the work always starts here
Most business owners who reach out to me don’t know exactly what the problem is before we talk. They just know something isn’t working the way it should. I’ve built three connected engagements to help: one to understand what’s really going on, one to act on what you find, and one to sustain the momentum once it’s moving. Each one flows naturally into the next.
Three connected engagements
Step One
A two-week strategic assessment. Discover what’s actually driving your growth, or quietly limiting it.
Outcome: Clarity
Step Two
A 90-day implementation engagement. Put your roadmap into motion and build Relationship Systems™ that last.
Outcome: Transformation
Step Three
Ongoing strategic partnership. Reserved capacity to keep the momentum going as your business continues to evolve.
Outcome: Continuous improvement
Most clients begin with the Business Reality Check™. What comes next is determined by what we find together.
Step One · Discover & Diagnose
Every recommendation I make starts with understanding, not assumptions. The Business Reality Check™ is a two-week virtual strategic assessment that looks at your business through the Relationship Lens™: where relationships are helping you grow, where they’re quietly holding you back, and exactly what to do next.
How it works
A guided intake and a candid conversation about your business, your customers, and what feels harder than it should.
Over two weeks I work through your relationships against the Relationships = Revenue™ methodology: strengths, blind spots, and the opportunities hiding in plain sight.
You get your full Business Reality Check™ and a live debrief, not a PDF left to gather dust. You leave knowing exactly what to do next.
everything you walk away with
Chapter one
Chapter two
An honest look at what’s working, what’s quietly costing you, and where the upside really is.
Chapter three
You’ll leave with greater clarity, stronger priorities, and a practical roadmap for building a business where stronger relationships become a competitive advantage.
Is this right for you?
The Business Reality Check™ is built for a particular kind of founder, and that’s exactly what makes it work.
This is probably a great fit if you
This probably isn’t the right fit if you
Two ways to do it
Standard
The full two-week virtual strategic assessment, all eleven deliverables, and a live debrief.
$2,500
Founding pilot clients: a reduced rate, shared on your call.
Book the virtual checkUpgrade
Everything in the standard check, plus a focused day in the room together. Deeper, faster, and hands-on with your team.
Premium upgrade
Scoped to your business. We’ll talk through fit and pricing on your call.
Ask about the intensiveA note on timing: the Business Reality Check™ is currently accepting a small group of founding pilot clients at a reduced rate. Detailed case studies and measurable outcomes will be published as those engagements wrap.
Wondering what comes next? Most clients who complete a Business Reality Check™ move into the Strategic Growth Accelerator™, a 90-day implementation engagement built around the roadmap we create together. See Step Two below.
I came to her about an outreach event. She thought quick on her feet, drew people in, and made it happen — educating the community and raising real money for the mission.
Michele Lee
Nonprofit outreach collaborator
A reflection on working with Christina, not a Business Reality Check™ result.
Step Two · Transform
The Business Reality Check™ gives you clarity: a clear picture of where your relationships stand, what’s working, what isn’t, and what to do about it. The Strategic Growth Accelerator™ is where that clarity becomes action. Most clients find that once they have the roadmap, what they want most is someone in their corner helping them actually move through it.
This is a 90-day implementation engagement built around the priorities in your Relationship Roadmap™. We work through it together, building the Relationship Systems™ that make strong habits repeatable. The follow-up processes that stop slipping through the cracks. The customer experience touchpoints that turn a single transaction into a lasting relationship. The communication rhythms that keep referral partners close. All of it designed around your business specifically, not a generic template.
AI and automation play a role here when they genuinely help, but they follow the strategy, they don’t lead it. Every tool we introduce is evaluated by the same question: does this strengthen the relationships that matter most to your business?
This engagement follows a Business Reality Check™. Reach out and we’ll talk through whether it’s the right next step for you.
Talk about Step Two
Step Three · Evolve
Businesses don’t reach a point where the work is finished. Customer needs shift. Markets change. The relationships that were thriving last year need attention this year. The companies that stay ahead aren’t the ones that fixed things once. They’re the ones that built continual improvement into how they operate.
The Strategic Growth Advisor™ is reserved strategic capacity: a dedicated portion of my work held for one business at a time. It’s not a project engagement with a defined endpoint. It’s ongoing access to the strategic thinking, the honest outside perspective, and the accountability that keeps momentum from quietly fading once the structured work is done.
If you’ve completed a Business Reality Check™ or a Strategic Growth Accelerator™, you already know how this kind of partnership feels. The Strategic Growth Advisor™ is simply how we make it ongoing, so that growth becomes part of how your business operates, not just a project that had a good run.
Available to clients who have completed a Business Reality Check™. Reach out below and we’ll talk through whether it makes sense.
Talk about Step Three
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The first step in the Relationships = Revenue™ methodology. A few minutes gives you a Relationship Health Score, a Five Human Indicators™ snapshot, and a clear sense of whether a Business Reality Check™ is your right next move.
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