SG Consulting

Although I am now less involved in direct hands-on assignments, for a number of years I have led SG Consulting supported by a network of associates. My lead role involves directing client engagement, leading responses to client challenges and situations, and calling upon carefully selected, credible and skilled professionals, chosen for specific assignments against a clear understanding of client requirements.

My unique professional contribution to SG Consulting includes organizational strategy; the alignment of strategy-organization-people; the development of executive capacity; and the development of key individuals in positions of complex decision-making. Frequently this has been achieved through participation on client Boards, engagement with family offices and Trusts, and/or working closely with senior decision-makers in their personal capacities.

Typical interventions include:

Organizational improvement

This focuses on better enabling the chosen business or operational model through careful organization design, while offering fresh perspectives to leaders of businesses, family enterprises or society organizations on how best to configure the resources available to them.

Succession planning

I am intimately involved with a number of family businesses, specializing in succession planning and generational transitions. This includes readiness assessments of the incoming generation and their subsequent preparation and development, as well as personal assistance to the outgoing generation.

Leadership, strategy and execution

Ongoing advice is provided to established clients to build continuous clarity of direction, strength of leadership, well organized management and executive capabilities, and superior performance of human capital assets. Very high emphasis is placed on relationship, trust and partnership in working towards agreed outcomes.

Individual coaching

I offer intense personal assistance to individuals in support of their career development, or where a person may simply require time out to reflect on life and their place in it. This includes partnering closely with leaders in their personal spaces where values, judgement, decisions and behavior are honed before emerging as unique attributes that successfully progress their world.