What We Do
From critical decisions to accountable execution.
Propel Execs provides senior operating leadership and strategic support shaped around the needs of the business—not a predetermined consulting package.
Our engagements may begin with an assessment, an urgent leadership need, a growth initiative, or a future transaction. Each begins by clarifying the desired outcome.
assess
See the whole business before deciding what comes next.
We evaluate the commercial, operating, organizational, and leadership factors that determine performance and enterprise value.
Best for:
Founders establishing the next growth plan, investors evaluating an opportunity, and boards seeking an objective view of performance.
​What do you need to understand before making the next decision?
Engagements may include:
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​Enterprise growth assessments
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Commercial diligence
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Operating reviewsÂ
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Leadership and organizational assessmentsÂ
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Brand, market and channel evaluationsÂ
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Margin and performance analysisÂ
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Growth-readiness assessmentsÂ
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Investment-thesis validationÂ
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Strategic-priority diagnosis
advise
Make consequential decisions with experienced perspective.
We serve as trusted advisors to founders, CEOs, investors, and board members navigating moments when the path forward is not obvious.
Best for:
Leaders who need candid, experienced perspective without adding a full-time executive. Leaders who need candid, experienced perspective without adding a full-time executive.
Engagements may include:
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Founder and CEO advisory Â
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Board and advisory-board support Â
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Investor and investment-committee counsel Strategic planningÂ
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Growth and value-creation prioritiesÂ
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Executive coaching and mentoringÂ
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Transaction and succession counsel
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Leadership-team facilitationÂ
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Decision support during periods of uncertainty or change
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Add the experience you need when you need it.
Propel Execs provides interim and fractional leadership during periods of growth, transition, transformation, or executive vacancy. We step into the work, align the organization and remain accountable to the outcome.
Best for:
Businesses that need immediate executive capacity but are not ready—or do not need—to make a permanent hire.
Where could experienced executive capacity accelerate progress now
Roles may include:
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Interim executive leadership
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Fractional growth or commercial leadership
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Fractional marketing leadership
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Fractional operating leadership
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Transformation leadership
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Special-project executive leadership
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Leadership during executive searches or transitions
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Cross-functional initiative ownership
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Turn strategic priorities into measurable progress.
We lead focused initiatives designed to solve a meaningful operating, commercial, or organizational challenge.
Best for:
Engagements may include:
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Growth accelerationÂ
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Commercial transformationÂ
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Organizational alignmentÂ
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Brand and portfolio strategyÂ
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Channel and market expansionÂ
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Retail and omnichannel strategyÂ
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Merchandising and assortment optimizationÂ
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Operating-model improvementÂ
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Portfolio-company value creationÂ
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Integration and transition supportÂ
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Performance-improvement initiatives
Founders, investors, and boards seeking to maximize readiness, reduce risk, and improve long-term enterprise value.
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Build toward the outcome you ultimately want to create.
We help leadership teams strengthen the business before capital events, acquisitions, transitions, and transactions.
Best for:
Founders, investors, and boards seeking to maximize readiness, reduce risk, and improve long-term enterprise value.
Is the business ready for the outcome you are building toward?
Engagements may include:
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​Capital readinessÂ
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Investor narrative and positioningÂ
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Pre-transaction business preparationÂ
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Commercial and operating readinessÂ
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Leadership and organizational readinessÂ
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Value-creation planningÂ
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Acquisition and integration planningÂ
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Succession preparationÂ
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Exit readinessÂ
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Preparation for board or investor review
Engagement Models
Focused Assessment
A defined engagement to evaluate the business, identify the most important opportunities and risks, and establish a prioritized action plan.
Strategic Advisory
Ongoing counsel for founders, executives, investors, and boards navigating consequential decisions.
Fractional or Interim Leadership
Embedded executive capacity for a defined period, business stage, or leadership need.
Growth or Transformation Initiative
Hands-on leadership of a high-priority initiative from strategy through execution.