BLUMAVERICK
You’re running a bigger job than your title says you are.
Now the AI is making calls you have to defend.
Find where the gap is widest. Get the structural move that closes it.
Just 60 seconds
Built by Patricia Collins
Architected 3 operating models inside IBM, landing as VP, Head of Growth Strategy ($30B Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure) · Former Pioneer CMO, EVRYTHNG · Founder, Blumaverick
25 years naming categories before the market has language for them.
This Isn’t a Performance Problem.
It’s a Structural One.
You’re already operating above your title.
But the organization hasn’t caught up.
This is the executive authority gap.
Executive
Authority
Model™
Executive presence. Confidence. Communication. Personal brand. Self-advocacy.
They help you show up better.
They don’t change the structure limiting your authority.
The Executive Authority Model™ rebuilds what skills can’t.
Includes your Executive Authority Roadmap and private review.
71%
of executives report increased stress
threatening a structural pipeline breakdown —
DDI 2025
77%
of CHROs lack confidence in bench strength
for critical roles — DDI 2025
2×
Senior executives are twice as likely to report
isolation vs. peers below them — Perceptyx
Who This Is For
You’re operating above your title.
You own the outcomes, but not the decisions.
Your scope keeps growing. Your authority hasn’t.
You’re already doing the job before the org has named it.
Includes your private authority roadmap
The Founder
Patricia Collins
Founder & Principal Advisor
Patricia founded Blumaverick after living the pattern herself.
High performers are often asked to carry executive weight before the structure recognizes their authority.
She led the US market entry for EVRYTHNG, a pioneering London-based IoT startup, then held three VP roles at IBM, where she led a turnaround that delivered 20% growth in eight months after six years of decline.
Today, she works privately with a small number of executives operating above their formal authority.
No cohort. No curriculum. Advisory By Design.
Our Approach
The
Authority-Decision
Model™
Most executive career stalls aren’t about performance. They’re about misalignment.
Blumaverick helps high-performing VPs and Directors identify where authority, decision rights, and recognition fall out of sync, then rebuild the structure required for executive-level influence.
How This Actually
Shows Up
This is the authority gap in practice.
You’re accountable for outcomes you don’t fully control.
Decisions are shaped before you enter the room.
Your scope has expanded, but your authority hasn’t.
You’re the escalation point, but not the final voice.
The business depends on you, but the structure still treats you like support.
The Executive Authority Model™
closes it by rebuilding how your
value, authority, and decision rights
are recognized.
Client Outcomes
Select engagements across growth-stage and enterprise organizations.
VP, Product
Global SaaS
Before
His manager flagged it in a strategic review — growth was stalling and his calls kept getting second-guessed or overridden. He had the scope. He didn't have the authority to match it.
After
His mandate was restructured to reflect what he was already responsible for. Decisions started landing. He stopped having to relitigate calls he'd already made.
What changed
His title was updated to match the role he'd been doing for over a year. He was brought into strategic conversations he'd previously been excluded from. His manager's relationship with him shifted — less oversight, more respect.
EVP, Revenue Ops
Series C Enterprise AI Firm
Before
The exec team was stepping on each other. No one was clear on who owned what, and she was absorbing the friction — escalations, misaligned priorities, decisions that should have been hers getting made without her.
After
Decision boundaries were redrawn across the team. She stopped being the person who cleaned up the confusion and started being treated as a full peer at the table.
What changed
She was promoted. Her title reflected the authority she'd already been carrying — and the org finally built the structure around her to match it.