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Square Circle Consulting, (SQC), provides a specialist consulting service, in collaboration with your team, for the crafting and maintenance of a strategic platform for the sustainable future of your business.
This will include, where desired, facilitated assistance with regard to the various pillars of the structures necessary for the successful implementation of the strategy foundation. This is not “parachute” consulting, but rather a professional approach to help ensure that an integrated strategic solution is laid down and the desired results are achieved.
Leadership is a fundamental component of successful strategy implementation, and the development of the core leadership, is an often forgotten factor when being consumed by the stresses of performance expectations. This is most often where strategy implementation fails. Some reports of SQC’s past and present successes in this regard are viewable at references.
If you believe the current global meltdown crisis is about sub-prime mortgages, failed derivative trading & lack of financial confidence, then you are only partially correct. The two primary fundamentals, which failed in this epidemic, are Poor Strategy and Poor Leadership.
If you ever thought about strategy before, NOW is the time to invest in professional assistance that will compliment your efforts to lay a foundation for solid growth and sustainability. If there is nothing else that you choose to do regarding the future of the business, the one thing that must be non-negotiable is the strategic foundation of your future.
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Your Future is at Stake
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Ian is a highly accomplished leader, with 30 years experience within one of the 4 large Banking groups in the financial services industry, ranked within the top ten largest market capitalisations on the JSE. He has a rich and broad range of experience across many industries, including African subsidiaries. Ian holds a Masters degree in Business Administration specialising in Strategy.
Ian's experience includes:
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Implementing major strategic change within the SA banking environment from a purely service culture into one of a sales and service environment. |
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Consulting on a national balanced scorecard project. |
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Provincial project leader for the take-over and integration of a major building society of 10 outlets, R1,0bn worth of investments and 45,000 accounts. |
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Strategically and operationally managing catchment area/s comprising 12/16 retail bank branches and outbound centralized sales and relationship management teams. |
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Coaching and directing teams of Managers and staff in excess of 300, with full accountability for Provincial financial and balance scorecard results. |
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Providing working capital and equity finance to literally, thousands of businesses, both in South Africa and across our borders. |
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Strategically managing an external provincial sales force of 70, including Area Sales Managers and outward-bound sales staff of the Western Cape. |
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Seconded to Zambia to build a business case for the entry strategy into Zambia by the retail bank operation. Negotiating with Central Bank authorities for licensing requirements and concessions. Establish support structures and contacts required for Corporate skills relocation. Creating links between existing Group companies in Zambia and establishing legal and peripheral structures to provide support for the entry of the Bank. |
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Established strategic management consulting practice in 2007, gathering further consulting experience across
Financial Services, Gaming, Retail fashion, Waster Water Treatment, Building Industry and Agriculture. Coaching of various industry middle and senior management leaders. |
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Active voluntary participant in Umsombomvu Youth mentoring program
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Ian's area of expertise is focused upon:
Strategy Formulation and Implementation
Executive Coaching and Mentorship
Strong professional facilitation skills |
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