Your gross margin is probably four different numbers
Why blended margin hides the products quietly funding your losses.
Read moreWe exist because too many good businesses are handed a beautiful report nobody can act on. Our measure of success is simple: did anything actually change six months after we left?
A. Rahman
Managing Partner
The three engagements clients ask for most often. Each one starts with a short, no-charge review of where you actually stand today.
Practical SHE systems, risk assessments and site coaching that keep people safe and inspections uneventful.
Gap analysis, internal audit and certification readiness across 9001, 14001 and 45001 — without the paperwork theatre.
Cash-flow modelling, unit economics and board-grade reporting, so the numbers behind a decision hold up to scrutiny.
Most problems that look like a strategy problem turn out to be an operations or people problem wearing a disguise. We look at all four before recommending anything.
No pyramid model. The consultant in your first call is the one in the room throughout.
Managing Partner
20+ years of experience
Partner, Operations
15+ years of experience
Partner, Finance
12+ years of experience
Principal, People
10+ years of experience
No three-month scoping exercise. You should know within a fortnight whether the plan is worth backing.
Thirty minutes, no charge. We work out what you're actually trying to decide.
Two weeks reviewing your numbers, processes and team, with interviews across the business.
A costed set of recommendations, prioritised by payback, presented to you and your board.
We stay on to implement, or hand over cleanly to your team. Entirely your call.
Illustrative examples — replace with your own client stories.
They spent the first fortnight listening rather than presenting. By the time we saw recommendations, they already knew our business better than half our management team.
The margin analysis was uncomfortable reading, which is exactly what we needed. Two of our four product lines were losing money and nobody had said it out loud.
What I valued most was the handover. Six months on we're still running the reporting pack they built, and my team maintains it themselves.
Short, practical pieces on the problems we keep seeing. Replace these with your own posts.
Why blended margin hides the products quietly funding your losses.
Read moreAgree what the role must deliver in a year, and the shortlist gets easier.
Read moreShort, regular conversations change behaviour. December paperwork does not.
Read moreThe structural fix that works better than hiring another manager.
Read moreThe two-week diagnostic is a fixed fee agreed before we start, and it is the only commitment you make up front. Anything beyond that is scoped and priced separately once we both know what the work involves.
Most of our clients sit between 20 and 500 staff. Below that, the honest answer is that a good bookkeeper and a clear head usually beat a consultant — and we'll say so.
Both. The diagnostic interviews work far better in person, so we plan for at least a few days on site. Delivery and reporting are usually remote.
The consultant you meet in the first call. We do not run a pyramid model, which is also why we cap the number of engagements we take at any one time.
A thirty-minute call, no charge and no pitch deck. Worst case, you get a second opinion.