Welcome to the extraordinary post- covid world. Driving a ‘transformation’ of ‘transformation’
2025 Client Brochure
Welcome.
For over 20 years now of robust independence Transformation Leaders have delivered ‘knowledge and insight’ to help accountable leaders deliver successful transformations.
When ‘eager and expensive’ solutions can risk high levels of expense and indeed costly failure. Unsurprisingly these solutions are very readily available.
It always pays to plan carefully.
Since our foundation in the UK in 2000 we have seen many changes in the UK economic environment. Post 9/11 and 2 expensive wars that followed accompanied by too low levels of UK defence expenditure in support.
Then the high UK taxpayer cost of bailing out UK banks in the banking crash in 2008. By 2008 RBS/NatWest had become the biggest bank in the world. Cost: £80bn.
Followed by some years of creeping public sector austerity, allied to low UK economic growth.
Then Covid 2020/21 produced even higher high UK taxpayer cost (some £400bn)
Then Putin’s war on 40 million Ukrainians, affecting global energy and food costs. Disruption and Inflation. Now the world is challenged by President Trump’s war on global free trade.
Over this time technology has promised, and often delivered, many cost savings, and thus layoffs. So much so, that around 40% the UK workforce of around 31 million has inexorably moved to become a wide range of fractional self- drive workers. Who, without having to be taxed in the way they are currently, could provide remarkable opportunities for operational cost saving AND enhanced flexibility.
Transformation success depends on our five rules that we have learned in the many projects which we have sourced.
Why not ring our St James’s Street London office on 020 7830 9663 or send an e mail to info@transformation-leaders.com and ask for our MD David Pinchard, and tap into our long experience. A first conversation is always free. Every problem at board level is always ‘bespoke’ and ‘confidential’ .
Here is just one of our warm client referrals, amongst well over 80% successful transformation successes so far . Over £7 million of fees won by our 100 or so hand- picked board experienced INDEPENDENT members and very many millions of’ value- add’ delivered in those projects.
Anthony Nissen – a successful chairman of a number of companies and a client of ours wrote…….
‘In my experience any transformation project is ‘bespoke’, as every organisation’s culture is unique. The process of transformation carries risk, alongside the promise of rewards of improved customer service and satisfaction, or new revenue from new sources. And at reduced costs.
I have used ‘transformation leaders’ with great success on three occasions so far. Each one very different.
The first was for a talented PhD production director to handle the complex purchase and installation of a major new piece of machinery to grow production and thus sales revenue of an already Europe wide leading company in the petfood market.
This project lasted for two years. Not every day in any week, but the successful introduction of an entirely new production line dramatically increased the value of the company.
The second was for a talented manufacturing director to oversee some key changes at ‘ops. manufacturing director’ level. Client orders were falling behind schedule, which was affecting our reputation with our global clients. This project lasted for nearly a year, with measurable improvements. Not least in increased morale in the manufacturing team, as they saw the results on improved methodologies. The candidate I selected was one of the independent team that totally transformed the performance of the BMW Mini plant in Cowley.
The third project was to oversee the selection of the ‘right’ ERP system for all of the business processes within a highly successful global UK, high end, engineering manufacturer. This project is ongoing and is now into its second year.
The careful writing and agreeing of the project brief and targeting deliverables and time frames all make for a disciplined shortlist interview process to select the ‘right’ top candidate and right investment for the project.Bearing in mind that in projects, right at the ‘core’, as a new ERP system, these systems can kill the patient if everyone in the business is not totally trained into, and has confidence in, the new system.
Each shortlist candidate has the freedom to quote ‘terms’ after shortlist interview, allowing for ‘comparing and contrasting’ on price.
Which makes the T-L. com process highly suitable as an alternative to onerous, expensive process under public sector project procurement rules.
Overall costs of using the unique service in transformation-leaders.com are dramatically lower than sourcing via the normal head- renting interim agencies.
On a £100K project, the average project size of T-L.com, the savings on the hiring process can be in the order of £20K+ under conventional head- renting agency costs.
Transformation-leaders proven five rules for transformation success, have been developed over time, over many successful projects, are sound. And stress the immense value of the one ‘right’ trusted board experienced ‘trusted advisor’ to work alongside an accountable client leader to ‘deliver success’ against planned objectives.
My final observation is that the costs at the outset of finding and hiring the ‘right’ independent transformation leader, a ‘trusted advisor’ to help successful change might seem high. But this is not like hiring a board- experienced employee. Far from it.
The INDEPENDENCE of thought, allied with significant board level experience is a vital ingredient.
The rewards in an increased bottom line, and the massively reduced risks of change, are well worth it.
We would be delighted to tell you more about our five rules for transformation success which we were asked to deliver to a major European Conference on Business Change and Transformation in the City of London in 2024. Rules which have been critical to the success of our many transformation projects in which we have played our own critical part.
However, if are you looking for a flexible daily-rate DIRECTED ( thus a quasi-employee within current PAYE tax terms) freelancers, then the world is filled with a very large number of skilled head- renting agency volume suppliers. Curiously they often work on significantly higher percentage resourcing margins than ourselves. As far as we can see our long established model is unique and has saved our clients well over £1M so far over traditional head renting models.
Some of our clients at board level include:
Risk versus reward
‘Change’ is with us all every day However to ‘transform’ all or part of your organisation is a ‘choice’. It carries with it ‘risk’, as well as ‘reward’.
It all starts with an understanding of the ‘purpose’ of any organisation. For without nailing that, then any transformation project can lack coherence. ‘Success’ is where everyone can see the benefits. Customers or citizens. Secondly the skilled employees and contractors who ‘deliver the value’. And finally, the shareholders or taxpayers, who see the long term returns of profitable success (or with Governments, often less reliably, on citizen’s votes).
It is better not to start if you are unprepared and without expert experienced outside independent help. As ‘failure’ can be very damaging. The RISKS are high. ‘The patient can die on the operating table’ as one of our many clients wisely warned us. He was the main appointed and ‘accountable board director’ of this transformation project in the UK and European division, around £1bn turnover, as part of one of the world’s leading energy companies. Happily this two year project was a complete success.
Any organisation has to be working 100% whilst any new transformative model is tested and gradually embedded. And naturally a sizeable proportion of employees rightly fear change. As, all too often, over the last 20 years, technology is used as a weapon to reduce costs, reduce headcounts.
When actually technology can be a way of increasing the standards of customer or taxpayer service, increasing top line revenue, or to achieve better use of the taxpayer’s pound. And, thus may not need less employees at all, but developed and or redirected.
‘Transformation Leaders is a network of elite independent transformation professionals. It connects experienced leaders with businesses seeking successful transformation projects emphasising high level ethics and integrity. The network also offers valuable insight events and networking opportunities, including in-person and virtual sessions. The organisations success is highlighted by its effective track record and commitment to professional development and support for its members.’
This is what a ChatGPT search reveals about us. We could not have put it better ourselves.
Membership. Our proven philosophy is simple. Just the ONE, RIGHT, Board experienced INDEPENDENT can help deliver what many a large big- name consultancy cannot. Are you good and passionate enough to undertake this vital project work at ‘board level ‘?
So, if you wish to be considered for membership of our unique independent specialist grouping in transformation. You have a fine career, leading to board level experience, or a head of a department in a big corporate, and are now a senior independent.
You really enjoy helping an accountable employed CEO or a head of a department to lead successful transformation. You are financially and robustly independent, a key requirement when being able to ‘speak truth to power’ in complex board level projects.
If interested, then do just send us your current CV to info@transformation-leaders.com with your telephone details and we will set up a chat to see how we can best help you. If you are invited to membership, then the cost is modest, £415 before VAT to join. Including your first ‘quarterly. There is an important service we deliver on joining, which is to construct your career into an anonymous T-L.com ‘Short CV’ TM a key transactional document that we use with success to help our clients.
And then, after joining, there are just three ‘quarterlies’ of £83 before vat a year using the secure ‘gocardless’ system. That is less than £60 a month in year one’ , down to less than £30 a month in year two. Many of our members very much like what we do and stay with us for a long time. This board level project sector is a marathon, not a sprint. An incredible resource. We are a special part of a great independent’s toolbox, never the only one.
One of our amazing very long term top engineering members put it this way… ’transformation-leaders.com consistently delivers ‘knowledge and insight’ month by month as ‘eager and expensive’ is the preserve of others.
And in this ever- changing world the best independent transformation leaders need to be hungry to keep ‘up to speed’ to enable them to be of ‘best help’ to his or her accountable client.
PS. Maybe a board is missing something important? We have observed that, on occasion, it can be a sensible investment to find the ‘right’ ,board experienced, senior INDEPENDENT to carry out a short insightful ‘independent review’ of an organisation’s ‘strategy’. For example. An expert review on a core ‘digital strategy’ might take a top expert 10 days. (5 days to explore, five to write the board review and deliver it). But, with a maximum of 16 days ending with an overall board report can have an excellent effect in spotting savings that can be made, or new revenue opportunities missed. Total cost, including sourcing process might be around £20K. We call this chairmans-itch.com Do take a look.
In Summary
For over 20 years now we provide a crucial link between business leaders who need to achieve transformation success and the scarce, highly skilled and experienced, elite group of motivated senior independents.
For our clients. To provide a most thoughtful access to the scarce resource and extensive knowledge needed to help achieve the transformation of their business or organisation, on which its possible survival depends. ‘Trusted Advisors’ capable of helping an accountable organisational leader to deliver success. Some of our value lies in properly defining ‘the deliverables’ of a project to aid sensible shortlist interviews.
For our selected members. To provide a gateway to the support and opportunities needed to be a successful independent transformation leader, as part of a highly qualified, skilled and experienced elite group. This is a tried and tested process that has delivered incredibly high levels of transformational success.
