This is the work of setting the strategy and turning it into a value-creation plan the business can run against, whether that’s a full refresh or a PE-style 100-day plan. You bring someone in at a change of ownership, a new leadership team, or a moment when the current plan has run out of road.
When to hire an external consultant
New owners or a new leadership team want a clear plan fast, and the current one is a slide from two years ago.
You know where you want to get to but not how, and you need the value-creation levers turned into a real roadmap.
Your team can build the plan or run the business this quarter, not both.
Typical activities
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Setting the strategy: where to grow, what to fix, what to stop, backed by the numbers.
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Building the value-creation plan, with the levers sized and sequenced by impact and effort.
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Turning it into a roadmap with owners, milestones and the financial target each initiative carries.
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Pressure-testing the plan against the market and the balance sheet so it survives contact with reality.
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Setting up the cadence and tracking that keep it alive past the kick-off.
Our Members specialised in this service come from MBB or a commercial strategy firm, with people who’ve also worked value creation inside PE portfolios and industry roles. We look for people who’ve written value-creation plans that got delivered, and who care more about the number hit than the elegance of the framework.
“The Sweav model allows me and the broader company to bring in strategic support quickly at times when we need it. It’s that easy.”
“Sweav made a great effort to thoroughly understand the problem I was facing, together with the context and culture of the company. That’s why I keep coming back when I need consulting trained people for longer term interim positions.”
