These seminars draw on the approaches, tools and techniques used in the domain of big consultancy, but apply them to the ‘hands on’ world of management implementation in smaller scale operations. For example :

Implementing Effective Change
Building The Management Dashboard
Managing A Biotech Company
Consulting Skills
Presentation And Facilitation Skills

Implementing Effective Change
Many managers need to move parts of the organisation within their sphere of influence into a different direction. Sometimes it is to achieve better practice, other times to fix an intransigent problem, or it might be to implement a new strategy. There are many approaches, tools and techniques which can be helpful often emanating from the world of consultancy, and this seminar aims to show how they can be used in your circumstances. Topics typically include:
• Understanding the issues (tools & techniques for organisational analysis)
• Building the road map
• Map the business process
• Adding value
• Implementation
(a variety of tools and techniques including use of measures – KPIs; roles and
responsibility charting –RACI; team structures; mobilising people; etc.)
Building The Management Dashboard
The management dashboard has been coined as a term to cover the process of setting targets, measuring performance and defining who is responsible for delivering what. Most managers will have to build or work with a set of measures at some point and this seminar addresses the underlying concepts and will show you how to approach their implementation. Typical topics include:

• Adapting the balanced scorecard
• Building a cascade of measures –
the KPI (Key Performance Indicator) tree
• Building the corporate dashboard
• How to drive performance
• The process of building a structure of measures for your organisation or unit
Managing A Biotech Company
Many smaller companies have been formed around an original idea or a piece of Intellectual Property, and have grown rapidly from a standing start. Frequently the management - often scientists – find themselves having to address ‘new’ management issues as the company grows rapidly. We have put together a management template, based on tools and techniques taken from ‘big consultancy’ and adapted to the world of Biotech. The content of the seminars is based around this template:
• Build the strategic vision (where do you want the company to go?)
• Structure the management processes
( including effective project management)
• How value is added
(calculating value, reducing risk)
• Building measures
(KPIs for Biotech)
• Deal making
(presenting to and negotiating with big pharma)
• Presenting to investors, obtaining funds
Consulting Skills
Consulting skills are subtly different from the skills usually required to be successful within industry. The difference largely reflects all the issues involved in the management of a client. This seminar is structured on the core skills, which are close to those that ‘big consultancy’ would aim to develop, and are ultimately focused on delivering success to a client. Typical topics include:

• Managing the client
• Setting up the project
• Project planning and delivery
• Managing the team

Under each topic there is a sub set of consulting tools and techniques.
Effective Presentation And Facilitation Skills

For most managers presentation skills are a ‘must’ for success. More training and development in this area is always better – there is no limit to what can be learnt. Facilitation skills are slightly more subtle, focusing on bringing small groups together and moving them in a desired direction. This kind of seminar is best tailored to specific needs, but topics typically include:


• Structuring the message
• Communication delivery and personal style
• The audience – how to make an impact
• Facilitation skills – what are they, when to use them.