Private Consulting
The fastest way to align your business and bring your big visions to life.
Private consulting is a high-touch, fully personalized experience. With direct access to my expertise and strategic guidance, we’ll go into deep problem-solving and craft custom solutions tailored to your unique business needs and goals.
I’m in your corner every step of the way.
You have a big vision you want to bring into reality, and you’re committed to creating a sustainable, scalable business.
But, you’re not sure how to make it happen without complicating your business model OR doubling your hours. You can’t give any more of yourself — you’re already maxed out.
The truth is you’re the bottleneck holding back your business from its highest potential.
This is when most private clients come to me.
Private consulting provides custom solutions to your unique problems.
Your situation is one-of-a-kind.
To solve your problems and help you succeed on your terms, you need an advisor who will take the time to understand and respect the intricacies and nuances of your business, life, and goals — without pushing predetermined answers or prefab solutions on you.
I don’t subscribe to any singular blueprint, framework, or system. Unless you’re a cookie, cookie-cutter strategies won’t help you.
Instead, I use the insight, tools, and wisdom earned from over 40 years of experience consulting and coaching business owners across industries to provide solutions tailored to your individual circumstances.
This is how the process works:
We start by getting clear on what you REALLY want in your life and business and what truly motivates you. This helps us align your business and goals with your life and values, so you feel satisfied and supported instead of stressed and exhausted.
Next, we have a diagnostic conversation to pinpoint the primary bottleneck in your business. We analyze the way your business is operating and identify what’s working and what isn’t, so you’re spending your resources solving the real problem instead of wasting time fixing what’s not broken.
From there, we chart a roadmap to transform the business you have into the business you truly desire. We create a targeted action plan to put the systems in place to make your business run effectively and efficiently, setting you and your team up for success.
With my extensive experience in advising entrepreneurs through all seasons of business, I’m your trusted sounding board. I offer strategies, guidance, and accountability to keep you moving toward your unique vision of success.
You’re not alone in this anymore.
What Clients Are Saying
★★★★★
Gwen works with you to obtain clarity on your business goals and provides actionable strategies to help achieve those goals. She is fun to work with, whip-smart and has a deep understanding of the ups and downs, ins and outs of running a small business. She is well-resourced and has a fantastic network at her disposal. She’s made a huge difference and given me the confidence I needed to move the needle in my business. I can’t thank her enough!
Meggan Wehmeyer
Farmer’s Body
★★★★★
Working with Gwen has transformed my business. She helped me identify weaknesses that have held me back and develop my strengths in order to move forward. She has taught me how to think differently and change my mindset. Now I work more ON the business rather than IN the business and this is the key to growth. Gwen provides the clear lens that I’ve needed in order to break away from my own daily blockages. Some changes have been minor while others have been significant but they all work to optimize my operations.
Andrea Roth
How much time does this take?
This is a tricky question… Because there is how much time we spend working TOGETHER, and how much time you spend taking action on your specific plan.
As much as I would love to guarantee you “X result in 90 days or less,” that’s not how I operate. And to be blunt, those kinds of promises are likely what led you here.
As a private client, your roadmap is specific to you and your business. Though many of my private clients have similar goals, none of them are on the same path to those goals.
Your roadmap dictates the cadence of our work together. You might need weekly consulting sessions for a few weeks or for a few months. Maybe even years. What I can promise you is to never take up more of your time than is absolutely necessary to identify and treat the source of your bottleneck with respect to everything else you have going on. The value is in the results, not the number of hours it takes to get them.
Most clients start with hour-long meetings each week, though there is flexibility for shorter coaching sessions when time is tight and longer sessions when wrestling with sticky situations.
No matter how much time we spend face-to-face over Zoom, my team and I ensure you keep moving forward through email check-ins each week.
The Investment
Private consulting is a high-touch engagement with a fully personalized approach. You gain direct access to my expertise and strategic guidance, providing deep problem-solving and customized solutions tailored to your unique business needs and goals. You have my dedicated attention and support.
Private Coaching Investment:
Start at $3,000 per month
Up to four hours of private consulting per month
Email support between calls
Access to the Weekly Course of Action and Quarterly Tune-Up
The Commitment
Private consulting is a process, not a program.
We’re not here for quick fixes, and operational issues take time to untangle. I’m dedicated to helping you solve the right problems in the right order for sustainable success.
Gaining real traction takes about six months. During this phase, we address the pressing issues that led you to seek help and begin creating sustainable solutions.
But we don’t have a minimum commitment here. If the engagement doesn’t feel right for you, then it’s simply not a good fit. At the same time, we are committed to working with you for as long as it makes sense.
Strength in Community, Backed by True Accountability
Private consulting also includes the Quarterly Tune-Up, our flagship quarterly planning retreat. Each quarter, we gather all of our clients together for a two-day strategic planning session. During this time, we review what worked and what didn’t before creating an action plan for the coming quarter.
Knowing plans are only theories until implemented, you’ll break down your goals into weekly milestones in a plan we call the Weekly Course of Action.
Each week, you’ll update your Weekly Course of Action (just four simple reflection questions in a collaborative Google doc) and our team will leave comments to help you stay focused, calling attention to any adjustments needed to drive results.
This personal accountability and attention each week makes our quarterly planning process different and more effective than ones you’ve tried in the past. This isn’t plan it and forget it. We’ll support you in seeing your goals to completion.
How do we get started?
Click below to let me know a little more about your business and what makes it feel unsustainable right now. I’ll follow up to schedule a call to discuss what it could look like to work together.