The Solution Partners team works with client teams using a disciplined process to identify strengths and weaknesses, to identify strategic and tactical organizational improvements, and to develop an involvement and implementation process that leads to company success and value growth. The results of these activities are measured in terms of revenue, profit, number of customers, and customer longevity/repeat business. By optimizing these results, clients’ businesses have created sustained growth and strengthened their market value leading to successful sale.
Case Study #1
SITUATION
A financial services and real estate investment firm doing major property acquisitions for clients (and co-investing) and providing capital raising expertise for clients.
Objective: To organize and focus the firm’s growth to optimize the firm’s success and value.
APPROACH
- Held meetings with leaders individually and collectively to identify their focus, alignment and challenges.
- Worked with the leaders to refine their strategic focus.
- Provided consultation on enhancing the firm’s structure and processes to more effectively drive execution of strategies.
- Provided input for involving, communicating with, and educating the professional staff so they understood, embraced and were committed to the firm’s direction.
- Developed systems for effective monitoring of progress and for implementing strategic adjustments driven by significant learning.
- Provided support, training and coaching to elevate next generation leaders and strengthen the firm’s ability to grow.
- Helped with ongoing opportunity identification and problem solving as needed.
Learn More
To learn more, please contact:
Larry Chandler, Senior Partner
larry.chandler@solutionpartners.com
847-832-9063
Julie Chandler,Senior Partner
julie.chandler@solutionpartners.com
847-832-9063
BUSINESS IMPACT
The firm achieved its successful growth which helped lead to the firm’s increased value (and sale of a portion of the firm). In addition, the firm effectively weathered the challenges that occurred with the Great Recession.
Testimonial |
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| “Buchanan Street Partners was experiencing dramatic growth within the real estate investment management business and needed strategic advice to guide us through our expansion phase. Solutions Partners was retained to orchestrate a systematic process and protocol to enable Buchanan to incorporate new strategies and expansion of our personnel while maintaining our excellent performance. Ultimately, I attribute significant value to Solution Partners counsel as we sold a majority interest in our company.” |
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Robert Brunswick |
Case Study #2
SITUATION
A commercial baking business.
The company was focused on achieving significant growth in volume and number of customers.
Objective: To optimize the firm’s strategy, structure and systems to drive the firm’s growth and value.
APPROACH
- Interviewed key leaders to identify what was working, the company’s strategies, and the short and longer term goals.
- Facilitated discussions that refined the strategies to achieve the company’s goals. In the process of doing this, strengthened the company’s leadership coalition.
- Helped develop structural evolution and processes, including process maps, to strengthen the organization’s execution capability.
- Provided coaching to key leaders and teams to help assure that company leaders and teams continued to elevate their thinking and performance.
- Helped to integrate enhanced accountability, communications, and recognition systems to reinforce strategic direction and a strong culture.
- Worked with the leadership to secure significant new customers and ensure that the company operated effectively in addressing the resulting additional product, production and organizational complexity.
- Helped the CEO to focus and position the company for sale after its performance and value had grown significantly.
Learn More
To learn more, please contact:
Larry Chandler, Senior Partner
larry.chandler@solutionpartners.com
847-832-9063
Julie Chandler,Senior Partner
julie.chandler@solutionpartners.com
847-832-9063
BUSINESS IMPACT
The firm had extraordinary growth in revenue and clients in an otherwise stagnant industry. As a result, significant value growth occurred leading to sale of the business at a good value.
Testimonial |
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| “In 10 short years, Sweet Life grew from producing a single cookie to a billion cookies a year as well as innovating several new products. It was then sold to Fresh Start Bakeries where several of the Sweet Life team advanced to leadership roles. The amazing success of the brand was a direct result of our leadership team “buying into” the importance of taking time to “work on the business” as well as work in the business. Larry Chandler and Solution Partners were instrumental in facilitating, coaching and inspiring our entire Executive Team and for developing the tools need for a smooth transition after the sale of the company.” |
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Mike Gray |