Management consulting and executive advisory for owners and leadership teams.

I work with leaders who are ready to think clearer, decide better, and lead with intent.

Founder-led and lower mid-market companies.

The hard part of leadership is finding room to think while the business keeps moving.

Strategy, operations, and leadership for founder-led and lower mid-market companies.

Twenty years running businesses. Now I help owners run theirs better.

Advisory, coaching, and embedded leadership through ClearBridge Consulting.

A plan your leadership team can carry without me in the room.

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About ClearBridge Consulting

About Dan McGrew

I've spent my career leading businesses and being accountable for turning strategy into results.

I've held full P&L responsibility, led teams at every level, and lived the day-to-day realities that come with running an organization. The decisions, tradeoffs, and accountability that ultimately sit at the top of the business. I know that responsibility because I've carried it.

Over time, I came to realize that the hardest part of leadership isn't technical skill or intelligence. It's having the space and perspective to think clearly while the business keeps moving. That's what pulled me toward this work.

Today, through ClearBridge Consulting, I work directly with owners and leadership teams to translate strategy into execution and address the real-world issues that get in the way of results. That takes a few forms: advisory work on strategy and operations, coaching for owners and their leadership teams, and heavier embedded engagements when a business needs hands-on horsepower.

My style is straightforward and practical. No MBA speak. No theory without application. Just honest conversation, perspective grounded in experience, and a focus on what actually moves the business forward.

If you're a business owner or senior leader looking for clarity or a sounding board, I'm always open to a conversation.

Services

How I Work With Owners

Strategic Planning & Execution

Write a plan that can actually be executed, then install the priorities, scorecards, and operating rhythm that keep it moving.

Management Consulting

Org design, reporting, and accountability. The structural fixes that stop the same problems from resurfacing.

Executive Advisory

A sounding board for the decisions you carry alone, plus coaching for the leadership team so those decisions get held.

Fractional Executive Services

Senior leadership without a full-time hire, for growth, an integration, or a leadership transition.