The result of many management consultations is often recommendations for headcount reductions. Is there another way to deliver value and increase efficiency? Weirwood Consulting CEO Sarah Leigh insists there is.
Management consultancies can add so much value if they are outcome focused from the very beginning. Asking pertinent questions such as ‘What is the problem you are trying to solve?’, ‘Why do you need our help?’ along with focusing on the organisation and its strengths can result in hugely beneficial, bespoke solutions. I often find that businesses have the answers within their people, they just need help to unlock that knowledge and connect the dots.
Weirwood Consulting has international experience across banking, insurance, pensions and oil and gas. Most recently, Sarah, the CEO was a VP for seven years in various roles heading up strategy, governance, applications and programme management. She is a mathematician with a background in business analysis.
Weirwood believes that companies as well as individuals are struggling with the cost of living crisis. They may be more nervous about investing in help to make them more efficient or cost effective in case it doesn’t work and they waste more money. By creating a consultancy that is fixed price and outcome driven and, businesses will know upfront what they will get for their money.
Also having honesty and integrity at the centre of what they do, Weirwood will tell customers if they think their services aren’t needed or if they can recommend other consultants who might be more appropriate.
Examples of the services offered by Weirwood are in strategy, transformation, change, business analysis, project management, application portfolio management but since each company is unique, can start with just a conversation.