Work

The engagement record.

A plain summary of the kinds of problems Meridian gets called in for — anonymized, since most of our clients would rather the board not read about it here first.

Recent Engagements

By Industry & Type

Retail — Category Strategy Reset

A 40-store regional retailer losing share to two newer entrants. Nine weeks to a board-ready category plan and a resourced rollout.

Industrial Manufacturing — Post-Merger Operating Model

Two combined plants running two incompatible reporting lines. One operating model, one scoreboard, in place before the second earnings call.

Healthcare Services — Growth Sequencing

A regional provider with six plausible expansion markets and budget for two. We ranked, sequenced, and resourced the first eighteen months.

Financial Services — Org & Incentive Redesign

A new strategy that three layers of middle management had no actual incentive to execute. We rebuilt the incentives, not just the org chart.

Consumer Tech — Turnaround Strategy

Burn rate outpacing the runway, with three internal factions on three different fixes. Seven weeks to one plan, funded and staffed.

Logistics — Margin Recovery

A margin slide nobody could pin on one cause. We found the four that mattered and closed three of them within a quarter.

In the Room

Where the decision actually gets made.

Team working through a strategy problem at a whiteboard