Performance and Value Creation
Drive measurable improvements in cost structure, revenue, and operating performance through structured, value-led transformation.
Operator-Led Advisory for Value Creation
Highline Transformation Group
Transformation, Elevated.
We drive measurable improvements in growth, margin, and operating performance through structured transformation.
About
We operate where strategy has to perform.
Highline Transformation Group is an operator-led advisory firm built for organizations navigating value creation, performance pressure, and complex cross-functional change.
We help leadership teams translate broad strategic intent into a practical plan to improve growth, margin, customer experience, and execution discipline. Our work spans transformation strategy, operating model redesign, service modernization, governance, and hands-on delivery leadership.
We are not just strategy advisors. We work as both advisors and execution partners, stepping into the work to align stakeholders, structure the roadmap, lead implementation, and maintain accountability for results. We are also open to fractional operations leadership roles and board or executive advisory engagements.
Advisory + execution
Structured plans backed by delivery leadership.
Operator lens
Built around what can actually be implemented and sustained.
Flexible mandate
Project-based support, fractional leadership, or executive counsel.
Services
Focused support across growth, margin, and transformation delivery.
We support leadership teams that need clearer execution, stronger operating performance, and a more structured path to value creation.
Transformation Leadership & Execution
Lead complex, cross-functional transformation from strategy through implementation with clear sequencing, governance, and accountability for results.
Operating Model Transformation
Redesign how work flows across teams, governance, decision rights, and enabling technology to improve efficiency, scalability, and economic performance.
Customer Operations Transformation
Transform customer-facing operations, including contact centers, service models, and distribution or partner ecosystems across B2C, B2B, and other operating models, to reduce cost to serve, improve interaction efficiency, and enable scalable growth.
Fractional Operations Leadership
Step into COO or transformation leadership roles during critical periods requiring experienced operating leadership and full accountability for execution.
Board and Executive Advisory
Support leadership teams and boards on transformation strategy, execution risk, and value creation with clear, actionable guidance.
How We Typically Start
We step in where clarity and momentum are needed most.
We start with focused, practical work to create direction and forward motion without overcomplicating the path ahead.
You need a clear starting point
- You know there’s value in the business, but it’s unclear where
- Too many initiatives, not enough impact
- No clear linkage to financial outcomes
Focus Area
Value Creation Diagnostic
Your transformation isn’t delivering
- Work is underway, but results aren’t materializing
- Ownership and accountability are unclear
- Execution is slow, fragmented, or stuck
Focus Area
Transformation Reset
You need a clear, investor-ready story
- Preparing for fundraising or investor conversations
- Need a sharper, more structured narrative
- Want a clean, professional deck that clearly explains the model
Focus Area
Investor Narrative & Pitch Deck
Entry Point Focus Areas
Three structured ways to create clarity and momentum.
Each of these engagements is designed to focus the work quickly and clarify the path forward.
Where to Start
Value Creation Diagnostic
You know there’s value in the business—but it’s not clear where to focus. Or there are multiple initiatives underway, but limited clarity on which ones actually matter—or how they tie to financial outcomes.
What this is
The Value Creation Diagnostic is a structured assessment to identify where to unlock value across growth, cost, and execution—and define where to start.
How it works
We don’t start by defining initiatives. We start by understanding where value actually sits—and what’s preventing it from being realized.
- Focused review of financial and operating performance
- Targeted discussions with leadership to surface real constraints, not just reported ones
- Assessment of current initiatives and why they are or are not delivering
- Structured synthesis to isolate the highest-impact opportunity areas
- Clear articulation of where to start without over-scoping the work too early
What you get
- Clear view of where value is concentrated across growth, cost, and productivity
- Defined opportunity areas with directional sizing and impact potential
- 2–3 focused starting points to begin execution
- Assessment of the factors limiting performance
- Clarity on what’s required to define full initiatives
How this fits
This is typically the starting point. From here, we move into defining full initiatives, building the operating model, or supporting execution—depending on what the business needs.
Where to Start
Transformation Reset
Transformation is underway—but not delivering. There are too many initiatives, ownership is unclear, and the work isn’t translating into measurable outcomes.
What this is
A focused reset to clarify what’s broken, what to change, and how to restore execution momentum.
How it works
We don’t try to fix everything. We isolate what’s actually preventing execution—and reset from there.
- Review of the current initiative portfolio and where it’s breaking down
- Identification of structural issues across governance, ownership, and scope
- Separation of signal versus noise across initiatives
- Reframing of work into clearer, more executable components
- Definition of immediate actions to regain control and momentum
What you get
- Clear diagnosis of what’s not working
- Initiative assessment: keep, kill, or reshape
- Re-scoped initiative set with tighter definitions
- Governance and ownership model
- 30-day execution priorities plus a directional 90-day path
How this fits
This reset is often followed by execution support or a fractional leadership role to help drive the work forward.
Where to Start
Investor Narrative & Pitch Deck
You’re preparing for investor conversations—or want to better articulate the business—but the story isn’t as clear or structured as it needs to be.
What this is
We translate your strategy and operating model into a clear, structured, investor-ready narrative and presentation.
How it works
The focus is not just on slides—it’s on clarity.
- Rapid alignment on the core story and what matters most to investors
- Simplification of complex models into clear, intuitive explanations
- Structured development of the narrative before building slides
- Translation into clean, professional content designed for investor conversations
What you get
- Clear, cohesive investment narrative
- Structured investor deck (~10–20 slides)
- Logical flow from problem to model to growth
- Optional appendix and expanded views where needed
How this fits
This work is often used to support fundraising, strategic positioning, or broader operating model clarity.
Approach
A Future-Back, Value-Led Approach
We take a value-led, execution-driven approach to transformation—aligning on where value is created, sizing the opportunity, translating that into a clear operating model and roadmap, and driving execution with accountability for results.
1
Value Alignment & Objectives
- Define value creation priorities across growth, cost, and efficiency
- Establish baseline performance and target outcomes
- Align leadership on scope and success metrics
2
Diagnostic & Opportunity Sizing
- Assess current performance across revenue, cost, and productivity
- Identify and quantify priority opportunity areas
- Highlight key value drivers and constraints
3
Operating Model & Initiative Design
- Define the target operating model
- Translate opportunities into clear, executable initiatives
- Sequence roadmap based on impact and dependencies
4
Execution & Value Realization
- Lead implementation and cross-functional execution
- Establish governance and performance tracking
- Drive adoption and ensure value realization
Experience
Built for high-stakes change with economic consequences.
We are most valuable when the work is cross-functional, financially material, and difficult to coordinate through existing structures.
Founder
Highline Transformation Group is led by Marlaine Erhart.
An enterprise transformation operator focused on value creation, operating performance, and disciplined execution in complex environments.
Marlaine has led complex transformation programs, partnering directly with executive and private equity stakeholders to improve growth, margin, service performance, and execution discipline. Her experience spans operating model redesign, customer operations, governance, and large-scale cross-functional delivery across B2C, B2B, and distribution-led models.
“Transformation creates value only when strategy, operating model, and execution stay tightly aligned.”
Enterprise complexity
We work across environments where commercial, operations, finance, governance, and technology decisions are tightly linked.
Growth and margin focus
We connect top-line expansion, cost structure, and execution discipline into one practical agenda.
Cross-functional leadership
We help leadership teams align decisions, dependencies, and delivery around one operating rhythm.
Flexible engagement model
We support project-based advisory, transformation leadership, fractional operating roles, and executive counsel.
Selected Impact
Representative performance levers we help move across growth, efficiency, and execution.
Revenue Growth
↑ Revenue expansion
↑ Commercial conversion
↑ Customer retention and wallet share
Cost Efficiency
↓ Cost to serve
↓ Recurring operating cost
↑ Productivity gains
Capital Optimization
↑ Interaction efficiency
↑ Throughput and cycle-time performance
↑ Scalable execution capacity
Contact
Start the conversation with the outcome that matters most.
Tell us what needs to change, where execution is getting stuck, or what value needs to move. We will respond promptly to work with you on a focused point of view on how to structure the work.
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