examples

Which of these
is you?

Every business is different, but there are patterns that keep showing up. Here are examples from a selection of the twelve multipliers from over twenty years of situations, so you can see whether yours is one of them — and get answers to the questions you may be thinking about.

Situations I keep meeting

Six patterns from 200+ owner-led firms.

Throughput · the pattern

"We've been stuck at the same revenue for three years."

One owner sat at £500k, working flat out. The reason hid in plain sight: every project was built from scratch, so the business never got quicker or better — it never learned. We turned that into one repeatable method that still flexed to each client. Each project made the next one easier instead of starting at zero. He took it past £1m, and in time to £2.5m. He did the work — he just needed to know which lever to pull first.

Systems & Cash · the pattern

"I haven't taken a proper holiday in two years."

Her headline wasn't revenue — it was visibility and control: knowing, for the first time, exactly where things stood and what was coming. That's what let her take a fortnight off and come back to a business that had picked up where she left it. The real win was the fortnight before the holiday — knowing, while away, that nothing was quietly going wrong.

Offers · the pattern

"Our best work is the work we give away."

Two days of "discovery" free with every project — brilliant thinking, handed over, gone. The move: turn it into a fixed-price diagnostic clients buy before any project. The same effort now earns, qualifies the right clients, and runs without the founder in the room. Nothing new was created; something expiring was made to keep paying.

Ownership · the pattern

"Everything still depends on me."

Capable people on the payroll, yet every decision boomerangs back to the owner's desk. The cause is rarely the people — it's that they've been given tasks, not outcomes. When responsibility for outcomes is distributed across the business's four roles, the same team stops needing the owner in every loop. The work goes out the door without landing on your desk first.

Model & Cash · the pattern

"I pay everyone properly except myself."

Ask what they'd pay a stranger to do their job and the answer is £90k, £120k. Ask what they paid themselves last year and the subject changes. The fix starts with a number — what the business must pay you for the life you actually want — and then designs revenue to deliver it. A real wage, same amount, same day, every month. Not whatever's left.

Mindshare · the pattern

"Marketing only works while I'm pushing it."

Post, get enquiries. Stop, get silence. That's not a discipline problem — it's marketing with no residual value: activity that disappears instead of building an audience or an asset. The move is to make the same effort leave something behind — mindshare that accumulates, so enquiries arrive without you dropping everything to chase them.

straight answers

What's different about this framework?

It's diagnosis-led. That may sound technical, but it's important. Most people see a symptom and think that's the problem to solve. With experience you realise that what looked like a "need more leads" problem ... can be made worse when more leads come in!

Why? At least a couple of reasons:

(a) often the real problem is conversion – so having more leads just leads to a lot of wasted selling effort. In that situation, solving the conversion problem often means you need fewer leads, not more.

(b) the real problem can also be the capacity limit – so winning more leads just puts more pressure on an already pressed delivery function. In that situation, even if more leads are required the sequence of constraints matters. Here, solving leads before capacity is wasted effort. 

The Multipliable Framework spans the four functions present in every business, so every symptom can be assessed in the complete business context. That's the power (and the importance) of being diagnosis-led.

The Install ensures the right diagnosis is then implemented in the right sequence. This way there's no wasted effort. And – by design – the results stack. This is Multipliable in action.

Will it work for my kind of business?

It's specifically designed for owner-led B2B service firms — agencies, consultancies, practices — doing roughly £300k–£1.5m, three or more years track record. Inside that range, the patterns above will likely feel familiar. Outside it, as I've shown above, it's not the right solution for that different situation.

What if I've tried coaching or mentoring before and it didn't stick?

Yes, that definitely happens. In my experience there are four core reasons:

(a) The 'chemistry' didn't work. Sometimes this is real. Other times it's really a mask for a solution that wasn't right for the situation. Regarding the chemistry – in my experience it's very rare: my aim is to make 'you' successful, and most clients tend to like working with me knowing I'm 100% committed to their success.

(b) The owner wasn't ready to change. Of course, no coach or mentor can 'force' the owner to do anything. And, of course, not everyone is ready or open enough to take on the new approach suggested by the coach/mentor. (Even if the owner wants to have the results they're aiming for.) There's nothing wrong with that – but it does mean that there's little or no benefit from that relationship. It's better to recognise this.

(c) The solution was good, but not for this situation. This is a diagnosis problem (see answer to first FAQ above). There are two main reasons for this – either the coach/mentor over-promised or mis-sold, or the business owner acted more on hope than on accurate diagnosis. One is the seller's responsibility, the other is the buyer's. As for The Install, that's why I put so much emphasis on the diagnosis, and have used this framework for years to make sure there's no over-promising. I promise the install of the process that will help you for years to come – of course, I cannot meaningfully promise a particular outcome in a specific time-period – as all experienced business owners, of course, recognise and understand.

(d) The relationship was wholly 'advice' but the owner got stuck. Even when the advice is sound, it has no value when an owner cannot put it into action. This is, perhaps, the most frequent cause if the relationship didn't work out. That is precisely why I designed The Install to be a hybrid solution – advice AND implementation. I roll up my sleeves and make sure we build clear and solid foundations so you can run with the Multipliers for years to come. It's also why I offer free access to the Multipliable OS, the Financial Satnav, and why The Gameplan is only £9. These are practical tools that move to implementation, so you get a real experience of using the framework before committing to the full Install.

Practising what I install

Multipliable™, applied to my own business.

I hold my own firm to the same question I'd ask of yours: how much of this work is single-use? For years, too much of it was – insights that expired inside one client's business at a time. So I continue to apply the 12 fundamentals to Strategic Mentors itself: the Multipliable OS, the weekly letter, and this site are all work built once that keeps producing.

And what installing Multipliable™ looks like in practice – in real businesses, including this one – is exactly what The Multipliable Letter shares each week: experiences, examples and ideas you can borrow at your own pace.

Your version of these stories starts with one move.

See where you stand for free — or request the Install invitation and read what twelve weeks would change.


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