Clinton Gary

About Clinton Gary

I align and accelerate individual and team efforts to create a unified force for greater collective growth.That’s the foundation of CREDO Consulting — \"Collaborative Growth\" — where I help law and professional services firms connect strategy to execution by building a collaborative infrastructure that aligns people, priorities, and go-to-market efforts.I work with managing partners, CMOs, practice group leaders, and business development teams to focus on what matters most, strengthen team performance, and foster firmwide connectivity and cross-disciplinary relationships that drive greater growth. What I DoI offer targeted solutions that connect individual lawyer efforts with firmwide strategy — so that growth becomes scalable and sustainable:GROWTH SOLUTIONS:> Strategic Growth Planning> “Compete from the Core” Sector Selection> Practice & Industry Group Planning> Key Client Management ProgramsCOACHING SERVICES:> Group BD Training & Workshops> Individual Collaborative BD Coaching> Coach-the-Coach Training for BD TeamsSIGNATURE PROGRAMS:> Collaborative Growth Firm Assessment> The Collaborative Growth Firm Initiative> Firm Retreat Presentations & Workshops Why Firms Choose MeI bring 20+ years as a Chief Business Development & Marketing at top law and accounting firms, paired with practical methods from Smart Collaboration and Give-To-Grow systems. My approach blends strategy, coaching, and implementation — with a strong operational focus that ensures ideas don’t just sound good, they actually get done.Whether coaching future rainmakers or facilitating a strategic retreat, I help firms transform individual effort into collective momentum. A Bit About MeI’m a New Orleans native, former Big 5 consultant (Arthur Andersen), Alabama football fan, military history enthusiast, live music lover, and IPA & BBQ sampler.Contact me for a conversation about law firm growth.

Experience

1. Alliance Partner

   Gardner & Co

   Jul 2022 — Present

   Serving as preferred consultant to law firms for advisory firm of Dr. Heidi Gardner, Distinguished Fellow, Harvard Law School, and author of \"Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos\" and \"Smarter Collaboration.\" Converting Smart Collaboration principles into practical implementations for greater engagement, focus, collaboration, and growth.Accomplishments:• Led client engagements with firms in U.S. and Latin America involving strategy development, industry and key client programs, white-space analysis, practice group planning, MBD planning/budgeting/ops. This includes interviewing executives/partners/marketing teams, analyzing financials, developing methodologies, implementing plans, and presenting to committees and partnerships. • Conducted multiple firmwide Smart Collaboration Organizational Assessments utilizing surveys, interviews, and financial analysis to identify barriers and solutions to improve collaborative cultures and BD.

Education

• The University of Alabama

  BS, Finance and Investments

Skills

• Business Development
• Knowledge Management
• Crm
• Strategic Planning
• Marketing Technology
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Professional Services Marketing
• Legal Marketing
• Strategy
• Budget Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Business Strategy
• Marketing
• Management Consulting
• Leadership
• Management
• Online Marketing
• Client Experience
• Content Marketing
• Marketing Communications
• Direct Marketing
• Competitive Analysis
• Thought Leadership