Building a consulting firm’s growth strategy towards 2030
Professional services · Training · Management consulting
Context
A full strategic consulting engagement with an organisational consulting firm, supporting its development towards 2030. A context of controlled growth, with a need to structure the offering, clarify the positioning and prepare for organisational scale-up.
Approach
- Phase 1 — Diagnostic: 2017–2024 financial analysis, definition of the four strategic business units (Abell method), PESTEL per unit, Porter’s five forces, attractiveness scoring, McKinsey matrices, value chain, strategic CANVAS
- Phase 2 — Strategic choice: three contrasted scenarios (organic / partnership / external growth), multi-criteria analysis, Ansoff matrix, 2025–2030 financial projections
- Phase 3 — Implementation plan: target organisation, new value chain, marketing & sales plan, integrated performance management system
Results
The partnership-driven growth scenario was selected and validated by the leadership team, together with an internal communication plan.