how it works

Most business problems aren't strategy problems

You've read the books. Hired the consultants. Built the systems. But something still feels broken.

The business fights itself. The numbers don't tell the truth. The team isn't aligned. And you're exhausted, even when things look good on paper.

That's because the real problem isn't strategy. It's coherence.

When the business is fighting itself, and so are you, no framework fixes it. What you need is someone who can see what's actually broken, tell you the truth about it, and help you fix it before anyone else knows there was a problem.

private work: 90 days to what others promise in years

Most approaches take 2+ years and teach the same process to everyone. I get to the core in 90 days because I investigate what's really broken in your business and in you.

And every engagement is with me personally. Not someone I trained. Not a template. Just you and me, finding the truth and fixing what matters.

before we begin: qualification

Before the 90 days officially start, you complete two deliverables that ensure we hit the ground running:

The Living Budget
Your business truth in one dynamic view. Not static projections but a real-time dashboard showing exactly where you are financially. This becomes your operating compass, and it forces you to face the numbers you've been avoiding.

The 7 Questions
What's keeping you up at 3am? What decision are you avoiding? What would need to be true for you to feel unstoppable again? These aren't therapy questions. They're surgical diagnostics that reveal what's fighting itself in you and your business.

We review these together in a 90-minute diagnostic call. If I can help, we begin immediately. If I can't, I'll tell you that too.

Why this matters: Most consultants waste the first month requesting data and scheduling discovery calls. By the time you complete The Living Budget and The 7 Questions, I already know where the problems are. Day 1 of the paid engagement, we're delivering insights, not asking for spreadsheets.

If you can't complete these two deliverables, you're not ready. And that's okay. The business owners who do complete them are signaling something important: they're done performing and ready to fix what's actually broken.

The Clarity Intensive (90 days)

Weeks 1-2: Investigation

I go deep into your business and your story using the Living Budget and 7 Questions you've completed. Financials, operations, team dynamics, decision-making patterns, and you. Not surface level. The truth.

I'm analyzing the numbers that don't add up, the org chart that doesn't reflect real power, the growth trajectory that plateaued eighteen months ago, the key hire who's actually failing, the biggest client who's quietly shopping your competitor.

This is forensic work. I'm finding what's fighting itself.

Week 3: Truth Session + The Map (3 hours)

I show you what I found in The Private Work Truth Document. What's broken, what's fighting itself, and why. Complete clarity. Your custom 90-day roadmap.

This isn't a PowerPoint deck. It's an 8-10 page artifact designed like a contraband field manual. Your business truth, documented with surgical precision:

• What's broken (with specifics from your Living Budget and real operations)

• What's fighting itself (the coherence gaps I found)

• The 90-day roadmap (clear milestones, hard decisions, real accountability)

You keep this document. Reference it. Let it guide you. It's the map you needed but couldn't draw yourself because you were too close to see it clearly.

Weeks 4-12: Momentum Protocol (60 days)

We implement together (To be clear, this means I am working on implementation right along with you) using the Weekly Momentum Protocol. A structured cadence that doesn't allow distraction or delay:

Every Monday morning: I send you a 3-minute video with your focus for the week. One thing that matters. One decision to make. One conversation to have.

Every Friday afternoon: You report progress via Loom or voice note (2 minutes maximum). What got done. What didn't. What's in the way.

This creates relentless forward momentum without micromanagement. You're accountable, but you're not alone. And when critical decisions arise between our structured touchpoints, you have direct access.

By day 90, you're not stuck anymore. The fog has lifted. You know what to do next. And more importantly, you're actually doing it.

what comes next: the partnership (optional)

After the intensive, most clients choose to continue. Because the real value wasn't just fixing what was broken. It was having someone who knows your business and tells you the truth when everyone else is performing.

Private Work Partnership

What's included:

• 4 quarterly sessions (4-hour deep dive + lunch to talk about life, not just business)

• Monthly momentum calls (60 minutes to stay connected between sessions)

• Direct access when critical decisions arise

This isn't hand-holding. It's partnership with someone who's been in the room when things fell apart and knows how to keep them from falling apart again.

The business will try to fight itself again. Markets shift. Key people leave. Growth creates new chaos. The partnership means you don't face those moments alone.

why this is different

There are two common paths business owners take when they know something needs to change:

Cookie-cutter approaches promise transformation through frameworks. They require 2-year commitments, teach the same process to everyone, and use trained facilitators following a script. They give you a system and hope it fits.

Private Work is investigation, not facilitation. I spend 90 days finding and fixing what's actually broken. In your business and in you. This is direct work with me, not a team. Custom, not templated. And it starts with you doing the hard work of facing the truth before I even get there.

The Living Budget forces you to see your real financial position. The 7 Questions force you to name what you're avoiding. The Truth Session forces you to stop performing and start fixing. The Momentum Protocol forces you to make decisions instead of deliberating endlessly.

Most consultants teach process. I find what's broken and we fix it together.

Fast. Surgical. Discreet.

Nobody will know you called me. They'll just know you're back.

Payment plans are flexible to your business situation. All engagements are private and confidential.

NOTE: This doesn't scale. I only work with 3-4 clients at a time. And that's the point.

Ready to begin?

Reach out and let’s have a real conversation: hm@privatework.co