CCG CONSULT

CCG Consult is acknowledged as a leader in the implementation of strategic change initiatives for the corporate sector in South Africa and Australia and developed System7™ as a proprietary model for delivering on such programmes in 2005.

Based on international research and local best practice, System7™ is a leading edge Change Implementation System that ensures the achievement of sustainable value for our clients. This technology is a seven-step process that provides a platform to manage the planning, execution and closing off of a change programme, and is widely acknowledged by our clients as being pivotal to the successful delivery of their change implementation programmes.

CCG Consult is the heart and the engine of our business and is the practice area through which we deliver consulting services that respond to client organisation change requirements, and we use System7™ in this context to deliver sustainable results.  This practice area builds bespoke solutions for our corporate clients, services include:

• change strategy specification and development;
• change strategy consulting (in the context of turnarounds, culture change, enterprise programme implementation, mergers & acquisitions);
• organisational design;
• stakeholder mapping, analysis and engagement;
• communication design and implementation;
• analysis, testing and risk assessment of current internal practice;
• portfolio and programme management.

In each of these scenarios we would typically apply System7™ as an end to end consulting solution (programme definition, design, documentation, scoping, programme management and implementation) or develop a modular solution for a client based on specific needs and internal structures and capabilities currently in place.

In terms of style, many consultants firms come in as experts, produce a solution and leave (in fairness this is not always their fault and often the approach thrust upon their work by the client themselves, see our post on this conundrum here).  Our approach is entirely different: We seek to build long-term, collaborative relationships with our clients, whereby we learn about your deepest organisational and strategic concerns and work with you to build sustainable solutions in this regard.

Please note: The key to our work is not the What but rather the How.  Many key breakpoints in a change programme occur in the myriad intersecting parts and risk profiles of a programme are not appropriately identified and/or managed. CCG’s long-time experience and expertise in this area, as well as our use of a comprehensive tool (System7™) that serves as an implementation sheath around any strategy execution programme and allows us to map and plan and risk assess every aspect of a programme, both prior and during the process, allows us to do far better in this regard.

If we can be of assistance in this regard, or if you would like a presentation on the System7™ methodology, please be in touch with the office here.

• Socio-economic and Political Advisory.
• Culture change and leadership development.
• M&A pre-acquisition culture and risk assessment and post-merger integration advisory (with specific reference to culture integration of one or both deal parties)
• Transaction advisory: support on thinking through transaction risk, negotiation strategy, transaction partner assessment, discussion regarding impact on organisational shape, size, culture and potential disruption.
• We provide a wealth of experience on commercial strategy development, strategy implementation, and the design and implementation of strategic change programmes. We provide years of specialist expertise in transformation governance, stakeholder mapping, engagement and management and strategy formulation in respect of sensitive engagements with government, labour and external stakeholders, and in respect of sensitive negotiations in the context of organisational restructures, turnarounds and culture change.