A practical plan for your independent business.

Practical business guidance for independent teams. Turn a tangle of ideas into a plan you can explain, start and keep using.

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What needs to move forward?

A decision. A new direction. A clearer next step.

A useful first conversation.

Bring the question you have been turning over. We will listen, make sense of the choices and decide together whether a focused session would help.

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Ways we can help

Small, practical engagements built around the decision in front of you.

Clarity session

From $180

A focused conversation to untangle a decision and agree a useful next step.

A practical plan

By proposal

Priorities, responsibilities and a simple sequence for the months ahead.

Team working session

By proposal

A facilitated session to make a shared decision and leave with clear actions.

Not another plan in a drawer.

Useful planning makes the next decision easier. We start with the question you are facing, then turn the options into a small set of practical choices.

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A plan you can put to work.

Understand
Start with the situation, the people involved and what feels stuck.
Choose
Make the choices clear. Agree what matters now and what can wait.
Move forward
Leave with responsibilities and a manageable next step.

Make room for the important work.

Running a small business means carrying a lot of decisions at once. Common Ground helps you step back, identify what matters and make a manageable plan. Our work is collaborative, plain-spoken and grounded in the way your team actually operates. The aim is a useful next step, not a shelf full of slides.

Our story

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A few useful answers.

Do I need a finished brief?

No. A few sentences about the situation and what feels stuck are enough for the first conversation.

How do you price the work?

We agree the scope and fee before beginning. Longer engagements receive a written proposal.

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Bring the whole conversation together.

When a decision affects more than one person, making room for those perspectives is part of the work. A focused team session helps make the choices clear.

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Three questions. A useful place to start.

What is happening?

Name the situation as it is, including the constraints, the uncertainty and the decisions that keep coming back.

What matters now?

Separate the urgent from the important. Put the real options on the table and decide what deserves your attention.

What happens next?

Leave with a practical next step, a person responsible and a useful moment to check back. Keep the plan close to the work.

Start with the question you are carrying.

A decision to make, a direction to choose or a plan to untangle. Tell us where things stand and we can work out a useful next step.