Strategic Planning Consulting

Strategic planning consulting for mid-market operators — a written plan the leadership team can execute on Monday, not a binder that sits on a shelf.

Your team is busy, but are you moving in the same direction? Mebuis provides business strategy consulting and strategic planning to connect priorities, resources, and execution—with named owners and measures that keep the plan useful after the meeting.

Strategic Planning That Survives Contact With Monday Morning

Most strategic planning engagements produce two things: a two-day offsite the leadership team enjoyed, and a 40-page document nobody opens again. The plan never survives contact with the operating calendar. That's not a planning problem — that's a facilitation and accountability problem, and it's the one Mebuis is built to solve. Led by George Fassett — U.S. Patent holder, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, TCU MBA, and a founder-operator who has built and exited companies using the same discipline — our strategic planning practice is written for owners and executives who need a plan that actually runs the business. **How the engagement works.** Two weeks of pre-work: interviews with the leadership team, review of the P&L and pipeline, competitive scan, and a written pre-read that surfaces the real strategic questions before anyone gets in a room. A facilitated two-day offsite where we run the decisions to conclusion — not brainstorm, decide. A written plan within ten business days with named owners, quarterly milestones, and the three-to-five KPIs that will tell the leadership team whether the plan is working. Optional quarterly execution reviews to keep the plan alive through Q1, Q2, and beyond. **Who this is for.** Founder-led firms whose original plan expired years ago and no one has written the next one. Companies coming through a growth inflection — a new product line, a geographic expansion, an acquisition, a leadership transition. PE-backed portfolio companies where the sponsor's value-creation plan needs to be translated into an operator's plan. Businesses whose leadership team is aligned on the problem but stuck on the answer. **What we don't do.** We don't run generic SWOT workshops. We don't deliver a slide deck and disappear. We don't take a percentage of the outcome. And we don't sell you a proprietary planning framework you have to license — we use the discipline that actually works for your business. Start with a two-week [Business Assessment](/solutions/business-assessment) if the strategic questions aren't yet defined, engage a [Fractional Executive](/solutions/fractional-executive) if the plan needs an operator to execute it, or [book an operator alignment call](/lets-talk) to talk through what's on your plate.

Facilitated Strategic Planning Offsite

A two-day working session with your leadership team, run by an operator who has sat in your seat. Structured to reach decisions — not to generate discussion. We handle the pre-read, the facilitation, the decision-forcing, and the written output. You leave with a plan, not a stack of flip-chart photos.

3-Year Strategic Plan Development

A written three-year plan with a defined vision, three-to-five strategic priorities, named owners for each priority, quarterly milestones for year one, and the leading and lagging KPIs the leadership team will report on monthly. Delivered within ten business days of the offsite. Structured for board review or PE sponsor consumption.

Annual Operating Plan & Budget Alignment

Bridge from the three-year strategic plan to the annual operating plan and budget the finance team will actually run. We align department objectives to strategic priorities, translate priorities into headcount and capital requests, and put the whole plan on a monthly reporting cadence the CEO can defend to a board.

Quarterly Execution Reviews

The reason most strategic plans die is that no one runs the quarterly review that keeps them alive. We facilitate the Q1, Q2, and Q3 reviews — where the plan meets reality, where owners either produce or don't, and where the plan gets adjusted before it goes off the rails. Optional add-on to any planning engagement.

Pre-Transaction & Value-Creation Planning

For companies preparing for a raise, a sale, or an add-on acquisition. We build the operator-side plan that sits underneath the LOI — the specific initiatives, milestones, and KPI improvements that need to be delivered in the 12-24 months before a transaction closes. Confidential engagement, sponsor-friendly.

Post-Acquisition Integration Planning

The first 100 days after an acquisition determine whether the deal thesis actually gets delivered. We build the integration plan — organizational structure, systems consolidation, customer communication, cultural integration, and the milestone reporting the sponsor or board will expect. Pairs with our [Fractional Executive](/solutions/fractional-executive) practice when interim operational leadership is needed.

Related services

• Business growth consulting
• Small business consulting
• Operations consulting

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a business strategy consultant do?

A business strategy consultant helps leadership decide where to focus, what to stop, and how to measure progress. At Mebuis the output is a set of clear priorities with owners and timelines that the team can execute.

How is a strategic plan different from a budget?

A budget says what you expect to spend and earn. A strategic plan says which choices will change those numbers, who owns each one, and how you will know it is working.

What does strategic planning consulting from Mebuis include?

Strategic Planning Consulting at Mebuis covers: Facilitated Strategic Planning Offsite; 3-Year Strategic Plan Development; Annual Operating Plan & Budget Alignment; Quarterly Execution Reviews; Pre-Transaction & Value-Creation Planning; Post-Acquisition Integration Planning.

Who leads the work at Mebuis?

George C. Fassett, Jr. leads every engagement. He founded and built THUMBTECHS, Mebuis, MebuisWorks, and 1908 Builders, has more than 20 years as a CEO, holds a U.S. patent, is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and has an MBA.

How is Mebuis different from a traditional consulting firm?

Mebuis works as operators, not report writers. The people doing the work have run companies with real profit-and-loss responsibility, so recommendations are judged by whether they can be carried out by your team, not by how they look in a slide deck.

Who handles implementation after the plan is set?

Mebuis and MebuisWorks. Mebuis is the consulting, management, strategy, leadership, process, and lean side of the work. MebuisWorks handles technology, architecture, design, implementation, and integration. When the plan calls for outside specialists, we help you find the right industry-specific partners, negotiate the contracts, and manage the implementation so it lands the way it was planned.

What does MebuisWorks do?

MebuisWorks is the technology arm of Mebuis. It handles design, architecture, implementation, systems integration, and AI — from ERP and CRM through to our own Astra AI. MebuisWorks does the implementation. Where the plan needs a software partner instead of a build, Mebuis helps you pick that partner, negotiate the rates, and manage the project through to go-live. All our experience goes onto the project, so it moves quickly.

Where is Mebuis located, and do you work with businesses outside Texas?

Mebuis is based at 1908 Lone Star Rd. Ste B, Mansfield, Texas 76063, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and works with businesses across the United States.

How do I get started?

Book a call with George from any "Talk with George" button on this site, or call 817.764.0200. On the call you describe what is getting in the way, and George tells you plainly whether Mebuis is a fit and what the work would involve.

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