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LYRA by Dori Milej-Smith

The Advisory Offering

Three Pillars of Practice

I

Fractional Finance Advisory

Approx. 2 days per week

Structural Integrity & Enterprise Financial Rigor

Designed for growing organizations requiring high-level strategic financial leadership without the full-time overhead of an executive hire. This pillar secures the physical and operational foundation of your business.

  • Board-Level Financial Stewardship

    Strategic guidance aligned with long-term growth and investor expectations.

  • Cash Flow Clarity & Runway Precision

    Deep visibility into capital efficiency, working capital cycles, and cash forecasting.

  • Entity Governance & Risk Architecture

    Safeguarding the enterprise with robust internal controls, policy design, and compliance frameworks.

  • Audit-Ready Operational Structures

    Streamlining financial operations, shared services, and reporting systems for seamless due diligence.

  • Administrative Bandwidth Protection

    Removing financial and structural ambiguity so executive focus remains on strategic execution.

II

“Grow the Business, Spare the Founder” Mentorship

8-week intensive program

Inner Alignment, Boundary Design & Sustainable Leadership

A structured, transformative program for founders seeking to break the cycle of overwork, scale their operations, and realign their internal parts with enterprise objectives.

  1. Phase 1

    Weeks 1–2

    Stock Take & Reality Mapping

    A deep-dive audit of current business metrics and founder capacity — uncovering unsaid operational realities, evaluating cash runway, and identifying immediate pressure points on executive bandwidth.

  2. Phase 2

    Weeks 3–4

    Founder Inner Alignment vs. Business Goals

    Bridging founder psychology with enterprise goals using parts dynamics — mapping protective behaviors such as hyper-vigilance, micromanagement, and fear of failure that create bottlenecks and decision fatigue.

  3. Phase 3

    Weeks 5–6

    Creating Sustainable Structure & Systemic Flow

    Designing robust operational boundaries and governance controls — resolving hidden co-founder or team friction, establishing clean delegation channels, and building rhythms that scale without founder extraction.

  4. Phase 4

    Week 7

    Measurement & Refinement

    Operationalizing newly established boundaries and tracking performance — refining executive communication protocols and ensuring capital efficiency aligns with human energy capacity.

  5. Phase 5

    Week 8

    Rooting the Changes & Closing the Container

    Consolidating structural shifts and anchoring lasting self-leadership — establishing an ongoing roadmap for long-term clarity, independence, and sustained operational health.

III

Individual Integrated Constellation Work

1 day per week

Systemic Diagnostics, Parts Integration & Restoring Flow

Focused diagnostic and therapeutic sessions for leaders, co-founders, or key executives facing persistent, irrational friction within their teams or business structures.

  • Unstucking & Parts Integration

    Identify, update, and integrate protective internal parts and burdens (IFS framework) that keep leaders operating in reactive or survival modes.

  • Systemic Diagnostics & Root Cause Mapping

    Step back from surface-level symptoms to map invisible relational dynamics, unspoken organizational loyalties, and structural imbalances causing team paralysis.

  • Depersonalizing Conflict & Restoring Flow

    Shift organizational perspective from individual blame to systemic structure, resolving interpersonal conflicts at their source and re-establishing clean operational momentum.

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