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Business Strategy & Advisory

Clarity.
Direction.
Growth.

CMS Group is an independent business strategy and advisory firm helping US companies make better decisions, build stronger foundations, and grow with confidence.

PERFORMANCE INDEX
5+
Years in Practice
US
Based & Operating
100%
Independent Advisory
Growth Strategy
Data-led frameworks that identify your highest-value growth levers and build a clear path to reach them.
Market Positioning
Clear, differentiated positioning that sets you apart and resonates with your ideal clients.
Operational Planning
Structured planning that turns strategic ambition into executable, measurable action.

What We Do

Services built for
ambitious businesses.

01
Business Strategy

We work with founders and leadership teams to define where the business is going, how it gets there, and what needs to change to make it happen. Clear thinking. Honest counsel.

02
Operational Advisory

From process efficiency to organisational design, we help businesses run better — identifying the gaps between where you are and where you need to be.

03
Growth & Expansion

Whether you're entering a new market, scaling an existing one, or preparing for a transaction, we bring the strategic clarity needed to move with confidence.

What Clients Say

Trusted by businesses
across the US.

CMS Group helped us figure out what we were actually good at — and stop chasing everything else. Six months later we'd doubled our close rate and simplified the whole operation.

JH
James Harlow
Owner, Harlow Building Services — Denver, CO

We'd been stuck at the same revenue level for three years. Craig came in, asked the right questions, and within a few sessions we had a plan that actually made sense for where we wanted to go.

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Trish Morales
Co-founder, Morales Creative Group — Miami, FL

No fluff, no buzzwords — just straight advice about what was working and what wasn't. CMS Group felt like a partner, not a consultant.

RK
Ryan Kowalski
CEO, Kowalski Distribution — Chicago, IL

About CMS Group

A firm built on straight talking & real results.

CMS Group was founded on a simple belief: that most businesses already have what it takes to grow — they just need the clarity, structure, and honest counsel to unlock it. We work directly with owners and leadership teams, not through layers of junior staff.

Every engagement is hands-on. Every recommendation is grounded in your specific situation. We don't do off-the-shelf frameworks or generic slide decks — we do real work that moves the needle.

Founder
Craig

Craig founded CMS Group after spending years advising businesses across multiple sectors and seeing the same pattern repeat itself — smart operators held back by unclear strategy, misaligned priorities, or simply the absence of an outside perspective. He built CMS Group to be the kind of advisory partner he wished more businesses had access to: direct, experienced, and genuinely invested in the outcome.

Why an independent advisor matters.

Internal teams are often too close to the problem. Large consultancies are too expensive and too slow. CMS Group sits in the middle — senior-level thinking, without the overhead.

We work with a small number of clients at any one time, which means you get real attention, real accountability, and an advisor who is genuinely invested in your success.

Contact

Let's talk about
your business.

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United States