It has never been easier to go global according to Colin Coulson-Thomas, PI Consulting Associate and author of “Winning Companies; Winning People” speaking to young business leaders at a Next Generation Network event in Greenwich: “Pioneers are using a new generation of support tools to free people from dependency upon particular locations and support mobile activities, relocation and outsourcing. They can transform understanding and make it easier for people to do difficult jobs at anytime and anywhere.”

Research findings reveal a practical and low cost approach that impacts quickly and directly on bottom line performance.

This week Vincent Bryant, PI Consulting’s Managing Partner and Warwick Business School alumnus, delivered a lecture to students on the Foundations of Corporate Performance Masters Degree Course at WBS.

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Pace’s TimeCorder device is a simple and effective tool for measuring and improving productivity, enabling employees to track how they spend their time at the touch of a button. Because it is anonymous and simple to use employee participation rates are very high.

Respondents to the survey assessed their businesses in the areas of: strategy and direction; financial control, treasury and management information; customers and markets; operations and supply chain; and employee engagement and motivation.

Nimbus delivers leading software solutions to over 700 companies in 15 countries to capture, analyse and communicate their business processes. Nimbus Control software is an important tool for delivering high performance, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.

The scheme, which attracted some 50 or so business participants in this its fifth year, is designed to match students at university with individuals in a relevant job, who make a commitment to help them gain an understanding of their work environment, its culture, its expectations, its demands and even its frustrations.

The Self Assessment Business Diagnostic has been developed by business consulting and advisory firm PI Consulting.

It’s a five minute online questionnaire which examines how a company is performing in five key areas of business, then awards a percentage score.

Any business with a low score is very poorly prepared, and, according to PI Consulting, at high risk of not making it through any serious economic downturn.

“Our emphasis on advising and supporting implementation ensures we base our advice and plans on a thorough understanding of the opportunities, issues and practicalities of achieving results for each individual project and client.”

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“They develop exciting new products while adopting inappropriate approaches to winning business. Their technical creativity needs to be matched by innovation in their approach to business building”.

Colin’s ‘Winning Companies; Winning People’ research programme identifies what successful people or winners do differently in areas such as winning business, building customer relationships and creating and exploiting know-how. Over 2,000 companies participated in the latest round of studies, and critical success factors or ‘winning ways’ for key business building activities have been identified. Further information can be obtained by contacting Colin at PI Consulting: colin.coulson-thomas@piconsulting.org.uk.

PI Consulting is delighted to announce that it has been awarded Accredited Premier Practice status by the Institute of Business Consulting (IBC). The IBC is the Professional Body for Management Consultants and Business Advisors in the UK. This award makes PI Consulting one of a small group of IBC Premier Practices and one of the youngest firms to have achieved this prestigious award.

As part of PI’s commitment to continuously improving the strength and depth of its service to clients, the practice made four new appointments in late 2006.
The new joiners bring a wealth of diverse skills and experience from both the private and public sectors and all share PI’s ethos of integrity, collaboration and passion for excellence.

Peter Brotherhood Ltd has been designing, manufacturing and servicing power generating systems from the UK for almost 140 years. PI started working with Peter Brotherhood during 2006 and during 2007 will be assisting with the implementation of their five year strategic plan.

As satisfied customers spend more, say positive things about the supplier and demonstrate higher levels of loyalty there is a tacit belief in a correlation between customer satisfaction and business growth. The well established research by Reichheld and Sasser1 provides further insight into the relationship between customer loyalty and profitability.

The Leadership Centre for Local Government has been set up in response to “the biggest challenge in local government since the end of the war”. To help Local Government leaders to meet this challenge the Leadership Centre for Local Government has prepared a consultancy services supplier database.

How does the Team Climate System (TCS©) work? Based on confidential responses to a questionnaire TCS© produces a comprehensive picture of the way a team or group of teams are currently working and the factors that are impacting their performance.