Strategic Advisory + Management Consulting
Most strategy fails in the gap between clarity & execution. Arden Clark closes it, in 90 days or less.
“I’m under a lot of pressure to deliver, and my team isn’t aligned. I’ve worked with consultants before—great slides, little traction.”
We’ve been there. We get it. And we’ll fix it—together. Arden Clark exists to serve leaders who are ready to stop talking in circles around their biggest opportunities and make plans that move forward and actually work.
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Creating space
for strategic
clarity.
Listening deeply and holding space for what others avoid and what many can’t see.
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Trusted support
for your biggest
moves.
Building from the essential with a presence based on experience & trust—not force.
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The result:
Full potential,
realized.
Pivotal moments met with impact that scales and execution that endures.
What We Do: The Arden Clark Method™
From Strategy to Impact in 90 Days
Our needs-based, time-bound process is proven to help leaders navigate defining moments—strategy shifts, leadership transitions, and high-stakes launches—creating strategic clarity, aligning leadership, and executing with excellence.
Truth
PHASE I
Trust
PHASE II
Traction
PHASE III
Truth
Finding Clarity
We create the space to assess strategy from above the day-to-day—being candid & vulnerable about what matters most and what’s getting in the way. You leave this phase with a strategy and roadmap.
Trust
Realigning Teams
We reinforce that everyone is on the same team and establish a new foundation of alignment across leadership and functional areas. You leave this phase with a shared narrative and a reset of expectations and accountability.
Traction
Reinforcing Solutions
We build systems and establish lasting operating rhythms that embed strategic clarity and accountability into execution, ensuring the impact holds. You leave this phase with new capabilities, ownership transferred to internal leadership, & a plan for ongoing support as needed.
Our Values
Arden Clark’s values aren’t aspirational—they’re operational.
They guide how we think, how we build, and how we grow alongside our partners.
We believe the true measure of our work is the clarity it creates and the legacy it leaves behind. These five principles define the behaviors we bring to every engagement:
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Our Focus
Arden Clark works with organizations doing real work in the real world—founder-led, growth-stage, PE-backed, and impact-driven organizations making a difference in the spaces where business meets society and purpose, people, and profit come together.
‹ › Civic Sector
‹ › Education
‹ › Financial Services
‹ › Healthcare
‹ › Life Sciences
‹ › Philanthropy
Service Menu
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Strategy
Strategic Planning
Refresh
Arden Clark works with leadership teams to strip their existing strategy down to the fundamentals, clarify positioning that will move markets, and re-engage leaders around a path they can actually pursue. We turn strategy into actionable, accountable steps so it stops living in documents and starts driving decisions that outcompete.
Clarity
Diagnostic
Acting without clear data compounds risk. Arden Clark’s Clarity Diagnostic is a focused 45-60 day sprint designed to confirm or challenge what you believe is getting in the way, both qualitatively and quantitatively. We assess strategic focus, alignment, and execution, then deliver a prioritized roadmap of what’s working well, what changes are essential, and how to bridge the gap.
CEO & Leadership
Transitions
A new leader can change everything—expectations, pace, power dynamics, and the definition of success. Without early clarity, even the strongest teams can begin to drift. We help executives and their teams align quickly, clarify the most important goals, define how decisions get made, and establish new operating rhythms from day one.
Operating for Growth
Scaling is exciting, but it can quickly lead to the unraveling of once-strong systems, services, or products; roles begin to blur, priorities shift, and decision-making slows. We help organizations establish clear growth plans, refine strategic focus, align leadership, and build systems that simplify new levels of complexity.
Growth
New
Launches
Too often, launches are ambitious on paper but misaligned in practice, with go-to-market plans disconnected from what is feasible. We help leadership teams align around opportunities, clarify what will make or break success, and apply the internal systems to support application and realize growth.
Exit
Readiness
We help executive teams prepare to exit by codifying their strategic position, what drives financial performance, and the internal capabilities signaling maturity. As a result, buyers see the repeatable systems, aligned leadership, and robust operations that result in increased multiples and a smoother closing process.
Course Correction
Strategic Turnaround
Arden Clark helps executive teams rise above the firefighting that arises when the business is underperforming and the work takes on a life of its own. In a focused sprint, we reset strategic priorities, rebuild operating discipline, and re-engage the team—often turning skeptics into champions by aligning culture with action. The result: restored confidence, renewed momentum, and the ability to move forward with new new levels of accountability.
Operating Priorities
Realignment
We help executive teams make the hard calls about what to pause, drop, or double down on. Through facilitated sessions, we pressure-test competing priorities, build business cases, sharpen the strategic lens, and reset the agenda around a tighter set of focused commitments. The result: aligned decisions, concentrated energy, and a leadership team that knows exactly where to place its attention—and why.
Mission-Driven
Sustainability
Many operating nonprofit and philanthropic organizations operate in short-term cycles of planning, fundraising, and reaction without systems to think long-term or scale with confidence. We help civic + public sector organizations and their partners build the infrastructure needed to move beyond scarcity and make solid, sustainable financial and operational plans for the future.
The people you’ll talk to…
(You won’t be handed off.)
Our senior team doesn’t work alone. Behind every engagement is a trusted bench of experienced professionals—strategists, operators, analysts, and designers—hand-picked for their judgment, precision, and ability to get things done.
Think of us as an extension of your leadership team… clear thinkers, steady hands, and real horsepower working directly with you behind the scenes.
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Troy Groenke
CEO & Managing Partner
Built national platforms. Led turnarounds. Entrepreneurial builder. Specializes in strategic and financial case development, business advisory coaching, and translating strategy into structure for sustainable growth. Multiple exits. MBA University of Chicago Booth.
“Troy is who I turn to when we really need to figure something out. He always delivers and has a way of making even the hardest situations a little lighter.”
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Dave Hawn
Partner
Accomplished serial CEO. Deep financial services and civic leadership expertise. Guides executive transitions and interim roles. Crisis stabilization/rightsizing, talent development, strategic plans, fundraising, and transitioning through strategic inflection points.
“Dave listens and asks great questions, shows up no matter what, and has presence like he’s been there before—almost always because he has.”
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Nora Bergman
Partner
Brings order to complexity. Drives operations, focus, and cross-functional execution at every level. Leads high-stakes engagements with precision, empathy, persistence, and an unwavering focus on shared mission and positively impacting end users & beneficiaries.
“When Nora’s in the room, things don’t just move forward, people align together. Everything really clicks into place. Clear + kind, people just like working with her.”
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Trevyr Meade
Senior Consultant
Blends data analysis, technology, finance, design-thinking, and cultural tools to solve complex problems. Airtight financial cases. Better operating systems. Go-to-market launches. Creative, people-first problem solving supported by discipline & data.
“Trevyr has the brain of an investment banker and a heart of gold. He helps us see better ways of working, and there’s no challenge that can shake him.”
An Invitation to Connect
If you’ve gotten this far, perhaps something’s resonating… We would love to learn more about what you are building.
Maybe you’ve been holding the weight of the team, the misson, and the margin for too long.
If you could use a partner who “gets it,” can jump right in, won’t waste time, and make progress fast, we should talk.
“Three years later, your work is still working. We still use what you helped us build. It changed the way we run, decide, & lead.”
— COO, National Nonprofit Network