Management Solution

Future-Proof Firm — predictable, steady & growing

At every professional firm, there are nine critical control points (CRICPs) where organizational entropy manifests itself most. This is our flagship solutionWe use the word “solution” in alchemical terms — a special mixture with unique properties. where we wrestle with all 9 CRICPs.

Typically suitable for most sophisticated firms with numerous pieces on the board, more than 10 years in business with at least 100 employees. In the FPF, we delve into your corporate, business and functional strategies, discover dormant capabilities, and tame the most elusive beast — strategy making itself.

Despite all the opportunities that come with size and resources, firms may find themselves in three dangerous positions: (1) torn apart from within going in all directions at once, (2) in a stalemate situation — drown in red tape — when hardly any strategic decisions are made, and (3) in an extremely efficient (and surprisingly profitable) rowing toward doom.

Strategic Management solution for resilience and adaptability

This solution consists of nine advisory services suites. Each segment contains numerous workshops, discussions, surveys, and interviews. The orientation of each advisory service is tilted toward addressing an exciting yet challenging task: Given its current composition, how to configure the firm to make it more resilient to future hiccups and uncertainty, while also adaptable in the face of increasing change and eternal organizational entropy?

This is the most comprehensive solution in our inventory. Due to limited capacity, scope and scale of work in this package, we can only accept five clients per rolling year. Please contact in advance to make timely arrangements.

Management topics we’ll cover:

  • Corporate strategy
  • Business strategy
  • Functional strategies
  • Ten strategy making options
  • Eight primary growth routes
  • Complementary & mutually exclusive paths
  • Key stakeholder power dynamics
  • Structural assessments
  • Steering toward desirable structures
  • Eight subcultures, dangers and opportunities
  • (In)voluntary turnover
  • Managerial roles
  • Business goals v culture
  • Values, norms, and red lines
  • Promotions and appraisal systems
  • Handling subculture conflicts
  • Steering toward desirable culture
  • Latent capabilities at the firm today
  • Eight primary service provider types
  • Positioning theory and practice
  • Current and next market positions
  • Competitive advantage
  • Buyer (client) types
  • Buyer-seller relationships
  • Buyer decision journey
  • Pitches, proposals (RFQs, RFPs)
  • Eight sales tactics during negotiations
  • Prospect qualification
  • Service offering design (SOD)
  • Client motivations
  • Value activities and elements
  • Best-fit client scorecards
  • Pricing strategy
  • Attainable marketing activities
  • Learning and creativity
  • Lead generation strategy
  • Roles to support all of the above
  • Latent capabilities at the firm today
  • Personality profiles’ mapping
  • Professionals’ natural strenghts
  • Professional motivations
  • Professional self-motivation on projects
  • Job satisfaction surveys
  • Outplacement & cross-pollination
  • Rewards and performance appraisal system
  • Staffing and roles
  • Managerial activities on projects
  • Eight team types for different tasks
  • Conditions for successful teamwork
  • Team member profiling
  • Team composition and direction
  • Ten team roles configuration
  • Eight professional career anchors
  • Latent capabilities at the firm today

Process

The typical process unfolds the following way:

Step 1: Fill in the contact form. We’ll get in touch within 1-2 business days.

Step 2: We’ll have a conversation with you over the phone or zoom. There will have to be a decision maker on your end. Otherwise we’ll have to schedule another call.

Step 3: If we agree to move forward, we will send you an invoice with signed NDA and contract.

Step 4: After receipt of payment in full, we will issue a list of materials to prepare, a survey, and set a date (typically within 1-2 weeks) for diagnostics session. Diagnostics typically runs for 2-3 hours. You will be informed about who should participate.

Step 5: After diagnostics, together, we will decide if we want / should / can move forward. If not, we’ll refund you the fee in full.

Step 6: We analyze the data received from you thus far, and make a hypothesis about the problem(s). It might turn out that this is not the solution your firm needs at the moment.

Step 7: We agree on the advisory services based on accepted hypothesis. We issue the next invoice.

Step 8: We schedule interviews, surveys, office visits, workshops, etc. All details will be discussed and agreed upon in advance.

Required participation

Decision makers: C-suite, partners, principals, managing partner, CEO, mostly all management.

See topics (above) to assess who at your firm will be in a better position to make these decisions.

Typical length

12-18 months

Availability

Typically available within 3-4 months.

Advance booking is possible. Please contact to inquire about a non-refundable booking fee.

Payments

Prepayment in full. No refunds (see exception below).

Refund Policy

We provide an unconditional satisfaction guarantee.
Refer to our refund policy page for more details.

Travel

Return flights from NYC, US.
Economy class. Upgrade on long-haul flights.
Additionally: per diem, transport, lodging, print-outs, presentation tools.

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