OUR BUSINESS CONSULTING PROCESS
Stage 1 - Your Revolution Starts Here
Revolutions start with wanting change.
Change that will bring a new environment and way of life.
Your revolution starts with you wanting to change certain aspects of your business that are not performing as you would wish, causing you challenges. We help you find solutions to those challenges. Some common areas are:
● Improving quality of business analytics;
● Reduction of tedious admin and data entry;
● Improving the business systems and processes;
● Enabling your team to be more effective and productive.
Your revolution starts with your needs, the needs of the team and the needs of the business.
We take the time to fully analyse your operation, your existing processes and systems, understand your drivers for change and then start to brainstorm ideas of how to put your change management process into action.
That may involve some technical wizardry later on but that’s not where your revolution starts. After we thoroughly explore why you want the revolution, we then look at how.
Stage 2 - Vive La Revolution
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency” Bill Gates.
After Stage 1, you will have a map of your existing systems and processes. Some will be good and others will be full of holes, through which you will be losing money, sales and data. Forget the sticking plaster approach. That eventually peels off. Revolutions forge shiny, new processes, case hardened and tempered to resist any assault. To fashion this, we use that map as a basis to create a project blueprint for business excellence from it.
● Where are changes required?
● How will they be implemented?
● What systems are you going to replace?
● What are the steps of success for your business transformation revolution?
● How will you know it has succeeded?
● What will your Utopia look like after your mighty revolution?
● How will your business evolve to be stronger and more bullet-proof than before?
These are just a few of the many questions that need to be asked, thought through and answered.
The purpose is to cut away the tedious and bloated processes, dismantle the filing cabinets of bureaucracy and break through the obstacles to change.
So this blueprint is critical to the success of your unique revolution. Once you have this, you need to know who to deploy and where.
Stage 3 - Know your Troops
“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.” Douglas MacArthur
Harrison Assessments are the perfect tool to help you understand your troops, their behavioural and personality traits and whether they are in the right roles to ensure the absolute success of your revolution. It is more than just a psychometric test.
This helps you manage the talent that you have, ensure they are in the best place to bring you success.
If your troops feel happy and fulfilled, in the right position for them, they will help you to create a great environment for growth and business success.
Having this HR data is also crucial to help you make the right recruiting decisions in the future and avoid the very costly mistakes of employing the wrong staff.
Once you have identified the people you need in your revolution and that they are in the right places, you now need to give them...
Stage 4 - Combat Training
“The first duty of a revolutionary is to be educated.” Che Guevara
You have the business intelligence, you have the blueprint and you know your troops. Now they need to be trained to not only make your revolution a success but then continue to create the business success you want to achieve. This is where you make sure they are fighting fit not only for the revolution but also to face the storms and challenges that you know are coming your way.
We provide training on:
● Sales and cost reduction, leading to greater profit;
● Process and systems optimisation so you can scale your business more effectively;
● IT and infrastructure so you can make technology work for you;
● Customer satisfaction improvement;
● Conflict management and resolution, resulting in happy and loyal staff.
These are the four stages of business revolution that we took our business through because we wanted to forge a stronger, fitter and leaner ship to navigate the stormy waters that lie ahead. We can inspire, motivate, train and then release you to create your own, successful Business Revolution. You will have the same strength, leanness and resilience that we forged in ours.
