Business Consultant
Strategic outside counsel to help you scale smarter, strengthen your systems, and unlock sustainable growth.
Running a business can feel like you’re solving the same problems over and over.
Running a business gets harder the bigger it gets. Sales slow down. Teams get stretched thin. Marketing loses impact. The systems that got you here can’t get you to what’s next.
I help businesses break through plateaus and scale smarter—with real-world strategic counsel earned over two decades growing companies past 8-figures.
No theory. No fluff. Just clear priorities, smarter systems, and leadership that drives real, lasting growth.
Common challenges I help solve:
- Growth plateaus despite increased marketing, hiring, and hustle
- Revenue increases—but margins shrink and complexity grows
- No real integration between marketing, sales, and operations
- Teams busy but pulling in different directions with unclear accountability
- Businesses too dependent on the owner to function or scale
What you’ll walk away with
Strategic clarity
Cut through the noise and see exactly where your focus, team, and systems need to evolve.
Smarter systems and structure
Strengthen marketing, sales, delivery, leadership, and feedback loops—so growth feels lighter, not heavier.
Senior-level outside counsel
Get honest, practical insights from someone who’s scaled businesses—not theory from someone who hasn’t lived it.
A real plan to scale smarter
Walk away with a focused strategy—and execution priorities you can actually implement.
You’ll get senior-level business consulting shaped by 20+ years of building, scaling, leading, and fixing real businesses—not just theory.
Consulting sessions start at $350/hour, with tailored options for deeper, ongoing strategic advisory based on your needs.
My Process
1. Book a consultation
We’ll dig into your current situation—where you’re winning, where you’re stuck, and where you’re leaking growth.
2. Discovery and audit
I review your marketing, sales, ops, leadership, customer experience, and team structures—through the lens of growth systems, not isolated tactics.
3. Strategic plan and coaching
We prioritize the highest-leverage moves—and I coach you through designing the systems and structures to drive them.
4. Optional ongoing partnership
If you want ongoing strategic outside counsel, I stay involved to help guide execution, leadership development, and scaling initiatives.
Is this right for you?
If you’re ready to move beyond short-term fixes—and build a business that truly scales—we’ll work well together.
This is a good fit if you are:
- Leading a business stuck in a growth or margin plateau
- Feeling overwhelmed trying to scale sales, marketing, delivery, and leadership at the same time
- Running a growing company where systems haven’t kept up with success
- Serious about building a smarter, more resilient business—not just working harder
A deeper look at business consulting
Growing a business feels amazing—until it doesn’t.
At first, everything’s scrappy but exciting.
Then momentum kicks in… and the cracks start to show.
You’re closing deals, but fulfillment’s getting shaky. You’re hiring people, but execution is inconsistent. You’re working harder, but margins are thinner—and somehow you’re still in every decision.
This is the tipping point every business hits.
And if you don’t evolve your systems, structure, and leadership fast enough, growth stops feeling exciting—and starts feeling heavy.
When we work together, we don’t slap tactics on symptoms.
We rebuild the foundations that allow real, sustainable scaling—without burning you or your business out.
Why businesses plateau when they should be accelerating
Plateaus aren’t random. They happen for predictable reasons.
Success creates complexity. Complexity exposes weaknesses. Weaknesses ignored long enough become walls you can’t push through.
The most common signs:
- Marketing, sales, and delivery aren’t connected
- Leaders and teams are busy but misaligned
- Pricing and offers haven’t evolved with the business
- Systems that worked at $1M break at $3M—and implode by $5M
Scaling isn’t just about selling more. It’s about upgrading the machine that delivers the promise.
If you don’t rebuild the machine intentionally, it breaks under its own weight.
“Rodney has been a trusted advisor for over a decade, helping me navigate branding, business strategy, and scaling with confidence.”
— Rosemary Carstens, Words and Paint
Strengthening your marketing, sales, and delivery systems
Most companies don’t fail because of bad marketing. They fail because they can’t deliver smoothly on the promises marketing makes.
I help you:
- Connect the entire growth chain—from first touch to customer success
- Align marketing and sales messaging so leads convert cleanly
- Simplify delivery operations so scaling doesn’t choke your service quality
Growth isn’t just about getting more customers.
It’s about turning customers into margin, referrals, retention, and momentum.
When marketing, sales, and delivery are in sync, growth compounds.
When they aren’t, every new deal just adds friction.
Rebuilding leadership structures that scale
You can’t grow a company by being the only brain.
Early-stage businesses rely on founder energy.
But real companies scale on systems and leadership—not one exhausted human.
We work on:
- Installing second-layer leaders who own outcomes, not just tasks
- Building decision-making frameworks so everything doesn’t bottleneck at you
- Tightening communication rhythms so alignment happens daily—not quarterly
Good leadership systems mean your business gets stronger without you having to work harder.
Otherwise, you’re not scaling—you’re sprinting toward burnout.
“Rodney brought clarity and strategic focus to our business at a critical time. His hands-on advice helped us break through and grow sustainably.”
— David Hall, Belle Body Royal
Aligning your business model, pricing, and margins
You can’t out-market a broken model.
If your pricing doesn’t reflect the value you create—or if your product mix is dragging margins down—then every dollar of growth just makes things worse.
I help you:
- Restructure pricing and offers for profitable scaling
- Prioritize services/products that create leverage—not complexity
- Simplify your revenue model so margin and momentum go up together
Scaling a bad offer structure isn’t growth. It’s accelerating toward disaster.
We fix the math first—then pour fuel on what works.
Designing smarter execution rhythms
Momentum isn’t luck. It’s engineered.
Businesses that scale well don’t just make good strategic decisions.
They build operating rhythms that catch small fires before they become infernos. We install:
- Weekly, monthly, quarterly execution systems tied to clear KPIs
- Scorecards that track true growth signals—not vanity metrics
- Feedback loops that make agility a default, not a scramble
The best-run companies don’t just “work harder.” They execute smarter—week after week, quarter after quarter, year after year.
“Rodney didn’t just improve our website—he helped align our business systems and marketing strategy so we could actually scale profitably.”
— John Hamilton, Accomplicenter
Why work with me?
I’m not a “business coach” handing out surface-level advice.
I’m a builder and strategist who’s helped companies scale past 8-figures through systems, leadership, smart offers, and strategic focus.
When you work with me, you get:
- Real-world systems strategy tied to revenue and margin growth
- Practical leadership coaching for scalable teams
- Clear action plans that eliminate chaos and bottlenecks
- Senior-level outside counsel grounded in results—not hype
If you’re serious about building a business that grows stronger as it grows bigger, I’m ready to help.
FAQs about working with me
What types of businesses are the best fit?
Mostly service businesses, agencies, consultancies, tech-enabled firms—but any business that needs smarter systems, stronger leadership, and strategic scaling can benefit.
How do I know if my business is ready for outside consulting?
If you’re stuck at a plateau, feeling stretched too thin, or finding that more effort isn’t leading to more progress—you’re ready.
Consulting is about installing systems that make growth inevitable, not exhausting.
Can you help if my main problem is team dysfunction, not marketing?
Absolutely.
Teams break when systems and leadership break.
I help rebuild structure, accountability, and culture to stabilize execution and scale people intelligently.
Do you help businesses expand into new markets or verticals?
Yes. We’ll align offers, messaging, delivery systems, and leadership structures to support expansion intelligently—not just chase shiny objects.
How do you balance quick wins versus long-term change?
We attack both. Quick wins (like pricing improvements or lead flow fixes) build momentum. Structural changes (like ops, leadership, systems) create compounding growth over time.
What if my business feels too messy to even start fixing?
It’s normal. Messiness is a symptom of growth without evolving systems.
We start simple: diagnose, prioritize, and rebuild momentum one clear move at a time.
Can you help us improve client retention and lifetime value?
Yes—and it’s one of the highest-leverage growth moves.
I help businesses strengthen onboarding, client communication, upsell paths, and loyalty systems.
What’s your view on scaling vs. optimizing first?
Always optimize before scaling. Otherwise, you just multiply inefficiency. Strong foundations—then fast growth.
Do you offer marketing consulting as part of this?
Yes—but always tied into the larger system. I don’t just “optimize ads”—I help align marketing with sales, delivery, and business model strategy.
Do you coach leadership teams too?
Yes. Coaching leadership teams directly creates faster alignment and accountability—critical for scaling past founder dependency.
How do you diagnose bottlenecks quickly?
I follow the systems, numbers, and execution flow:
- Where leads leak
- Where margin shrinks
- Where ops clog
- Where leadership breaks
Business bottlenecks are almost never hidden once you know where to look.
How often should businesses review their systems?
At least quarterly. Fast-growing businesses often need monthly check-ins. Markets, teams, and customers evolve—you can’t scale with static systems.
What if I have multiple businesses?
We can tackle them strategically—prioritizing the highest-potential moves first to prevent dilution of focus and execution.
How much does business consulting cost?
One-off consulting sessions start at $350/hour. Larger engagements are customized based on business size, complexity, and growth goals—but always ROI-focused.
About Rodney
I’m Rodney Warner—business strategist, growth advisor, and builder of systems that scale.
Over the past 20+ years, I’ve helped businesses move from stuck to scaling by strengthening leadership, simplifying growth systems, and focusing on sustainable profitability—not just top-line hype.
If you’re ready to build a business that compounds strength, not stress, I’m ready to help.
Ready to move forward?
If you’re ready to stop grinding harder and start growing smarter, book a one-on-one consultation today.
