Step 01

Define the role of the channel.

We define what the channel should do for revenue, where it fits against direct sales, and how success will be measured early. For the underlying framework, see the essay on the channel architecture problem.

  • What the channel should do for revenue
  • Where it fits against direct sales
  • How success gets measured in the first two quarters

Output

A clear, executable channel thesis leadership can operate against.

Step 02

Position for a broker audience.

We refine the way the company is understood inside the broker's book, so consultants can bring you into client conversations with confidence. Positioning determines whether you have broker-channel fit.

  • The problem in broker language
  • Where you fit in their book
  • How they introduce you to clients

Output

Messaging brokers can confidently sell.

Step 03

Align internal teams.

We align the functions that touch the channel around a single operating model, so brokers do not meet four different versions of the company. Internal alignment is what makes the channel architecture hold under pressure.

  • Sales, partnerships, product, and leadership on one thesis
  • Shared definitions of channel success
  • Response expectations and workflows that hold

Output

One operating model, not four interpretations.

Step 04

Activate the right partners.

We focus activation on the firms and people most likely to produce, and design the motion that gets them from handshake to client activity. Activation only compounds once broker-channel fit is real.

  • The right firms, tiered by fit
  • The right sequence across relationships
  • The right internal champions inside each firm

Output

Fewer partnerships, more production.

Step 05

Build repeatability.

We build the infrastructure that lets the channel produce without depending on any one person. Repeatability is what separates the three stages of broker channel work (entering, rebuilding, scaling).

  • Playbooks from first meeting through renewal
  • CRM visibility and stage architecture for broker-sourced pipeline
  • Cadence and governance leadership can review on a rhythm

Output

A channel that works without heroics.

Step 06

Expand with discipline.

We help leadership scale into new partners, regions, and segments in a way that preserves the operating model, not just the logo count. Read more on disciplined scaling in the three stages of broker channel work.

  • Inside-firm expansion before net-new
  • Adjacent partner profiles with high signal
  • Segment and geography scaling that respects the operating model

Output

Growth that preserves what's working.

Engagement types

How clients engage with the practice.

Diagnostic / Audit

A short, clear-eyed read on where the channel is working, where it isn't, and what to stop before the next investment.

Build (Pre-hire)

Standing up the channel motion before the first Head of Partnerships hire, so the role and its expectations are grounded in reality.

Rebuild

Reworking a channel that isn't producing into one that compounds, without disturbing the goodwill already built inside existing broker relationships.

Embedded support

Working alongside leadership for six to twelve weeks (or longer, by agreement) so the operating system becomes your team's.

Not sure which of the six you need?

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