A Leverhaus service line
A senior operator inside your organization, part-time.
A fractional Chief of Staff who takes your decisions and sees them through, from reports and systems to initiatives run end to end.
Still the one holding it together?
“I’m the only one who knows how half of this actually works.”
“Every initiative that doesn’t belong to one department ends up on my desk.”
“I don’t have time to think strategically because I’m buried in operations.”
“We keep saying we’ll build a process for this and then never do.”
That’s the gap a fractional Chief of Staff closes.
Who is this for?
Nonprofit executive directors
Programs, board, staff, and funders all run through you, with no one dedicated to keeping them connected.
Founders and CEOs
The founder or CEO has become the bottleneck. Priorities multiply, and no one owns execution between decisions.
Small business owners
Operations have outgrown what you can run alone, but a full-time operations hire isn’t justified yet.
Fit depends on operational complexity, not headcount. A pre-revenue founder with nothing running yet is usually too early. A solo practitioner with an active caseload and multiple stakeholders is a strong fit.
Proven at scale
Served as the operating staff for six employee resource groups: ran the annual events calendar, built campaigns, and managed approvals with ERG leaders and executive sponsors.
Took on and led the relocation of an entire office, one of the firm's larger sites, beyond my role. Built the business case that saved $150K+, ran the move under tight operational constraints, and left playbooks still in use.
Ran the senior leadership promotion cycle for a 20-person cohort across business groups; 19 were promoted.
Rebuilt board reporting from scratch: a secure portal, standard templates, and live metrics, plus full logistics for the in-person board meeting.
How to work with LEVERHAUS
Ongoing support is the core. There are two ways to start smaller.
Most clients engage Leverhaus as a fractional Chief of Staff. If you’d rather begin with a defined scope, start with a Readiness Audit or a Foundation Sprint. No retainer required.
Fractional Chief of Staff
Ongoing · From $5,000/mo
A senior operator who owns execution between your decisions and the results.
Retainer-based: a defined set of hours or priorities each month, not an hourly meter.
Starts with one initiative or one gap, to prove value before expanding.
Book a free discovery call
Readiness Audit
2 weeks · $2,000
A two-week, ranked diagnostic of what’s costing you the most time, for one location or program.
See details
Foundation Sprint
See details
foundation sprint
The grants are committed. No one owns the calendar.
Two projects you can hire on their own.
Each is scoped and priced separately. Engage either one on its own, or alongside a Chief of Staff engagement.
Automated Systems
Repeat manual work, automated, starting with the data underneath it.
Example: a board or client portal with live reporting, so no one hunts through email for the latest numbers.
Funder & Competitive Intelligence
A clear view of your landscape and what to do about it.
Example: a peer and funder landscape for a nonprofit.
Why Leverhaus
Principal
20+ years inside Fortune 500 companies, a national bank, consulting firms, healthcare organizations, and nonprofits, keeping executives, board members, donors, and outside stakeholders aligned. Most fractional Chiefs of Staff specialize in one lane. Leverhaus works across them, because the core skill doesn’t change: taking ambiguous, cross-functional work and owning it end to end. That’s why the same approach serves a nonprofit ED, a CEO, and a founder.
Email: merry@leverhaus.co
Phone: (213) 875-5100
Stop being the only one who knows how it all works.
Tell us what’s taking your time, and we’ll tell you whether Leverhaus is the right fit. The discovery call is free, with no obligation.
Already know what you need? Many engagements start right away, without an audit.
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