Leadership Development & Growth Partnership Retainer

Senior leadership support to strengthen your team and reclaim your time, without the full-time executive cost.

The Challenge

You’ve built something successful, but it runs entirely on you. Every decision, client call, proposal, or issue still lands on your plate. Your team is talented, but they need guidance and structure. They wait for your direction instead of taking ownership. You want to step back and lead strategically, yet it feels like if you slow down, everything will grind to a halt.

The result? Endless long days, reactive management, and a creeping sense that you’ve become the bottleneck in your own business.

Hiring a full-time operations leader or senior executive isn’t feasible yet, but continuing to run everything yourself isn’t sustainable either.

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The Shift

The Leadership Development and Growth Partnership Retainer gives you the senior-level leadership, structure, and support your business needs, without the full-time hire.

You get consistent senior support through structured weekly leadership sessions, typically one to three per week (45-90 minutes each), depending on your team’s needs. This is the support you need to develop your team and move from being the bottleneck to leading strategically, without the full-time executive cost.

I help you reclaim your time, strengthen your team, and create the systems and culture that keep the business running smoothly, whether you’re in the room or not.

You’ll finally be able to step out of day-to-day operations and focus on vision, clients, and growth, with the confidence that your team and systems can carry the load.

The Challenge

You’ve built something successful, but it runs entirely on you. Every decision, client call, proposal, or issue still lands on your plate. Your team is talented, but they need guidance and structure. They wait for your direction instead of taking ownership. You want to step back and lead strategically, yet it feels like if you slow down, everything will grind to a halt.

The result? Endless long days, reactive management, and a creeping sense that you’ve become the bottleneck in your own business.

Hiring a full-time operations leader or senior executive isn’t feasible yet, but continuing to run everything yourself isn’t sustainable either.

The Shift

The Leadership Development and Growth Partnership Retainer gives you the senior-level leadership, structure, and support your business needs, without the full-time hire.

You get consistent senior support through structured weekly leadership sessions, typically one to three per week (45-90 minutes each), depending on your team’s needs. This is the support you need to develop your team and move from being the bottleneck to leading strategically, without the full-time executive cost.

I help you reclaim your time, strengthen your team, and create the systems and culture that keep the business running smoothly, whether you’re in the room or not.

You’ll finally be able to step out of day-to-day operations and focus on vision, clients, and growth, with the confidence that your team and systems can carry the load.

How It Works

Leadership Support and Strategic Oversight

I provide senior guidance through one to three structured leadership sessions per week to support you and your leadership layer. This includes supporting accountability, providing strategic guidance on key decisions, and helping keep leadership aligned and moving forward.

Team Coaching and Capability Building

Your team are talented but need development. Through one-on-one and small-group coaching, they gain the skills, confidence, and accountability to grow into stronger leaders and run their areas independently.

Process Clarity and Systems Identification

I work with you and your team to identify what systems and processes are needed to work more effectively and what knowledge needs to be documented for greater independence. This can include team guides, workflows, and KPI dashboards, built with your involvement to reflect how you want the business to operate.

Culture and Communication Alignment

Each quarter, I help you and your team define key goals and set priorities. The goal is a planning rhythm that builds accountability and ownership, keeping the business aligned without creating heavy planning overhead.

Culture and Communication Alignment

Beyond systems, I work on the human side, improving communication, strengthening values, and building a culture of ownership so your team feels confident taking initiative and working together effectively.

What You Get

Senior leadership partnership (guidance and support without the full-time cost)

Leadership coaching and mentorship for your team

Support with systems and process identification (team guides, workflows, KPI dashboards)

Quarterly planning and accountability

Culture and communication alignment

The shift from managing to leading, with freedom to step away

Why This Works

Most creative founders become the bottleneck without realizing it. The team relies on them for decisions, direction, and stability — and eventually the business can’t grow because the founder is carrying too much. This partnership gives you a senior strategic partner who can see the full picture with you, develop your leaders, and build the structure your team needs to perform with confidence.

Instead of leading alone, you gain someone who can strengthen your people, clarify your systems, and reduce the day-to-day pressure that keeps you in the weeds. Decisions get easier, your team becomes more capable, and the business stops depending on you for every answer. For many clients, this is the bridge between “I’m holding it together” and building a company that can scale.

What’s Not Included

Running day-to-day operations
Managing projects or staff directly
HR, hiring or performance reviews

If you need hands-on implementation or day-to-day support, I can help you identify the type of hire or partner that would be the best fit.

Who Is it For?

Creative and marketing businesses where:

Too much depends on one or two people at the top
Your team is talented but needs guidance and development
Team members who wait for direction instead of taking ownership
You want to lead strategically, but can’t step back

Best fit if: You’ve built something successful and want to develop your team and shift from managing to leading, without the full-time executive hire.

Investment

Investment: $5K – $15K CAD/month

The investment depends on your team’s size and what level of support makes sense for where you are. We’ll talk through your specific situation during our discovery call and find the right fit.

Commitment: Month-to-month after an initial 3-month foundation period

Why 3 months? Building momentum with your team and seeing real progress takes time. The first quarter lets us develop your team, strengthen systems and create lasting change. After that, we continue month-to-month based on your needs.

You get the senior leadership support your business needs without hiring a full-time executive at $120K–$180K+ annually. And unlike consulting projects that deliver plans, this partnership helps you develop your team and see lasting change.

Why Me?

I’ve been on every side of creative business – as a creative, representing talent, and leading inside a digital production and marketing agency. I know how creative teams work and what holds them back.

I work with your team to help them do their best work – identifying what tools and systems would help them, teaching them what I’ve learned from 20+ years in sales, marketing and operations, and helping them solve the problems keeping them stuck.

This partnership gives you breathing room and builds the leadership depth that makes growth sustainable.

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Why Me?

I’ve been on every side of creative business – as a creative, representing talent, and leading inside a digital production and marketing agency. I know how creative teams work and what holds them back.

I work with your team to help them do their best work – identifying what tools and systems would help them, teaching them what I’ve learned from 20+ years in sales, marketing and operations, and helping them solve the problems keeping them stuck.

This partnership gives you breathing room and builds the leadership depth that makes growth sustainable.

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Frequently Asked Questions

01. How involved are you day-to-day?

I’m not involved in your day-to-day operations. You get one to three structured leadership sessions per week (typically 45-90 minutes each), depending on your needs and the level of support that makes sense for your business. Between sessions, I provide light guidance via email or Slack for quick questions that come up. The focus is coaching your team, supporting their decisions and helping them navigate challenges, not running daily operations or managing projects.