"The great thing about building your own practice, with your own tried-and-tested successful approaches, is that you reach a point in your career where you can pick and choose who to work with. It's never down to money and it's always down to finding kindred spirits." (Neil D Fogarty, February 2008)
"The Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto observed in 1897 that 80% of property in Italy was owned by 20% of the Italian population. The management thinker Joseph M. Juran took this and formed 'The Pareto Principle' with the theory that, for many phenomena,
80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes. Isn't this a great little toy? Consider this: 80% of your issues are the same as everyone else's. So, regardless of who you are, you will always benefit from talking to your peers in other industries as only 20%
of their issues will be unique to their sector." (Kill Your Salesman, ISBN 978-1-4357-1920-0)
As Pareto and Juran point out, your issues are not unique and this is reflected in the types of businesses that we have worked with. Due to non-disclosure Agreements being in place for almost all of our Clients, we can only indicate the sectors worked with:
Central Government
Local Government
NHS
Management Consultancy
Recruitment
Packaging
Construction
Leisure
Engineering
Information Technology
No matter what we say or do, it is the perception of others that determines our standing in the market, so here is a testimonial:
Working with you enabled me to focus on my goals and identify the actions needed to achieve them: you give me the momentum and incentive to carry through the actions instead of just thinking about them!
You have been a great source of inspiration that has encouraged me to 'think outside the box', dig deep within and recognise my capabilities.
Underpinning this has been your ability to marry theory with practice and encouraging me to undertake goal-specific tasks that have helped me uncover new depths and enhanced focus and challenged me to actually get on and achieve. Specifically, I have started to develop my website and identify my key market sectors.
You encouraged me to 'think big' which is a firm affirmation about most aspects of my life.
The way you combine challenge and support has given me a role model to aspire to. You have proven to be an excellent and professional mentor who has supported both myself and my practice by instilling me with increased self belief, self worth and confidence and increasing my clarity about my capabilities, what I offer and how I deliver it.
(Managing Director, Children Services Consultancy)
