Mann Partners
Solutions

We redesign operating models to solve our clients' biggest challenges.

As organization design specialists, we assess and redesign operating models to deliver on your ambition and unlock scalable, profitable growth.

What we deliver

Our clients span industries and sizes, from private equity portfolio companies to Fortune 500 enterprises. They partner with us to navigate critical organizational challenges.

Our Model

We approach organizations as integrated systems. We partner with you to align strategy, organization, and talent to accelerate performance and value creation.

Strategy

  • Mission & Vision
  • Business & Financial Goals
  • Organic Growth Strategies
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Organization Design

  • Organization Capabilities
  • Level of Integration
  • Structure & Roles
  • Governance & Metrics

Leadership & Talent

  • High-Performing Teams
  • Leadership Talent & Role Fit
  • Skills & Abilities
  • Values & Behaviors

Accelerating
Performance & Culture

Our Core offerings

How we work across the Operating Model (OM)

Strategy Alignment & OM Assessment

We help leaders determine whether their operating model is capable of delivering their strategic priorities — growth, profitability, resilience, or successful integration — and identify where execution is breaking down.

SERVICES

  • Strategy-to-execution team alignment
  • Full operating model assessment
  • Pre-close organization & talent diligence
  • Post-close organization & talent assessment
  • 180-day human capital plans

OM Design

We design operating models that translate strategy into execution, clarifying how work flows, decisions are made, and value is delivered, so leaders can remove friction, improve accountability, and scale performance.

SERVICES

  • Organization design (capabilities, structure, governance, processes, & metrics)
  • AI-enabled capability & operating model design
  • Business unit organization, M&A integration, carve-outs & spin-offs
  • Restructuring & cost optimization

OM Transformation & Implementation

Together, we create implementation plans to embed new operating models across the organization — aligning stakeholders, guiding change management, and building the leadership capabilities needed to sustain performance.

SERVICES

  • Operating model transformation strategy
  • Stakeholder analysis & engagement
  • Leadership advisory & enablement
  • Change management & communications
Why Us

Deep organization design expertise

We're organization design specialists who assess organizations with depth: strategy, organization, team and individual levels. We always offer systems analysis to solve the biggest challenges at their root cause.

Implementation partnership, not just recommendations:

We never hand you a deck and leave. We assess, redesign, and implement collaboratively, then partner with teams to drive execution, working alongside leadership to implement organizational changes that create lasting results.

Private equity value creation expertise:

We understand PE timelines, board dynamics, and value creation imperatives and and know the urgent transaction timelines when organization decisions have maximum impact.

Boutique expertise, not junior consultants:

Teams with experienced leaders deliver faster and more efficiently than generalist consultant armies. You get expert-level engagement throughout, not junior staff learning on your time. This approach costs 50-70% less than large consulting firms while delivering superior results.

Systems-first, not individuals-first:

We start with organization and strategy, not talent placement. Most firms assess individual leaders and miss structure alignment gaps. We assess the organization system first, then address talent in the context of the business. Structure before singular roles. Systems before individual talent.

Measurable impact on value creation:

Portfolio companies that undergo organization design assessment within 90 days of acquisition increase their probability of hitting value creation targets by 25–40%. Our clients report increased confidence in achieving ambitious financial goals after implementing organizational redesigns.

Our Results & Outcomes

What our clients are saying

  • Alice Mann and her team bring a rare combination of private‑equity experience and deep organization design expertise to value creation by changing human behavior at scale. Their ability to align strategy, operating model, and talent is a competitive advantage for organizations navigating growth, integration, and increasingly complex talent and technology environments. Mann Partners designs operating models and leadership structures that turn strategy into measurable results. For leaders focused on scalable, profitable growth and long‑term value, Alice Mann is an exceptional partner.
    Amy KatesOrganization Designer, Author & Advisor
  • Alice Mann brings exceptional insight to the alignment of strategy, people, and operating systems. I had the opportunity to work with Alice as part of her board leadership, where her ability to connect high-level strategic vision with practical execution was consistently evident. She helps leadership teams put the right structures, processes, and talent in place to drive growth and sustainable improvements in brand, performance, and culture. Her perspective in the boardroom elevates the conversation, sharpens decision-making, and ensures alignment from strategy through to execution.
    Jason CochranCOO, Sweetgreen
  • PE-backed leaders need to align strategy, organization, and talent to the go-to-market for acceleration of results, Mann Partners brought the right level of enablement with insights and expertise; they made a clear, measurable impact on accelerating growth and profitability. Alice Mann’s systems-based approach links strategy, organization, and talent, thus enabling companies to execute with discipline and scale profitably.
    Sandra WisniewskiPresident of Beauty and Personal Care, kdc/one
  • Mann Partners helped us design the operating model, organization, and leadership structure required to scale. That early clarity and discipline drove meaningful confidence in our growth, profitability, performance, and team outcomes. For any PE‑backed leadership team serious about scalable growth and execution, Mann Partners is an invaluable partner.
    Ryan ParkerChairman & CEO, EP Wealth Advisors
  • Mann Partners was a trusted partner in getting our leadership team and organization aligned to deliver on our strategy. The team brings deep expertise and experience designing operating models that align strategy, structure and talent in a collaborative way that accelerated value creation.
    Joseph Vaughn IIICEO, Opifex-Synergy
  • As a PE‑backed CEO with two successful exits, I’ve learned that premium valuations are built through disciplined human‑capital design. Mann Partners brings the experience and speed required to architect operating models and leadership structures designed for a specific outcome—not just growth, but a premium exit. Alice Mann has helped hundreds of CEOs make the hard decisions early—around vertical industry ownership, accountability, succession, and integration. She and her team are uniquely qualified to design organizations built to scale and win.
    Fernando AssensFormer CEO Argo Consulting, PE Advisor & Investor
Industries

Industry Experience

HealthCare
Food & Agriculture
Manufacturing & Industrials
Financial Services
Consumer Products
Tech & Media
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