“Fil took us through a really valuable process that reviewed our growth strategy priorities. It sparked a robust discussion within the leadership team. This drove collaboration and really usable output. We are now much clearer on where we should invest and particularly divest for maximum growth. We’ve asked Fil to support us further in communicating the strategy within Unifii; and in developing the output into an executable action plan.“ – Steve Mamelok, Managing Director, Unifii.
“I hired Fil to help us when we were thinking about our next product for development. We had lots of product ideas but no filter for picking the best ones. Fil brought rigorous and referenceable methods to our product discussions and decision-making process. This gave us much greater commercial understanding of what made for a good or bad product idea. And we were able to calmly and objectively lay rest to bad ideas that had been in our heads forever. This freed up time and resources to accelerate the development and testing of the better ideas. Fil is currently supporting us as we test some of these ideas with our clients and partners.” – Philippe Babkine, Founder/owner, DSLI.
“We recently developed a new service line. There was a lot to consider, and it was easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. Fil brought a structured approach, critical thinking, and experience to the whole process. He constantly pushed us to focus on the important strategic work: Choosing the target market, defining its problem, developing a unique solution etc. And he pulled us back to this when we got carried away thinking about future state operational matters because they were easier, or just fun. His support really helped us to cut out wasted cost, effort and delay. I’d definitely recommend Fil to any business leader working on their firm’s next offering.” – Myles Molloy, Director of Advolution, Unifii.
“Fil is unique for us as he demonstrates a mix of accumulated industry experience, and professional qualifications to deliver a blend of consultancy aimed at leadership planning. Working with Fil has added an additional perspective to the planning process and helped keep me and my senior teams focussed on the right areas. The Growth and Strategy workshops we have done together also allowed us to put some of our rationale to the test in a structured way that brought the whole team to considered and agreed conclusions that then helped us collectively move forward.” – Andrew Stuart, HPE Business Unit Director, TD SYNNEX.
“Fil has worked closely with me to listen, challenge and understand where we want to go as a business. He’s helped my management team and me to develop, test and commit to our go-to-market strategy and goals. As well as educating us on growth strategy principles, his workshops have brought the team together to work on the big questions that challenge the status quo. This has forced us to think longer term and beyond the usual time horizons. The benefits in this clarity of strategy, and the plans we will build up on it, will be playing out across the months to come.” – David Meyer, Managing Director, Clarify.
“I had been searching for somebody to lead a team discussion to help us have stronger strategic conversations with our business partners. I was introduced to Fil and it was clear that his background, approach and humour was perfect; so we committed to his course. It was well structured and communicated. Fil used powerful case studies throughout and he finished the course by showing us some proven strategy development tools. This has already enabled confident and meaningful discussions with our partners, which in turn has led to focused and specific plans for us all to execute on.” – Paul Reynolds, EMEA Channel Director, ServiceNow.
“Fil has taught, as a guest lecturer, on some of my courses. I will definitely be asking him back. He works hard to engage and interact with the students and always gets lots of questions. (A few students usually stay back after the class to ask more questions). He pitches the level and sets the pace really well. And he picks great case-studies and examples to create a clear thread throughout the lecture. This really helps the students follow and remember the content.” – Dr Keme Ifie, MBA Programme Director, Loughborough University Business School.