Our Value Proposition
Whether you’re starting a business or been operating for decades, navigating constant change can be challenging. Strathmore Business Consulting have demonstrable experience in growing and developing business both at a local level and on an international scale.
Whether you're a new startup, bringing a product to market, expanding operations, looking to improve sales, need third party review, need assistance with your strategy or looking for business mentoring, we will help guide you and your team on a pathway to success.
Is your business achieving its full potential? We work with companies across Australia, and New Zealand to improve business outcomes.
Business Improvement
The aim of business is to increase returns for Shareholders. Strathmore Business Consulting will undertake a full review of company operations to identify potential business improvement initiatives to increase profits.
Alignment of Team
with Strategy
Strathmore Business Consulting work with Boards and Senior Management to review organisational structure to ensure alignment with company goals.
The process typically includes a review of the existing organisational structure in context to the Strategic Plan to identify gaps and duplication of effort. In consultation with the Board and CEO, we will then recommend changes needed to achieve strategic and operational goals.
Business Mentoring
Our Business Mentors are all accomplished and successful CEO’s with considerable business experience across a range of industry sectors. We have experienced business mentors in Australia and New Zealand.
Our aim is to take a journey of discovery, planning and mentoring towards new goals.
Our Business Mentors work with company leaders to review strategy, workshop and test assumptions, provide feedback, work through road blocks, develop a winning strategy, set goals and monitor progress.
Employee Value
Proposition
A good Employee Value Proposition (EVP) will help a company attract and retain talent which in turn will drive company performance. The EVP starts by asking employees:
- what they love and don’t like about your company?
- what is unique about working in your company?
- what are their goals and aspirations?
- what connects them to your business values? and
- why they stay?
Having an EVP program which includes rewards and benefits as well as unique and flexible working arrangements will help attract and retain talent. The EVP is an evolving strategy to retain talent and gain competitive advantage through a process of dynamic discovery, one-on-one discussions, anonymous survey, exit interviews, feedback forums and seeking feedback about how people feel about working for your business. Strathmore Business Consulting will help guide the process of discovery, documenting and measuring the EVP plan so you can begin to attract and retain the best.
Board Review
Strathmore Business Consulting will work with the Chair to undertake a review of the Board including:
- Board and Director 360 Feedback assessments
- Review of sub-committees to ensure alignment with strategic direction
- Review composition of the Board to determine skill set and prepare a skill gap analysis.
Planning for Success
Working with the senior team, Strathmore Business Consulting will lead your company through a planning process.
The process typically includes:
- Review of Mission and Values
- Review Strategic Plan
- Scan of the Macro Environment in which the company competes
- Undertake a Competitor Analysis
- Undertake a SWOT Analysis
- Determine key medium to long term goals and prepare Strategic Plan
- Prepare Business Plan
Sales Reset Planning
Strathmore Business Consulting will work with your sales team to identify what is needed to improve company sales. We will examine the whole sales process from:
- Marketing to enquiry
- Enquiry to qualified leads
- Leads to sales
Strathmore Business Consulting will then work with the team on strategies to improve each stage in the sales process as well as developing strategies to build customer loyalty, achieve repeat business and buyer advocacy.
Strathmore Business Consulting will work with your team to develop lead-generating strategies and set new sales targets.
Winning Tenders
If your Tenders are not winning, let Strathmore Business Consulting take a closer look. Our experienced Tender Writers will review your next Tender and recommend changes to ensure that it is more competitive both in terms of content and presentation.
Board Advisory
Independent Board Advisory is used by companies across the world to:
- Act as a sounding board
- Bring external perspective to Board discussions
- Bring critical thinking and analysis
- Provide strategic advice
- Bring new experience and thinking to the table
- Fill knowledge and skills gaps that exist on the Board
- Enables flexibility to scale
Experience that Counts
Following a successful career as a Chief Executive spanning 20 years and operating companies in Australia, Asia, New Zealand and the UK, David Pollock FAICD founded Strathmore Business Consulting Pty Ltd.
David Pollock’s experience extends to B2B and B2C in the commercial, not-for-profit and government sectors.
In his last role as Chief Executive, David operated a multinational company with circa 1500 employees and contractors. The company enjoyed year-on-year growth with increases in profit and shareholder returns. David led business expansion across Australia and into Asia, UK and New Zealand.
Prior to that David was the Chief Executive of a large B2C services based company with operations across Australia and New Zealand. The company employed circa 4000 people, managed $250M in assets and serviced 12M customers annually.
An accomplished public speaker David has presented on business related topics throughout Asia and Australia.
David has been a past judge of the Telstra Women’s Business Awards and is a current Judge for the Telstra Best of Business Awards.
Qualifications:
Harvard University – Leading Global Business
Canberra University – Masters in Business Administration
Monash University – Graduate Diploma in Business Management.
David Pollock is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and was admitted as a Fellow in 2005. He is an experienced Director having served on both commercial and not-for-profit Boards with exposure across a range of business sectors.
Highlights
- CEO spanning 20 years
- Built business from $2.5M to $50M turnover
- National and International business expansion - Asia, UK and NZ
- Board and governance experience
- Qualifications and practical leadership experience in an international context
- Managed employee numbers up to 4000 people
- Multi-site management
- Reshaping businesses – restructuring and improving financial performance
- Negotiating and managing major contracts
- End-to-end brand and sales management
- Influencing – federal, state and local government
- Consulting to business to improve performance
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