We help brilliant businesses run better by strengthening how your operations, team routines, and systems work day to day.

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Business Optimisation

Our business optimisation consultancy helps founder-led SMEs improve how their business runs day to day by strengthening people, processes, and systems. We look at where work slows down, where responsibilities aren’t clear, and where operations rely too heavily on the founder. Then we redesign the way the business works so everything runs more smoothly.

We’re hands-on. We guide, design, and implement alongside you and your team so the improvements actually stick. You get practical support, clear direction, and the expertise needed to make meaningful changes without overwhelming your people.

Business Operations Review.

A practical look at how your business really runs, and what’s getting in the way of smoother delivery.

We spend time inside your business to understand how work moves, how your team operates, and where friction shows up. We review:

  • workflows and handovers

  • team routines and responsibilities

  • communication patterns

  • system use and tool confusion

  • delivery rhythms and bottlenecks

This gives you a clear picture of why things are slowing down when you’re trying to grow, and what needs to shift to improve performance.

You receive a focused set of findings that highlights what’s working well, where delivery breaks down, and the priority fixes that will make the biggest difference.

This work strengthens teams, fixes delivery drift, supports smoother operations, and helps create better workplaces for everyone.

Business Optimisation Redesign.

Redesigning the way your business operates for smoother delivery and stronger performance.

Once we know what needs to change, we redesign the core elements of your operating system so your business stops relying on firefighting and starts running with more consistency.

This can include:

  • building a clear operating rhythm and team routines

  • redesigning workflows and responsibilities

  • simplifying processes so people know what to do and when

  • improving communication flow across the team

  • mapping systems and reducing tool overload

  • introducing simple automations to cut manual work

Everything is built around your business, your goals, and your team. The outcome is simple: a business that runs more smoothly, supports your team better, and gives you the capacity to move forward without everything landing on your desk.

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We work with you + your team to understand how your business really needs to run + we help you make it happen.

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Growth Partnership

For SME’s scaling and looking for change management support.

A hands-on partnership where we work inside your business with you and your team for 3-6 months. We review your strategy, develop your people, and build the systems that keep the business running without you being the bottleneck. Month by month, we embed better ways of working, strengthen leadership, and build a roadmap for sustainable growth. This is deep, practical, done-with-you transformation.

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BUILD Programme

For new and early stage founders looking for business development mentorship support.

A practical 90 day programme for early-stage founders who want to build solid foundations from day one. We cover your business model, brand foundations, simple systems, customer journey, and the routines that keep the wheels turning. Designed to help you move quickly, avoid overwhelm, and grow with intention.

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Project + Operational Support

For business leaders looking for ongoing project management or operational leadership support.

On-demand strategic and operational leadership for when you need senior expertise without hiring. Whether it’s running projects, leading change, building your operating rhythm, or stepping in as a steady pair of hands, we support the areas of your business that need focus. Ideal for founders who need support with execution or project management.

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The Founders Table

For female founders who are unapologetically ambitious for their business growth + team.

A curated mastermind for ambitious female founders who want to think bigger, sharpen their leadership, and build a business that actually works for their life. It blends strategic conversations, operational insight, and accountability. This is a curated group women in business supporting each other to grow with purpose. To register your interest, use the link below.

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Working With Me Approach

For leaders and teams looking to unlock high performace through inclusion.

This is your operating rhythm for high-performance teams, built for real people in real businesses.

It gives your team a shared playbook so they know how to work with you, how to work with each other, and how to make decisions without everything landing back on your desk. It’s practical, human, and designed to create confidence, trust, and smoother execution across the whole business.

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One framework, one focus: getting the job done.

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Turning human difference into high performance.

Alongside our consultancy, we’re developing Working With Me® - an AI-supported platform that helps teams understand how they work best together.

It’s how we’re redefining what it means to build better workplaces - powered by people and tech that work in sync.

Whether you’re refining what’s working or rethinking how your business runs, we design the systems, structure and rhythm that make it all work better.

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