Strategic Solutions Consulting

What Strategic Solutions Consulting does

Strategic Solutions Consulting, LLC is a privately held, family-owned management consulting and business psychology firm headquartered at 2 N Systems Drive in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 2001 by Shipra Seefeldt, the firm serves family-owned and privately held businesses across the Fox Cities region, Wisconsin, the broader Midwest, the United States, and internationally. The core service portfolio comprises four offerings — Leadership Selection, Coaching & Development; Organizational Culture & Change Management; Strategic Planning & Implementation; and Transition Planning & Implementation — augmented by the Seefeldt Institute for Family Business, an affiliate that runs monthly facilitated peer groups for family business CEOs and Future Leaders in Northeast Wisconsin.

The firm differentiates on a proprietary intergenerational consulting model that integrates management consulting with business psychology, applying tools such as the genogram (a three-generation family mapping technique grounded in Murray Bowen's family systems theory) to assess family dynamics alongside business issues. The consulting team of six to seven people includes founder Shipra Seefeldt (MSE, ACFBA, FFI Fellow), her children Anjali Seefeldt (I/O Psychology, CFBA) and Greg Seefeldt (MBA, Psychology), and consultants Shom Sen, Kathy Glick, and Tim Eckes. Underlying technology consists of structured assessment, planning, and facilitation methodologies, with no proprietary software platform.

Revenue is generated through billable consulting engagements structured as project-based or retainer professional services agreements; pricing is quote-based with a complimentary initial consultation. Go-to-market combines consultative direct sales to enterprises (family-owned businesses in manufacturing, logistics, building services, and related sectors) with a community-led motion via Seefeldt Institute peer groups, supported by content marketing (LinkedIn, blog, resources) and referral. The firm has operated continuously for over twenty years without external funding, M&A activity, or public listing.

Name

Strategic Solutions Consulting

Legal name

Strategic Solutions Consulting, LLC

Website

https://strategicsolutionsconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Strategic Solutions Consulting is a family-owned management consulting and business psychology firm in Appleton, Wisconsin, founded in 2001, serving family-owned and privately held businesses with leadership development, succession planning, organizational culture, and strategic planning services, supplemented by peer group programming through the Seefeldt Institute.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Management Consulting Services (54161), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSAAADAL

Family Business & Succession Advisory

Financial & Insurance/Asset & Wealth Management/Family Offices (Single- & Multi-Family)

SECONDARYBPAHACAA

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Management Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHAGAB

Organization Design & Operating Model Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Human Capital & Organizational Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHACAD

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Management Consulting

Keywords

• Family business consulting
• Management consulting
• Business psychology
• Succession planning
• Organizational culture

Headquarters

HQ city

Appleton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Business Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for family and privately held businesses including leadership development, organizational culture change, strategic planning, and transition planning. Revenue is generated through billable consulting engagements, likely structured as project-based or retainer arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Strategic Solutions Consulting provides professional consulting services to family-owned and privately held businesses, combining management consulting with business psychology to address succession planning, leadership transition, organizational culture change, and strategic planning. Core service lines include Leadership Selection, Coaching & Development; Organizational Culture & Change Management; Strategic Planning & Implementation; and Transition Planning & Implementation. The firm also operates the Seefeldt Institute for Family Business, which delivers facilitated peer group programs for family business CEOs and next-generation leaders.

Product overview

Strategic Solutions Consulting offers a unified suite of business consulting services for family and privately owned businesses. The core portfolio includes four primary service offerings: Leadership Selection, Coaching & Development; Organizational Culture & Change Management; Strategic Planning & Implementation; and Transition Planning & Implementation. These are complemented by the Seefeldt Institute for Family Business Peer Groups, which provides facilitated peer groups for CEOs and Future Leaders. Additionally, the firm employs assessment tools such as Genograms for evaluating family system dynamics. The services are delivered by a team of consultants with expertise spanning business psychology and management consulting, with specialization in intergenerational business transitions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Leadership Selection, Coaching & Development A developmental consulting service tailored to help teams become more effective leaders, drawing on Industrial/Organizational Psychology and business psychology methodologies. Targeted at family-owned and privately held businesses needing executive selection and next-generation leadership development.
• Organizational Culture & Change Management Consulting service focused on the values, beliefs, and norms that characterize an organization, helping family and privately held businesses drive sustainable change and resolve conflict in both the business and the family.
• Strategic Planning & Implementation Consulting service providing a structured roadmap to help businesses transition from current state to desired future state, covering strategy formulation and execution support for family-owned and privately held businesses.
• Transition Planning & Implementation Advisory service helping family-owned businesses determine the best way to structure leadership and ownership into the future, including succession, family legacy, wealth and values transfer, and governance across generations.
• Seefeldt Institute for Family Business Peer Groups Monthly facilitated peer group program for family business CEOs and Future Leaders, offered in collaboration with the Wisconsin Family Business Center at UW-Madison in the Fox Valley Region of Northeast Wisconsin. Provides confidential peer learning, problem solving, and personal/professional development for family business owners and next-generation leaders.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful 3rd generation family business transition
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Wisconsin Family Business Center (FBC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaboration with the Wisconsin Family Business Center, affiliated with the Wisconsin School of Business at UW Madison, to bring peer groups for CEOs and Future Leaders to Northeast Wisconsin. The two organizations have been collaborating for a couple of years to provide similar peer groups in the Madison and Milwaukee areas. SSC serves as an affiliate organization through the Seefeldt Institute for Family Business.
• Seefeldt Institute for Family BusinesscoreOthersAn affiliate of Strategic Solutions Consulting that operates family business peer groups in Northeast Wisconsin, led by Shipra Seefeldt. The Institute provides confidential peer learning environments for family business professionals.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Williams Group: Multi-generational family business advisory firm focused on continuity, succession, and legacy planning; closely matches SSC's intergenerational model and target client base of family-owned businesses.
• Aspen Family Business Group: Family-owned advisory firm providing consulting, coaching, and education to multi-generational family businesses; direct competitor in the family business succession space.
• Halstead Consulting: Boutique family business consulting firm focused on succession planning, leadership development, and conflict resolution — same boutique-size, same specialty niche, and similar delivery model to SSC.
• Banyan Global Family Business Advisors: Niche family business advisory firm that helps business-owning families navigate succession, governance, and growth — comparable boutique scale and overlapping service set.
• The Family Business Consulting Group (now BDO Family Business Services): Founded in 1994 and now part of BDO USA, this is the leading dedicated family business advisory firm in North America. It competes head-to-head with SSC on succession, governance, and next-generation development for family-owned enterprises.
• Cambridge Advisors to Family Enterprise: Specialized multi-advisor family enterprise consultancy serving ultra-high-net-worth and business-owning families on succession, governance, and next-gen development — directly comparable service offering to SSC's core practice.

Others

• Wisconsin Family Business Center (UW-Madison): Academic-based family business resource and peer-group operator affiliated with the Wisconsin School of Business; SSC's active collaboration partner and a regional enabler of the firm's peer group ecosystem.
• Family Firm Institute (FFI): The leading global professional association for family business advisors; relevant as the credentialing body that awarded SSC's founder Fellow Status, and as an ecosystem/peer-network rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Private / Family Enterprise Services: Big Four firm serving private and family-owned businesses across tax, consulting, and audit; an incumbent with overlapping succession and governance capabilities but operating at much greater scale and breadth.
• BDO USA Family Business Services: Top-10 accounting and advisory firm with a dedicated family business practice offering tax, valuation, and advisory services to family enterprises; broader portfolio than SSC but overlapping in succession advisory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/strategic-solutions-consulting-llc/?viewAsMember=true

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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