transform to win
The McCabe Method™ is a proven business transformation system that works from top-level strategy alignment through roadmap execution, project delivery, and lasting change. It’s a complete, practical framework built on 30 years of experience fixing complex businesses from the inside.
The Method combines enterprise planning, PMO setup, profitability analytics, and change management into an integrated approach.
At its core, The McCabe Method™ delivers value creation, program execution, and change that lasts.
How The McCabe Method™ Supports the Strategic Pyramid
Executives are familiar with the Corporate Strategic Pyramid in which business results are supported by vision, mission and strategic objectives, executed through operating models, business processes and projects, with the support of individual behaviors at the base.
The McCabe Method™ is designed across these layers, ensuring the structural strength that is needed to transform and achieve desired business results.
Transformation tends to fail when one layer is weak or when there is a lack of connection from top to bottom. The McCabe Method™ ensures discipline, integration and engagement.
It delivers:
- Strategic clarity and alignment
- Execution discipline and governance
- Embedded change capability at all levels
The Transformation Gap in PE-Backed Companies
PE ownership creates an opportunity to transform
Private equity firms back companies for one reason: to grow and create value faster than the company is able to on its own, and faster than the market. But accelerated transformation brings complexity, fragmentation, and change fatigue. That’s where The McCabe Method™ steps in.
The McCabe Method™ is a proven framework for operational and strategic transformation, purpose-built for companies under private equity ownership. It enables companies to move at the pace dictated by private equity owners and at a cost that is aligned to their cash flow.
Jennifer McCabe
Jennifer McCabe is a senior business transformation executive with 30 years of experience leading high-stakes change inside complex organizations. Known for her rigor and practicality, she brings deep quantitative skills and hands-on leadership to enterprise planning, profitability improvement, and execution.
Jen spent 18 years at Dell Technologies and Dell Financial Services in leadership roles across finance, analytics, sales operations, risk, and transformation where she led post-merger integrations, built enterprise data capabilities, and recovered millions through operational discipline. Earlier, she founded a consulting firm focused on profitability analytics for regional banks, helping leadership teams surface profit opportunities and restructure for sustainable performance.
Today, Jen works with private equity-backed companies under pressure to improve results and prepare for exit. She uses her proprietary system, The McCabe Method™, to build transformation offices, install internal execution infrastructure, and ensure progress is measurable, sustainable, and board-ready.
Her approach turns strategic priorities into focused delivery — giving leadership the clarity, traction, and confidence to move forward.