Challenge Consulting Ltd
Address:
- The Old Stables
- Hyde Farm, Hyde Lane
- Kings Langley
- Hertfordshire
- HP3 8SA
Telephone Number:
+44 (0)1923 270001Fax Number:
+44 (0)1923 270008Website:
http://www.challenge-consulting.co.ukEmail:
info@challenge-consulting.co.ukGeneral Description:
"To succeed, simple efficiency gains are no longer enough. We must take on nothing less than the transformation of our business and its performance"
Welcome to Challenge Consulting. We are an independently-minded management consultancy, and our business is to design and implement ways to align you to what your customers value most about you.
We bring experienced people, creativity and pragmatism. And whilst there’s no such thing as a ‘one-size-fits all’ method, a logical approach underpins everything we do.
At the core of our approach lies the clarity of the commercial and customer solution for the business – with this view at the centre, we believe that transforming business performance depends on four sets of enablers:
• Commercial – what propositions and offerings should you market; what does the customer value about doing business with you? Fundamentally, how are you going to make money?
• Operational – what Target Business Model, processes, systems and capabilities should be in place to deliver the commercial and customer solution?
• Organisational – what people, roles, responsibilities, organisational structures and partnerships are needed to make the Target Business Model work?
• Delivering Change – how does the client deploy and sustain the changes needed to achieve business performance transformation?
We work shoulder-to-shoulder with client team members in all aspects of transforming business performance - from start to finish, on whatever scale. Clients who have worked alongside us tell us it's the best personal development they have had and we pride ourselves on this feedback. In the majority of cases we work in very small teams with our clients. In addition to a Programme Director, there are usually between 2 and 5 Challenge consultants on a large-scale change programme. Depending on the nature of the assignment, we will structure the required activity into relevant Work Streams, where we pair up Challenge and client personnel to complement skills and knowledge. The transfer of skills to our clients is largely gained through hands on experience, but we may use some tools and techniques which require more formal training. We believe strongly in the importance of good communication as a critical success factor for any change programme - we always start a new assignment with an appropriate induction event to get client team members bought into the reasons for change and the approach to delivering it. Equally important is the timing and rigour of a handover event, so that any responsibilities we held during the programme are fully owned by client personnel by the time we leave.
Activities:
We specialise in business performance transformation. We work with both commercial and public sector organisations.
Key Personnel:
• Chris Cooper – Managing Director
• David Welch – Consulting Director
• Martin Heath – Consulting Director
• Sarah Lythgoe – Practice Manager
Alliances:
Invigors LLP - Our strategic alliance with Invigors offers unique value for finance companies. Combining deep domain knowledge with leading edge business architecture and change management, we’re driving major transformation projects in operational and corporate restructuring, development of efficient operating platforms, international expansion, new business design, M&A strategy, implementation and integration.
UK Office Locations:
The Old Stables
Hyde Farm
Hyde Lane
Kings Langley
Herts
HP3 8SA
Worldwide Coverage:
• Public Sector
• Asset Finance
• Financial Services
• Banking
• Other