Growth is supposed to buy you something. Let’s decide what.

The question

Say the business doubles. Then what?

Most owners I meet have built something that works. It also costs them more than it should.

  • Every decision still comes through you.
  • Your leadership team is busy, but not aligned.
  • You can’t remember your last free Saturday.
What changes

What you can expect.

Predictable growth.

Strategy, people, and process pointed the same way, so a good quarter isn’t an accident.

A team that runs without you.

The right people in the right seats, and meetings that end in decisions.

Your time back.

Fewer priorities, fewer fires, and dinner at home.

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How it works

Three steps. Not seven.

  1. Ask.

    I start with questions and listen for what is really holding the business back.

  2. Align.

    We clarify values, roles, and the three priorities for the next 90 days.

  3. Hand it over.

    We build the weekly rhythm and the scorecard, and I stay in the room until it runs without me.

The operating system

The system behind the work.

As a Bloom Growth Coach, I install the Bloom Growth™ OS with your leadership team. It gives the team one plan, a weekly meeting that works, and a clear view of the people and the numbers.

Bloom Growth reports 4,600+ active organizations and 175,000+ business leaders using its system.

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The Bloom Growth model: growth plan, people, process, technology, relationships, finance and data, sales and marketing, and meetings
The Bloom Growth model. Graphic courtesy of Bloom Growth.
Fractional CFO

When the seat is empty, I’ll sit in it.

Some companies need more than a coach. If there is a gap in finance leadership, I step in part-time, embedded with your team, until you hire or no longer need me.

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  • Cash and forecasting
  • Reporting the leadership team can read
  • Bank and lender relationships
  • CPACertified Public Accountant.
  • $20MCFO of a not-for-profit serving people with developmental disabilities.
  • BankingVP of corporate banking at Wells Fargo and National City Bank.
  • $117MVP of sales and marketing at a manufacturer during its record year.
Results

What their teams did.

20%

Revenue growth in the first 12 months

A leadership team grew revenue 20% in its first year, and got better at talking to each other along the way.

8 years

Their best leadership meeting yet

Two co-founders, eight years in, had their best leadership meeting ever. Less time in meetings, more decided.

“Kurt has an innate ability to ask the right questions… His leadership style combines patient coaching, humility, and accountability.”
Chief People Officer, Lifelong Access
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Background

  • Founder, Kurtis Coaching & Consulting2022 to present
  • Chief Financial OfficerLifelong Access, a $20M not-for-profit
  • VP, Sales & MarketingContinental Carbonic
  • VP, Corporate BankingWells Fargo and National City Bank
  • Board PresidentMarcfirst
  • CPA · Bloom Growth CoachIllinois State University
About Kurt

I’ve sat in your seat.

I spent more than 25 years in corporate banking, sales, and finance. I’m a CPA, I’ve been a CFO, and I’ve led sales and marketing teams through record years.

There came a point when I had achieved success by every conventional measure, and realized I had lost my sense of purpose. The question changed from what I could accomplish next to what kind of legacy I wanted to leave.

I started Kurtis Coaching & Consulting in 2022 to put what I’d learned in service of owners and executives who want to build something that lasts, without it costing them the people they are building it for.

My order is faith, family, business. You don’t need to share my faith to work with me, but you should know where “more than the bottom line” comes from.

Common questions

Before we talk.

Owners, founders, and executives of companies doing $5M to $50M in revenue, usually with a leadership team of two or more. Most come to me when the business works but depends on them too much.

It’s 30 minutes with no obligation, and I mostly ask questions. We talk about where the business is, where you want it to be, and what is in the way. If I can help, I’ll tell you how. If I can’t, I’ll tell you that too.

No. I work with owners and teams of every background. My faith is why I care about what the growth is for. It isn’t a condition of working together.

It depends on what the business needs. Coaching runs on a 90-day rhythm, and fractional work is part-time for as long as the seat is empty. We’ll talk through scope and pricing on the first call.
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Before the numbers, tell me about your Saturdays.

What does a good Saturday look like right now, and how many of them did you get last quarter? That’s where the first call starts.

  • A 30-minute discovery call, with no obligation.
  • Two quick questions first, so I come prepared.
  • You pick the time. No back and forth.

A little about you.

What do you need help with?
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