Boutique business consultancy

Your business has outgrown the way you run it.

You built the business by being close to everything. You knew the customers, made the decisions and solved the problems. As the business grows, that way of working starts to hold you back.

We help founder-led businesses build the leadership, structure and ways of working they need for their next stage of growth. Without losing what made the business worth building in the first place.

We work as fractional leadership, as advisers, and on boards.

Does this sound familiar?

You are growing, but the business isn't getting easier to run.

  • Decisions still come to you that should sit with someone else.
  • Your leadership team is good, but not quite where it needs to be.
  • You have talented people, but accountability isn't always clear.
  • You know things need to change, but you're too close to see exactly what.
  • You want to grow, but not at the expense of your people or your culture.
  • Things that used to be simple have quietly become complicated.

If the business has outgrown the way you run it, the organisation needs to catch up.

What we believe

Better decisions, compounded.

Growth doesn't usually come from one big decision. It comes from lots of decisions that reinforce each other.

  • A clearer strategy leads to better priorities.
  • Better priorities lead to stronger teams.
  • Stronger teams create better execution.
  • Better execution creates the capacity to grow again.

That is the Compound Effect.

Our method

Five stages, run as a loop rather than a project.

Most consultancies run a project and leave. We run a cycle, and each turn of it leaves the business stronger than the one before.

  • Diagnose Understand the business as a system before deciding what to change.
  • Decide Focus on the few choices that will shape the next few years.
  • Build Turn decisions into systems, so good performance repeats.
  • Compound Make improvements reinforce one another instead of standing alone.
  • Sustain Build resilience, and the next generation of leaders.
The Compound Effect: Diagnose, Decide, Build, Compound, Sustain, running as a continuous loop

Click any stage to explore it in detail.

Camila Lobo-Guerrero, founder of Compound Leadership Group

I've been on both sides of this table.

I'm Camila. I've spent more than 25 years across global consumer goods, eCommerce and growing businesses. I've built and scaled businesses, led European teams, worked across manufacturing and supply chains, and most recently ran a growing fulfilment business as Managing Director.

I've made the difficult calls, owned the P&L, built teams, dealt with operational problems and turned strategy into something people can actually execute.

So I don't come to this as a theoretical exercise. I know what it feels like to be responsible for making the business work.

My role is to bring experience, perspective and challenge when you need it, while making sure the capability stays with you and your team.

Meet Camila
What people say

People who have worked alongside me.

She stimulates her colleagues and the wider business to challenge existing assumptions, which delivers meaningful progress and competitive advantage.”

Nick Powell Former President International, Edgewell Personal Care

She is an exceptional leader, a catalyst for growth and change, and an inspiring mentor for those fortunate enough to work with her.”

Jo Kydd Head of Client Delivery, Wonderpack.eco
Who I help

Founder-led businesses that have outgrown their original way of working.

UK businesses around £5m to £30m turnover that are:

  • founder-led and independently owned
  • product-led or operationally complex
  • growing beyond their original operating model
  • values or purpose-led
  • ready for their next stage

We are particularly experienced in consumer, FMCG, eCommerce, manufacturing, wholesale, distribution, fulfilment and businesses with complex operations or supply chains.

But the sector isn't the most important thing.

The stage of the business is.

Most of our clients are in the UK. We also work across Europe and Latin America, in English and Spanish, for businesses growing into new markets or running operations across borders. Ver esta página en español

See who we help in detail
Where we can help

As businesses grow, the challenges rarely arrive one at a time.

Build the leadership team

Bring the right capability around you and create clearer accountability.

Get out of the weeds

Work out what you should still own and what needs to move to others.

Make better decisions

Create clarity around priorities, responsibilities and who decides what.

Turn strategy into action

Move from good plans to focused execution.

Strengthen the organisation

Put the structure, processes and ways of working in place for the next stage.

Improve performance

Find where complexity or unclear priorities are getting in the way of growth.

The starting point is always the same. Understand what's really happening before deciding what to do about it.

How we work

We work with you, not around you.

You don't need another consultant who arrives with a deck, tells you what to do and leaves. You don't necessarily need another permanent senior hire either.

Sometimes you need someone experienced alongside you for a few months. Sometimes you need to solve a specific problem. Sometimes you need someone to challenge your thinking and help you make a difficult decision.

The support should fit the problem.

The goal is always to leave the business stronger and less dependent on you.

Growth should make your business stronger, not just bigger.

You've built something worth building. The next stage shouldn't mean becoming a business you don't recognise. Let's work out what needs to change, what needs to stay, and what your business needs from you now.

We use your details only to reply to you. See our privacy policy.

Prefer email? Write to camila@compoundleadershipgroup.com · Connect on LinkedIn