How It Works

Diagnose.

Design.

Deploy.

A three-phase methodology that turns complexity into clarity, and clarity into measurable growth.

The Three Phases

PhaseWeeks 1–2

Diagnose

Find the real constraint.

A deep-dive audit of your strategy, revenue architecture, team alignment, and market positioning. Maresa identifies the real constraints — not the symptoms — and maps the gap between where you are and where you need to be.

  • Strategic audit and gap analysis
  • Revenue architecture review
  • Team alignment and capability assessment
  • Market positioning and competitive landscape
  • Stakeholder interviews and leadership alignment

Deliverable

A clear diagnosis: what's working, what's blocking growth, and what needs to change first.

PhaseWeeks 3–6

Design

Build the operating system.

Building the commercial operating system: narrative, positioning, revenue architecture, and the team alignment framework. Everything is built to be owned and operated by your team — not dependent on an outside consultant.

  • Brand narrative and positioning architecture
  • Go-to-market strategy and execution roadmap
  • Revenue systems and pipeline design
  • Leadership decision frameworks
  • Commercial operating model

Deliverable

A complete strategic operating system your team can own, operate, and scale.

PhaseWeeks 7–12+

Deploy

Execute until results are real.

Maresa embeds with your team to execute. Not just a plan handed over — but active deployment, iteration, and accountability until the system is running and the results are real.

  • Active deployment with your leadership team
  • Weekly execution accountability sessions
  • Real-time iteration and course correction
  • Team training and capability building
  • Results tracking and milestone reporting

Deliverable

Measurable revenue growth, aligned leadership, and a commercial operating system that runs without you.

Operating Principles

The beliefs behind the work.

Clarity before action.

Most businesses are executing the wrong strategy faster. Maresa slows down to diagnose before prescribing — because the right move executed well beats the wrong move executed perfectly.

Structure that sticks.

Every framework, system, and process is built to be owned by your team. Not dependent on a consultant. Not locked in a deck. Built into how your business actually operates.

Execution is the strategy.

A strategy that can't be executed isn't a strategy — it's a document. Maresa stays in the work until the system is running and the results are real.

Revenue is the measure.

Everything Maresa builds is connected to commercial outcomes. Not vanity metrics. Not activity. Revenue, growth, and the operating leverage that makes both sustainable.

Maresa Friedman — Fractional Chief Strategy Officer

"Strategy without structure collapses. Structure without narrative stalls. Narrative without revenue is noise."

— Maresa Friedman

Every engagement follows the same three-phase logic: find the real constraint, build the right system, and stay until it's working. No handoffs. No decks that gather dust. Real work, real results.