Built for businesses that have outgrown gut instinct.
Strategy that ignores how a business really runs isn’t strategy — it’s a slide deck. So every engagement starts the same way: in your meetings, with your numbers.
Started by two operations directors.
Northfield & Rowe was started by two former operations directors who got tired of watching good businesses stall on decisions nobody wanted to own.
We’re not theorists — we’ve run P&Ls, missed forecasts, and fixed the fallout. Most of our clients are owner-operated trades, professional services and small manufacturers, and the pattern of problems is more similar than people expect.
A few things we won’t compromise on.
Evidence
We don’t recommend anything we can’t point to a number for.
Ownership
Every plan gets a name attached to every line, or it doesn’t leave the room.
Candor
We’ll tell you when the real problem is you, not the market.
Follow-through
We stay long enough to see if the plan actually worked.
The best strategy is the one your team can still explain in month three.
If that sounds like the plan you need, start with a conversation.