The essence of Dave Wood's management consulting is to help clients obtain information and advice which leads to a real and lasting solution of a problem.
Dave's mission is to think, analyze, brainstorm, cajole and challenge good organizations to become even better by adopting new ideas.
He is able to step into ambiguous, sometimes hostile situations and sense what changes need to be made. Consultants, like Dave, are driven by ideas and a strong desire to have a positive impact on clients.
Dave has worked with every aspect of an agency's infrastructure, from refining new business models and organizations, and financial management strategies, to developing new operating systems and procedures.
Consulting is the business of providing advice to firms in trouble; firms on the move and firms which are trying to do what they do better, faster, and more cheaply.
A key to success in consulting is teamwork — you, your team and Dave Wood. You will always work as part of the team.
There are plenty of times when the work is less than glamorous. Sometimes, we may take an idea we already understand and apply it to a new problem.
You can't eat the results of a consulting engagement. You can't drive it. You can't smell it. The product is an idea, an insight, a suggestion, or a way of thinking.
Ultimately, as consultants we are nothing more than repositories of pure intellectual capital. This means that our most important asset has to be the ability to use past intellectual capital and to generate new intellectual capital through rigorous thinking and careful research.
The initial phone consultation is on a no cost basis. Call: 623-266-8981 MST
Our minimum engagement for a small agency is two days at your agency. The minimum fee is $6,000 plus out-of-pocket expenses for travel and accommodations. Longer engagements or on-going business coaching will be priced according to the scope of the project.
