Client Success Stories

Client Success Stories: Strategic Engagements in Action

Real Clients. Lasting Results.
At Red Hills Consulting Group, we partner with leading organizations—from Fortune 500s to mission-driven nonprofits—to deliver high-impact solutions that drive transformation, operational excellence, and measurable success.

Explore a curated set of abbreviated case studies showcasing our strategic engagements across industries and sectors. These examples illustrate our expertise in PMO (Project Management Office) leadership, enterprise transformation, and nonprofit advisory—each one driving real-world impact.

💼 Strategic Framework — U.S. Economic Justice Program
Challenge:
A leading social justice organization, part of a global network dedicated to ending poverty and inequality, sought to strengthen the strategic direction of its U.S. economic justice portfolio. The program needed a unified framework to connect mission and impact—aligning multiple initiatives on worker rights, economic mobility, and humanitarian response under one cohesive strategy.

Solution:
Red Hills Consulting Group designed and facilitated a multi-phase strategy engagement and leadership retreat to co-develop a Strategic Framework Summary that:

• Defined a shared vision and mission alignment for economic justice in the U.S. context
• Identified five strategic priorities mapped to three core workstreams
• Synthesized SWOT insights and cross-cutting themes to inform future strategy and investment,
• Refined the Strategic Vision and Theory of Change
• Outlined success metrics, enabling strategies, and next-phase implementation considerations

✅ Results:

• Unified framework aligning people, priorities, and purpose across the U.S. program
• Clear roadmap connecting strategy to execution and impact measurement
• Strengthened collaboration and decision-making across workstreams
• Foundation established for Phase 2: Implementation Roadmap, MEL Framework, and Resource Mobilization Strategy
  

💼 Operational Excellence & PMO Optimization — Advisory Firm
Challenge:
A mid-sized professional services firm faced declining margins due to inconsistent project execution and lack of operational oversight.

Solution:
Led the implementation of a best-in-class PMO framework, launched a firmwide project delivery training program, and developed ROI tracking dashboards to drive accountability.
✅ Results:

• 25% increase in billable utilization
• Standardized project execution across teams
• Real-time financial visibility for proactive margin protection
  

💇 Business Transformation Office — Global Hair Care Brand
Challenge:
A PE-backed beauty company lacked coordinated execution across departments, limiting progress on strategic priorities.

Solution:
Established a Business Transformation Office to drive execution of 13 cross-functional initiatives and implemented tools to improve governance, planning, and collaboration.
✅ Results:

• Enhanced cross-functional collaboration
• Improved resource allocation and decision-making
• PMO toolkit adopted across all key initiatives
  

💄 Brand Re-Stage — Global Cosmetics Portfolio
Challenge:
A $3B beauty brand suffered from stagnant sales and multiple failed repositioning attempts, diminishing market relevance.

Solution:
As PMO lead, drove a cross-functional transformation effort—aligning Marketing, Creative, Supply Chain, R&D, and Regulatory—to relaunch over 40 SKUs with refreshed branding and packaging.
✅ Results:

• Achieved global relaunch in 7 months (vs. 12-month target)
• 93% SKU hit rate
• Successfully repositioned brand to resonate with younger, more diverse audiences

🌱 Fundraising Strategy — Nonprofit

Challenge:
The organization sought to increase its $150K annual budget to $250K while reducing reliance on a single donor stream.

Solution:
Co-created a comprehensive fundraising strategy, including grant prospecting, board alignment sessions, a fundraising calendar, and tailored donor segmentation.
✅ Results:

• Expanded grant pipeline and donor base
• Delivered detailed business plan and execution roadmap
• Strengthened Board alignment and fundraising capacity

💡 Strategic Planning — Nonprofit

Challenge:
A 14-year-old nonprofit with growing programs lacked a unifying strategic plan to guide future investments and stakeholder alignment.

Solution:
Led a 5-person strategy consulting team to co-develop a 3-year plan through discovery interviews, stakeholder workshops, and collaborative planning sessions.
✅ Results:

• Produced strategic plan aligning mission, resources, and programs
• Facilitated consensus-building across staff, board, and associate board
• Positioned organization to scale while maintaining operational stability

🎙️ Storytelling Strategy — Nonprofit

Challenge:
A grassroots nonprofit serving underserved communities in Jamaica sought to amplify its impact through a more cohesive, values-aligned digital presence. With limited capacity and a part-time summer intern, the organization needed a storytelling strategy that was authentic, sustainable, and centered in social justice.

Solution:
Designed an AI-enhanced storytelling framework, editorial calendar, and content tools to guide messaging and digital engagement through December 2025. Used Asana for project planning and team coordination.
✅ Results:

• Created scalable content systems and workflows
• Equipped intern with tools to produce 50+ social posts and 8+ newsletters
• Embedded dignity, justice, and cultural pride into all storytelling