How to Assess Consulting Growth Potential Using the 5R Model Due to my experience working with consulting firms, I am regularly asked by acquisition teams – be... Read More
How Consulting Firms Can Overcome Prospects’ Indecisiveness “87% of sales opportunities contain either moderate or high levels of customer indecision.” This is... Read More
AI Is Not Destroying Consulting. It’s Raising the Bar. Consulting is not dead. Stop the nonsense. Read More
Consulting Clients Don’t Have a Tool Problem In the last couple of years, we have worked with a wide range of IT and software consulting firms... Read More
[Case Study] Why Offering Too Many Services Destroyed This Boutique Consultancy Here’s the story of the collapse of a 25-person boutique consultancy that was biting off more than... Read More
Why Software Vendors Must Invest in Professional Services Software vendors are still losing deals they should win, and failing to retain clients they could... Read More
Hiring a Business Development Leader Will Not Fix Boutique Consultancies’ Growth Problems Many boutique consultancies see hiring a new business development (BD) leader as the ultimate... Read More
The Value Proposition Gap: What Consulting Firms Say vs. What Clients Hear Most consulting firms operate with weak or generic consulting propositions. There is no clarity,... Read More
Do Consulting Firms Know the Real Problems They Solve? The High Cost of Focusing on Capabilities, Not Client Pain. In our conversations with consulting... Read More
Why Consulting Value Propositions Must Include a Client Success Journey I always advocate for 70% of a consultancy’s revenue to come from existing clients. Read More
There Are Two Ways to Run a Consulting Firm. One Drains Profitability. This article was last updated on 30 May 2025. Most consulting firms don’t fail because of market... Read More
How Thought Leadership Has Been Driving My Business Development for 15+ Years There is much research on the value of thought leadership to business growth. In this article, I’ll... Read More