You want someone who knows where you’ve been. You also want someone who knows where to take you.
Decades of experience running companies of all sizes and at all points in the business cycle translates into an insider’s perspective and the ability to make sound decisions that rise above politics and popularity. KH Advisors is prepared to step on toes to get to the truth. And your company will emerge from the relationship energized, healthier and on course.
Founded in 2003, KH Advisors serves middle market companies by helping them find innovative ways to deal with the increasing complexity of today’s business environment. We bring a focus of attention as an independent expert, who can immediately impact the following areas:
- Executive Management (read more)
- Provide interim management—CEO/COO
- Advisor to Board of Directors
- Formulate growth strategies
- ID opportunities for strategicin alliances
- Assess effectiveness of QA system
- Operations (read more)
- Assess effectiveness of organization
- Examine capability and identify options to improve performance
- Sales & Marketing (read more)
- Determine sustainability of customer base and revenue stream
- Evaluate profitability of customers, channels and products
- Develop key account strategy
- Develop strategy to launch new product lines
- Crisis Management (read more)
- Reorganize to stabilize core operations
- Address liquidity concerns
- Provide customer crisis intervention
- Manage creditor communication and negotiation processes
- Bankruptcy case administration
- Technology (read more)
- Evaluate R&D performance
- Develop technology road map
- Finance (read more)
- Raise new capital or interim financing
- Cash flow management
The Analysis
Patterns develop over time, and KH Advisors knows where to look for elusive problems or overlooked opportunities. During the course of a consultation, we will address the following:
- Establish a crystal clear picture of the current status of the business and how you got there.
- Determine what’s working and what’s not.
- Validate strategic initiatives and work with management to develop the proper tactics to achieve desired operating plan results.
- Identify roadblocks that are holding back the company from making progress.
- Determine if the organization is optimized for today’s business challenges, and help owners through delicate reorganizations.
Our Expertise
KH Advisors provides a penetrating analysis of a business to get it back on track with a re-energized focus and cohesive sense of purpose. We have extensive experience developing and implementing plans for accelerated growth, supported by product and technology road maps that will set the stage for increasing enterprise value or preparing a business for sale.
Our Profile
KH Advisors has decades of executive management experience serving tier-one customers in the industrial, automotive, computer, medical and telecommunications markets. Download a detailed profile and consulting history of principal Ken Hammer here.
KH Advisors can impact your organization immediately in these areas:
- Advisor to Investors and Lenders (read more)
- When performance is in question, a snap-shot assessment determines whether operating plan assumptions and sales data support the financial projections.
- Independent Advisor to Owners (read more)
- Assess performance and determine whether strategies are consistent with market conditions, emerging technology and the competitive landscape.
- Identify options for strategic alliances that will result in synergistic growth opportunities.
- Provide Leadership During Times of Crisis (read more)
- Outline the actions needed to project confidence during this period of uncertainty
- Provide customer crisis intervention
- Our role ranges from advisor, to assuming direct control of daily operations
- Manage the Value Challenge (read more)
- Help companies unlock the hidden value within their enterprise
- Make your business a "must-have" in the eyes of a strategic or financial buyer
Executive Coaching
Sitting in the CEO’s chair is usually a lonely place. KH Advisors has been the sounding board for executives who need independent and objective advice when the stakes are high and the situation is delicate. Coaching works best when it’s systematic and part of a larger ongoing development program. KH Advisors has found coaching to be effective when combined with our Quality Business System.
How can Executive Coaching accelerate progress?
- Integrating a new senior team
- Dealing with emotionally charged situations
- Charging the executive team’s way of doing business, practices, rituals and relationships
- Opening the CEO to fresh, productive thinking
- Managing reorganizations and staff reductions
- Setting and managing expectations to attain results
- Eliminate the sub-optimization created by a few strong, dissenting voices
Executive Coaching can guide you through sensitive situations & help you stay on point.
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