• When a man's willing and eager the gods join in.
    —Aeschylus
  • No pressure, no diamonds.
    —Thomas Carlyle
  • No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.
    —Niels Bohr
  • We do not see things as they are, we do not hear things as they are, we hear them as we are.
    —The Talmud
  • Life is about moving, it's about change.
    And when things stop doing that they're dead.
    —Twyla Tharp
  • Prayer without action is no prayer at all.
    —Mother Theresa
  • You will be as small as your controlling desire or as great as your dominant aspiration.
    —James Allen
  • The soul never thinks without a picture.
    —Aristotle

In Focus

Critical Business Solutions is pleased to announce that Dave Smith and Jeffrey DiFrancesco have joined our faculty.

Dave’s fascination with organizational culture and leadership has lead to a wealth of experiences and unique insights into the common dreams, challenges and life cycles shared by individuals and organizations around the world…
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Jeffrey has over twenty years of professional experience including as a chief executive, chief financial, chief operating and chief strategic planning officer among others. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of public and private companies.
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Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity

“Jeff created and led the separate offsites for both the executive team and the sales team at a global research organization. Against significant odds, he was the catalyst for the team to get aligned, get engaged, and focus on the deliverables that were most going to move the needle.

His depth of expertise, vision, creativity and professionalism made him a pleasure to work with—and even the most stalwart cynics on the team were won over in the end. Good things happen when Jeff is around, and I give him my highest recommendations as someone who can make a sustainable positive difference.”

 

What is Critical Business Solutions?

Critical Business Solutions brings a new approach to supporting ambitious organizations.

Having worked for many great consulting companies in delivering remarkable results, Jeff Powell and the senior faculty of Critical Business Solutions noticed that most consulting companies were geared to ‘sell’ a particular package of services to their clients, even when they did not always match the client’s needs. Then it was up to the skilled consultants at these firms to adapt the offerings to ‘fit’ that need. Some succeeded and some did not.

To improve that probability of success, Critical Business Solutions was founded with a different model in mind,* that of determining the exact need and outcome of a client and then selecting from a core team of CBS consultants as well as an extensive network of skilled and seasoned experienced consultants to bring the most appropriate models, methods and best practices to support the client exactly as it needs presented. No more, no less.

Our only interest is in supporting you in delivering unprecedented results and overcoming stubborn and complex challenges

What does Critical Business Solutions Do?

Critical Business Solutions helps organizations solve complex problems for which there are no routine solutions.

True to its name, Critical Business Solutions focuses on the most critical challenges facing your organization today. Unlike other management consulting firms that come in and apply industry appropriate best practices to your situation, we help you clarify and draw upon the native strengths inherent in your organization to generate a new, unique view of your future and a crystal clear path to get there.

Critical Business Solutions employs its unique methodology to help you take a fresh look at what can be achieved by your company and how key projects will be delivered. Through more than two decades of consulting with many types of organizations we have found that nearly all of the organizational intelligence needed to solve your most challenging problems already resides in your organization. In fact, the success or failure of most critical projects depends more on how well your organization draws upon its inherent strengths than on how many external resources can be brought to bear on the problem.

That’s why we work together with your team to develop new ways of actualizing, realizing and delivering this “break-through” future.  As Critical Business Solutions facilitates the development of your skills and understanding, you are able to clear the obstacles preventing your organization from achieving its fullest potential.  Although this sounds simple, we understand that the problems you and your team face are anything but simple. Our proprietary methodology and integrated tool set enables you to build this transformation upon the most solid foundation: your people, your purpose and your process.

Contact Critical Business Solutions today to discuss how we can help you achieve a unique and extraordinary level of business value, unmatched by any your competitors have at their disposal.

*See ‘The Starfish and the Spider‘ by Ori Brafman