Advisory & executive search

The firm they
already trust —
visible to the ones
who don't.

Lodestone helps owner-led B2B firms turn a reputation that travels by word of mouth into a presence that brings qualified enquiries in on its own.

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Partner-led from the first call No account handlers, no handovers

Firms we work with are typically 5–50 people, win most of their work by referral, and come to us when that stops being enough — usually while hiring for consulting.

The problem, plainly

Referrals are the best lead you can get and the worst pipeline you can own. They arrive when someone else decides, in a volume you cannot forecast, from a network that is already saturated.

Everything below is the system we put around that reputation so it keeps working when nobody is in the room to recommend you.

What we do

Five disciplines,
one accountable team.

    Why it works

    The same reputation, doing considerably more work.

    Drag the handle. Left is how most firms your size grow. Right is what changes once the reputation is written down, findable and answered for.

    Referrals only

    Good months and quiet months.

    • Enquiries arrive when someone else remembers you
    • Every prospect starts from zero — the case is made again, by voice
    • Price is argued, because nothing shows why you cost what you cost
    • Growth is capped by the size of one network
    Referral + system

    A pipeline you can forecast.

    • Enquiries arrive from people who found you looking
    • Prospects arrive briefed — the work has already spoken
    • Price is understood, because the standard is visible
    • Referrals keep coming, and now they convert faster

    Drag, or use the arrow keys

    Selected engagements

    Work, and what it moved.

    Discuss a similar brief→
    Management consultancy · 18 people

    A practice that could finally be described in one sentence

    Four partners, four different answers to what the firm did. We ran the positioning down to a single proposition, rebuilt the site around three named practices, and wrote the two documents their buyers actually ask for.

    3.4×Qualified enquiries, year on year
    41%Shorter time from first call to proposal
    Engineering consultancy · 34 people

    Twenty years of projects, finally worth something in search

    The work was excellent and entirely invisible. We turned two decades of completed projects into a structured, searchable record — then built the enquiry route that turns a technical question into a scoped conversation.

    12×Monthly enquiries from search
    6 moTo first inbound win over €100k
    Executive search · 9 people

    Fewer, better briefs — and the confidence to decline the rest

    A boutique search firm taking whatever came. We narrowed the public proposition to two sectors, published the method, and built the qualifier that filters a brief before a partner spends an hour on it.

    62%Of enquiries now in-sector
    2.1×Average fee per engagement

    Start a conversation

    Tell us where the
    work comes from now.

    A 30-minute call, partner to partner. No deck, no discovery invoice — we will tell you plainly whether there is something here worth doing.

    ✓You tell us the shape of the firmSize, sector, and where work comes from today
    ✓We reply within one business dayWith a read on the gap, before any call
    ✓Thirty minutes, partner to partnerYou leave with a view either way

    One reply, from a partner. No sequence, no newsletter.

    ✓
    Received.

    We'll come back within one business day with a first read and two times that suit.

    What Yanev Group actually builds

    Everything above is
    a sample. Here's what
    we'd build for you.

    Lodestone isn’t a real firm — it’s a sample of how the system could look for a consultancy, search firm, engineering practice or advisory business. For a real client, here’s what we connect and take ownership of.

    01Brand & presentation

    A look with actual attitude — the thing that makes a car owner choose you over the cheaper shop down the road.

    02Website & slot booking

    A site like the one above — built, hosted and kept working, with booking requests landing on a phone that rings.

    03Build photography & reels

    Your work shot properly and cut into the short video that sells this industry better than any brochure.

    04Google, Maps & reviews

    Found for "wrap", "tuning", "detailing" near you — and a review profile that keeps growing instead of stalling.

    05Instagram, TikTok & ads

    The channels where car people actually live, posted to consistently and connected to the same booking system.

    06Ongoing management

    One team responsible for all of it after launch — not a one-off build that's left to go stale.

    Something like this for your business?

    Tell us about your business and we'll show you what this system could look like for you.

    Yanev Group ← Back to sample concepts Sample concept — Lodestone is illustrative, not a real client.