These FAQs explain how Kennett Consulting Group helps small to mid-sized construction, architecture, and law firms with fractional CFO services, financial strategy, and leadership alignment. If you don’t see your question, contact us.
Kennett Consulting Group helps small to mid-sized construction, architecture, and law firms solve financial and leadership challenges. We provide fractional CFO services, financial strategy, and leadership development to improve cash flow, align teams, and scale with confidence.
Mike Kennett is the founder and principal consultant with 20+ years as a CFO and Controller. He is a Certified Working Genius Facilitator who integrates financial clarity with leadership alignment so owners can grow without chaos.
Two core paths: Financial Strategy Services—cash flow forecasting, job costing, profitability analysis, KPI dashboards, and planning. Leadership & Team Systems—Working Genius assessments, leadership alignment, role clarity, communication frameworks, and the Resilient Team System.
A three-part framework that creates clarity and alignment: Principle to diagnose gaps, Practice to build tailored financial and leadership systems, and Purpose to sustain results through coaching and seasonal cycles.
Construction, architecture, and law. We also help other contractor-based and professional service firms with similar project, billing, and leadership needs.
We design forecasting tools, improve billing and collections, and optimize payment cycles. You gain predictability and reduce financial stress across seasonal or project swings.
We use Working Genius and the Resilient Team System to clarify roles, decision rights, and rhythms. The result is faster decisions, less conflict, and stronger execution.
Yes. We audit bidding practices, tune markup strategies, and implement job costing so you win profitable work and learn from past estimates.
Working Genius is a six-type productivity model that reveals where people do their best work. We apply it to leadership and team design to reduce friction and raise output.
Typical outcomes include 15–25% improvement in profitability, stable cash flow, aligned leadership, and reduced day-to-day firefighting—plus confidence to scale.
Early wins often appear in 30 days. Larger gains in profitability and team performance usually show within 60–90 days as systems take hold.
Firms with 5–50 employees and $3M–$50M in annual revenue. Some have in-house finance staff and use us for strategic oversight and cross-department alignment.
No. Start where the pain is sharpest. Many clients begin with one path and add the other once they see how finance and leadership work better together.
Yes. We help professional service and contractor-based businesses that face project-driven work, billing complexity, and team coordination challenges.
