Bolden Consulting - The World's Leading Authority on Enterprise Wide Clarity & Cohesion

Enterprise Wide Clarity & Cohesion is How Corporate Leadership Enables Better, Faster, Smoother Responses to Strategic Imperatives, Operational Challenges and Organizational Issues Wherever and Whenever They Arise...

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“Bringing John in for a couple of days each month during a $425 million project proved to be a wise move on my part. He helped me keep the project on track, head off extremely serious issues that could have cost millions to fix and acted as a confidential sounding board whenever I was in two minds about what to do.”

Lorraine Smith-Latrice, EVP & CIO, TSB (UK)

“How John is able to quickly surveys the corporate transformation landscape, foresees where bumps and potholes lie ahead and recommends measures to prevent these turning into mountains and/or chasms is remarkable. His reputation for moving fast, running lean and delivering extreme value is well earned.”

Thomas Moorefield, Executive Vice President, B AA

“Every day, I live through the very issues that John speaks to and deals with, as do readers of Ziff Davis Publications (CIO, Darwin, Baseline).  John shines a light on important elements of business improvement that no business leader can afford to ignore.”

Mike Vizard, Senior Vice President & Editorial Director, Enterprise Group – Ziff Davis Media

“I was surprised and pleased at just how quickly TLIR was able to isolate key structural and operational issues across my business and recommend corrective measures.”

ADM, PMD-MCYS/MCSS, OPS
Enterprise Wide Clarity and Cohesion is not just about knowing what each project is up to and making sure they do not clash and collide; it is also about helping each project find its way across the business landscape. Trite as this may sound, show me an enterprise that has a current map of all systems, all processes, all information repositories and all interconnection points and I will show you a very rare, best-in-class enterprise. Remember, with a map of the current business landscape in hand; initiatives to transform, reinvent or improve the business will be far less likely to take the wrong route, far less likely to venture into unexplored places and far less likely to find out too late that what were assumed to be mere molehills turn out to be insurmountable mountains...!

When Corporate Leadership Insists Upon Enterprise Wide Clarity & Cohesion…

Good things Happen…!

EWC&C enables better decision making...

EWC&C reduces the likelihood of post-approval 'surprises'…

EWC&C improves upon existing methods and practices…

EWC&C stimulates innovation and dexterity…

EWC&C brings a wide angle perspective to bear on narrow focus proposals…

EWC&C encapsulates 'what is', 'what will be" and 'what has to happen in between'...

EWC&C shines a light upon what would otherwise be overlooked, ignored or taken for granted…

EWC&C positions the business as the driver, not an unwilling passenger…

EWC&C ensures external parties paint a full picture in support of proposals…

EWC&C minimizes Information Silo Proliferation…

EWC&C prevents Process Centric ‘Black Holes” in the operating fabric of the enterprise…

EWC&C stimulates effective use of assets across the enterprise…   

If you wonder about EWC&C for your business, consider these facts…

Time after time, efforts to improve the business fail to meet expectations because the need was envisioned as though it were the only demand, plans were drafted as though the business will stand still in the meantime and the project executed as though it were the only project!

Demands to strengthen, streamline, consolidate or reinvent the business are not linear, demand does not line up sequentially. Today’s demands will not be the same as last week and tomorrow’s will be different yet again!

The problem lies in the fact that each demand typically evokes a singular response... enterprise wide clarity and cohesion is absent!
Enterprise Wide Clarity and Cohesion is the very essence of effective corporate leadership; surprises are few and far between, business improvement projects of all sizes, shapes, import and complexity hum like a bee hive, all aligned, all working to best effect, none working for self. Maintaining enterprise wide clarity and cohesion means that the Sum of Change is known, mapped and understood; when the Sum of Change is well managed, it presents organizations with many opportunities to improve how the organization improves itself and to enjoy exceptional return in investment...
In addition to direct client engagements, John conducts ongoing research into the prevalent issues that impede efforts to improve the business. John’s presentations, seminars and workshops have engaged executives, management and staff in public and private forums worldwide where up to 1,500 have gained an appreciation for organization centric and project centric issues and learnt how to deal with what is typically overlooked, ignored or taken for granted. The photo shows John extolling the virtues of the Chief Change Officer at PAC-CM, Singapore.

Bolden Consulting Thought Leadership Articles / Commentary

 PMI News, Darwin, CIO Magazine, Forbes, Baseline, Harvard Business Review, Globe & Mail, New York Times, Strategy, PM Hut, Top Consultant, The Guardian…

Seminars, Workshops and Guest Speaker Engagements in Public & Private Venues by Region

North America - 148, Europe - 57, Middle East - 15, Asia - 11, Latin/South America - 5, Australia/NZ – 2

"Those who can seamlessly bridge opposing viewpoints, achieve consensus and be a successful catalyst, mentor and driving force for the common good of both project(s) and the organization are very, very rare. John is one such individual”

Holger Kluge, President, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

“I knew there was a brand new and very significant market opportunity out there but I could only exploit it if a leading edge, nationwide business environment was created in record time. John and his team helped me to assess what could be done, how it should be handled and what to watch for along the road. In short order; my objectives were realized, with minimal risk and significant return on investment.”

Wilf Liebert, Chairman & CEO, Purolator Corp

“Few can articulate the wide ranging implications and impact of overlooking, ignoring or taking for granted the differences between running the business and improving the business. Very few are able to effectively mitigate the issues and exploit the opportunities inherent in these differences. TLIR does it every day and does it extremely well.”

Mike McCloskey, EVP, FI Corp
John established Bolden Consulting as a value laden response to the need for independent, unbiased expertise that improves HOW responses to Strategic Imperatives, Operational Issues and Organizational Challenges are Envisioned, Planned and Executed. Bolden Consulting's portfolio now exceeds 1,500 assignments spanning Merger, Acquisition, Divestiture, Information Silo Eradication, Enterprise Knowledge Management, Streamlining, New IT Systems, Multi Business Channel Content/Context Synchronization, ERP, CRM, PRM, Supply Chain, Business / Process Reengineering, POS Competitive Incentives, Outsourcing vs. In-Sourcing, Partnerships and Alliances, Consolidation, RFID, Corporate/Subsidiary Interlock, ‘Follow the Sun’ Call Centres, Green Field Start-Up’s, PMO Set-Up, Social Media – Corporate Channel Interaction, Place Based Graphics, Collaborative Software, Shared Services, New Economy (E-Commerce, E-Business), Seminars and Workshops, Regulatory Imperatives, Intervention and Recovery of Problem Projects, Mentoring and Coaching of Executives and much more...

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