Enable your Business to Grow
You’ve built a successful business.
But the next stage of growth requires more than working harder or doing more
I help founders grow the business without growing the cost, complexity and founder dependency.
15+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE · SME TO FORTUNE 500 · STRATEGY TO EXECUTION
Your Next Stage of Business Growth Requires a Different Approach
Some time ago, you could just deal with things as they came up.
Now there are more clients, projects and people. The same way of working is starting to create delays, mistakes and constant firefighting.
Everyone is busy, yet important things still don’t get done and there never seems to be enough capacity.
Too much still depends on you. Clients, employees and decisions compete for your attention, and stepping back feels difficult because you worry things will get missed.
And as the business has grown, you've added a new tool here, another person there, another process or workaround, until running the business itself has become more complicated.
The way you built your business got you to where you are today. But it may not be what gets you to the next stage.
You know the answer isn't simply to work harder or keep adding more.
The business needs to evolve with its growth.
That means clearer priorities, better ways of working, more ownership in the team and a different role for you as the founder.
So the business works better as it grows, not harder.
How I Help You
I do this in 4 phases:
DEFINE
Where are we going?
What do we want to achieve?
DIAGNOSE
What's holding us back?
What needs to change?
DESIGN
What are our priorities?
What's the plan?
DO
Execute, review and adapt.
Turn the plan into progress.
3 Ways To Work With Me
Get the right support at the right stage.
The way we work together depends on where you are and what you need right now.
Growth
Accelerator
A structured 4-month growth program to define what needs to change, create a clear roadmap and start putting it into action, with strategic sparring along the way.
Best for:
Founders who need clarity on what to change, what to prioritize and how to move their business into its next stage.
Define - Diagnose - Design - Do
Strategic Growth Advisory
A strategic sparring partner
and guide by your side
as you execute your priorities,
navigate decisions and
move the business forward.
Best for:
Founders who have a clear roadmap and want an experienced partner to guide, challenge and help them stay on track while they execute.
Do, Review & Adapt
Focused Consulting
Hands-on expertise and execution support to solve a specific
challenge, improve an
area of the business or deliver an
important initiative.
Best for:
Businesses that know what needs to get done but need additional
expertise or capacity
to make it happen.
Do (Execution support)
I believe in hard work.
But I also believe there’s a better way to grow.
I grew up in an entrepreneurial family. My parents built a successful business through hard work, responsibility and doing almost everything themselves.
They taught me a lot about entrepreneurship. But I also saw how much a business can demand from you when everything depends on you. They were always there, checked everything and rarely had the opportunity to truly step away.
Later, through my career in consulting, I learned how strategy, processes, systems and clear responsibilities can help organisations work better and grow without simply asking more of the people running them.
It reinforced something I had always been drawn to: finding a better, smarter way of doing things.
I’m not interested in working less for the sake of working less. I believe in ambition and putting in the work. But as a business grows, working harder can’t be the only answer.
I want to help founders build successful businesses that work better as they grow and still have the space to build a successful life alongside them.
Learn more about me here
With ZJ we laid a solid foundation for our growth.
I found working with ZJ to be very professional. ZJ truly helped us with the direction our company was taking. Through various group sessions and preparatory assignments on our company's structure, we laid a solid foundation for our growth. Besides her professional approach, ZJ is personally engaged and very willing to brainstorm with us. Thank you, ZJ, for the pleasant collaboration!
Britt de Lange - MT member SuperStaff Agency
ZJ elevated Studio Samen to a more professional level and helped win a big contract (37k).
Before working with ZJ, I struggled to get time for strategy and I pitched my ideas to the wrong stakeholders at the client side. ZJ helped me see where our value truly lies and this has helped us win a big contract at a client (37k) we are really happy about. We also defined what tasks I should or should not be doing. Right now I’m creating a team and choose to focus more on strategy and high end selling for myself. What I like the most is that ZJ is an experienced consultant and has heaps of knowledge and feedback. She goes above and beyond to help you and she's only a call away. ZJ really elevated Studio Samen to a more professional level.
Evita Lammes
Owner - Studio Samen
Ready To Build Your Business For The Next Stage?
Let’s talk about where your business is today, where you want to take it and what needs to change to get there.
