you. Not a folder of everything we publish, just the two or three that fit your situation, with a note on how to use them.

Somewhere to put the problem down. Most competent professionals, first-time managers, and senior professionals carry this alone, because raising it internally means naming a colleague. This is a conversation where you can say the actual thing.

How it works

1. Book your session.  You'll get my email address and a link to my calendar.

2. Email me what's going on. No forms. Write it how you'd say it, covering what's happening, what you've already tried, what you want to walk away with, and any deadline I should know about. As much or as little as you like, and please use roles rather than names.

3. I prepare. Your situation goes through the JAInet HQ diagnostic frameworks, the same ones behind our guides and our platform tools. By the time we speak I've already formed a view, so we're not spending your hour on background.

4. We talk. Sixty minutes, via Teams, at a time that suits us both.

5. Your report arrives the next day. One page, plus the frameworks that apply.

Why this isn't just a chat

Most advice about a situation like this comes from someone hearing it for the first time, forming a view in real time, and telling you what they'd do.

This works the other way round. Before we speak, your situation is mapped against how work actually moves through a team: how it arrives, how it gets sequenced, how it gets protected, how it gets handed on, how it gets closed off, and whether what comes out at the end can be trusted. Six stages, and most managers are fine at four of them.

What comes out is where the loop is breaking, and which break is causing the others. A delegation problem is usually a clarity problem wearing a hat. A boundary that reads well on paper can be exactly the wrong thing to send to that director in that week. Six things might need fixing, and five will fail if you attempt them before the sixth.

Working out which is which is judgment, and that's what the hour is for.

Who's delivering it

Jason Smith, founder of JAInet HQ and Principal Consultant at Accile Consulting. MBA (Nottingham Business School), Chartered Manager (CMI), CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership, CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting, CGMA Diploma in Management Accounting.

Over two decades of cross-sector leadership experience, helping organisations modernise finance functions and build leadership capability. Every session is delivered personally, and every report is written and reviewed by me.

What it isn't

Not a coaching programme, not a course, and not a sales call for something bigger. You buy an hour, you get an hour and a report, and there's no obligation beyond that.

Not employment law or HR advice either. If your situation is heading towards a formal process, take advice from your own HR team and follow your organisation's procedure. The Janet Review is the thinking you need before you get there, which is the part nobody hands you.

Availability

I take four of these a week, because preparing properly and writing the report takes as long as the session does. Sessions are arranged by email once you've booked, so we'll find a time that genuinely works for both of us wherever you are in the world.

Book your Janet Review

Sessions run over Teams and last 60 minutes. Rescheduling is free with 48 hours' notice. See our terms for full booking and refund conditions.