What Is Business Advising?

Carving out time to think through things with someone who is not deep in the day-to-day.

Advising sessions provide you with strategic guidance that sets you up to grow your business sustainably. Emphasis on “sustainable” because quick spikes are not lasting. 

Business advising brings a partnership rooted in discernment, pattern recognition, and aligned action. When you bring in an advisor, you’re not asking them to do the work for you. You’re asking them to walk alongside you, help you step back to see what’s really happening, so you can lead from a place place of clarity. 

While advisors and consultants are both subject matter experts who offer insights and recommendations, their approaches and engagements are significantly different. 

Things advising is not:

• Reactive

• Production-oriented 

• One-size-fits-all

• Project based

• Focused on tactics

Things advising is:

• Support with any immediate challenges you’re facing

• Time to plan where your business is going, and how you will get there (strategy)

• External accountability ensuring you have dedicated time to think big picture

• Relevant frameworks catered to your specific needs (help that doesn’t bloat your systems)

• A sounding board that can share advice and insights from two decades of leadership experience

Advising gives you time to think strategically. Having that brings focus and direction to all of the things you have been thinking about for months - or longer. Balancing the immediate with what’s coming next is a lot of work, to say the least. It’s hard to also carve out time for big picture thinking. 

Ironically, having consistent time to bring in long-term-strategy is what will get you out of being stuck only in the day-to-day.

A business advisor helps you:

• Get out of the weeds without losing sight of the details that matter

• Recognize what’s aligned (and what’s not)

• Make sense of competing priorities, loud feedback, and internal pressures

• Build strategic clarity without overengineering

• Strengthen how you move so your team, brand, and business move with you

At its best, advising is calm, specific, and energizing. It meets you where you are, helps you make sense of the path ahead, and ensures your strategy actually fits your reality.

Whether you’re scaling, rebuilding, shifting models, or just trying to lead without drowning, advising brings that mix of outside clarity and inside alignment most leaders rarely get.

How to Get Started with Business Advising

If you’re curious about my advising support, I recommend starting with one session per week. Scheduling will depend on what fits you. It’s important to consider whether you need some structured momentum to start the week, mid-week support, or an end of week session to recap how things went as you think of where you’re headed.

See my pricing here or schedule a quick hello to ask questions and see if my support is right for you. 

I hope this helps you as you look at resources to support you as you build and grow your business. A high priority of mine is to find alignment, so if I’m not the right fit I will always share recommendations after we chat!

Pressure is not something you should feel when you are making this decision. It’s a great choice to be finding support so you are not alone with the weight that leadership brings. Only you know what is right for you, so take your time in exploring your options.