Services

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SFW support provides practical, tailored advisory services to SME's, mid-sized businesses and growing organisations.

Support is structured across key areas to improve performance, develop capability, and delivery sustainable results.

I do not believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. Every business faces different challenges and has unique re

SFW support provides practical, tailored advisory services to SME's, mid-sized businesses and growing organisations.

Support is structured across key areas to improve performance, develop capability, and delivery sustainable results.

I do not believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. Every business faces different challenges and has unique requirements. It is therefore essential to first understand the organisation and clearly scope what is needed to deliver the best return on investment.   

My starting point with each client usually is as follows:

• Introduction and scoping meeting
• End-to-end business review (including leadership and team interviews
• Identification of key challenges and improvement opportunities
• Formal proposal of support presented to the leadership team with prioritisation of next steps

Supporting businesses to define clear, practical strategies and ensure they are effectively communicated and deployed across the complete organisation.

The focus is on developing a clear strategy for business growth that fully aligns end-to-end operations with customers, sales, product development and resources.

This includes:

• Facilitated st

Supporting businesses to define clear, practical strategies and ensure they are effectively communicated and deployed across the complete organisation.

The focus is on developing a clear strategy for business growth that fully aligns end-to-end operations with customers, sales, product development and resources.

This includes:

• Facilitated strategy workshops
• Definition of clear business priorities and objectives
• Aligning operational activity with strategic goals
• Translating strategy into deliverable actions with a time based roadmap for deployment

All businesses run projects whether this involves new product development, entering new markets, implementing manufacturing improvements, delivering continuous improvement initiatives, or driving digitisation.  

As organisations grow projects move beyond individual responsibility and require coordinated, cross-functional teams.  This is es

All businesses run projects whether this involves new product development, entering new markets, implementing manufacturing improvements, delivering continuous improvement initiatives, or driving digitisation.  

As organisations grow projects move beyond individual responsibility and require coordinated, cross-functional teams.  This is especially important for businesses that offer bespoke services or product designs to their clients.

Providing teams with the tools and structure to scope, plan, launch, and deliver projects effectively within agreed timelines is a critical capability that is often underdeveloped.

Teaching teams how to set up and run projects properly significantly improves success rates, reduces delays, and helps avoid the issues that can lead to cost overruns and margin erosion.

I offer the following support to assist project related activity:

• Project Team training
• Project scoping and launch
• Coaching of Project Managers and Project Sponsors
• Facilitated project steering meetings

All training is delivered in-house and directly linked to real business situations.

Rather than relying on generic classroom learning, training is built around the day-to-day challenges within your organisation, with each participant applying the tools and techniques to real projects relevant to their role.

This ensures that learning is imm

All training is delivered in-house and directly linked to real business situations.

Rather than relying on generic classroom learning, training is built around the day-to-day challenges within your organisation, with each participant applying the tools and techniques to real projects relevant to their role.

This ensures that learning is immediately put into practice and embedded into the way people work.

A structured framework is also introduced to support continued application beyond the training itself enabling teams to deliver measurable, value-added improvements across the business.

Training is highly interactive and practical, focused on engagement, discussion, and real problem solving not “death by PowerPoint".

Training Areas on offer include:

• Project Management
• Problem solving
• DMAIC lean six sigma
• Lean as a total business approach
• Employee engagement
• Leadership development
• Operational excellence
• Building Sales Pipelines & Markets 
• Strategy Development
• Digitisation 
• NetZero Reporting (Scopes 1,2 & 3)

Strong performance comes from strong leadership and capable teams.  Developing leadership capability at all levels from senior leaders through to supervisors is critical for a business to scale.  

SFW Support approach is to provide:

• Leadership development programmes
• Leadership coaching
• Coaching in day-to-day leadership and decision making
• Deve

Strong performance comes from strong leadership and capable teams.  Developing leadership capability at all levels from senior leaders through to supervisors is critical for a business to scale.  

SFW Support approach is to provide:

• Leadership development programmes
• Leadership coaching
• Coaching in day-to-day leadership and decision making
• Development of operational management teams,  cycles of business & structured Monthly Operational Reviews (MOR's)
• Coaching and mentoring new and identified future leaders/managers
• Providing company apprentice support and coaching  
• Advising on organisational structure and succession planning