While you're busy running today's business...
Who's building tomorrow's?
Between serving clients, leading a team, and keeping everything running, it’s easy to spend all your time on today’s business. I'm Cris, and I help service business owners with small teams from all over the world find hidden time and profit so they have more time for the business they actually want to build.
Your dream business didn’t disappear, but the time to build it did.
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01. You started as the expert
You brought in the clients, did the work, made the decisions, and figured things out as you went.
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02. Then the business worked
More clients. More work. A team. More opportunity. Exactly what you were trying to build.
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03. And your job got bigger, too
Now there are people to lead, work to review, questions to answer, and client commitments to keep.
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04. Somewhere in there, building got replaced by running
You’re still ambitious about where the business could go. You just rarely get the uninterrupted time to work on it.
At this point, building the business means redefining your role and redirecting your time.
You figured out how to get clients, do the work, grow a team, and keep the business going. That got you here, and it’s worth celebrating. Your next evolution is figuring out what you should still be doing, what can confidently delegate, and where your time needs to go next.
That's where I come in.
There are three ways I help you find more time and profit.
High-Return Leadership
A free Skool community for service business owners who want to find hidden time and profit in the way they lead and run their business. Join live calls, use practical lessons and tools in the Classroom, and learn alongside other owners with small teams.
Business Advisory
Bring me onto your team as an outside advisor who gets to know you and your business. We’ll talk strategy up to twice a month, and you can send me plans, proposals, marketing, pricing, or processes for a strategic review.
Altitude · 12 Weeks
Work 1:1 with me to spend less time doing, checking, and answering, and more time creating the business you actually want. Application only, limited seats.
Business Advisory
You’ve got questions, ideas, and frustrations about your business. Let’s talk about them.
With month-to-month Business Advisory, you’ll have an experienced business owner and strategist to talk things through with, challenge your thinking, and bring an outside perspective to whatever you’re working on.
Because we work together over time, I get to know you and your business, so every conversation builds on the last instead of starting from scratch.
Interested?
Book a free 20-minute strategy call and we’ll talk through your business and whether advisory is the right fit.
Book a Call With CrisTwo private strategy calls each month
Up to two 45-minute, one-on-one calls to talk through whatever is happening in the business: decisions, problems, opportunities, ideas, or the thing that’s been sitting in the back of your mind. After each call, you’ll get written notes with your next steps and timelines.
Strategic reviews between calls
Send me 1–3 items each month, like a proposal, business plan, marketing campaign, pricing structure, or process, with up to 60 minutes of total review time. You’ll get recorded video feedback within four business days.
A month-to-month relationship
No long-term contract. Your membership renews monthly from the date you join, so it fits the changing needs of your business.
Access to High-Return Leadership
Business Advisory is the Premium membership inside my business owner community, so you also get live discussions, workshops, and practical resources alongside other owners.
Altitude
Find time and profit in 12 weeks
Evolve the job you’ve built for yourself inside the business. We examine your role, your team, and your systems to determine what needs to change so your time can go where you actually want it to.
Audit
Get the full picture.
I work with you and your team to examine leadership, team, and systems from both sides of the business, including your time, decision-making, responsibilities, and workflows.
Assess
Figure out what needs your attention.
We identify where your involvement still makes sense, where your team is ready for more responsibility, and where stronger systems would make the business easier to run.
Ascend
Work out how the change can happen.
We design how responsibilities can change hands, how your team can take on more decision-making, and what systems will support it.
Who it’s for
Service business owners with teams of 3–15 who are spending more time in delivery, approvals, and day-to-day problem-solving than they want to.
Altitude is application only. I only accept clients for this program when I’m confident I can help.
Speaking
Need someone to get the room thinking and talking?
I speak and facilitate for business owners and leaders on leadership, business growth, and making businesses easier to run. Expect practical ideas, candid stories, and a room that gets involved.
Past engagements
Leadership, team, and systems, designed together using Meteoric Methodology
Changing your role affects the team. Giving the team more responsibility affects how the work gets done. And all of it changes what the business needs from you. That’s why we work on the three pillars of leadership, team, and systems together.
The Three Pillars
You
Where are you still jumping in because it’s faster, easier, or just what you’ve always done? Which decisions should belong to you, and which ones have simply stayed with you?
Team
What can and should your team decide without checking with you first? Where are they ready for more, and what do they need from you before they can take it on?
Systems
What makes the work easier to do well without you hovering nearby? Think standards, handoffs, information, approvals, and the things people need to keep work going.
The interesting part is what happens between the pillars.
Each combination changes something different about how the business works, from everyday decisions to culture to capacity.
Team + Systems = Clear Action
People know the standard and where their responsibility starts, so work gets done without asking and fewer jobs sit waiting on an answer.
You + Team = Strong Culture
Values show up in how trade-offs get handled day to day, so the team makes decisions you would recognize as your own.
You + Systems = Limitless Scalability
The business can take on another client or another hire without adding hours to your week.
What Clients Say
“Cris is brilliant and I am delighted to get to work with her. Managing growth and figuring out sustainable business processes is an aspect of entrepreneurship that doesn’t come to me naturally. I love the technical side of my work, I love the client engagement and relationship building, but Cris was able to support me through this other critical piece and my business is all the better for it. She is an active listener who will take the time to holistically understand your business and your management style and culture, take that away and come back with ideas that will help you with efficiency, communication, and ultimately profitability. After working with Cris I would happily recommend her to any business owner – whether you are looking to set up smart processes from day one, fine tune your existing structure, or take your business to new heights – you will be happy you reached out!”
“I found your insight into managerial and leadership ideologies very useful! The refreshing take on processes and establishing systems proved very useful! I have certainly noticed more free time for myself, to focus on marketing and strategic growth for the company as opposed to being bogged down in the minutia of the daily operations. Additionally, we have seen great engagement and productive feedback from the team, especially in relation to the what we have titled our SoPHub. The organized and available information has certainly reduced a lot of questions being escalated to the management team. I would say it should be a no-brainer for anyone feeling trapped in a strict production routine. Even despite my firm having a great performance record, this process helped to get those routine bottlenecks opened up allowing for a much more productive workflow! And the most surprising part is the reduction in managerial effort to force that flow.”
“Cris assisted our team in understanding the bottlenecks that were creating continual headaches and slowing us down as well as setting goals and priorities to address those. It’s been over a year since we have done this work, and since we have grown so much, I can barely remember some of those bottlenecks we had. It was a fantastic experience then, and looking back on it now, shows the true value we got from our time with her. Thank you Cris!”
“Cris was incredible to work with. She is professional, thoughtful, and digs deep to find a solution. We came to Cris looking for a solution for a huge bottleneck and she delivered. She is thorough and thoughtful and had so much valuable insight when our team was working through problems with her. She is easy to talk to, and offers invaluable solutions. Cris made us realize there is so much more we can implement to make our systems work for us with many tools to help support. Overall, I could not recommend working with her enough!”
“Great facilitation, great story telling to bring it together. Each next step tied in so well and made it really easy to get to the root of the answer for the next question. Great value personally and for a business.”
“What stands out most is having direct access to someone with such deep, real-world knowledge of the challenges we face as business owners and leaders. This is not theoretical content from someone who has read about these issues. It is clear this is guidance from someone who has lived them, worked through them, and come out the other side with something worth sharing. What I also appreciate is the sense that this is truly being built with intention. This feels like a community created by someone who genuinely wants to build something lasting and valuable, and understands what we are going through as business owners.”
Hi, I’m Cris
I started as a graphic designer. Sixteen years later, I sold my business.
I co-founded a creative agency in 2006 and spent 16 years growing it into a profitable business before selling it in 2021. As the business grew, my job changed too. I had to learn how to lead people, make better use of my time, and decide where I was actually needed.
Across my career, I’ve advised hundreds of businesses, held senior leadership roles, served on boards and committees, and completed an MA in Leadership. I’ve spent a lot of time around business owners and leadership teams, both as one of them and as an advisor to them. That experience shapes how I work with owners today.
I am located in Canada, but work with clients all over the world.
- 20+Years Business ownership & leadership
- 16Years Building a profitable creative agency
- 100s Businesses advised & supported
- 15+Years Board & community leadership
- MA Leadership, Royal Roads University
A few things you may be wondering
If you want ideas, tools, and conversations you can take back into your business yourself, start with High-Return Leadership. If you want ongoing access to me as a sounding board and advisor, Business Advisory is probably the fit. If you want to spend 12 weeks actively changing how you use your time, how your team works, and what supports the business, that’s Altitude.
Yes. The free community includes weekly live calls, practical tools and lessons in the Classroom, and conversations with other service business owners. You can join and participate without upgrading to a paid membership.
Business Advisory is the Premium membership inside High-Return Leadership. You’ll get up to two private 45-minute strategy calls each month, with written notes and next steps after each one, plus strategic reviews of 1–3 items each month (up to 60 minutes of total review time). It’s month-to-month with no long-term contract, and seats are limited. Learn more about Business Advisory.
Altitude is a structured 12-week engagement focused on understanding how your business operates, identifying opportunities to improve time and profitability, and creating a practical path forward. Business Advisory is an ongoing, flexible relationship. Rather than following a defined project, we work on the priorities, decisions, and opportunities you bring to our conversations.
It depends where we are in the 12 weeks. I’ll need more of your time at the beginning while I’m getting to know you, your team, and how the business works. There’s less for you to do through the middle, then I’ll need more of you again toward the end as we work through the changes together. I know you’re already busy, so I’m careful about what I ask you to spend time on. Altitude is supposed to give you time back, not become another job on your list.
Yes, at certain points. I want to understand the business from both your perspective and your team’s, so part of the work includes getting their input. You’re still the primary client, and I’ll be thoughtful about when and how your team is involved.
Across every way you can work with me, the mix is consulting, strategy, and advising. I look at what’s happening in your business, help you sort through the options, and bring recommendations, ideas, guidance, and an outside perspective. Sometimes we’re working through a bigger strategic decision, and sometimes you need guidance on how to lead, respond, or make a decision. I’ll ask plenty of questions, and I’ll also share what I’m seeing and what I’d recommend.
All over the world. I’m based in Canada and work with clients virtually, so we can work together wherever your business is located.
Yes. I speak and facilitate for business owners and leaders on leadership, business growth, and making businesses easier to run. There’s a separate Speaking section above with more information and a way to enquire.