Why is a business consultant needed?

A business consultant is needed when leaders are too close to their own organization to see the real constraints, trade-offs, and opportunities clearly. Consultants bring structured thinking, external benchmarks, and a neutral perspective that can accelerate clarity and reduce the cost of trial-and-error.

  • Common situations where a consultant adds significant value:

    • Growth has stalled or become chaotic, and it is unclear whether the constraint is strategy, structure, people, or processes. 

    • The organization is scaling quickly and needs to redesign roles, decision rights, and ways of working. 

    • Leadership needs help aligning around a shared vision, priorities, and roadmap. 

  • A strong consultant will:

    • Ask hard questions, challenge assumptions, and integrate data from across your business into a coherent picture. 

    • Translate that picture into a practical sequence of moves - what to do now, next, and later - for both the leadership team and the broader organization.

Kindred Consulting Group exists for exactly these inflection points:

  • Using the Kindred Clarity Framework, leaders receive a structured diagnosis of their organization, a clear growth strategy, and implementation support that respects both performance and people.

  • This combination helps organizations move from "working harder with mixed results" to focused, sustainable growth built on sound organizational design.

 
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Dr. Powell Hinitz

Dr. Katie Powell Hinitz, Ph.D., MBA, is the founder of Kindred Consulting Group and a Principal Business Advisor. She specializes in helping executives transform organizational complexity into predictable, sustainable performance. Using her proprietary Kindred Clarity Framework, grounded in Industrial-Organizational Design and behavioral science, she pinpoints the structural friction stalling growth and translates complex information into clear, data-backed decisions for leaders navigating change.

Connect with Dr. Powell Hinitz: katie@team-kindred.com

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