Business process consulting seeks to examine and identify the efficiency and effectiveness of a company’s processes. It ensures that they deliver the highest quality goods and services in the most efficient manner possible, optimizing productivity. We help companies to beat their competition, as well as to become more innovative.
Brainard Strategy has helped dozens of clients to improve execution and meet the needs of customers innovating and better measuring and monitoring processes. Typically, our work generates cost savings and innovation. Additionally, we have been able to help clients gain advantages through reduced cycle times and increased quality and customer satisfaction.
We work with each client to assess its operating practices and their cost and effectiveness, particularly in comparison with competitors. We understand the demands of high growth businesses and the advantages of scale and scope.
- Problem: Updating and enhancing processes
- Assess: From diagnostic phase through program management Recommendations: Focus on cost savings and service enhancements
- Results: Measurement Systems to drive expenses down and efficiency/profitability up
Testimonial
We have had a great deal of success with mergers and acquisitions but in 2010 we sought to reduce some of the friction that our internal process seemed to be experiencing. While ultimately much of our work in Corporate Development was highly successful it was clear that we were not operating the deal process as efficiently or as effectively as we could. As the executive responsible for all aspects of M&A activity I have a great sense of urgency for our company to realize its value targets and for us to build scale-able and replicable process to the extent possible. Our transactions can range from tens of millions to multiple billions, be incredibly complex, have international components, and we often must navigate a complex regulatory and competitive environment.
Michael was referred to us based upon a prior experience a colleague had with Michael, his Corporate Development background as well as his Organizational Development expertise. We contracted with Brainard Strategy to assess our M&A processes, then deliver a series of reports and facilitated sessions with a variety of executives and other stakeholders. As one can imagine there were executives wed to certain aspects of the process and many of the people who were in the debrief sessions helped to create the very processes that were being assessed and potentially challenged.
It became crystal clear that Michael’s ability to pull together many data points and points of view in an honest, clear and objective manner led to instant credibility. It was also clear that Michael and his team had a vast amount of technical expertise in both doing transactions, and consulting on the process of completing transactions. In many instances Michael asserted known challenges for us and in many other cases he was able to articulate the implications of some of our challenges in such a way so as to limit defensiveness. His ability to communicate tough truths and facilitate various types of groups toward the best end for us as the client was immensely valuable to me. We were left with a concrete action plan for change that was eventually integrated by the board and the senior management team.
We are now partnering with Michael as a strategic consulting partner to assist us with a variety of process consulting initiatives. Michael’s unique background as a psychologist, business development executive who completed transactions, and facilitation capabilities, as well as interpersonal skills and pragmatism helped our team and company to gain value that may not have been gained without him. I estimate his contribution to be worth many millions of dollars for us.
EVP of Corporate Development
Large Multi-National Bio-Tech Company
