What size organizations do you typically work with?

Most clients are established organizations with $20M+ in revenue, though the real qualifier is complexity—leadership transitions, growth challenges, or structural misalignment that requires experienced outside perspective.

How do you ensure confidentiality when working with local organizations?

Confidentiality is foundational. I do not disclose client identities, and all engagement details remain private. Many clients value working with someone who understands the West Michigan business landscape without creating visibility concerns.

What does the first 90 days typically look like?

The first phase focuses on diagnosis—listening to key stakeholders, identifying root causes, and aligning on priorities. From there, we move into focused execution with clear milestones and accountability.

Do you work directly with boards and ownership groups?

Yes. Many engagements involve board-level facilitation, governance alignment, or ownership transitions alongside executive team work.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING · GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

Organizational Consultant in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Systems, Culture & Performance Consulting for CEOs and Executive Teams

Serving Grand Rapids and West Michigan organizations navigating growth, complexity, and the systems challenges that come with scale.

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When growth outpaces the systems designed to support it, even high-performing organizations experience friction—role confusion, stalled decisions, rising turnover, and execution that doesn't match strategic intent.

Organizational Talent Consulting partners with Grand Rapids CEOs and executive teams to diagnose root causes, align systems, and build the organizational capability required for sustained performance.

This is organizational consulting designed to build capability

—not dependency.

STRATEGIC PLANNING FACILITATION - BOARDS, ASSOCIATIONS, & NON-PROFITS

Creating strategic clarity across diverse stakeholders

A large regional association and several small-to-mid-sized nonprofit organizations faced increasing complexity, shifting external pressures, and diverse stakeholder expectations. While commitment to mission was strong, leaders lacked shared priorities, clear tradeoffs, and alignment between governance and execution.

The Work:

Listening to board members, executives, and key stakeholders
Facilitating strategic planning focused on clarity, priorities, and tradeoffs
Translating strategy into actionable leadership and governance commitments

What Changed:

Clear strategic priorities and success measures
Stronger alignment between boards and executive leadership
Improved decision confidence and focus
Reduced strategic drift

"Strategy succeeds when leaders listen carefully, apply foresight, and make deliberate choices about priorities, tradeoffs, and decision authority."

— Leadership Insight

Areas of Focus

Organizational consulting engagements typically address:

Culture and accountability systems

Talent systems, succession, and readiness

Strategy execution and decision clarity

Change management and enterprise alignment

Leadership effectiveness at scale

Organizational structure and design

The result: leadership that scales with the organization.

What Organizations Experience

Clients consistently tell us:

Clearer roles, accountability, and decision authority
Faster execution and reduced organizational friction
Improved employee engagement and reduced turnover
Stronger leadership capability at every level
Systems that sustain performance after we step away

This result: Organizations that perform - and keep performing.

The Consulting Approach

A structured, evidence-based process designed to uncover root causes and build lasting solutions.

Discover & Define

Listen deeply to understand root causes, not just symptoms.

Test & Learn

Pilot changes in controlled ways to validate before scaling.

Set Direction

Align leadership on the strategic intent and success criteria.

Analyze & Decide

Use data and feedback to refine the approach.

Design & Hypothesize

Develop solutions tailored to your culture and context.

Implement & Sustain

Embed changes into systems so results hold over time.

Why Grand Rapids Organizations Choose Organizational Talent Consulting

Deep experience with private, family-owned, and founder-led organizations

Evidence-based frameworks and proven methodologies

Practical, real-world business orientation

Based in West Michigan. Serving organizations regionally and nationwide.

Systems-level problem solving, not surface-level fixes

Long-term partnerships focused on building capability, not dependency

Local Service Area

Organizational consulting services available throughout:

On-site and virtual engagements available.

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If your organization is ready to address the systems challenges limiting performance, start with a confidential strategy conversation.

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