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Helping small businesses become more efficient, cut costs, increase profits, and create healthy work cultures.

BUSINESS OPERATIONS CONSULTING

Serving Northern Michigan & Beyond

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You’re running a business you feel passionate about. You have dreams and a vision for the future, but you need some help to increase efficiency or profitability. You know where you want to go, but you’re struggling to get there. Then you meet me…

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Efficiency

Discover new ways to save time and energy.

Profitability

Learn creative ways to cut costs and increase profits.

Culture

Implement practices to attract and retain employees.

SERVICES

Hourly Consulting

Project Based

My approach to operations consulting is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Each business is different, so I provide my clients with personalized plans best suited to fit their specific needs.

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Leah is awesome! She helped our business evaluate our costs and look at ways to become more effective. She was a huge help in creating better training manuals and orientation materials for new employees. There were many things we were missing that Leah helped us get in order. This has helped us to better set expectations for employees and offer them better training in general. I would highly recommend that you reach out to Leah if you are looking to grow or finely tune your business!

Dan Clark, Mundos Roasting & Co
Leah Reist is a gifted, people-first leader who thinks like an entrepreneur. Her work ethic and ability to prioritize, especially within tight timelines and with limited resources, are remarkable. Leah and I worked together through the most challenging time of my business - navigating Covid19. Her calm demeanor and patient commitment to improving incrementally (which is what was required) led my business through difficulty and into the possibility for prosperity. Leah has the rare combination of integrity, intelligence, and humility to navigate business operational issues. She is also a skilled marketer and motivator, having managed social media, customer incentives, events, and employee recognition for my business. There should be 10 stars available for a review of Leah.

Greg Hoyt, Rustica Bakery
I’m naturally more of a “big picture” person in my career, so I tend to struggle with the granular details and integration of ideas. I met with Leah, and immediately she put me at ease. Her attention to detail, suggestions, brainstorming, and organization set me up for success. She not only showed me what to do, but how to do it. After implementing her strategies we immediately noticed growing numbers with our podcast downloads and social media engagement. I can confidently say, that we not only achieved our goals but exceeded them. I HIGHLY recommend working with Leah Jane Operations Consulting!

Chelsea Boeve, Liberator Podcast
Leah was incredibly helpful for numerous reasons! She is so knowledgeable about business efficiency, and she has been continuing to help me set up my photography business in a way that is easy to understand, efficient, and effective. She is prompt with responding and will do everything in her power to make sure that things are being created and built in a way that is easy to manage and work through. I highly recommend Leah for any and all of your consulting needs!

Monica Helm, Monica Jade Photography
Leah was SO helpful in getting my small business organized and running smoothly!! I had a few pain points with how to keep track of sales/profit and she created a system for me that was simple enough to be sustainable while giving me the information I needed to track progress. In our meeting she asked me such great questions to help define my business goals and then helped me implement the operations to get there. She thought of things I never had and gave me the tools to help my business be successful, all the while putting me at ease with her kind and caring personality. I’d highly recommend her for anyone looking to improve their work flow and cut unnecessary costs!

Heather Mayes, Thrifty Minis
I have LOVED working with Leah. I am a small+new nontoxic candle business and I can’t thank her enough for getting me up and running. She helped turn my hobby into an income producing endeavor. She is so evidently knowledgeable in business efficiency and consulting. And if she didn’t know the answer to my (millions of) question(s), she was prompt to find out and get back to me. That is priceless! She helped me think through profit maximization, website building, becoming an LLC and getting a tax ID, built a bookkeeping spreadsheet for me, and more! Don’t think twice, just hire her! I can’t recommend her enough. Thank you Leah!

Mina Davenport, To Phos Candles
Leah has been so helpful and knowledgeable in working with me to grow my new small business! She helped me define and take steps toward goals I didn't even realize I had. She went above and beyond to understand my small business and where I want to go with it, and research specific strategies for me and work with me to implement them. I especially appreciated her experienced help with social media and selling product online. Because of Leah, I feel so much more confident moving forward with my hobby-turned-small business. Leah so clearly loves helping people get where they want to be, and is highly capable of doing so. I would absolutely recommend Leah!

Maddie Harcey, Maurine’s Plant Shop
Leah was SUCH a huge help in organizing my small business. I had a lot I needed to finalize and Leah was such an encouragement throughout that whole process! Thanks so much Leah!!

Bethany Vang, Beth Artworks
Oh my- working with Leah has been an inspiration & enlightenment. She shows up to meetings prepared & informed. She is full of ideas paired with a judicious listening attitude & genuine motivation to fully realize & prepare my aspirations for success. Leah's work is professional, fast & brilliant. She was not at all daunted by my unique project & brought way more to the table than I could have anticipated. I am continuing to seek her consulting because it's obvious my achievements will be tenfold with her support.

Whitney Boecker, Whitney Marie Music
Leah takes initiative and executes quickly and accurately. She has done a great job leading up our donation program from start to finish. Highly recommend!

Andrew Reist, Valley Pets
Leah’s consulting and coaching were exactly what I needed. One of the best parts of working with Leah was having a set time each week to bounce ideas off someone who is both friendly and incredibly knowledgeable. Her encouragement and thoughtful feedback helped me feel confident in my decisions...Since working with Leah, my revenue has increased by 200%, making my business not only sustainable but thriving. Her expertise and support have been transformative, and I can’t recommend her enough to anyone looking to take their business to the next level!

Skye Thompson, Homemade Birth
Leah was very professional to work with and really took the initiative on accomplishing the strategy and tasks I needed help with. I wanted someone who was solution oriented and took charge without a lot of hand holding. She was very thorough as well. Highly recommend!

Megan Swan, Poppy & Co.

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