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Full-service business advisory & support firm

A stronger business takes more than a strategy.

It takes the right people, capable leaders, and systems that work together. DeRose is a full-service business advisory and support firm that works hands-on with owners and leadership teams to bring those pieces together and turn plans into performance.

KANSAS CITYADVISING LEADERS NATIONWIDESee the whole business. Move it forward. ↓

The firm

A clear view.
A shared direction.
The discipline to deliver.

DeRose is a business performance and leadership advisory firm for owners and executives navigating growth, change, and the demands of leading a business.

We look at the business as a whole. Where performance is slipping. Where decisions are getting stuck. Where people need clearer direction. Then we work with leadership to turn those findings into priorities, ownership, and action.

Meet our Founder & CEO

Our expertise

The work that
moves a business.

From the decisions at the top to execution across the organization, we help leadership address what matters next.

Strategy & growth

Translate the next stage of growth into choices about markets, customers, capacity, and investment. Establish priorities the leadership team can own and execute.

Explore strategy & growth

Operating performance

Connect financial results to the work producing them. Examine productivity, customer delivery, workflows, and management practices to identify where the business needs attention.

Explore operating performance

Leadership & culture

Clarify expectations and strengthen the connection between leadership intent and employee experience. Build shared priorities, decision authority, and accountability.

Explore leadership & culture

Transformation & recovery

Bring focus to periods of pressure or change. Identify the most urgent constraints, establish a realistic sequence of work, and support leadership through implementation.

Explore transformation & recovery

Acquisition integration

Connect the operating plan to the realities of integration. Align leaders, operating expectations, measures, and workflows while maintaining attention to customers and employees.

Explore acquisition integration

Organization & capability

Build the structure and leadership capacity growth depends on. Examine roles, management responsibilities, talent development, and the systems needed for consistency across locations.

Explore organization & capability
Tim Butler, Founder and CEO of DeRose

Leadership behind the firm

The future of a business is shaped by what its leaders do today.

I’ve led organizations on a nationwide scale, working shoulder to shoulder with leadership and frontline teams to strengthen performance, develop leaders, and turn strategy into results.

That hands-on experience is the foundation of DeRose.

Tim ButlerFounder & CEO
My story and perspective

A starting point

Get a clearer view
of where you stand.

Our online assessments give leadership a directional snapshot. Use the findings to start a more informed conversation about the business.

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

Look across the whole business.

Explore eight dimensions spanning financial performance, growth, execution, leadership, people, customers, strategy, and scalability.

Eight dimensionsImmediate snapshot
Take the business assessment
LEADERSHIP & CULTURE

Consider the experience of your team.

Reflect on six leadership and culture practices. Identify where your perspective needs deeper listening and discussion.

Six questionsPreliminary culture score
Explore the culture preview

These tools reflect your responses. They are a starting point for discussion, not an independent evaluation of your company.

Perspectives

Thought for the work ahead.

All insights
What Lies Beneath by Tim Butler, available now

A book by Tim Butler. Available now.

What Lies Beneath

Your best quarter could be hiding your biggest problem.

A leadership story about the invisible rules and quiet compromises that shape a company from within.

“Leaving was going to cost them.
Staying already had.”From the prologue, The Sentence

Who we work with

For leaders with
a business to move forward.

Owner-led businesses. Private-equity-backed companies. Organizations with teams and locations to align.

DeRose supports leaders where performance depends on clear decisions, capable people, and consistent execution. Engagements are available in person and virtually.

Discuss the fit for your business

Start a conversation

Your next chapter
deserves a clear direction.

Tell us what you want to strengthen, what is changing, or what needs to move forward. We’ll begin with a confidential conversation about the business.

Request an executive review