Examples of Pen Portraits and their use in Strategy Creation In our article “What is a Pen Portrait?” we discussed the importance of ensuring that the facilitator has information about…
Strategic Interviews Case Study Introduction It should be noted at this point that I took care not to use the word ‘interview’, preferring to use ‘discussion’ instead, as I felt…
How a Firm’s Remuneration System Can Impact Attaining its Strategic Goals In many professional services firms their partner remuneration is often based on their personal performance rather than the performance…
What is a Practice Group in Professional Services? A practice group is a group or team within a firm that specialises in a particular area of service activity and will…
Practice and Sector Focused Strategies In Professional Service Firms In our article “The Unique Challenges of Developing Strategic Plans for Professional Partnerships” we looked at how the structure of partnerships…
Successfully Implementing a Business Strategy While it may not seem like it at the time, creating your business strategy can actually be the easy part because at that point it…
Creating a More Effective Corporate Structure for Professional Partnerships In our article entitled “Unique Challenges of Developing Strategic Plans for Professional Partnerships” we discussed the difficulties that they way that…
The Unique Challenges of Creating Strategic Plans for Professional Partnerships The way in which Partnerships in the Professional Services Sector are structured creates unique challenges when it comes to creating…
What is a Professional Services Firm? Professional services firms are knowledge intensive organisations that provide expert service to clients. Examples of professional services firms include Accountants, Architects, Management Consultants, Lawyers, etc. There are…
The Practice of Making Strategy Book Ian Brown, the Managing Director of 2112 Consulting, co-authored the book “The Practice of Making Strategy” with Professors Colin Eden and Fran Ackerman who…
