Strategy / 3 posts found
80/20 isn’t just about dropping the 80%
I'm sure you've read the tips from the business and entrepreneurship writers about 80/20. Drop the bottom 80% of your clients because they're more hassle than they're worth. Drop 80% of the tasks you do, because they generate negligible value. Drop 80% of your offerings because your growth is coming from the top 20%. All sage advice, except that those writers never then go binary on the fact that doing this is not enough. You need to get all over the remaining 20% to actually make your consultancy…
The Value/s Led Consulting Framework for Profitable Growth Leading with your Values
We've distilled our experience of profitably growing and scaling technical consultancies and digital agencies into the Value/s Led Consulting framework. That experience includes going from a 2 man startup to a £40 million+ full services agency and tech consultancy.
This framework comprises 9 business areas, and 2 underpinning core practices. With templates, training, videos and coaching.
This blog post introduces the framework, and, disclaimer, also links for you to join us!
How to meet your consultancy’s goals in 2017
Our wish for you for 2017 is that your business only does these two things: (1) what you absolutely want it to do, meaning what is aligned with your vision and values, or; (2) what the government dictates that it must! And nothing else. This is the most direct way to meeting your consultancy or agency's goals, and in principle, is very simple. But, obvious as it may seem as a principle, it is pretty hard to do in consistent reality. Our opening 2017 post is very simply entitled "How to meet your…