For many successful owner-managed businesses, founder dependency is one of the key barriers to further growth.
Our consultancy work gives you and your business clarity, focus and direction, setting the foundations for sustainable growth that doesn’t depend on you. It’s what the rest of your growth engine – marketing and sales – is built on.
We use proven, structured frameworks to give founders, owners and their leadership teams the practical tools they need to develop the strategy, align teams, and ensure accountability and progress.
Every engagement starts with an honest conversation with you the owner about where the business is, where you want it to go, what you’re looking for personally, and what’s actually standing in the way.
From there the work typically looks at
Is your strategy clear, differentiated and aligned to where you want to go?
One shared ambition, turned into priorities the whole team can act on – not just something that lives in your head.
Do you have the right people, in the right roles, doing the right things?
Clear roles, the right skills, an aligned leadership team and real accountability, so outcomes are owned and everything doesn’t run through you.
Do you know what’s happening, and are you measuring what matters?
A small set of key numbers, each with a named owner, reviewed every week. Decisions are then made on what’s actually happening, not on gut feel.
Is your marketing targeting the right audience and driving opportunity?
Is your sales process converting leads into profitable, repeatable revenue?
Are you solving issues, prioritising well and turning plans into progress?
Problems surfaced and solved fast, quarterly priorities owned and delivered, and a leadership rhythm that keeps things moving. Nothing sits waiting on a decision only you can make.
Take the free Natterjack Growth Healthcheck™. It takes 6 minutes, scores your business across all six areas and gives you your top three priorities.
Founder dependency is when a business’s growth, decisions and day-to-day running rely too heavily on the owner – so nothing moves without them. It’s one of the most common barriers to scaling a successful owner-managed business.
It starts with an honest conversation about where the business is, where you want it to go, and what’s in the way. From there, the work typically includes use of diagnostic scorecards, workshops, document audits and feedback sessions.
Yes. EOS is one of the structured frameworks Natterjack uses to give leadership teams a practical operating system that improves alignment, execution and team health as the business scales. However, we are not an EOS Implementer, and use alternative models, tools and frameworks where appropriate.
Owner-managed businesses – typically founder-led creative agencies and B2B service SMEs – where founder dependency is limiting growth and the leadership team needs clearer direction, ownership and follow-through.
Our consultancy work sets the foundations that the rest of the growth engine is built on. It gives the clarity that makes your marketing and sales activity effective.
No. Our consultancy offering is a standalone service. There is no obligation to engage us for any other services.
Yes. If you just require marketing or sales support, we offer fractional and interim leadership in those areas, along with a range of creative support via the Natterjack Studio.
If you’re looking to scale, plan for an exit, cover a senior absence or simply want to get your life back – get in touch for a natter.
30 minutes. No pitch.