Case Studies
Home Goods Retailer
Some background:
- Business Partners not communicating
- Business losing Money
- Partners despondent
- Accountant wanted consultant to do some strategic planning
The issues:
- How to get the partners talking?
- How to quickly get the business back being profitable?
Process:
- Get partners talking.
- Identify and focus on key performance indicators of the business (leave strategic planning for another day)
- Meet every two weeks for emergency surgery and finish with an action sheet.
- Work in conjunction with accounting practice.
- Coaching partners to change their mindset
The results:
- Partners communicate more openly and frequently & have established methods to do so
- Gross profit up 4 percentage points to target GP
- Partners mindset changed to being “businessmen”
- Decision to renovate and refresh shop
The learning's:
- One of the most powerful tools you can have is to focus regularly on the key performance indicators in a business.
What they say:
“We are pleased with what has been achieved. We could not have done it without you Henry”
Joe Baini Director
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