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types of clients
Blue Collar
State/City Leadership
White Collar
It is stunning what good leadership and high business acumen produces in "blue collar" type companies/products. That is because typically, it is believed that a tough tyrant approach is the only way to success. Our Fidelis L&B System transforms these companies into high culture, fast moving leadership, and profound results. This includes
It is stunning what good leadership and high business acumen produces in "blue collar" type companies/products. That is because typically, it is believed that a tough tyrant approach is the only way to success. Our Fidelis L&B System transforms these companies into high culture, fast moving leadership, and profound results. This includes the full range of blue collar - such as all construction, food distributors, oil industry, niche aviation manufacturing, food manufacturing, tool rental, welding supply, heavy equipment, first responders, and much more.
White Collar
State/City Leadership
White Collar
Hard data shows that "white collar" based services/products can be ~20%+ more efficient and profitable when a modern leadership approach is applied. Fidelis is proven in effectively implementing in these types of companies and results do not disappoint. Leaders are usually shocked at what they didn't know on how to lead their company be
Hard data shows that "white collar" based services/products can be ~20%+ more efficient and profitable when a modern leadership approach is applied. Fidelis is proven in effectively implementing in these types of companies and results do not disappoint. Leaders are usually shocked at what they didn't know on how to lead their company better, and how to apply a deeper and broader financial business acumen.
State/City Leadership
State/City Leadership
State/City Leadership
Local to state leaders are passionate about serving and usually have broader external influences to manage. Fidelis L&B brings a background in working with government at all levels, and combines it with the Fidelis L&B System to dramatically improve work conditions, teamwork, community engagement, transforming departments, and producing f
Local to state leaders are passionate about serving and usually have broader external influences to manage. Fidelis L&B brings a background in working with government at all levels, and combines it with the Fidelis L&B System to dramatically improve work conditions, teamwork, community engagement, transforming departments, and producing far more than what leaders are use to. All it takes is knowing the process to quality leadership and you and your team are off to the races.
Non-Profit
You Name It, FLB Will Improve It
State/City Leadership
Non-profits range in types and wide varying cultures. There can be very specific needs to applying leadership to the types of staff (paid and volunteer). Also, the culture usually takes on a higher importance in order to usually meet a more passionate mission. Fidelis L&B understands these variables and maximizes the teamwork while growing the culture, and ensuring budgets are met.
You Name It, FLB Will Improve It
You Name It, FLB Will Improve It
You Name It, FLB Will Improve It
Fidelis L&B System is highly flexible to the organization type. Core of the system is the same, and then by doing a 360-degree view of the organization, Fidelis L&B is able to apply niche elements to ensure maximizing your organizations output, teamwork, and attaining your goals.
example results - manufacturing
- Revamped market responsive pricing for 20+ varied products across 150+ customers (variation for each), resulting in 3% gained net profit ($4M increase NOI).
- Successfully transitioned the family-owned business from 1st to 2nd generation by creating a new Board and Shareholder approach while also training from the ground up the new President and Operations GM. Concurrently hired and onboarded a new CFO and trained 12 subordinate leaders.
- Functioned as CIO by architecting the right approaches for software and systems, and then implemented a new HR/payroll/time keeping and selecting of a new ERP. The result is enabling the company to scale above $50M in revenue (led them to $72M in 8mos.) to preparing for growth to $200M within 2-years.
- Led the Strategic Planning for a 1,3,5-year plan with a 12-month forward looking budget and CAPEX investments in a new all-in-one modernized manufacturing facility. The result is the company is ready to take on the national brands and on a path to strategic acquisitions.
example results - heavy equipment dealearship
- Recovered $1.3M lost over 33 months by identifying and improving a mishandled freight capturing process.
- Added ~$2.5M to annual profits after restructuring inventory allocation and building a cost-controlled universal pricing model that ensured planned profit margin met the yearly goals.
- Turned around a rogue branch that annually lost $790K and made it profitable with a positive $915K (NOI) by conducting organizational design, staffing changes, instituting measurement, leadership improvement, and adjusting operational processes.
- Created and coached a Chief I/T Officer role to manage innovative technology essential to growing the company.
- Led merit-based promotions of 3 female directors to the male-dominated Leadership Team.
- Realized a $5M increase in the Sales Department and the Rental Department for the company's primary product by changing the pricing strategy to accurately account for overhead, sales commissions, consistent rental strategy, and warranty revenue based on market equilibrium.
- Instituted financial consistencies, cost control, tracking, and full profit design for the “Service” departments, going from $700K at 7.33% to now consistent higher margins at $2.3M at 25% with annual.
- For a separate profit line for manufacturing massive paper and lumber mill components, expanded profit margin from 13% to 25% totaling $1.4M.
- For a highly decentralized organization (9 branches and a Corporate HQs), modernized the HR department with a full compliment of performance management tools, incentive programs, career development (pathways), meeting legal mandates, hiring talent, and agile methods for daily personnel management.
- Led the successful brokering of sale from 2ndgeneration ownership to 3rdgeneration with active management team, including banking relationships, financial planning, assisting negotiations, building the strategy, and legal engagement.
example results - 1) construction, 2) oil/energy
Examples - construction companies
- Designed and executed a 15-year strategic plan, including a succession framework.
- Realized an annualized 4% increase of profit after installing a new senior leadership team, adding trued costs to estimating process ensuring known and accurate margins for projects, improving project regulatory practices, improving monthly project reviews, instituting company-level KPIs and monthly executive oversight, improved HR tools, full software ecosystem changes, strengthening safety policies, and instituting accountability.
- After 2-years, a construction company went from a low morale culture to winning a state-level award for best place to work due to their improved organizational culture.
Examples - oil platform builder companies
- In 6-months, successfully implemented leadership, organizational design, and improved key processes for operations and accounting enabling the company to optimize immediate growth from $25M to $100M.
- Overhauled flat micromanaged organization, taking a COO with 17 direct reports and working 4 layers deep and instituting a “director” leadership layer, with empowered teams. This enabled the 2ndgeneration to pass on the company’s leadership to 3rdgeneration.
- Increased company NOI by 2%, or $2M in take-home profit.
- Saved ownership another $1.2M in reduced taxes with legal restructuring and strategic investments.
- Led creation of new Project Management planning and control tools, resulting in ~$1M profit.
