Reflection-based strategy rooted in practical action
For women ready to build a business that supports the life they want to live.
Your business should work for you.
Most business advice starts with the business—and assumes you have unlimited capacity. At Kennelly Consulting, we start with you: your ambitions, your needs, and the life you want to live.
What do you need this business to do for you?
What does it need to pay you? How much time do you want to give it? What work do you want to do—and what do you want it to make possible?
From there, we work backward, aligning your pricing, offers, profitability, and structure with your goals and capacity.
Your life belongs in your business strategy.
The business is the tool. Your life is the point.
Person-First Strategy flips the question from “What does my business need from me?” to “What do I need from my business?”
Maybe that's more money. More freedom. Bigger growth. Fewer hours. A team. Financial independence. Or simply a business that doesn't require you to hold everything together.
There isn't one right answer.
That's the point.
Wanting it isn't the strategy.
Want Fridays off? The business has to function without you on Fridays.
Want to pay yourself more? The business needs the revenue and margin to support it.
Want to grow without working more? Something about your pricing, offers, capacity or structure has to change.
We figure out what you want. Then we make the business math and strategy work.
Hi, I'm Deidre.
I'm a business strategist who helps women business owners step out of the day-to-day and make deliberate decisions about what their business becomes next.
I bring strategy, practical business thinking and an outside perspective to the table.
We’ll deep dive into what a successful business and life is to you. Then, I help you build the business that can deliver that.
Work Together One-on-One or in Community
Sometimes women business owners need dedicated strategy for their business. Sometimes they need a room full of women asking the same big questions.
Work with me one-on-one for focused strategy, strategic planning and ongoing support built around you and your business.
Join an online cohort to work through Person-First Strategy alongside other women business owners—getting clear on what you want and building a business that can actually support it.
Come to a gathering or workshop to step out of the day-to-day, connect with other women and make some space for the bigger questions about work, ambition, money and what you want next.
However you enter, we start in the same place:
What do you want your business— and your life —to make possible?
What Clients Say
Working with Deidre has helped me to shape my "business owner mindset." She is structured, goal-oriented, and a great listener. Deidre understands the challenges that women business owners face and doesn't diminish that hurtle - instead she encourages her clients to lean into their strengths and to trust their experience. She has helped me to develop strategic steps toward growth, to build a business with clarity and confidence.
-Amanda Rookey, Rookey Landscape Architecture
While "self care" can feel like a trending phrase these days, Deidre helps to prioritize time, and encourages taking a pause to celebrate milestones. I get stuck in petal to the metal mode, and Deidre helped me to realize a.) this is not sustainable and b.) not in the best interest for the culture of the organization or for ones personal life. While strong work ethic can be a driving force, it can also be an exhausting one. Deidre guides her clients with empathy and grace while optimizing the time and quality one spends on her work.
-Sophie M.