Corporate Vision December 2017

CORPORATE VISION / December 2017 33 Company: Nicholson McBride Contact: Tamasin Barnbrook Contact Email: Tamasin.Barnbrook@ nicholsonmcbride.com Address; 18b Pindock Mews, London, W9 2PY, UK Phone: 020 7432 8460 Website: nicholsonmcbride.com programmes to improve customer focus and the quality of service delivery. As the world economy moved into recession, Nicholson McBride broadened its expertise to cover other aspects of organisational change, developing techniques to help leaders manage themselves, their people and their work, while maintaining morale and improving business performance. Nowadays, the team’s work ranges from helping very large organisations turn corporate vision into concrete plans and effective action to introducing individual leaders to the sophisticated people handling skills they need to succeed. Its central objective is: to mobilise people, at all levels, to improve collective and individual performance: The team helps companies to make the most of their people and individuals to make the most of themselves. Reflected in its work, Nicholson McBride’s success stems from its values which govern its Success is the Only Option g consultancy practice, being professional, original, honest and empowering. The team are also passionate about the client and providing only the best experience, as well as improving harmony and results for the clients. Sensibly, the consultancy practice never accepts a project that it does not expect to succeed, nor lay claim to areas of competence it does not possess. By customising all of its work, the practice minimises the risk of endorsing inappropriate solutions. Its success in doing so can be judged from the fact that a very large proportion of its business comes from clients who have worked with the team before. New clients are drawn by its outstanding track record and high profile in the media. Nicholson McBride’s attitudes and values not only appeal to clients but allows them to attract and retain the very best consultants and support staff. The firm’s culture is transparent and flexible, with every member of a relatively small team being encouraged to contribute to the development of strategy and to suggest operational improvements. The practice is a hard-working, close-knit group of grownups, who are aware of the dangers of rampant egos and are skilled at keeping them under control, in its own company as well as those of its clients. Ultimately, Nicholson McBride’s overall mission is to make a profound and sustained impact. Moving forwards, to make this easier, the firm has no rigid methodology, nor does it represent any single psychological theory. To John and the team, business is as important as psychology, and staff always adopt an entirely pragmatic approach. The practice’s only concern is to introduce measurable and enduring improvements, without disrupting the smooth running of the business. Staff very often work alongside internal change agents, introducing them to its techniques and creating exemplars of best practice. Nicholson McBride believe each organisation has its own challenges, so all its interventions are bespoke, as the team develops its own techniques, but avoid turning them into products needing to be sold. Instead, Nicholson McBride works collaboratively with clients, listening to them, and developing solutions to their problems collaboratively. Lastly, because Nicholson McBride are responding directly to their individual needs, the content of intervention is judged to be of a consistently high standard and the company’s success rate far exceeds the industry average.