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Management consultancy

Management Consultancy & Advisory

Senior-led advisory for defined organisational problems — from diagnosis and options through implementation support, with deliberate transfer of capability to your team.

Scope

A full advisory service, not an add-on to training

Consultancy engagements stand on their own. Where people capability is part of the answer, training can be built into the same engagement.

  • Assessment and diagnosis
  • Strategy and planning
  • Operating-model improvement
  • Programme and PMO advisory
  • Governance and risk
  • Digital and AI transformation
  • Procurement and commercial effectiveness
  • Organisational change
  • Implementation support
  • Capability transfer

Capabilities

Where we advise

Strategy execution and organisational performance

Turning an agreed strategy into owned priorities, decision rights, measures and a delivery rhythm that leadership can steer.

Typical problems

  • Strategy is agreed but not translated into funded, owned initiatives.
  • Too many priorities compete for the same people and budget.
  • Performance reporting describes activity rather than outcomes.

Typical outputs

  • Strategy-to-execution map and priority portfolio
  • Objectives, measures and accountability framework
  • Performance review cadence and executive reporting pack
Related training: Leadership & Management

Project, programme and PMO advisory

Designing and strengthening the governance, controls and PMO capability that complex delivery depends on.

Typical problems

  • Programmes report green until they report red.
  • The PMO collects information but does not inform decisions.
  • Dependencies, risks and change are managed in isolation.

Typical outputs

  • Delivery health check and assurance review
  • PMO operating model, roles and toolset
  • Integrated planning, RAID and change-control framework
Related training: Project, Programme, Portfolio & PMO

Governance, enterprise risk and internal control

Practical risk, control and governance arrangements that hold up under scrutiny and genuinely inform decisions.

Typical problems

  • Risk registers are maintained but rarely change a decision.
  • Decision rights and escalation routes are unclear.
  • Control weaknesses surface late, through audit or incident.

Typical outputs

  • Governance and decision-rights review
  • Risk framework, appetite statements and register redesign
  • Control self-assessment approach and remediation plan
Related training: Governance, Risk, Quality & Resilience

Procurement and commercial management

Sourcing discipline, contract management and supplier performance arrangements that protect value after award.

Typical problems

  • Value agreed at award erodes during contract delivery.
  • Supplier performance is discussed but not measured.
  • Evaluation practice is inconsistent across categories.

Typical outputs

  • Procurement process and evaluation review
  • Contract and supplier performance framework
  • Category and supply-risk assessment
Related training: Procurement & Supply Chain

Digital transformation and responsible AI adoption

Identifying, governing and adopting digital and AI use cases with clear value, ownership and acceptable risk.

Typical problems

  • AI experimentation is happening without policy or oversight.
  • Digital investments are justified by technology rather than outcomes.
  • Teams lack a shared method for framing and prioritising use cases.

Typical outputs

  • Digital and AI readiness assessment
  • Use-case portfolio with value and risk framing
  • Responsible-AI policy, guardrails and adoption roadmap
Related training: Digital Transformation, AI & Data

Organisational change and capability development

Planning and leading change so that new ways of working are adopted and sustained, not just announced.

Typical problems

  • Change is communicated but not adopted.
  • Operating-model changes stall at the middle-management layer.
  • Capability gaps undermine the change the organisation has invested in.

Typical outputs

  • Change impact and stakeholder assessment
  • Adoption plan, sponsor roadmap and change network
  • Operating-model transition and embedding plan
Related training: Change & Organisational Transformation

Training-needs analysis and capability assessment

Establishing what capability the organisation needs, where the gaps are and which interventions will close them.

Typical problems

  • Training budgets are allocated by request rather than need.
  • There is no agreed competency framework for critical roles.
  • Previous programmes cannot show what changed afterwards.

Typical outputs

  • Training-needs analysis and competency matrix
  • Capability baseline and gap analysis
  • Prioritised learning plan and evaluation framework
Related training: Business & Professional Excellence

Approach

How an advisory engagement runs

  1. 01

    Frame

    Agree the problem, the decision it serves, scope boundaries, stakeholders and what a good outcome looks like.

  2. 02

    Diagnose

    Gather evidence through interviews, document review, workshops and data analysis; test assumptions early.

  3. 03

    Design

    Develop options with the client team, assess trade-offs and agree a recommended path with owners and milestones.

  4. 04

    Implement

    Support mobilisation and early delivery alongside client teams, with governance and reporting in place.

  5. 05

    Transfer

    Hand over tools, documentation and capability so the client can sustain the change without dependency.

Engagement options

Ways to engage advisory support

Advisory / consulting assignment

A defined problem requiring diagnosis, recommendations, roadmap and implementation support.

OutputsDiagnostic findings, options analysis, roadmap, implementation plan.

Embedded programme / PMO support

Complex initiatives needing governance, planning, reporting and controls alongside client teams.

OutputsGovernance framework, integrated plan, RAID, dashboards, assurance reporting.

Assessment & roadmapping

A focused diagnostic to identify capability, process, digital or governance gaps and priorities.

OutputsCurrent-state assessment, gap analysis, prioritised roadmap, business case input.

Executive workshop / masterclass

Leadership alignment on strategy, transformation, risk, governance or digital adoption.

OutputsFacilitated session, alignment outputs, agreed actions, executive summary.

Blended transformation & capability engagement

Change initiatives where advisory, delivery support and workforce capability must move together.

OutputsCombined roadmap, governance, programme support, learning journey and evaluation.

Bring us the problem, not the solution

Describe the challenge in your own words. A Knull lead will respond to arrange a short, no-obligation discovery conversation.