Creating Pre-Acquisition Alignment and Stabilization - Solving Roots, Not Symptoms
Welcome to the True North! As your trusted advisor, I will guide you and your leadership team through the process to prepare for a founder exit or sale. Together we will ensure you organization is prepared and protected through the entire process.
As a late-stage startup or founder lead company, you have a solid strategy. That’s what get you to this place and you have done amazing work. When it’s time to sell, that work changes.
I will work with you to align leadership, stabilize the organization, and solve the root of any issue that could stand in the way of you meeting your goals to exit.
If you are ready to talk - book a consult today.
More about True North and Kara’s philosophy
Our Why – Preparing you for the best possible exit strategy through sale possible
When we work together, you get a strategic advisor can see the full picture from an outside view. As a Projector, my strength is in reading the room quickly, noticing what others overlook, and identifying the patterns that shape performance, alignment and growth. I don’t force a blueprint onto your organization. I observe, listen and map what’s really happening so we can focus on the work needed to prepare.
My engagements are built for teams who are moving fast, feeling the strain, and know they can’t afford misalignment as they prepare for acquisition. I bring calm structure to complexity, ask the questions that sharpen thinking, and help executives cut through noise to clarify the exit strategy, operating model and talent readiness needed for this next phase. You won’t get jargon. You’ll get clarity, direction and a trusted partner who has guided organizations through the buying process from both the buyer and sellers side.
Our Core Offerings
Stage 3 to Stage 4 Acceleration
Every partnership starts with a simple, focused step: the Stage 3 to Stage 4 Maturity Assessment. It gives us a shared, honest picture of where your organization is today and what’s required to grow with confidence — whether that’s tightening alignment across your leadership team, strengthening processes, or preparing your talent for the next level of scale. If you’re ready for strategic guidance that feels steady, supportive and grounded, the assessment is where we begin.
This work is intended for Start Ups ready to move from Stage 3 to Stage 4.
Strategic Growth Readiness Accelerator
Every journey begins with one clear step. For the Executive Growth Program, that step is the assessment. This program offers a structured and high-impact path where we focus together on your strategic clarity, leadership alignment and growth infrastructure. I will guide you through discussions designed to elevate your leadership presence, sharpen decision making, and prepare your leadership team for the next level.
As your advisor and partner, I hold the space, prompt new ways of thinking, point out overlooked tensions and help you convert insights into action. You are not left on your own. You get proactive coaching, accountability, and a strategic rhythm we maintain together so your growth happens with purpose and precision.
Once the new cadence takes hold, roles and processes feel less fragmented, and you gain clarity on who leads what and why. That is when we shift into leverage mode. If expanding the scale of your impact is one of your executive imperatives, this program is your path forward to build clarity, confidence and momentum.
This work is intended for mid to large sized corporates or business units ready to move into new markets, expand product offering, or growing a sales team.
Strategic Alignment
In the Alignment Debrief, you and I pause together to take a clear and objective view of how your leadership team, workflows and organizational rhythms are operating. We surface what is out of sync, whether it is team roles, decision rights, communication loops or process handoffs, and I help you translate those findings into meaningful alignment across strategy, operations and people. The benefit is simple. You gain clarity, shared understanding and a streamlined path forward so your executive team spends less time wrestling internal friction and more time creating momentum.
Once we identify what needs to shift, I walk alongside you as you adjust the levers that matter most. You work with structured debriefs, focused questions and targeted action plans that turn alignment into a tangible state of readiness. When your leadership team is truly aligned, you spend less time putting out fires and more time building toward your next stage of growth. If you are ready for alignment that lasts and moves your organization forward, this is the place to begin.
This work is intended for any size company who has gotten over their skis and are now reacting - be it a fast move to Stage 4, a down quarter(s), recovery from over expansion or an acquisition - this program will get you back on track.
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