Our Advisory and Consulting Services

Advisory & Mentoring undertakes a wide range of corporate advisory and consulting work for its clients.
The combined experience of A&M’s experts and mentors exceed 3,000 years and that experience has benefited thousands of clients around the world.

Each of our experts has scores, if not hundreds of clients that have contributed to the expert’s mastery of their expertise.
Our approach to most engagements can be summarised as follows:

1. We meet to discuss your needs – this is NOT a sales ambush, nor a brainstorming or ideas session. The conversation is between mature professionals to see if we have something that fits your needs.

2. If we believe we can assist you and based on your needs, we prepare a proposal that we believe, based on the understanding we have gained from you, that will satisfy those needs.

3. The proposal normally includes:

i. A statement of our understanding of your needs.
ii. An explanation of our methodology and approach.
iii. What you need to provide us with (documents, people to talk to, information, facilities where relevant).
iv. The proposed timeframes through to completion.
v. The proposed resources we will provide to do the job (and their experience and qualifications).
vi. The deliverables – that is, the things and formats that we will provide you either progressively or at the end or both.
vii. The cost and add-ons (e.g., taxes, out of pockets, travel, and accommodation where relevant).
viii. Our assumptions.
ix. We outline the method for communicating with you that is effective and efficient for you and for us.
x. We outline the method for reporting to you that is effective and efficient for you and for us.
xi. Project contingencies and risks.
xii. Getting started process.

4. You review and we amend the proposal as required until we’re both satisfied that your needs will be met.
A&M have over 300 areas of expertise that are provided by its experts, and the list is too long to list here. However, some of the more active categories include:

Anti-bribery and Corruption
Apparel, Leather Goods,
Accessories and Jewellery
Balanced Scorecard
Behavioural Economics
Board Advisory
Brand Management
Business and Financial Management
Business Expansion
Business Planning
Business Process Review and Re-engineering
Business Strategy
Business Transformation
Business Turnaround and Growth
Buying and Merchandising
Career Counselling & Development
Change Management
Coaching
Communications
Compliance Leadership
Conflict Management
Continuous Process Improvement (TQM)
Corporate Governance
Corporate Lifecycles
Corporate Objectives
Cost Management
Creative Thinking Skills
Crisis Management
Cross Cultural Leadership
Cross-border Commercial Contract Management
Cultural Change, Transformation
Customer Experience
Cybersecurity
Decision Competence
Decision Hierarchy
Design Thinking
Digital Leadership
Digital Marketing
Digital Transformation
Dispute Resolution
Diversification and Collaboration
Documentation
Employee Relations
Entrepreneurship
Ethics and Values Based Leadership
Executive and Sales Mentoring
Family Owned and Operated Business
Fashion
Financial Analysis
General Management
Global Sourcing
Governance and Compliance
High Performance Leadership Coaching
Human Resources Management
ICT
Impact & Sustainable Investment and Finance
Influence Psychology
Information and Telco
Technologies
Innovation
Insurance Industry
Intergenerational Leadership / Management
Interim Management
Internal Audit and Risk Management
International Business
International Licensing
Interpersonal Conflict Management and Mediation
Investment Management
IT Industry
Keynote Speakers
Knowledge Management
Leadership
Leadership, Self-Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
Life Counselling
Logistics
Management
Market Research
Marketing
Master of Ceremonies
Mergers, Acquisitions, Exits
Multi-channel Operations
Neuromarketing
New Economy
Not-for-Profit Executive Management
Operational Transformation
Organisational Development
Organisational Structure
Outsourcing
Performance Management
Persuasion Science
Policy Formulation
Portfolio Strategy and Planning
Presentation Skills
Problem Solving
Process Assessment, Implementation
Process Reengineering
Procurement
Product Sourcing
Productivity
Program and Project Management
Public Relations
Publishing
Quality Assurance
Recruitment
Reputation Management
Retail / Franchising / FMCG Consulting
Sales and Marketing
Shareholder Metrics
Shareholder Value
Soft Leadership Skills
Start-Ups
Strategy
Succession Planning
Supply Chain
Sustainability
Team Leadership
Telecommunications
Transformation
Troubleshooting - Corporate and Organisational
Value Management
Visioning – Corporate, Organisational and Personal

If you would like to have the initial discussion to see if A&M can assist you, or if you have any questions about our advisory activities, please contact Dr Jack Jacoby, the Head of Consulting at [email protected].