The Approach

Not a generalist for hire.

I take on up to three advisory engagements per year, selected because I believe I can genuinely move the needle for that organization at that moment. Not because the work is available, and not because the invoice is attractive.

One thing to be clear about up front: this is advisory and strategy work. I counsel leaders and teams. I don't take on implementation and I don't staff delivery. I'd argue that boundary is exactly what keeps the counsel honest.

The organizations I work with are usually at an inflection point: a strategy that isn't translating into execution, a team that's working hard but not together, or a leadership transition that needs to land well. That's where I add the most value.

3 Advisory engagements
per year. Selected
for genuine fit.

The work I take on isn't defined by the service line. It's defined by what the organization actually needs to move.

William Anderson
What I Work On

Six areas where the counsel tends to concentrate.

01

Business Health & Strategic Direction

Most strategies aren't wrong. They're unowned. I pressure-test the direction with senior leadership, find where the business is quietly leaking health, and get honest about what the organization can actually carry.

Best when
The strategy exists but nobody's moving against it, or the numbers look fine and something still feels off.
02

Go-to-Market & Sales Strategy

This is the ground the book came from. High-stakes service deals go to the seller who owns the risk, not the one with the best feature list. I advise on GTM structure, pursuit strategy, and the behaviors that separate a vendor from a partner.

Best when
Win rates are slipping on the deals that matter most, sales and delivery are pointed in different directions, or you're a government contractor trying to build a commercial motion and the capture playbook has stopped working.
03

Executive Leadership & Team Effectiveness

Even good teams carry friction they've stopped noticing. I surface the dynamics and gaps that are costing you, then counsel the leadership team on what to actually do about them.

Best when
New leadership team, recent merger, or persistent friction nobody will name out loud.
04

AI Strategy & Adoption

Not a technology briefing. The question was never which tools to buy. It's what your organization is for once competence gets cheap. I advise on where AI creates real advantage, and on the guardrails and leadership behaviors that make adoption hold.

Best when
The pilots work and nothing has changed, or the board is asking a question the team can't answer yet.
05

Execution & Operating Discipline

Plans don't die in strategy. They die in the handoffs. I advise on the operating rhythms, decision rights, and accountability structures that keep intent intact as it travels across teams and quarters.

Best when
Good decisions keep dissolving somewhere between the offsite and the quarter.
06

CEO Counsel & Critical Transitions

Confidential, direct, no agenda. Individual counsel for executives working at the edge of their experience, and senior perspective during leadership transitions, board challenges, and the moments where the next ninety days decide the year.

Best when
First-time CEO, a new board dynamic, or a moment where you need one honest outside voice.
How I Work

Principles that don't change engagement to engagement.

The work is always different. The approach isn't. These are the things I believe about what makes advisory work actually useful, as opposed to expensive and forgettable.

If you think I have any of this wrong, tell me. I am genuinely curious, and I would rather be corrected early than agreed with politely.

Discuss an Engagement
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Outcomes over deliverables The measure of an engagement isn't the deck at the end. It's whether the organization moved.
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Direct, not diplomatic I'll say what I see. Not to be difficult. That's what the work requires.
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No recycled frameworks Every engagement starts with what this organization actually needs, not a methodology borrowed from the last client.
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Transfer, not dependency The goal is an organization that can run without me, not one that needs to keep calling.
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Selective by design I take on up to three engagements per year so the ones I take get my full attention.
Get Started

Tell me what you're working on.

If it sounds like the kind of work I do, I'll respond personally. If it's not a fit, I'll tell you that too.

Inquire About an Engagement