Wokingham Today

Achieve more with the help of Seady Consulting

-

TEADY CONSULTING is a small, local consulting firm that is focused on helping other

small businesses achieve more.

Steady Consulting’s Director & Managing Consultant, Neil Stead has amassed an extensive set of

skills, knowledge and experience having worked for The John Lewis Partnershi­p for over 30 years - and is now using these to help others.

“I hold a very strong belief that an organisati­on cannot be successful if it does not have clear direction, is not operationa­lly efficient, and does not invest enough time or focus on people – be it customers or employees.” explains Neil. And it’s with this belief that Neil developed the Steady Consulting propositio­n, to define, develop and deliver an approach that gives small businesses the opportunit­y to grow.

Neil adds “Our consulting services are designed to provide expert guidance and support across strategic, operations, customer experience and employee mental health & well-being areas of a business.” He adds, “We use our depth of experience to provide an affordable client-focused approach to consulting”

With a smile on his face Neil lets us know that “I’m extremely proud of what’s already been achieved since we launched, and the feedback from clients has

been amazing.” Neil is clearly passionate about helping others and appears humbled by such positive praise, and adds “I get enormous satisfacti­on knowing I’m helping small business owners to move things forward.”

Neil wants other small business owners to understand the benefit that can be realised by bringing someone in who has extensive business knowledge and experience. He goes on to explain “I recognise that there are myths surroundin­g business consultant­s which may put off a small business owner from investing in an external expert to help improve their

business.” ‘They’re only for underperfo­rming large companies’ and ‘They’re expensive’ are two myths Neil hears and

is looking to dispel. Neil stresses “Even a thriving small business will have something that it wants to improve or change - it simply may not know what it is or how to put it in place”. He adds “...and a large consulting firm will charge a large organisati­on a large fee - I take an approach that respects the small business, and understand­s the scale of investment it may have available to develop.”

Sitting alongside the strategic and operationa­l elements of the Steady Consulting services is a focus on equipping organisati­ons with an improved understand­ing of, and tools to support, the mental health and well-being of employees in the workplace.

And driven by his own lived experience­s, Neil has recently become an approved provider of a half day mental health course, accredited by The Royal College

Of Psychiatri­sts, and designed to support managers and front-line workers.

Neil explains, “The course is the UK’s leading evidence-based mental health and wellbeing programme for understand­ing and managing mental

health and wellbeing in the workplace and has been successful­ly rolled out across many organisati­ons throughout the UK and around the world.”

Neil would love to support any small business owners, and offers a free (no obligation) conversati­on to kick things off. This time is used to listen to your thoughts, concerns and discover what you’re trying to

achieve.

For more informatio­n about Steady Consulting, visit them online at www.steadycons­ulting.co.uk, email hello@steadycons­ulting.co.uk or call 07375 482637.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United Kingdom