Many things in life need experience to overcome challenges; determination and ambition have their place, but rarely alone wins the day. Smart thinking, combined with the deployment of tested solutions achieves results.

Challenges may include;

• Launching a new business
• Growing an existing business
• Introducing new products
• Infrastructure building
• Getting the right people in the right place
• Creating a lean and efficient organisation
• Driving out cost
• Improving the internal & external customer experience

What really matters facing these challenges? A clear vision and determination will get one a long way, however it’s the application of experience that really enables a business to fully step up to a high performing status.

Engaging a trusted Advisor with a substantial record, particularly with transferrable experiences, including overseas markets, is where organisations find the greatest value; from large corporate companies to SME’s and Charities.

The real value and contribution that comes from a broad experience; is that greater contribution and impact is achieved as a result of a far deeper appreciation of the interdependencies of each area of the business.

Keeping it straightforward, keeping it real, keeping it simple are the tenets to success, particularly when leading teams that may comprise many thousands of people as a business grows.

Being approachable, a willingness to listen, an energetic approach, encouraging and a high level of emotional intelligence and integrity are all key attributes making for a professional business advisor.

These attributes coupled with what matters; experience, underpins how time alongside people at all levels, helps design the right plan for the business, then supporting to implement it.

The greater level of success through experience inside both corporate plc organisations and SME, family-owned private equity businesses, the broader the expert knowledge and value.

It’s not all business though, a trusted Advisor should also be confident, controlled, have a balanced view of life and above all be totally authentic and stable in their own life.

• Working alongside stakeholders; at board level, the senior management team or business owners; the aim is to provide that extra support to help you achieve your plans.
• As your trusted Advisor operating as a Non-Executive Director or through an external Advisory arrangement, whichever suits your needs; the aim is to help the business remain streamlined, profitable and the team is working as hard for you as you do driving it.
• All businesses can benefit from some advisory support; particularly offering experienced thinking and perhaps different perspectives.
• Gaining a clear insight to the business, current process and procedures will be discussed and challenged for their effectiveness.
• The business may have its own specialist complexities, with challenges and opportunities in many directions.  A fresh pair of eyes, may bring a new thinking and approach to be explored.
• Closely supporting the team across many levels, will drive out action plans; whether it be moving the business towards profit growth, risk or cost reduction, rapid expansion, long-term stability, or planning an exit strategy.
• Critical to success is ensuring the team comprises the right people, approaches, skills and experience. Invaluable is the ability for a business to draw upon the know-how of a trusted Advisor, who will work with the team to develop this internally with succession planning, introduce people who may add significant value to the business, or simply introduce specialist Advisors for further support.
• Getting under the bonnet of the business and understanding it; this will really help with the development of the existing team… “achieving the right people in the right place”.
• Working closely with the team, the passion really is to help identify areas of focus, to maximise performance.