Changing Lives. Transforming Businesses.

Bobby Smyth
AMEND Consulting
Published in
3 min readFeb 15, 2018

Consulting? Consulting. What in the world is consulting?!

It feels like everyone you ask is a “consultant”, but this might be the most mysterious job title today, other than investment banking. Are consultants people who you can brainstorm with? Do consultants tell you which employees to fire? Do consultants show you how to make more money? Do consultants pick my kids up from school?

These were all questions I asked before actually becoming a consultant. Some consulting firms may focus on specific industries, regions, or technology. At AMEND, we focus on one thing: solving complex problems to stage our clients for success.

We are problem solvers.

We serve hundreds of middle-market clients of all shapes and sizes; so each solution is different. However, we have the same goal with each client, become their trusted transformation advisor.

Transformation is at the heart of why we do what we do. It’s our motto, our slogan, our lifeblood.

At AMEND, we are the catalysts for growth in People, Process, and Metrics. Our clients are the hero, we simply guide them. Think Tom Brady (our client) and Bill Belichick (AMEND)—with a few tweaks we win Super Bowls together.

We believe that People + Processes + Metrics = Transformation. While each is variable is important, we begin with you. We start where you are, we want to understand your goals and then build out a plan for success from there. We believe in people so much — whether it’s the companies we help or our employees. Here’s what Mark Blankenbuehler said about the AMEND culture:

“One of the best things about being here is that everyone does treat each other like family.”

That’s why I love this place I get to call home. AMEND trusts people, invests in leaders, and develops personal growth. Around the office we have a quote we use: “People and processes do what they are managed to do.” And we believe that, which is why we take pride in our best-in-class Analyst Program and our continuous employee development.

I wanted to start publishing all the amazing things that happen around here to give you an inside look at what goes around here. Our clients say things like this:

“This is gold. It confirms what years of experience has taught me. Now we can finally predict and get out ahead instead of constantly chasing the problems.”

“AMEND was able to become an extension of our leadership, handing off the tools to allow my team continued success.”

“We really weren’t sure what we needed. We just felt like we’d been doing the same thing for the last 40 years and that there could be better techniques and a science behind the manufacturing process. We were looking for someone to help us solve that problem. Because of the science AMEND brought to us, wasted work hours were reduced by 25%.”

I want to bring you into AMEND. There are so many great things happening here! I can’t wait to introduce you to Craig, David, Paul, and the rest of our amazing team… because they’re the reason for AMEND and our clients’ success.

Questions? Email me or reach out on LinkedIn!

AMEND Consulting is a leading mid-market management consulting firm dedicated to building unbeatable businesses by creating endless competitive advantages. Double, triple, even quadruple-digit improvements are always realized — typically in 6 months or less. (See our impact here.)

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Bobby Smyth
AMEND Consulting

I write about business, manufacturing, and more. | President @ AMEND Consulting | www.amendllc.com