Adopting the Buyer’s Lens to Improve Consultancy Performance Having spent years assessing and improving the performance of boutique consultancies, I've... Read More
Moving Away From Early-Stage Characteristics as a Boutique Consultancy In my work with consultancies, one of the advantages I have is being an outsider. Often, boutique... Read More
How I Share My Expertise with My Audience of Consultancy Owners I’ve been working four days per week since 2019. In the four business days of the week, I make... Read More
The 4 I’s of Service Design for Boutique Consultancies It amazes me how many boutique consultancies overlook the importance of proper service design. They... Read More
How Boutique Consultancy Owners Can Reclaim Their Quality of Life Here is a typical story of how boutique consultancies get started. You have consultants who are... Read More
(Case Study) Replicate the Secret of This Highly Profitable Consultancy Most of the time, consulting leaders reach out to me because their firms are experiencing problems:... Read More
Mapping the Journey: The Consultancy Specificity Quadrant Within the first two minutes of talking to an owner of a boutique consultancy new client, I ask a... Read More
Why A Boutique Consultancy Should Productize Its Expertise I’ve interacted with hundreds of consultancies over the years – dozens of them were my clients;... Read More
Getting Over 'The Project Wall' To Grow A Consultancy Firm This article was last updated on 18 September 2023 I often conduct workshops with mid-sized... Read More
[Case Study] Why Offering Too Many Services Destroyed This Boutique Consultancy Here’s the story of the collapse of a 20-person boutique consultancy that was biting off more than... Read More
How to Balance Hunting and Farming for Sustainable Consulting Growth This article was last updated on 11 September 2023 Client retention vs. client acquisition – what... Read More
A Business Development Template Consultancies Can Use to Introduce Their Firms This article was last updated on 11 September 2023. When pitching a consulting firm to potential... Read More