Services
We work on the decisions that matter most to a business, then stay to make them real. Every engagement is led by a partner from start to finish.
Practice 01
Where to play, how to win and what to stop doing. We help leadership teams make the few calls that set the next five years, and build the plan underneath them.
Growth and portfolio strategy
Market entry and expansion
Board and investor narratives
Strategic planning cycles
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Practice 02
Organisation, processes and spend redesigned around how the work really happens. Lower cost, faster decisions and clearer accountability, without the usual damage.
Operating model design
Cost transformation
Shared services and outsourcing
Spans, layers and decision rights
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Practice 03
Pricing architecture, discount discipline and sales coverage that move margin within a quarter. Most clients see the first results before the project ends.
Pricing strategy and architecture
Discount and deal governance
Sales coverage and incentives
Commercial analytics
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Practice 04
Commercial due diligence, 100-day plans and integration programmes that actually deliver the synergies written into the deal model.
Commercial due diligence
Value creation plans
Post-merger integration
Carve-outs and separations
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Ways to work together
Diagnostic
3 weeks
A fast, fact-based view of where value is hiding and what it would take to capture it.
— Data and interview review
— Leadership working session
— Prioritised roadmap
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Programme
3 to 6 months
A senior team alongside yours, designing and delivering the change through to results.
— Everything in Diagnostic
— Design and delivery
— Weekly steering, monthly board updates
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Advisory
Ongoing
A partner on call for the CEO and board, for the decisions that come up between programmes.
— Monthly partner sessions
— Board preparation
— On-call analysis
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Questions
How quickly can you start?
Usually within two weeks. A diagnostic can begin as soon as we have access to data and a sponsor on your side.
Who will actually do the work?
Partners lead every engagement and are in the room each week. Teams are small, senior and stay with you from start to finish.
Do you work with private equity?
Yes. About a third of our work is commercial due diligence and value creation for investors and their portfolio companies.
How do you price engagements?
A fixed fee per phase, agreed up front. For some programmes we put part of our fee at risk against the results.
One conversation, no pitch. If we can help, we will say how. If we cannot, we will say who can.
Mainstay
An independent strategy and operations consultancy. Senior partners, short timelines, results you can put a number on.
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