Helping organizations make better decisions, strengthen operations, and deliver complex work more effectively.
Since 2012, we’ve helped organizations navigate complex challenges involving project and portfolio management, business process improvement, organizational change, Agile transformation, and technology.
Our philosophy is straightforward: Understand the problem, apply what works, and build improvements that last.
Our Philosophy: Business Context Before Prescribed Solutions
Every organization has different goals, constraints, and challenges. We don’t believe in forcing complex business problems into predefined frameworks or one-size-fits-all solutions.
Four principles guide how we work:
Clarity Before Prescription
We start by understanding the problem, its underlying causes, and the outcomes that matter. The solution should fit the problem, not the other way around.
Frameworks Serve Outcomes
We take a framework-agnostic approach, combining proven methods and practical experience to select what works best for your organization’s needs, capabilities, and business context.
Evidence Before Assumption
We look beyond how processes, systems, and teams are supposed to operate to understand what actually happens. Better decisions start with reliable information.
Improvement Should Outlast the Engagement
Successful consulting builds organizational capability, not dependence on consultants. We help teams develop the knowledge, ownership, and practices needed to sustain progress.
How Our Engagements Work
Our DADS (Diagnose, Align, Deliver, Sustain) framework allows us to ramp up quickly with our clients to discover what’s happening, establish a plan for improvement, and create a plan for long-term success.
01
Diagnose
We find out what’s actually getting in the way of progress. Through collaboration with our client, we get to understand the situation, identify root causes, and establish a baseline.
02
Align
We get the right people focused on the right priorities and come to an agreement on the scope, responsibilities, and outcomes. Then we get to work.
03
Deliver
We put practical improvements, systems, controls, or capabilities into operation. We help teams execute, remove obstacles, and measure what changes.
04
Sustain
While creating a culture of continuous improvement, we help make the improvements stick. We work with our client to enable ownership amongst staff, instill healthy work habits, and create a feedback loop to help strengthen and improve the work.
Experience Across the Disciplines That Drive Results
Business challenges rarely fit neatly into a single discipline. Portfolio performance affects operations. Technology changes how people work. Governance influences decisions. Organizational change determines whether improvements succeed.
Solving these challenges requires understanding how the pieces fit together.
Red Leaf Consulting brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across project and portfolio management, operational excellence, Agile delivery, technology, and organizational transformation.
Our experience spans public agencies, financial institutions, consumer businesses, nonprofits, and technology organizations. That breadth helps us recognize connections, challenge assumptions, and develop solutions that work in real operating environments.
Led by Principal Consultant Jon Delmendo, Red Leaf Consulting also draws on a trusted network of specialists when additional expertise or capacity would benefit an engagement.
Different disciplines. One objective: stronger operations and more confident execution.
Let’s Solve What’s Slowing Your Business Down
Whether you’re struggling with project delivery, inefficient processes, organizational change, or an initiative that’s not producing the expected results, the right starting point is understanding what’s getting in the way.
Let’s talk about what you’re trying to accomplish and how Red Leaf Consulting can help.
Principal Consultant, Founder Outside of work, Jon enjoys many things, including the timeless tradition of writing bios about himself in the third person. He loves gathering family and friends for game nights, slowly exploring the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, and getting out on Lake Washington whenever there’s enough sun shining to paddle board or snorkel (about 3 times a year). Musically, he dabbles in guitar, bass, and percussion with far more passion than precision; his playing has been described as “enthusiastically mediocre.” Jon is also an avid movie fan, comedy enthusiast, and concertgoer who believes there’s always room for one more live show on the calendar.Staff
Jon Delmendo PMP, LSBB, PSMII, Prosci