Success story

A change-management firm nearly had its own meltdown over software.

When the vendor’s FileMaker system failed, consultants were billing worldwide with broken tools. Citinet rebuilt the portal — and got the cash flowing again.

Balancing Life’s Issues
30%cash-flow improvement
30%staff hour savings
96%billable hours improvement
1stpass — listened and shipped

Challenge

What was breaking

Balancing Life’s Issues teaches change management — then watched its own ops buckle when a vendor FileMaker system crashed. Consultants billing worldwide had no reliable way to work, invoice, or collect feedback.

  • Vendor FileMaker crash mid-operation
  • Consultants working and billing across regions
  • Broken invoicing and feedback loops
  • Cash flow and billable hours under pressure

Solution

What we built

Citinet delivered an interactive consultant portal with QuickBooks-linked invoices and structured feedback — built around how the firm actually sells and delivers.

  • Interactive consultant portal
  • QuickBooks-connected invoicing
  • Feedback capture in the workflow
  • Scoped for first-pass fit, not endless change orders

Results

What changed

Cash flow improved about 30%. Staff hours saved roughly 30%. Billable hours performance improved by 96%. Leadership’s verdict: Citinet listened and got it right the first time.

  • ≈30% cash-flow improvement
  • ≈30% staff hour savings
  • 96% billable hours improvement
  • Right the first time — no remake cycle

“Citinet’s knowledge of our process and what we needed was amazing. They listened and got it right the first time.”

Wendy Wollner CEO · Balancing Life’s Issues

Irony is a poor operating system. A firm that coaches others through change found itself in a software meltdown — a vendor FileMaker environment that failed while consultants kept billing worldwide.

Citinet rebuilt from the process outward: a consultant portal that matched how engagements actually run, invoices that hit QuickBooks cleanly, and feedback that stayed attached to the work.

The numbers followed the design. Cash moved. Hours returned to billable work. And the rebuild did not require a second round of “what we meant.”

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