A leadership intelligence platform is software built for executives - the CEO and the executive team - that holds the strategic plan, shows the health of the work against it, and gets more useful the more you use it. It differs from project and portfolio management in one word: direction. Task tools start with tasks and build up. A leadership intelligence platform starts with the strategic plan and works down. TARGA is a leadership intelligence platform.
Most executives will tell you the obstacle to growth is inside the building. Consider the numbers below. The problem is rarely the strategy. It's the gap between the plan and the work, and the tool a company uses to close that gap is usually built for the wrong seat.
of executives cite internal barriers - not market conditions - as the top obstacle to growth.
- Bain, Founder's Mentality
of well-formulated strategies underperform in execution. The strategy is not the problem - the infrastructure is.
- Bain & Company
The three categories, side by side
Three kinds of software claim the strategy-execution problem. They differ in where they start, who they are built for, and where status comes from. TARGA starts with the plan. Task and project tools start with the task. Strategy portfolio tools start with a portfolio of projects and roll it up for the staff who manage it.
| TARGA | Task and project tools | Strategy portfolio (SPM) tools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starts from | The strategic plan, top-down | Tasks | Portfolios of projects |
| Built for | The CEO and executive team | The team doing the work | The PMO and strategy staff |
| Status comes from | The work itself - owners' own activity | Manual updates | Roll-up reporting |
| The AI | Observes and suggests. Every action is yours. | Add-on assistant | Reporting and analysis |
| The claim | "Your plan is where the company runs" | "Everything starts with a task" | A reporting layer on top of the work |
If you hear "everything starts with a task," you're not talking to us.
What each leader gets
The CEO
The CEO needs to see whether attention - and capital - is going where it creates value.
TARGA puts the whole strategic portfolio in one view, with status computed from the work underneath it.
The VP of Sales
The VP of Sales needs to know what's behind before it's a fire drill.
The Lightning Line shows calendar status at a glance. Left of the line is behind, right is ahead.
The VP of Engineering
The VP of Engineering needs the team working from one plan.
The work creates the status. Report writing is a thing of the past.
The initiative owner
The initiative owner needs their work to connect visibly to the goal it serves.
Everyone can see how their work connects to what the business is trying to accomplish.
Does the AI make the decisions?
TARGA watches the plan between meetings and flags what needs your attention today. Every action is yours: you take a suggestion or dismiss it. The more you use TARGA, the closer its guidance gets to how you already decide, and the decisions stay yours.
Do you need a leadership intelligence layer? A self-check.
Tick the ones that are true.
If three or more are true, the gap isn't your strategy. It's the layer between the plan and the work.
What to look for in a platform
Built top-down for the executive, from the strategic plan.
Status that comes from the work itself, so it is always current.
A strict, shared status language everyone reads the same way. TARGA uses four: On Track, At Risk, Blocked, Complete.
AI that advises, with every action yours to take.
You keep the systems that run your business, and TARGA shows what they mean for the plan.
Frequently asked
Where TARGA stands today
Our own company plan runs in TARGA.