Performance
Consulting
We believe passionately that great construction businesses don't happen by chance - they are built by design!
Working strategically with forward-thinking construction companies, our focus is simple - to help you build a better contracting business.
Drawing on more than 30 years of industry leadership experience, we provide unbiased practical advice, objective challenge, and hands-on support that delivers measurable and sustainable results.
We help construction owners and directors to work ON their business, rather than just in their business.
View our detailed guide to
Commercial Director services:
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Non-Executive Director
The premium solution. More than 40 years of industry experience and over 30 years of executive leadership, available to help support and guide your business on a regular basis.
Outside perspective, critical thinking, positive challenge, real world experience, and strategic governance. All helping to guide your board and existing management teams in developing your business, and to assist in setting and achieving robust business goals.
As well as providing key support and guidance to owners and directors–leading the ship is often a lonely place where an external sounding board adds tremendous value.
2
Management Consulting
Wherever you need support and assistance - we have you covered!
A highly experienced individual brought in, on a time basis, to provide additional support and outside perspective. Helping to guide existing management teams in developing your business or to strengthen your response to issues when they occur.
Plus the capacity and ability to undertake specific targeted improvement projects, when other leaders are fully engaged with the day-to-day.
3
Staff & Leadership Mentoring & Development
Staff are the biggest asset your construction business has and attracting, recruiting and retaining the best staff is absolutely fundamental to success and one of the most neglected areas across the industry.
We can provide support and guidance to your team at any level, and work with you and them to develop training and development plans that help to maximise the full potential of your people and your business.
Whether that's those in the early stages of their careers those stepping into more senior roles for the first time, or existing business seniors.
4
Strategic Reviews & Business Improvement
We can undertake strategic and/or performance reviews of almost any aspect of your business.
Fresh eyes and fresh ears, independent, unbiased, and factual, with no agenda (hidden or otherwise) and no axe to grind.
Then we can assist with the strategies for and the management of specific improvement plans to drive your business forward.
Considering an acquisition? We can assist with the due diligence process - we can audit the people, contracts, numbers and status of projects, along with associated risks.
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Risk Management
In construction the ability to identify and manage risk is fundamental to achieving success.
The more you reduce the potential for negative impacts on your business the greater the likelihood of achieving success.
At Keystone we assist with independent critical thinking and ongoing review of your risk basis. We proactively challenge complacency and monitor management and mitigation of risks, to both your projects and your wider business. Providing you greater reassurance in regard to your outcomes.
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Strategic Recruitment Support
As already mentioned, at Keystone we fully recognise and understand that people are a construction business' primary asset. Their capabilities and approach directly affect the outcomes and success of your business. That's why it's so important to ensure that you attract and recruit the right people.
I've learned from over 30 years of experience recruiting people for a wide variety of roles and across a wide variety of companies, that successful recruitment is as much an art as it is a science. I've recruited well over 50 people over that time, with a circa 90% long-term success rate.
Now, I provide the benefit of that learned experience to clients, by supporting them with strategic recruitment input.
