A catalog by Delia Roarke
Leaving the Room
Team practices and printable tools from the Anchor Close: six moves, in order, in the last four minutes of any decision conversation. Free to browse. Built to run with your own team.
Your team agreed. Ask them tomorrow what they agreed to.
Start Here
The system in one sitting, then ninety minutes with your own last ninety days.
The Six Moves
Your first close, then each move as a team practice, with the printed tool that carries it into the room.
Keep It Alive
The stall diagnostic, the legitimate way to change course, and the installation that survives.
About the author
Delia Roarke
Delia Roarke spent four years writing down what rooms decided and then quietly tracking whether it happened. It usually did not. After fourteen years in municipal government and six as VP of Operations at Kettleman Logistics, she founded Roarke Operations Group in Columbus, Ohio, where she has worked with 74 leadership teams across healthcare, manufacturing, and the nonprofit sector. She is the author of Leaving the Room and writes The Last Five Minutes, a Tuesday newsletter read by 41,000 managers.
More from Delia Roarke
- Read Leaving the RoomThe 611 Tally in full, the six moves, and the eleven years of failures that shaped the order.
- Run the audit with my helpNinety days of one meeting, counted properly, with the three numbers and what to do about them.
- Install the close with your leadership teamTwo moves at a time, over a quarter, ending with a retest against your own baseline.
- Keynotes and board sessionsForty minutes on why your best-run meeting is producing four decisions instead of one.
- The TallyOne stalled decision, taken apart, monthly. Free, and mercifully short.