Agere is a business transformation partner that resolves both strategic and operational challenges, offering pragmatic solutions that bring immediate results, while ensuring sustained, long-term performance.

Agere works with private companies and their owners to understand and correct the root causes of performance problems with a unique, hands-on approach based on real-world experience in finance, engineering, operations, development, information technology, marketing, sales, and organizational design. This holistic approach helps get costs under control, improve product quality, and find new sources of revenue–simultaneously.

Success is often accomplished through a cash-neutral engagement that generates immediate savings and results in a well operating enterprise ready to perform.

Owners and investors seeking a unique mix of strategic insight, management expertise, and hands-on operational experience will find Agere an ideal transformation partner.

Performance problems are multifaceted–solutions need to be as well.

Agere experts are executives and managers with direct hands-on experience in solving problems where a one-dimensional approach is insufficient. This breadth of knowledge allows Agere to look beyond the symptoms and uncover the root causes of a company’s unique operational and strategic challenges.

Agere, from the Latin verb Ago: to put in motion, move, lead, drive

Advice alone is insufficient. Agere team members work within the company by assuming executive and management positions, taking responsibility and being accountable. Our specialists combine strategy with tactical execution honed by years of operational experience in companies of all sizes and complexities in a variety of industries. The team guides the transformation from the inside–creating a call to action and getting things done.

Sustainability of performance

Agere leaders educate, motivate and coach, leveraging existing management. The team members smoothly integrate with company managers and employees in pursuit of common goals. Agere helps identify and develop the right talent to carry on the business strategy, ensuring sustainable performance and growth of the organization’s revenue and margins into the future.

The unique Agere approach brings immediate results while developing and executing a business strategy that ensures long-term performance. A typical engagement spans from 6 to 18 months.

Understanding the challenge and configuring the team

During the initial 4 to 6 weeks, Agere diagnoses current difficulties and determines how it can help. Problems that can be addressed immediately are acted upon right away, bringing tangible performance improvements. Through this initial engagement Agere determines the ideal team required to address the unique challenges facing the organization.

Driving strategic change and performance improvement

Agere specialists assume operational and strategic responsibility as required, integrating with company managers and employees to maximize effectiveness. Organizational alignment is created through hands-on coaching, mentoring, and relevant project work. Agere drives the top line by exploiting market opportunities and improves the bottom line by aligning the organization to optimize performance.

Handing back the keys

Agere completes the transformation by ensuring that the company’s leadership team is self-reliant. The talent needed during the change process is different than the team needed on an ongoing basis. Agere will identify the gaps and coach, hire, and train the appropriate management team. When complete the owners will have the right leaders, processes, and measurements in place.