Part Time Business Partners was founded to help guide you and others to success without wearing themselves out in the process.
Having spent nearly 30 years in small business ownership and leadership roles, I know all too well the pain points owning a business can bring. In fact, by 20I5, I had worked myself so hard that I had developed high blood pressure that had led to kidney disease. Yet, I was lucky. My company was well positioned for me to exit on my own terms, largely because of the many godly men and women that had helped coach and mentor me over the years. After selling my business in 2017 and retiring at 47, I came to realize that God’s plan for me was to share the experiences He had helped me through for the benefit of others… And Part Time Business Partners was born.
Owning a successful business means more than a weekly paycheck, it means developing strategies to achieve your long-term goals and the impact you want to make on the world.
We envision a world where entrepreneurs are well equipped to navigate the everyday stresses of owning a business, where businesses can succeed and thrive through sound foundational principles.
Our mission is to use our experience in business to help others find financial freedom and meaning in their work, to inspire those they employ and to create a healthy balance between work and life.
We're committed to helping businesses owners improve, regardless of their current financial position, the current level of disarray they may find themselves in or the number of people they employ.
Committed to helping you achieve success in all aspects of your business operations.
Coach / Mentor
Coach / Mentor
Clay Dennis is the founder of Part-Time Business Partners, a business coaching and consultancy firm. He is both an Executive Coach and Mentor certified by the Management and Strategy Institute and a certified SME consultant by the Association of Accredited Small Business Consultants.
He is experienced in helping business owners implement change in a way that encourages and engages their people. He has not only facilitated highly successful financial and cultural turnarounds across a variety of industries, he's a proven leader in refocusing teams toward common goals and restructuring company positions to best take advantage of individual strengths and weaknesses.
Prior to starting Part Time Business Partners, he was the co-founder of Southern Hearth and Patio inc, serving as it's vice president of sales and operations from 2000 to 2006 and as its president and CEO until 2017. During that time he and his team were repeatedly recognized for excellence both regionally and nationally, among multiple industries, including Casual Living Magazine's Top 100 List 5 times, and honored as the “Small Business of the Year” by the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce in 2010. He sold his company to a national chain in 2017.
Clay has actively served his community in multiple volunteer roles for more than 20 years. He currently serves on the Hamilton County Health and Safety Board, as a guide for The National Medal of Honor Museum and Heritage Center, and as a member of the Chattanooga Downtown Rotary Club.
Clay is also a United States Navy veteran, serving as a radar and electronics technician at Naval Air Stations North Island, Miramar, and Imperial Beach. In 1990, he was selected for the marine-led base counter-terrorism security force, serving as personal security for high-ranking officials, where he earned multiple commendations for his service, during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Accounting Coach
Accounting Coach
Charlotte Dennis began her corporate career in the banking industry in the 1980s before moving into medical software, where she rose to the position of Vice President of Training and Implementation and then partner with ownership shares.
In 2007, she sold her interest in the medical software firm to join her husband in his business, Southern Hearth and Patio. While at Southern Hearth, she oversaw all financial and administrative operations with an office staff of 6, as well as developing processes flows and accountability measures.
After selling Southern Hearth and Patio in 2017, Charlotte continued in leadership roles as a staff accountant for The Walls Group CPAs as well as consulting and project accounting for multiple clients of Part Time Business Partners.
Having worked with QuickBooks and other accounting software since 2007, Charlotte maintains certifications as a QuickBooks Pro Advanced Advisor.
“Clay and his team have helped us get the right people and systems in place, and the know how required to keep them going. He’s helped us to develop make-sense KPIs for each position and now we are seeing our gross profit nearly DOUBLED! We used to just pour concrete, now we can pour AND run a functional and strategically sound operation.”
The results of our coaching can be found in the successes of our clients.
A recent survey of our clients reported the following benefits from the coaching they received:
Defining a company’s core values helps everyone, employees and customers alike, to understand clearly what they can expect and what is expected of them. Here are ours:
We will be honest in every interaction we have, no matter what.
We have the courage to assist in even the most difficult situations.
We exist to serve others. Our success is only proven by our client's success.
We will always be looking for a better way to do things.
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