CASE STUDY
Operating Model & Leadership Alignment: Professional Services
ENGAGEMENT SNAPSHOT
CLIENT:
Global Enterprise Technology Company
ORGANIZATION::
Professional Services, Delivery Practice
SIZE OF ORGANIZATION IN SCOPE::~200
Growing delivery practice had scaled quickly, but leadership lacked a way to run it as one coherent organization. Its reputation with sales was inconsistent: sales teams at times committed engagements the practice was not staffed or equipped to deliver, and with no feedback loop from delivery to sales, the consultants who best understood the customer's most pressing challenges had no channel to inform the follow-up proposals sales should have been making. Knowledge sharing was similarly underdeveloped, leaving consultants to rebuild deliverables rather than adapt existing templates, which lengthened the time needed to complete customer deliverables. The practice also lacked a value proposition simple enough for sales to convey with confidence, and no cadence connected daily decisions to leadership's strategic priorities. The client needed to design, architect, and implement a redesign of its operating model - from facilitation through activation.
THE CHALLENGE
WHAT THE CLIENT WALKED AWAY WITH
Organizational Design:
Defined 7 specialized delivery capabilities, forming dedicated capability teams each led by a capability lead..
Operating Cadence:
Embedded governance across operational, tactical, and strategic cadences - each tier mapped to specific decisions.
Stakeholder Engagement
Built a single-threaded-owner model connecting each capability to its sales, account, and program stakeholders.
Performance Framework
KPIs and pipeline-contribution targets defined and tracked by region and expertise.
Governance Mechanisms
Defined a portfolio steering committee, functional governance boards, and documented decision rights across business and digital roles.
Activation Roadmap
Phased rollout plan with named owners and milestones across 3-month timeline.
EXPECTED BUSINESS OUTCOMES
2-6x
Pipeline growth achieved across all regions
17%
Reduction in time-to-kick-off for new engagements
26%
Reduction in new-hire onboarding time
Improved
engagement delivery quality