CS↗CHAD SMELTZER

HOW I WORK / COMPANY ANALYSIS & IMPLEMENTATION

Learn the business.
Build the plan.
Help make it happen.

I learn alongside your people, bring leadership a clear overview and practical recommendations, and help put the agreed plan to work. Your customers, team, and operations shape where we begin.

BEFORE WE BEGIN

Start with
a conversation.

We begin with a free 30-minute conversation about your business, the challenge you see, what you have tried, and what you want to improve. We discuss whether a company analysis would be a useful next step.

Before paid work begins, we agree on the scope, access needed, deliverables, responsibilities, and fees. The analysis can take place in person, virtually, or through a combination of both.

01 / LEARN FIRSTHAND

Understand the
business as it is.

As an independent third party, I give customers and employees room to share perspectives they may hesitate to raise through company channels. I explain my role and the purpose of the conversations so people understand the work.

  • Ride with salespeople and observe customer conversations.
  • Interview leadership, employees, and operations staff.
  • Speak with selected customers about their needs and experience.
  • Review the offering, outreach, follow-up, and delivery workflows.

I compare those perspectives with observations and available evidence to identify strengths, obstacles, and gaps in what leadership hears.

The purpose: an informed view of the business from several perspectives.
02 / ANALYZE & PLAN

Bring leadership
a clear overview.

I use AI-assisted analysis to organize the information and surface patterns, then apply my business experience to check the findings and develop a prioritized action plan. We review the evidence, assumptions, and recommendations together so leadership can decide where to begin.

  • Strengths the company can build on and obstacles affecting sales or delivery.
  • Opportunities for team development, services, relationships, or better workflows.
  • Recommended next steps, potential business value, and assumptions to check.
  • Effort, resources, responsibilities, and ways to assess progress.

For a potential new service, we examine customer demand, delivery capacity, costs, and margin potential.

You receive: a company overview and prioritized recommendations for action.
03 / IMPLEMENT TOGETHER

Put the right
approach in place.

The analysis shapes the implementation. We agree on what I will develop or lead, what your team will own, and where another specialist should contribute.

  • Education and coaching: strengthen discovery, communication, and follow-through, or connect people with a relevant coach.
  • Programs: develop a repeatable service, define delivery responsibilities, and prepare the rollout.
  • Relationship Building: create useful customer conversations, interviews, introductions, and follow-up.

That may include promoting customers’ expertise and work through your channels. Technology can help organize insights, simplify workflows, or make services easier to navigate.

You receive: agreed implementation work with clear responsibilities.
04 / REVIEW & ADJUST

Keep learning
from the work.

We agree on what progress means for the project, review what has happened, and adjust priorities with leadership and the people doing the work.

Depending on the engagement, we may review customer conversations and follow-up, qualified opportunities, a service ready for rollout, or a workflow the team is using. Where sales and margin results are available, we review them in context.

You receive: progress reviews, clear next actions, and an updated focus.

ONGOING INVOLVEMENT

A plan.
And help carrying it out.

A monthly retainer provides ongoing involvement as your team carries out the plan.

The retainer can be cancelled with 30 days’ notice.

Explore the work we can put in place →

YOUR NEXT STEP

Start with your business today.

Discuss whether a company analysis is the right starting point for your business.