# Management Consultancy Services - Link: https://www.richardgourlay.com/management-consultancy-services-by-richard-gourlay/ - Published: 2020-04-25T08:36:52+01:00 - Author: Richard Gourlay # **Management Consultancy Services**   Our Management Consultancy Services provide business owners with the support they need to improve all aspects of your business. Using external consultants is often the best way to grow and develop their business. Management consultancy supports business leaders and business owners grow their business.  With over 30 years of management consultancy experience Richard supports many leaders across a wide-range of high growth businesses and across multiple sectors on a management consultancy basis. Richard provides a safe sounding board to discuss ideas and to think through important decisions.   As an external 3rd party, Richard Gourlay provides an expertise and experience for many businesses in undertaking new or existing projects. From researching new ideas to launching new products and services he has a wealth of experience and know how in how improve performance develop new procedures and new projects.   **[Richard Gourlay’](https://www.richardgourlay.com/profile-richard-gourlay-background-experienced-leadership-consultant/) s** consultancy work can be broken down into the following key areas:- ##   ## **Project Management**   With over 30 years experience in business Richard takes on specific projects for companies in researching markets and developing new products and services. Many leaders want an extra pair of eyes end ears to support them grow their business with the flexibility and agility to add to the bottom-line quickly.  Bringing is an experienced business consultant to set-up, run and deliver a specific project gives a business additional resources to grow without distracting existing people from their mission critical roles. [Get in touch with Richard Gourlay today to learn more just click this link here](https://www.richardgourlay.com/contact-richard-gourlay-to-discuss-how-we-can-support-you/)     Management Consultancy Services in project management can include researching emerging sectors, identify market opportunities or develop pilot solutions to open up markets. Through to undertaking reviews and revisions of existing work. Bringing in a project manager also brings extra capacity as well as capability to existing teams.    ## **Consultancy Projects**   Consultancy projects enable a company to quickly and cost-effectively identify, assess, pilot and then model the business to new opportunities. The key advantages of using an experienced consultant is that existing operations are not over-stretched. Using an experienced consultant brings several additional benefits including speed, self-reliance and wider business growth opportunities.   Outsourcing projects to an experienced 3rd party also facilities flexibility, increasing scope and capability of the business. ###   ###   ### **Market Research Projects **   Employing someone to carryout out market research also enables companies to learn about new opportunities through pilot trials rather than having to commit too early to new markets or sectors. Many companies use experienced market researchers to undertake market assessment and feasibility studies not to understand market or opportunity trends but also to identify opportunity size and timing for a successful Return on Investment (ROI) for them. ###   ###   ### **Management Consultancy Services**   Management consultancy provides business owners resources and expertise which enables their business to grow and develop. Richard’s management consultancy services provides business leaders with immediate additional resources that enable them grow quickly. Bringing in an experienced management consultant enables projects to be clearly defined and more effectively delivered than traditional approaches in employing a new management team.   The key advantage for business owners in using an experienced management consultant is that it enables accelerated business growth. Our experience in projects goes from researching new ideas to idea validation and project design and delivery management consultancy services enable dynamic business growth.   [Get in touch with Richard Gourlay today to learn more just click this link here](https://www.richardgourlay.com/contact-richard-gourlay-to-discuss-how-we-can-support-you/)   Management Consultancy can enable your business to Grow Quickly ####   #### Management Consultancy Experience   With over 30 years in business and a background in business development from research to delivery Richard focuses on improving the direction and effectiveness of their business strategy. Projects can range from organisational performance and operational processes through to market research and development.   Management consulting covers great diversity in disciplines, but starts with good project management scoping and the ability to hit the road running as an experienced management consultant.   ![Management consultancy by Richard Gourlay in Dumfries & Galloway](http://www.richardgourlay. com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Success-Ahead.jpg) Richard’s typical management consultancy programmes break into three core areas of business support. 1. #### **󠀁[Strategy Consulting:](http://www.richardgourlay.com/contact-richard-gourlay-management-consultant-leadership-coach-business-consultant/)󠁿** The specialisation that focusses on strategic and board room advise. Where to be playing in which market and why: including:-  - ##### **Strategic Management Consultancy:** where is the market going and how to benefit from that direction. - **Business Planning:** developing a robust business plan that enables a business to succeed within that market. - **PESTLE analysis**: Understand the macro drivers operating within your market and what they mean to your business. - **5 Forces**: Understand the micro drivers of a market, who’s is doing what and why to your market and customers. - **Competency Assessment:** where are you and what does that mean in terms of opportunity for growth within your market. - **Culture:** how to create and sustain the right culture for your organisation. - **Market research**: Identifying and validating opportunities to enable market entry or penetration. ![McKinsey7-S-Model to assess a company structure from Richard Gourlay](http://www. richardgourlay.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/McKinsey7-S-Model.jpg) #####   #####   ##### 2. 󠀁[**Operational Consulting**](http://www.richardgourlay.com/contact/)󠁿: Focusses on improving the management and operations of organisations, including: * **Process Development**: Revising and reviewing existing processes too modernise and ensure they are fit for purpose, reducing cost and inefficiency as well as ensuring they are scalable to meet future demands. * **Marketing & Sales Processes**: Redefine how to find, engage and convert target audiences into lifetime customers. What processes and procures work and why which find, attract, engage and convert target customer audiences. * **Efficiency Improvement** in processes and operations: remove wastage and inefficiency to add value at every step of the customer or process journey. [⌊Leadership Development by Richard Gourlay ⌉⌊Leadership Development by Richard Gourlay ⌉[ #####   #####   ##### 3. 󠀁[**People Development**:](http://www.richardgourlay.com/contact-richard-gourlay-management-consultant-leadership-coach-business-consultant/)󠁿 Focused around human capital consulting services aimed at improving the results off the HR function.   * **Leadership**: create and develop the leadership within your organisation, developing existing leaderships teams to expand and grow with their business. * **Succession Planning**: Developing the next leaders within your organisation bringing on new talent within the company ensuring resilience and succession is smooth and effective. * **Management Development Skills**: developing competencies within the management team to consistently deliver results over the long-term. * **Mentoring: **supporting senior people in their roles to develop and deliver their full potential as leaders, proving them with the tailored support they need to grow and develop. * **Change Management**: How to create and manage change throughout an organisation. ** ** ###### **What can a management consultant do for you?   Management consultancy provide senior decision makers advise on business strategy and organisational matters. Richard’s services include developing a new strategic plan to enable the business to find new areas of growth. Often commissioned to advise on innovation or unique projects, Richard identifies the scope and full remit in understanding the customer’s precise requirements before establishing a clear definable working plan to deliver those goals.   Another key role is in implementing the proposed solutions providing a practical and cost-effective execution of innovative new solutions.  Assignments vary from improving the efficiency of business processes through to the implementation of new systems and processes. Richard typically remains involved until change transitions are complete and new ways of working have become embedded inside the operations. The handover is often when ‘business as usual’ is being seen within operations.   Like to know more then [contact Richard Gourlay in the form below or click here.](https://www.richardgourlay.com/contact-richard-gourlay-to-discuss-how-we-can-support-you/) Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Name First Last Email Email Confirm Email Telephone Number Customers telephone number How you? Number How can I help you? How can I help you with your business or leadership skills?