“If you don’t know where you are, a map won’t help” - anonymous

  • I Feel Your Pain...

    Are you a small business CEO/founder who…

    • Struggling to get everyone rowing the boat in the same direction?

    • Bleeding cash?

    • Falling short on your delivery commitments to key customers and business partners?

    • Repeating the same mistakes over and over again?

    • Understaffed and feeling too busy to onboard new talent?

    • Not retaining key personnel for the long haul?

    • Unable to reliably forecast revenue, profitability, or resource utilization?

    • Fearful when the Board or investors ask to “see the numbers?”

    • Unclear what the harvesting strategy / liquidity event horizon looks like?

    • No closer to handing over the reins to an apt successor than 5, 10 or 20 years ago?

    …then look no further. Help is on the way!

  • How I Help

    I provide fractional Business Coach, COO, Chief of Staff, or EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) Integrator support.

    Through interactions with you and your teammates, and keen observations and informed recommendations, I…

    1. Frame-out your organization into key business functions of sales, delivery, and operations.

    2. Assess the performance of these functions today by analyzing your existing combination of talent, techniques, and tools (the only ways any organization can execute its workload.)

    3. Form working hypotheses and vet and/or refute these with you.

    4. Go beyond symptoms to identify proximate and root causes of any potential dysfunction.

    5. Diagnose long-lasting remedies (not quick fixes!)

    6. Create a new operating model that positions your firm for long-term, dependable, sustainable, and profitable growth.