Guidestone is a boutique advisory practice built to deliver executive-caliber thinking to physician-owned healthcare businesses — scoped, tailored, and calibrated to what your practice actually needs.
Guidestone was founded on a quiet observation: the senior executives who build and run hospital systems rarely end up inside the practices that need them most. The economics don't work for a single practice to hire a CMO-caliber COO — but the leadership gap is real, and widening.
We built Guidestone to close that gap. Our advisors are former healthcare executives with MBAs from top-tier programs and direct experience running private practices, specialty groups, and hospital systems. Every engagement is scoped directly with a senior advisor — no juniors, no subcontractors, no templates.
Our clients are physicians, dentists, and healthcare owners who want to practice their craft without running a company in the margins of their week. We take the company work off their plate.
Every engagement is scoped to your practice's specialty, size, and stage. No packaged offerings, no boilerplate.
Every engagement starts with measurable goals. If we miss them, you'll know before we do.
Flex from five hours to twenty based on what the quarter needs. Never more; never less.
Every strategic decision gets weighed against one test: does it help you deliver better care.
Every Guidestone advisor has held a senior operational role at a private practice, specialty group, or regional hospital system.
Top-tier MBA credentials paired with deep healthcare domain experience — finance, compliance, operations, growth.
The advisor who scopes your work is the advisor who does the work. No hand-offs to associates, no delegation to juniors.
A 30-minute conversation answers the question. We'll tell you honestly — including when we're not.