Transforming Journey4 into a sustainable rapid-growth consultancy  

Experts in customer-led growth and transformation, Journey4, needed guidance to shift to a sustainable high-growth consultancy, with a strategy specifically geared towards a business sale and exit for the shareholders. That’s where The Consultancy Growth Network came in.

Guidance from the Network’s Growth Experts has been crucial; from an initial strategic review with Marc Jantzen, to working on their proposition and sales process with Dom Moorhouse, to meeting Marcia Marini on the Network’s Programa de acelerador de crescimento (Gap) e Stuart, que se envolveu, como membro da Placa e Membro da Placa.

As Stuart Pearce, Director and Owner at Journey4 explains, “What stood out the most for me were the Especialistas em crescimento. Rede, mas quando analisamos os benefícios do pacote de membros consultivos oferecido pela Rede de Crescimento da Consultoria, decidimos atualizar da associação profissional e aproveitar a oportunidade de fazer com que um especialista em crescimento se torne um membro do nosso conselho. Ficamos estragados pela escolha, pois todos são igualmente experientes e qualificados ”. Berrington, ajudou a Journey4 a aproveitar tudo o que a rede de crescimento da consultoria tem a oferecer, desde eventos de rede pessoais a itens redondos, eventos de referência e workshops on-line com os especialistas em crescimento e recursos no ||! de trabalhar '' no negócio, e não 'em' o negócio. Atualmente, estamos no caminho certo com nosso orçamento e com nossa estimativa de avaliação, enquanto procuramos construir um negócio sustentável e de alto crescimento. Continuamos a se envolver ativamente com a rede e acessar tudo o que tem a oferecer. ”

“We considered appointing a Non-Executive Director from outside the network, but when we looked at the benefits of the Advisory membership package offered by The Consultancy Growth Network we decided to upgrade from Professional membership and take advantage of the opportunity of having a Growth Expert become a member of our Board. We were spoilt for choice, as they are all equally experienced and qualified”.

Journey4 engaged with the Network’s specialist providers, such as New Minds for their people strategy, SBR Consulting for sales training, Wallace for shareholder and employment contracts, The Wow Company for company valuation and Fogarty and Patchett to build their website. The Network’s community team, particularly George Berrington, have helped Journey4 to leverage all that The Consultancy Growth Network has to offer, from in-person networking events to roundtables, referral events and online workshops with the Growth Experts and resources on the Growth Hub.

This has made a huge impact on their performance, as Stuart explains, “The biggest change for us as owners has been to recognise the importance of working ‘on’ the business, and not ‘in’ the business. We are currently on track with our budget and with our valuation estimate as we seek to build a sustainable, high-growth business. We continue to engage actively with the Network and access everything it has to offer.”

Benefícios fornecidos pela Rede de Crescimento da Consultoria

• Associação de nível consultivo abriu portas para envolver mais líderes de Journey4 em tudo o que as redes oferecem, de Webinars e | Desenvolver e implementar efetivamente um novo plano de pessoas, recrutando consultores e associados talentosos.events to resources on the Growth Hub.
• Provided the tools and support to help us effectively develop and implement a new People Plan, recruiting talented Consultants and Associates.
• Enabled the upgrade of Journey4’s website efficiently and with great success through the Network’s specialist providers.
• Alistou um especialista em crescimento altamente experiente para ingressar na placa Journey4. Economizou o tempo na implementação de estratégias e planos com base nos conselhos de outras pessoas. Artigo
• Members of the Journey4 team have benefitted individually from the support offered by the network, the connections made via the interactive Slack channel and the relationships built through meetings and events.
• As owners, access to experienced guidance and resources saved time personally and provided confidence in what they were implementing.
• Learning from other people’s mistakes has saved time in implementing strategies and plans based on the advice of others.
• The Network’s Sales training programme has helped a Journey4 team member to develop their sales skills whilst also helping to refine the organisation’s sales process and build a strong sales pipeline.
• The Network’s specialised legal advisors have improved our key employment contracts and shaped our long term incentive plan for our people.