General Consulting

Kilimanjaro Consulting is part of the Baskin Clarke Group, and  was born out of Baskin Clarke Consulting Pty Ltd in response to the demand for specialist MYOB Exonet and other MYOB Enterprise solutions. All non IT related consulting in the group is undertaken by Baskin Clarke Consulting, the Management Consultancy arm of Baskin Clarke. Established in 1995, Baskin Clarke Consulting has extensive experience in strategic, business and marketing planning in a wide range of organisations and industries.

Baskin Clarke Consulting - “Nurturing growing businesses”

Strategic Planning

Organisations which adopt a short term planning strategy, with no long term goals and no vision of where they want to be in the future, are the least likely to survive. Every growing business therefore needs an “integrated overarching plan of how the business will achieve its objectives” (Hambrick & Fredrickson, 2001)

Our program will help define the core of the business, and then the choice of operations to be implemented. The program assists with the planning of activities to get your “forces” into favourable positions.

Business Planning

In his book “The E-Myth Revisited” Michael Gerber cites the major reason for the failure of businesses as the lack of vision, planning, and systems.  Once you know where you are going (The Strategic Plan) you need to work out how to get there. A Business Plan will detail the steps you need to take (Dates, Budgets and Responsibilities) to get from where you are now, to where you want to be.

Our Business Planning program builds on your Strategic Plan. We do not follow a “template” approach, but prefer to use the best tools and techniques at our disposal to assist your organisation in developing your plan.

Executive Development and Mentoring

Business Owners and Senior Executives tend to get so caught up in the day-to-day bushfires of their organisations, little time is left to concentrate on the really important issues. The program clearly identifies areas of Executive responsibility and helps develop management capacity in the organisation . This allows more to be delegated, freeing up the time to concentrate “ON” the business.  One of our  senior consultants becomes a trusted partner, with whom confidential issues can be debated and tested.

Change Management

The golden rule when initiating any changes , is “ Involve your team”. We can guide your planning, and assist by facilitating discussions with teams, getting their input, and then tracking progress on a regular basis.

Systems and Documentation

In his book “ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, Stephen Covey lists habit number 7 as “Sharpen the Saw”. Organisations should be constantly striving to improve and the only way to build on experience is to document and systemise. Our simple Systems Framework appears on your employees’ computer desktop in HTML format and is also available in hard copy. This means that everyone in your organisation has access to the most up-to-date version of your documented systems

Organisational Profiling

Web based surveys are an efficient way to find out what is working and what is not from people in your organisation. The Organisational Effectiveness Process begins with an anonymous survey of all role-players, and culminates in a workshop to plan corrective action.

Client and Staff Surveys

Whether you would like to find out what your customers think of your company, or whether you require a confidential survey to find out what your team is thinking, we can provide this service. Web based surveys are becoming increasingly popular. Any employee with access to the internet can be surveyed, and we guarantee anonymity.

New Ventures – Start Up Businesses

Laying the foundations is an essential part of any start up business or new venture. Our consultants can help you to clarify your vision, and help you undertake your planning in a structured, logical way. A good business plan will keep you focussed, and impress venture capitalists. Our client list incudes many successful businesses that started life in our Boardrooms based on no more than a clever idea.

Migration Support

Baskin Clarke Chartered Accountants has been the first port of call for many business people arriving in Australia. Our unique understanding of the Australian business environment, and our approach to nurturing growing businesses, has helped many new businesses to thrive. Our alliance with reputable migration consultants and business brokers enables us to understand your needs, and provide business planning services to meet these needs.

Financial and Performance Indicator Reporting

An important part of building a business for growth is defining the the financial goals and targets that you and your managers are going to achieve. Successful big businesses place a great deal of responsibility on managers to explain their performance in terms of financial or performance indicator reporting. Our role in is to fill the expertise gap in terms assisting you to establish spreadsheet models and forecasts that underpin the business plans you have defined.

Investment Selection and Evaluation

In order to make changes to the way you do things in your business, you need to spend time and money. Ideally, the changes you intend to make to your business should be documented in your business plan at least at a high level. One of the challenges managers face is which investments to focus on first and what the boundaries of those investments ought to be. Our role in this process is to provide you with a experience and expertise in being able to assist you to define and evaluate the investment opportunities you are considering.

Sources:
• Hambrick, D.C. & Fredrickson, J.W. (2001) Are you sure you have a strategy? Academy of Management Executive, in press.
• Gerber, M. (1995) The E-myth revisited : why most small businesses don't work and what to do about it.  New York, N.Y. : HarperBusiness
• Covey, S. (1990) The seven habits of highly effective people : restoring the character ethic, New York : Fireside Book

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