Chief Outsiders

““Dave did a great job outlining the work his team had done prior to my involvement, which gave me the information I needed to get up to speed and understand what it would take to effectuate change.””

““Dave built long‑lasting value from what he gave us—guidelines, step‑by‑step processes, the sales process, onboarding, compensation, assessments—that we continue to use going forward.””

““ Chief Outsiders stood up the business development structure needed to build a brand-new sales origination function at Sizemore. The work they did allowed us to invest with more clarity and confidence and has set us up for continued organic growth. ””

“One of the great things that Sharon Spooler brought in was The Growth Gears ™ methodology from Chief Outsiders and gave us a framework to think about new ideas...and then ultimately how we wanted to fold that into EOS and create rocks and initiatives based on that.”

““Deborah Fell has been this facilitator of change. She helped us to start using new technology, which means that marketing is now four times as effective to half of the cost.””

“Having Sharon Spooler onsite, facilitating the process as we articulated our thoughts around a new customer strategy, proved to be extremely valuable. I would definitely recommend Chief Outsiders to any business with issues on multiple fronts.”

“Having a peer to bounce things off of isn't common when you're the president,”

“Sharon's a very good communicator. She explains what we're doing and why and the reasons for it, and everybody recognized what the priorities were.”

“Sharon grasped our issues right away and came up with effective strategies, suggestions and solutions,”

“Working with Chief Outsiders has completely changed our marketing strategy, allowing us to become much closer to our customers, maximize our assets and improve business results.”

“How can I help you set this up so you don’t need me anymore?”

“In this case, it was clean and crisp, and it never felt like Sandy was trying to lock herself into working with us forever.”

“I feel really good about the strategy and have a lot of confidence in the marketing plan.”

“It was critical to have Sandy’s help to brand our competitive advantage and make changes that support the brand image”

“I found Sandy to be very easy to work with”

“I feel very good about the strategy. I never would have made it happen without Sandy’s help. The value of bringing in Chief Outsiders was tremendous.”

““Chief Outsiders is a great resource for experienced marketing leadership!””

““We were able to extend our capacity during an important time, identify needs and opportunities, and focus on results,””

““I didn't as much expect him to drive engagement and make a difference from a human perspective, but it was great to see. Ultimately, that also drives outcomes!””

““The engagement with Chief Outsiders enabled us to combine fresh perspective and technology talent with a team that deeply understood health care,””

““The people that come from Chief Outsiders are used to being in interim roles, and they are able to jump in quickly with expertise, which is a tremendous advantage,””

““Chief Outsiders filled a need during a critical period when I was not able to hire the resource we needed. [The CMO] was able to invest deeply in engaging the team, enabling us to deliver on an expectation to get smarter, better and faster.””

““As somebody who's trying to improve a business, it gave me permission to not worry too much about what we were doing in marketing because Jon had it,” concluded Wayne. “He gave me the ability to sleep a little better at night knowing that he was going to figure out where we needed to be on the marketing side.””

““Jon repositioned our entire marketing organization to be materially more effective and efficient,” confirmed Wayne. “And his experience gave us the confidence and comfort that making these changes would not be detrimental to our business.””

““If you're a middle-market firm with modest resources looking at how to change your existing systems to become more efficient and effective,” continued Wayne. “Jon is very good at that! I would be very comfortable hiring Jon Rice.””