One on One with Kenway Consulting's Matt Kueker

Kenway Consulting is squarely focused on not just delivering quality work, but doing that work rooted in the firm's guiding principles of always acting with integrity. It's been a winning formula for the Chicago-based firm, which has seen its numbers balloon in recent years. As it reached 50 total employees, it's broadened its senior leadership team, creating for the first time ever a Managing Director position. Kenway veteran Matt Kueker was tapped to fill that role, and will oversee all aspects of the firm's business. We caught up with Kueker to talk about his new role, and how the importance of Kenway's culture and principles guide everything they do.

Consulting: What led to Kenway creating the position of Managing Director?

Kueker: It was largely a decision of scale. My domino was one of many that fell. Along with my position, we also created some new leadership opportunities for some very deserving employees. A big thing I wanted out of the new organizational structure was fresh perspectives in leadership. Being a small, rapidly growing firm, a lot of the early joiners had all worked together before. So a lot of that early leadership structure was implied, a lot of people that had known each other and had strong voices in the room. Over time we've hired a bunch of really smart, culturally aligned, driven folks and I was really looking forward to getting some of those voices in our rooms and their fresh perspectives on things.