Unlock Your Consulting Potential with a Structured Advisory System for Experienced Business Consultants
Use a proven business consulting system and strategic management framework to help business owners unlock performance and deliver measurable business improvement.
- The3rdGear is licensed to a small number of advisors who want to deliver deeper operational improvement for business owners.
- The3rdGear provides a practical advisory framework combining operational diagnostics, performance dashboards and structured management disciplines developed through two decades of consulting engagements.
- The methodology has evolved through more than 20 years of consulting work with owner-led businesses across a wide range of industries.
- A limited number of advisors are licensed each year to incorporate the system into their professional practice.
Why Many Business Advisors Seek a Structured Methodology
Many experienced business advisors face a common challenge.
While they bring strong experience and insight, they often lack a structured
system that allows them to consistently diagnose business problems and guide owners
through meaningful performance improvement.
Without a clear framework, consulting engagements can become:
Overly dependent on intuition
Difficult to scale
Inconsistent in their outcomes
Over time many advisors attempt to build their own frameworks, tools and diagnostics — a process that can take years.
Introducing the The3rdGear Advisory System
The3rdGear provides a structured advisory system designed to help business owners move beyond day-to-day survival and into sustainable operational performance.
The system combines:
Structured business diagnostics
Operational performance dashboards
Strategic planning frameworks
Practical implementation tools
All designed to support meaningful improvement in real businesses.
The methodology has evolved through more than 20 years of consulting work with small and mid-sized companies.
What Licensed
Advisors Receive
Licensed advisors gain access to:
- Structured business diagnostic tools
- Advisory frameworks developed through real consulting engagements
- Management dashboards used to monitor operational performance
- Structured client engagement models
- Implementation templates and support tools
- Ongoing development and knowledge exchange
Who This Opportunity
is Designed For
This opportunity is typically suited to professionals such as:
- Experienced business consultants
- Business advisors or coaches seeking deeper methodology
- Accountants expanding into advisory services
- Former executives transitioning into consulting
Applicants should have significant business or management experience and a genuine interest in helping business owners achieve meaningful performance improvement.
This is not a beginner training program.
Independent Advisory Model
Licensed advisors operate their own independent consulting practices while using the The3rdGear system as part of their advisory methodology.
Licensees maintain their own brand, clients and consulting approach while incorporating the framework and tools into their engagements.
The3rdGear provides the system and intellectual property — advisors apply it within their own professional practice.
Limited Availability
To maintain the quality and integrity of the system, The3rdGear licenses a limited number of advisors each year. Applications are reviewed individually to ensure alignment with the philosophy and standards of the advisory network.
Application Process
The licensing process typically involves:
Step 1
Submission of an
initial application
Step 2
Introductory conversation
Step 3
System overview and demonstration
Step 4
License approval and onboarding
Only applicants who are a strong fit will be invited to the demonstration stage.
Apply to Become
a Licensed Advisor
This information quickly reveals candidate quality.
Advisor Licensing Application
The3rdGear is not a franchise and not a
generic coaching program.
It is a structured business advisory system used by experienced professionals to help business owners
improve performance, strengthen management capability and build more effective organisations.
FAQs
No.
Licensed advisors continue to operate their own independent consulting practices and retain their own brand identity. The The3rdGear system is incorporated into your advisory work as part of your methodology. Many advisors choose to reference their accreditation as a Licensed The3rdGear Advisor in their website, proposals or professional profiles.
No.
The3rdGear licenses a professional advisory methodology and associated tools to experienced advisors. Licensees operate their own independent consulting businesses, set their own pricing and acquire their own clients. The3rdGear provides the framework and intellectual property that advisors incorporate into their engagements.
Applicants should have substantial business, management or consulting experience.
Many licensed advisors come from backgrounds such as:
- business consulting
- executive leadership
- management advisory
- accounting or financial advisory
This opportunity is designed for experienced professionals who want to enhance their advisory capability with a structured system.
It is not a beginner training program.
The The3rdGear methodology has been developed through consulting work with small and mid-sized businesses across a range of industries.
The system focuses on improving:
- management capability
- operational performance
- strategic clarity
- organisational structure
It is particularly suited to owner-led businesses seeking to move beyond reactive management and into structured growth.
To maintain quality and integrity, The3rdGear licenses a limited number of advisors each year.
Applications are reviewed individually and only applicants who demonstrate strong alignment with the philosophy and standards of the system will be invited to proceed.
The process typically includes:
- Submission of an initial application
- An introductory discussion to explore fit
- A system overview and demonstration
- Licence approval and onboarding
This process allows both parties to determine whether the system is a strong fit for the advisor’s consulting practice.
Licensed advisors receive access to the methodology, advisory frameworks, diagnostic tools and implementation resources used within the system.
These resources are designed to support structured consulting engagements and help advisors guide business owners through meaningful performance improvement.