About Us

Our Principal, Pete Carlson, understands what can keep Small Business Owners and CEO’s up at night. He can assist and enable these Leaders to strategically solve problems and stay focused on the right priorities. Pete also has a unique ability to connect at any level of an organization to build the trust and credibility to assist Leadership in driving the necessary change down through the organization.  With years of coaching and mentoring experience, he can guide Leaders’ in building strong cross-functional teams and assist in their own  professional growth.  

Pete has over 30 years of proven success in leading diverse Global Manufacturing, Service, Distribution, and High Tech companies through complex change. He has built sustainable competitive advantages, delivered and captured the value of differentiated products and services, and drove both top line and bottom line growth. Over the last ten years, Pete has led smaller family-owned and privately held businesses. Having seen what “best practices” can look like in larger organizations, he has developed a keen awareness for how to streamline and adapt the required “best practices” in smaller organizations. These “best practices” are critical for organizations that have either stalled out or grown quickly without building the right infrastructure.  

A “hands-on” “Servant” Leader with a passion for Operating Excellence, Pete consults with a balanced Operating Playbook that executes on the four Growth tenants of Customer Intimacy, Growth Capabilities, Employee Engagement, and Continuous Improvement.  

Pete can work with your team to facilitate strategy development and provide step by step execution plans to transform the organization. An engagement with CGS is a commitment to the Owner/leader to fully partner in supporting the organizations needs and to deliver sustainable value-added solutions.