Schala Advisors

Operational leadership and tactical support for founder-led, service-based SMEs

  • Struggling to turn your vision into actionable plans that lead to desired results? 

  • Operational systems feeling outdated or disjointed?

  • Processes bogging you down, rather than propping you up?

  • Unsure of how to effectively lead your team through periods of change inevitable for growth?

At Schala, we leverage our expertise in systems thinking and operational effectiveness to collaborate, co-create and drive meaningful organizational growth for founder-led service businesses. We develop strategy and oversee execution - delivering comprehensive change management initiatives that eliminate roadblocks and empower organizations to scale. Leveraging tools and frameworks that align with your business’ complex set of challenges and needs, we design integrated solutions, provide clear plans of action, foster trust, and align efforts across organizations - so that you and your team can realize all you’ve set out to achieve. Let’s partner!

Our specialties

  • Strategic Growth

  • Operational Excellence

  • Team Empowerment

  • Data-based Learning

  • Continuous Improvement

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Strategists. Tacticians.
Leaders.
Operators.

Schalk van Rensburg, LLB/BComm
Principal Consultant

Lauren Houck, MBA/BBA
Managing Partner

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  • "Schalk worked with key employees within our company to drive alignment with our vision and mission, empowering them to overcome short-term pressures and enabling them to make a long-term impact that greatly aided us in achieving our aggressive growth goals. Schalk's unique skill set and advice played an extensive role in our long-term success and has allowed us to sustainably grow at an annual average growth rate of 64% over the past 7 years."

    — Steven T., Level Seven Commercial Cleaning

  • "Schala Advisors have been instrumental to me in the early stages of my landscaping business. From ensuring alignment to my mission (focusing on environmental impact), to an extremely helpful process overview. This included valuable resources to optimize these processes. All these elements have my business started in a direction that I'm truly excited about."

    — Lloyd F., Oak Avenue Landscaping

  • “Schalk assisted in crystallizing our company's vision, mission, and values. From this vital foundation, he developed concise strategic plans that clearly mapped out key objectives and performance indicators that allowed us to track progress towards our long-term goals and create alignment across all departments. ”

    — Steven T., Level Seven Commercial Cleaning

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