WORKING TOGETHER

Different situations call for different ways of working. The approach stays the same.

Whatever we do together starts with what you want and ends with decisions you can stand behind.

How I approach the work

When growth starts taking more work than it should, the first question is what's actually in the way. The answer depends on your numbers, on how the parts of your business affect each other, and on what you want the business to be.

That's where I start, rather than with a solution already in mind.

From there, I give you my honest view of the options and the path I'd recommend. You make the decisions. Then we work on what matters most first, in the order that makes the rest easier.

Three ways to work together

PRIVATE STRATEGY

Session

one question, one hour

For one question that a single conversation can address. You supply the background information, we meet for an hour, and about a week later you have a written strategy you can act on.

About the session

PRIVATE STRATEGY

Intensive

30 days, a full day together

For the decisions that are too large or complex for one conversation, whether they involve the whole business or one major part of it. Over 30 days, we prepare, spend a full working day together, and follow up. You leave with a clear direction and a written plan to carry it out.

About the intensive

consulting

90-Day

Engagement

one quarter, with your team

For a defined objective that needs a clear process and an end date, usually with your team involved. I look at the whole business and recommend the best path forward, you decide what to address first, and I guide the work until the fix is in place and working.

About the engagement

"What was powerful in working with Rachel was the ability to unemotionally do the math, looking at the money to make better decisions. Never did I hear 'don't do that' or 'you should do this.' I heard questions that made me say, yeah, that doesn't make sense, or, I feel so much better about that."

Laurel Rutledge | Founder & CEO, LKR Group

After the deeper work

Some owners want a thinking partner who knows the business while they carry out the plan. After an Intensive or a 90-day engagement, we can continue with two calls a month and access to me between them. You bring whatever is in front of you, and I stay available as an outside perspective.

You don't need to know which one is right before we talk.

We start with a conversation about what’s going on and what you want from the business. I’ll recommend the way of working that fits, or point you in the right direction if what you need is outside what I do.