— Advisory Partnership
An independent partner for running a better business.
Prosper works with business owners who want to improve how their companies operate and make better decisions. We bring an independent perspective on the challenges and opportunities in front of you, help work out practical solutions, and review progress as your team puts them into practice.
We don’t take over your business or join your management team. We work alongside you to make the business stronger, more efficient and better equipped for the future.
01 What it includes
A working rhythm, not occasional advice.
Every partnership is built around a few simple routines. Together they keep priorities moving and build the habits your team will keep.
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Regular working sessions
Structured sessions with you (and your leadership team, if you choose), at a rhythm set in your proposal, to work through the numbers, the plan and the decisions in front of you. Every session ends with decisions, owners and dates.
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An action plan your team owns
A rolling 90-day plan built from your priorities: who owns each action, what done looks like, and how progress will be measured.
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Progress reviews
Regular reviews against the plan, with a short written note: what moved, what’s stuck, and what to change.
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Business performance checks
A periodic look, usually quarterly, at how the business is really performing (margin, cash, capacity, key measures) and what that means for the next 90 days.
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Decision support
An objective sounding board for significant decisions: pricing, hiring, investment, expansion, a difficult customer or supplier.
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Contact between sessions
Some questions shouldn’t wait for the next session. Whether there’s contact between sessions, and in what form (usually email or a short scheduled call), is defined in your proposal.
02 A typical month
Your team does the work. We help keep it on track.
The exact rhythm and level of support are defined individually in each proposal. This example assumes monthly sessions.
- Week 1Working sessionReview the numbers and the plan, make decisions, agree owners and dates.
- Weeks 2–3Your team executesYour managers carry out the plan. Any contact between sessions follows what your proposal sets out.
- Week 4Progress reviewWhat moved, what’s stuck, what changes. A short written note.
- Each quarterBusiness performance checkA wider look at results, and the next 90-day plan.
Who does what
Agreed in writing at the start, so there’s never any doubt about who is responsible for what.
Your team
- Runs the business and manages staff day to day
- Owns the action plan, its deadlines and its results
- Carries out the agreed changes
- Makes the final decisions
Prosper
- Prepares for and leads the working sessions
- Provides analysis, options and recommendations
- Structures plans, measures and routines
- Reviews progress and helps clear obstacles
03 Designed to build capability
Strategic advice that leads to meaningful action.
A partnership is valuable when it makes your business more capable, not more reliant on us.
Every session ends with clear decisions and next steps. Progress is reviewed against the plan, in writing. And at agreed intervals we review the partnership itself with you: continue, lighten the cadence, or step back.
Signs the partnership is working
Actions get closed
Your team owns and completes plan items without being chased.
Decisions use current numbers
The key measures are produced on schedule and discussed at every review.
The rhythm runs itself
Your managers run their own review meetings, with or without us in the room.
Fewer escalations
Fewer everyday problems land on the owner’s desk.
Time on direction
The owner spends more time on direction and less on firefighting.
These are the signs we look for together, not guarantees. Every business is different.
A partnership built around your business.
No two partnerships look the same, so we don’t publish a price list or standard packages. The cadence, the exact level of support and the fees are shaped by your business, your priorities and your pace, and defined individually in a written proposal before anything begins. As your needs change, the level of involvement can change with them.
How partnerships vary
- CadenceFrom a monthly working session with the owner to more frequent sessions with your leadership team in demanding periods.
- BreadthOne or two priorities at a time, or a broader plan across the business.
- ReviewsHow often progress and performance are reviewed in depth, and in what form.
- Between sessionsWhether there’s contact between sessions, in what form, and within what limits.
Every engagement follows the same four steps: a first conversation, a written proposal, your decision, and a written agreement before any work begins. How proposals work
Getting started
How a partnership begins.
- ConversationA confidential conversation about your business and what you want to improve.
- Business ReviewUsually the first step: an independent diagnosis and a prioritized roadmap, which your first partnership plan is built on.
- ProposalA written proposal for the partnership: scope, cadence, who does what, fees and terms. No obligation.
- First 90-day planWe turn the roadmap into an action plan your team owns, agree the rhythm, and begin.
Questions.
Is this like hiring a fractional executive?
No. A fractional executive or interim manager joins your management team and takes on operational responsibility. We don’t. Your leadership team runs the business and carries out the work; we help diagnose challenges, develop practical solutions, set priorities, guide decisions and review progress.
What if we need more intensive help with one change?
That’s what Improvement Projects are for: a separately scoped piece of work with defined deliverables, its own written scope and an agreed fee.
Can we start without a Business Review?
Sometimes. If your priorities are already clear, a shorter onboarding session can replace the Review, set out in your proposal like any other engagement. We’ll tell you honestly which makes sense.
Why don’t you publish prices?
Because a partnership for a fifteen-person firm with one clear priority looks very different from one for a multi-site business in a period of change. Rather than force either into a package, we propose what fits, explain what it costs and why, and you decide. There’s no obligation.
Can we change level or stop?
Yes. Your proposal sets out any initial commitment and the notice period in plain terms, and you can change the level of involvement as your needs change. We’ll also raise it ourselves if we think you need us less.
Let’s build a better business.
Tell us what you’re working through. We’ll suggest whether a Business Review or a partnership conversation is the right first step.
Confidential. No obligation. We reply within two business days.