About Lauber Business Partners

1986:
Firm founded by John Lauber – vision was to build a firm that would
make The CFO Advantage® feasible for small to mid-sized businesses by
enabling a company to engage an experienced Chief Financial Officer to serve
part-time, typically a day or two each week, as an on-going member of the
company’s management team.

2000:
​Hired its first recruiter and added interim services as well as strategic
search for permanent, full time financial leaders.

Spring 2017: ​
​Julie Tolan and Mark Wiesman acquire Lauber CFOs with a vision for
growth in both services offerings and market penetration.
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• Renamed “Lauber Business Partners” to allow for expanded service offering.
• Added Human Resources to Fractional, Interim and Consulting lines.
• Expanded Executive Search to include other C-Suite positions.
• Moved our offices to downtown Milwaukee.
• Hired a recruiter/business development person.
• Offered health care, 401k and increased vacation benefits to employees.

Fall 2017: 
Articulated new Vision, Mission and Values.

2018: 
​Total of 11 new Business Partners recruited and expanded Nonprofit offering.

2019:

• Added growth Planning services and professional Coaching services
• Added President to help drive firm growth

Today:
Lauber Business Partners has 35 consultants working to achieve positive results on a consistent basis. In 2019, the Milwaukee Business Journal ranked Lauber at #10 for Largest Milwaukee Area Management Consulting Firms and #14 for Largest Milwaukee Area Retained Executive Search Firms.

wHAT WE DO BEST

Finance and
​accounting

HUMAN
​RESOURCES

NONPROFIT
​MANAGEMENT

Coaching
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Growth
​planning

hOW WE DELIVER

FRACTIONAL
LEADERSHIP

INTERIM
LEADERSHIP

CONSULTING
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ASPIRATIONAL VISION. Clear MISSION. ENDURING VALUES.

Our vision is to be the go-to firm in Wisconsin to which small and mid-sized organizations turn for help solving
their business challenges and achieving their goals. Key to this is our community of trusted business partners for whom we strive to be the preferred employer and placement firm for experienced professionals looking to serve those companies.

Our mission is to bring critical expertise and insight to these organizations to help them become more successful.
At Lauber, we believe in the importance of experience and the dignity of work and we consider entrepreneurial endeavors a major factor in how we can innovate and improve as a society.

Our Values guide us in all that we Do

Honesty

Integrity and
professionalism

Partnership and
collaboration

client-centered
success

Unwavering Commitment

• To add value to each client’s business, and to ultimately enrich the quality of their life as a business owner.
• To provide flexible solutions that meet the unique circumstances and goals of each business owner.
• To facilitate flexible work schedules for talented professionals who seek fresh challenges and freedom to manage other facets of their lives.
• To only invite professionals who share our commitment to join the growing team at Lauber Business Partners.
  
  

Our Guiding Principles

• We will always put the client’s interest ahead of our own.
• We offer an initial complimentary meeting with a perspective client to determine how we might best provide them with a valuable result.
• We will always specify our fee arrangement in advance.
• We will only accept assignments where real benefits can be provided.
• We will disclose current or prior relationships with competitors.

Contact Lauber Business Partners

If you have any questions regarding Finance and Accounting, HR, Executive Search and Nonprofit Management or want to learn more about how your organization could benefit from a Lauber Business Partner, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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