Business Turnaround Consultant
When a business starts bleeding, most owners wait too long to bring in help. By the time they call, the runway is shorter and the options are fewer. A turnaround consultant exists to reverse that before it becomes terminal.
What a business turnaround consultant actually does
Not a coach. Not a cheerleader. A turnaround consultant comes in when the numbers are moving the wrong way and finds the real problem, not the one you think you have. They stop the bleeding first, then build a path back to profit. That means digging into cash, operations, pricing, and structure, and then executing, not handing you a slide deck and leaving.
Signs your business needs a turnaround
- Margins are shrinking even though revenue looks fine
- Cash is always tight, even in your good months
- You are working harder than ever and keeping less
- Growth is costing you more than it returns
- You know you need a pivot but cannot see how to make it
If two or more of those sound familiar, the problem is usually structural, and it does not fix itself with more effort.
The 90 day turnaround
My approach is built around a focused window. It starts with a full operational and financial analysis to find where the money is actually leaking. From there, a prioritized 90 day execution framework, and weekly advisory sessions so nothing slips. The first wins usually land inside the first month: stopping a cash leak, fixing a pricing mistake, clearing a bottleneck that has been quietly costing you.
A real example
At Tranzit Express Inc., the back office could not scale, a receptionist tied to the phones, staff chasing dispatch, and accounting eating hours nobody had. I rebuilt it with an AI automated operations stack and eliminated the cost of two full time employees plus roughly $10,000 in recovered efficiency, without adding a single seat. Real change, measured in dollars.
How I work
Four decades operating across retail, construction, real estate, manufacturing, and logistics. I have built companies, lost them, and rebuilt from zero more than once. Every engagement opens with a diagnostic so we both know fast whether there is real upside. And if I do not think I can help you, I will tell you on the first call.
Book a call
Sixty minutes. One problem. One real plan. You walk away with a clear next move, whether or not we keep working together.
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Scott Lumley