The Gray Cat Blog

A growing library of practical business articles and insights created to help entrepreneurs, small business owners, franchisees, and multi-unit operators strengthen leadership, improve operations, drive growth, and build more profitable organizations.

 
What Does Gray Cat Do? Aug 04, 2025

Recently, I appeared on the C-Suite Sherpa podcast with Brian Marshall where he asked meĀ what Gray Cat does for its clients.

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The Importance of Nurturing Relationships Jul 23, 2025

Recently, I appeared on the Founders Future podcast where we spoke about a disciplined work ethic and the importance of nurturing relationships on an ongoing basis.

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Elite Growth Partners Podcast: Is a Corporate Background Necessary for Entrepreneurship? Jul 20, 2025

Recently, I appeared on the Elite Growth Partners podcast discussing how a corporate background can help craft an entrepreneurship.

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How is Gray Cat Diversifying Its Core Offer? Jul 02, 2025

Gray Cat continues to diversify its offering from onsite consulting to online learning courses.

Through the Gray Cat Learning Series, independent operators an take advantage of the core learnings to ...

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An Entrepreneur's Inspiration Jun 25, 2025

What makes us give up a solid corporate work background to launch our own management consulting firm?

We talked about this on the Elite Growth Partners podcast. Ā Inspiration comes from many places, h...

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Biggest Challenges as an Entrepreneur Jun 18, 2025

Becoming an entrepreneur presents a different set of challenges than working in a corporate role.

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Interim Executive Leadership Jun 16, 2025

One of the core philosophies of Gray Cat is ā€œmore than consulting, we actually get work done" and one area of expertise at Gray Cat is that we serve as a Interim Executive Leader for a division or com...

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The Light Bulb Moment Jun 07, 2025

As an entrepreneur, there is always a little trepidation on whether breaking out on your own will work out - not only in the short term, but ongoing as well.

Having lasted more than two decades with ...

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How do Clients Eventually Find Gray Cat? Jun 02, 2025

LinkedIn has been the number one source of leads and clients for Gray Cat. Ā 

Gray Cat has been built on word-of-mouth and referrals by creating profile(s) - both personal profile and Gray Cat company...

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Establishing Leadership Credibility May 19, 2025

Recently, I was a guest on the Jada Willis podcast focused on leadership and establishing credibility. Ā 

For many of my interim roles, I have to quickly learn the business while concurrently establis...
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Building Trust with Prospects May 19, 2025

Recently, I appeared on the Elite Growth Partners podcast with Ashur Elliot where I was askedĀ my advice for starting a new services business and attracting prospects.

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Facing Challenges as a Sole Proprietor Mar 27, 2025

Recently, I appeared on the C-Suite Sherpa's podcast with fellow Chicagoan Brian Marshall where we discussed the biggest challenges facing a sole proprietor.

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