For:

Aim

• To develop a clear strategy that is aligned to the business

• To help the support function add value and to be seen as a key component of business strength

• To reduce the chance of corporate mud-slinging and random budget cuts
  

Many support functions suffer from a common problem. They are seen as peripheral to the main business and they are often an easy target when the CEO calls for a budget saving. As one business manager was heard to say when walking through a support function office recently ‘Good morning - and how are the overheads this morning?’

We have designed a workshop specifically for support functions that will:

• Help you to clarify the key business drivers for the organisation

• Help you to reflect on the support services you offer and how well these are aligned behind the business goals

• Provide you with the knowledge and skills to develop a business focused support strategy

• Prompt you to develop a plan that will focus your support around the things that matter

• Help you to identify things that add value to the business and improve them

• Help you to identify activities that increase business costs and reduce them

• Help you to position areas of corporate responsibility that perhaps the business doesn’t regard highly but that nonetheless need to be done

Several of our consultants have worked as part of a support function as well as for a profit centre so are able to bring perspectives from both sides. Contact Andy Matheson for further information.