See what the path looked like for someone like you.
Every engagement starts with a diagnostic. What happens next depends on what it finds. These case studies show the path each client took, step by step, and where they chose to stop.
Names and identifying details have been removed. Everything shown was measured at delivery: what was found and what the client walked away with. No later results are claimed.
How to read a path
Every path starts here. ProfitPath™ for new ventures, PathEval™ for established businesses. It shows where you stand and what matters most.
Only what the diagnostic called for: PathFinder™ to map the path, PathMaker™ to build a framework, ConvertPath™ to shorten the path to yes, Trust360™ to build proof.
Where the client chose to stop: running with it on their own, handing it to their team, continuing with coaching, or stopping there.
No two paths are the same, and not every client needs more than one step. That’s the point.
Established businesses
For businesses with a track record, where something that used to work has stopped working, or never quite did.
From pitches that stalled in committee to a low-risk way into local government
Full redesign pitches kept stalling. CivicSync™ gave the agency a maintenance-first way in, and a proposal clients could see themselves in.
Read the case study (PDF)New ventures
For people starting something new, often after years of doing the work somewhere else.
From learning on the fly to a playbook for winning and keeping clients
He came in asking for more appointments. He left with the path after the appointment: a pitch, five client pathways and referral moments.
Read the case study (PDF)From expertise she could teach to a business model with multiple revenue streams
One revenue stream became five or more, mapped across three stages: Solidify, Prove, Pitch.
Read the case study (PDF)From a sudden layoff to a subscription IT business
Hourly break-fix work became four service options, from per-user subscriptions to automation projects, each with pricing.
Read the case study (PDF)From an intuitive method to a framework leaders can return to
Her method became the SHIFT framework: four stages, sixteen client archetypes and a quarterly service structure.
Read the case study (PDF)From posting goals to becoming the known voice
She didn’t need more videos. She left with a framework, a new audience of women leaders at work, and her own stories turned into proof.
Read the case study (PDF)Every path starts with a diagnostic.
Choose the one that matches where your business is right now.
A clear verdict: Go, Adjust or Rethink, with what to do now and in what order.
Explore ProfitPath™A clear verdict: Keep, Change or Cut, with your priorities and the order to tackle them.
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