You built a company that still needs you for everything.
Every hire, every contract, every judgment call still routes through you, and it's not because your team can't be trusted with it. It's that you never had time to write down how decisions actually get made, so everyone defaults to asking. We build the decision systems and operating cadence that let the company run on more than your bandwidth.
The business grew. The systems didn't.
The company has grown past what one person can hold in their head. The decisions haven't caught up.
Every real decision still comes back to you.
Hiring, pricing, vendor terms, product calls. Your leadership team is smart and capable, but they've learned that the safest move is to check with you first, because nothing tells them otherwise.
There's no operating rhythm, just your calendar.
Meetings happen when you call them. Priorities shift when you notice something. The business runs on your attention span, not on a cadence anyone else can rely on or run without you.
You've hired good people and still can't let go.
You brought in real talent, and you still find yourself in the weeds of their work. Not because they're failing, but because you've never built the systems that would let you trust the outcome without checking it yourself.
You don't need a coach. You need the operating system built.
You already know you're the bottleneck. What's missing is someone who will build the decision rights, the cadence, and the accountability structure and actually get out of the way.
We also work with other industries.
Four ways to
work together.
We work with a focused number of founder-led companies at any given time. Hover over an engagement to reveal the details, then step inside to learn more and apply.
Owner Freedom Assessment
Two hours. A clear picture of where the business runs through you when it shouldn't.
- 2-hour working session with both advisors
- Direct breakdown of where decisions still route through you when they shouldn't
- Written recommendation report within 5 business days
Leadership Bench Workshop
You hired good leaders. They still default to asking you first.
- Full-day training for your leadership team on owning decisions, not escalating them
- Built for the jump from doing the work to managing the people doing it
- Led by facilitators using real scenarios, not slides
Operations Project Engagement
Defined scope. Embedded operators. Real deliverables.
- Fixed scope engagements: Decision Rights Mapping, Operating Cadence Build, Leadership Team Restructure
- We work inside your leadership meetings, your org structure, your decision process directly
- Milestone-based structure available
Fractional COO & Operating Partner
An operator in your corner, without the full-time salary.
- Ongoing operational leadership across decision systems, hiring, and cadence
- Strategic and tactical, both covered
- Built to reduce what depends on you, not add to it
We don't hand you a report and leave. We build the decision rights, the cadence, and the accountability structure that get you out of every approval, without losing control of the business.Mariam Laes & Sean Genovese
Operators. Not coaches.
We've run P&L, not just advised on it. We've been the person everyone calls when something breaks, at companies with a lot more moving parts than most founders ever have to manage alone. We bring that same approach to founder-led companies with 8 to 40 employees who've outgrown what got them here.
Mariam Laes
Mariam has owned P&L responsibility for a $40M+ aerospace business unit with direct accountability for strategy, customer relationships, supply chain, manufacturing, and engineering. She brings a systems-first lens to operational problems, identifying root causes, restructuring processes, and building organizations that scale without requiring the founder in every room.
Sean Genovese
Sean spent nearly 14 years at Boeing leading large-scale organizational change across $56B business units, directing cross-functional teams spanning manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and IT. He now runs SG Enterprises and teaches engineering management at CSUN. He brings the rare combination of enterprise-scale operational rigor and the grounded instincts of a business owner.
Tell us where the
business still runs through you.
We review every inquiry personally. If your problem is a good fit, we will be in touch within 48 hours. No pitch, no pressure, just a direct conversation about whether we can help.
