Majority ownership
You hold a majority interest and have the authority to make and implement the decisions relevant to the engagement.
HFR Private Consulting
Business Infrastructure
Independent examination. Considered direction.
Business
Infrastructure
For owners whose decisions
define the business.
I apply the Hired, Fired & Required framework to the business you run, are preparing to launch, or intend to take over.
Clarity at the source. Structure with intention.
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One starting point
The Business
Infrastructure
Diagnostic
Every business already has an infrastructure: formal or informal, staffed or largely carried by its owner.
The diagnostic examines that arrangement in relation to your intended outcome, before deciding what should change.
How an engagement beginsExplore the examination
01
Your intended outcome
What are you asking the business to accomplish? Which priorities, standards, and decisions should guide the people and arrangements around it?
02
How the work actually happens
Examine existing responsibilities, working relationships, resources, and decision-making arrangements, including the work you continue to carry yourself.
03
Where the structure diverges
Consider unclear authority, overlapping responsibilities, competing priorities, and conditions that may prevent the arrangement from delivering what you expect.
04
What the findings establish
Written findings identify relevant gaps, constraints, and priorities, providing a considered foundation for your next decisions. Any redesign is a separately defined engagement.
The framework guiding the diagnostic
Hired, Fired & Required
An examination of what is in place and what needs to be in place, guided by your intended outcome.
Hired
What has already been introduced into a system and what needs to be introduced into a system.
Fired
What needs to be changed, rearranged, removed, or discontinued.
Required
What is mandatory and essential to achieve the intended outcome and sustain it.
The conditions for meaningful work
A business is supported
by more than its staff.
I examine how your business is organized, where responsibilities and decisions become unclear, and what the work requires. The diagnostic establishes priorities for what to retain, change, or put in place, including the order in which to proceed.
Your capacity to participate and follow through is essential. Before accepting business work, I consider your time, resources, and personal arrangements. Further work requires a personal foundation capable of sustaining the demands of change.
Change requires more than a sound recommendation. It requires the capacity to carry it through.
- Time for direct participation and considered decisions.
- Authority and resources appropriate to the intended work.
- Personal arrangements that can support the demands of change.
A considered beginning
Inquiry before engagement.
Business engagements begin with an assessment of fit. The scope and terms are defined individually, following review of your circumstances.
01 · Introduce the business
Request consideration
Outline your ownership, current arrangements, and intended outcome through a confidential inquiry.
02 · Establish the scope
Begin with the diagnostic
If the engagement is suitable, the diagnostic scope, fee, and next steps are provided privately for your review.
03 · Consider what follows
Further work, by invitation
Findings and readiness inform whether redesign or other follow-up work is appropriate. Further services are separately defined.
Business Infrastructure · Private inquiry
Begin with the business
you intend to run.
A considered inquiry establishes whether your circumstances and intended outcome are suited to this work.
I maintain a limited number of concurrent business engagements to allow for considered attention.