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We've guided 885+ business owners. Created 15,000 jobs. Generated $11B in revenue.
Meet the Founder
Franne McNeal advises owners of architecture, engineering, and construction businesses on improving profitability, reducing owner dependency, and building more valuable, transferable businesses.
She is a Certified Value Builder Advisor, and a former leader of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses, and has supported hundreds of business owners across growth, scale and exits.
Franne brings a practical, disciplined approach to every engagement—helping business owners
move from founder-led operations to businesses with stronger leadership, clearer systems, and real options for the future.
Who We Serve
We specialize in helping owners of AEC businesses who are growing, but finding that profit, leadership capacity, and firm value are not keeping pace. This is for owners who want a business that performs well today and is less dependent on them over time.
Architecture Firms
From Design Reputation to Transferable Practice:
Architecture businesses often have strong design reputations but uneven margins and principals deeply involved in daily decisions. The work focuses on protecting design quality while introducing clearer studio leadership, better fee discipline, and decision rhythms that reduce dependency on any one principal.
Principals reviewing every major decision
Great projects with thin margins
Reputation tied to one or two names
Clear studio leadership and decision rights
Stronger fee discipline and utilization
A more transferable practice with future leaders
Explore what leverage could look like for your architecture business
Engineering Firms
From Principal Firefighting to Leverage:
Engineering businesses often struggle with utilization, WIP visibility, and heavy principal involvement in technical oversight. Engagements focus on improving margin visibility, resetting role expectations, and helping senior engineers shift from constant firefighting into mentoring and firm-building work.
Principals billing most of their time
Inconsistent utilization and margins
Key-person risk across disciplines
Better leverage through role clarity and peer review
Clear targets by level and discipline
A stronger second line of technical leaders
Explore what leverage could look like for your engineering business
Construction Firms
From Volatile Jobs to Predictable Margin:
Construction businesses face job-level risk, labor pressure, and margin erosion that often pulls owners into daily firefighting. The work focuses on tightening project selection, strengthening change-order discipline, and building leadership systems so performance is more predictable.
Margins erode after the job starts
Owner is the default escalation point
Unstable backlog and job mix
Stronger estimating and change management
Clear PM and superintendent authority
More predictable, better-qualified work
Explore what leverage could look like for your construction business
Proven Frameworks That Deliver Measurable Results
Franne doesn’t believe in one-size-fits-all coaching.
She delivers practical, tested frameworks that help you grow, scale, and sell with confidence.
Get A Grip Roundtable
The Business Efficiency Assessment is a powerful diagnostic designed to help business owners clearly understand how efficiently their business operates—and how well it can scale without relying on the owner.
Business Efficiency Assessment
The Scalability Finder Session is a focused, 1:1 consulting experience designed to help business owners break through growth ceilings and build a company that scales reliably—without requiring the owner to run every operation.
Scalability Finder Session
The Business Growth Mastermind is a 10-week, peer-based growth program designed for business owners who want to scale smarter, increase value, and reduce reliance on themselves—without chasing shiny objects or generic advice.
Business Growth Mastermind
The 2026 Significant Strategy Support Session is a focused, 3-month, 1:1 strategic advisory experience designed for business owners who want to increase company value, scale efficiently, and reduce owner dependency—without guesswork.
The Cost of Staying Stuck
Here’s the difference between going it alone vs. working with Significant Business Results.
Always stuck in the work. Final decision-maker
Growth Without Profit or Leadership Capacity
Future Transition on the Horizon
Your business runs without you
Improved margins, & leadership bandwidth
Ready for succession, internal transition, or PE
Recognized and Trusted
Our work has been recognized by respected organizations and publications.
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Client Success Stories
“Franne did an amazing job of seeing what is needed in my business and very quickly helped me to prioritize and address the issues.”
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“During our first coaching session, Franne helped me make the leap to writing my book and how to break down the writing process. It felt doable instead of daunting.”
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Ready to See What’s Possible?
It starts with a free Value Builder Assessment. In just 13 minutes, you’ll know where your business stands and how to increase its value.