acumen7 provides board and senior management support based on wide experience and proven skills. CEOs and senior business managers need to recognise that they do not have all the skills, experience - or even simply the time - required to address all the problems and opportunities facing their businesses. acumen7 provides an alternative to the traditional 'full service' management consultancy contract.

acumen7 provides exactly the service each client requires: the right mix of skills and experience in the right place and for the right period of time. Clients pay for what they need, for as long as they need it – and no more.

We recognise that in order to get the skills they want, people buy people. acumen7 people are different, they have to be. When they join, acumen7 Members have to meet a number of criteria. Of course they must bring a wealth of complementary skills and contacts and an enviable track record but just as importantly, they must have a particular personality and outlook.

They must bring to their work openness, pragmatism – a willingness to take a hands-on role to create and implement practical solutions – and an independence of judgement. They have too much to lose in terms of reputation and stature to be yes-men: their value comes from speaking as they see things.

All this means that acumen7 Members have no axe to grind. Their job is simply to deliver the best solution for the client’s business. The client can be confident that other Members of the network, recommended by their initial contact for their specific skills and experience, will bring a consistent approach and high level of quality to the commission. This is a challenging but enjoyable experience, which brings results.

• Strategic, operational and advice on financial issues.
• Managing a business is not an easy job and with today’s leaner organisational structures, there are times when you need help: an objective view, new ideas, insights from other markets or just an extra pair of hands.
• The acumen7 network is made up of independent professionals, each with unique business expertise, who provide objective and impartial advice to solve today’s business issues in a straightforward way.
• Most of what they offer can be defined as addressing:
• - strategic issues, helping clients identify and analyse the opportunities and problems facing their business and advise on solving them
• - operational issues, helping clients to implement change for the better.
• Some of the Members can also offer advice and solutions on financial issues, managing risk, assurance and corporate transactions.