Sylvan Strategies is an operations advisory and consulting firm for owner-led service businesses in the Greater Cincinnati Metro Area. We help you step out of the daily firefighting and back into the work you want to do.
If two of these sound familiar, the operation has outgrown the way it was built. The good news, this is fixable.
How we help
By the time an owner reaches out, the business has usually grown faster than its systems, and a dozen issues have started to overlap and feed one another. Our first job is to bring clarity to that. We work through the business alongside you, with patience and a clear eye, until the priority that matters most comes into focus.
From there, the work is deliberate. We scope a focused 90-day engagement around that one priority and stay with you from the plan through the implementation and into the result. We build the systems, support your team as they take ownership, and hold a clear standard until the change sticks. When it does, we turn to the next priority, in the sequence that serves the business best.
Who is behind the work
Sylvan Strategies is led by Brendan Dutton, whose career has been built inside operations. He has run a logistics business at significant scale, led a struggling operation through a full turnaround, and carried responsibility for the accounts a company cannot afford to lose. That work spans logistics, hospitality, and strategic account management.
He has worked through operational problems at a scale most small businesses never reach, and he brings that same discipline to a smaller team in a way that fits: measured, practical, and built to hold after the engagement ends.
Who we work with
We work with owners of service businesses across the Greater Cincinnati Metro Area. Most come to us when the business has grown past what one person can hold in their head, and the day disappears into keeping things running.
If this resonates with you, the first conversation is free and no obligation. We will figure out together whether we are the right fit.
How it works
A straightforward conversation about where the business is and where you want it to go. No pressure, no pitch.
Together we look at where the business needs help most, and confirm that it is something we can take on.
A 90-day engagement to resolve that problem, with the implementation included. When it is handled, we take on the next one.
If the business is running you, I would like to talk. We will look at where things stand and whether I am the right person to help. No pressure either way.
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