Is Your Business Under Pressure? Or have you reached a growth ceiling?

24 Jun Is Your Business Under Pressure? Or have you reached a growth ceiling?

Watch the fifteen minute overview here.

If you are a Managing Director or business owner in manufacturing, engineering, or a trade-based SME, and your business is feeling stuck, stressed or stagnant — you’re not alone. There is a lot of it about at the moment.

The good news?

There is a way forward — and it’s practical, proven, and cost-effective.

I’m Jeremy Old. Over the last 25 years, I’ve helped over 55 companies unlock significant growth, reduce stress, and regain control using powerful enterprise operating system known as Hoshin Kanri

This short 4-minute video will show you:

• Why so many good businesses quietly drift into trouble — and how to spot the warning signs early
• What the Hoshin Kanri enterprise operating system is and how it actually works
• Why this method consistently delivers measurable results — even in tough sectors
• And who it’s really for (and not for)

If you’re serious about turning things around or scaling with control, watch the fifteen minute overview here.

About Jeremy Old MBA BSc HGDip

• Consultant, turnaround specialist and author of “Reinventing management thinking – Using science to liberate the human spirit”
• 30+ years’ experience working with SMEs in manufacturing, engineering, construction, trade services, and professional practices
• Led over 55 transformation assignments using the Hoshin Kanri enterprise operating system, including a dozen turnarounds
• Background in strategic planning, psychology, organisational behaviour, and systems thinking
• Former consultant with SWMAS (South West Manufacturing Advisory Service)
• Trusted advisor to businesses ranging from £1M to £20M+ in annual turnover
• Successfully supported companies through two recessions — this isn’t his first rodeo

Testimonials

Jeremy Old has the unique ability of engaging, understanding and pulling teams of people together across all disciplines in the business and focusing us all in achieving our personal and company goals – Fantastic!” Toby Martin, joint managing director, Mauvworx Ltd.

Senior managers now make more of a communal effort. We talk a lot more, whereas before we worked in isolation; each doing their own thing, but not really realizing our impact on other departments. Factory workflow is much improved and profitability s up.” Marc Allen director Tekne shop fitting Ltd

We’ve achieved more changes in six weeks with the team planning workshops than the company has achieved in twenty years of my time here”. Dave Medhurst projects coordinator, Steelfields Ltd Concrete batching plant manufacturer.

We are much more aware of the importance of working with objective feedback both from outside the organisation and within. We now use everyone on the staff to help develop the business. This has given much more power to our continuous improvement programme.” – Jerry Steedman MD, Test Valley Packaging LLP

“At the time we really needed help, Jeremy came through and provided invaluable aid restructuring and redirecting the business. He put us back into a healthy profit after a really difficult period when the recession hit us. A year later we are using him again to help refine systems, processes and teamwork” Ed Taylor, Director, Taylor made Designs (UK) Ltd.

“The team planning process has really boosted the morale of the business. It has got us working as a team much more than before. The coming together of people from different departments to share ideas and action plans has really helped build our understanding of how the business actually works.” – Andy Gissing, MD, Early Dawn Windows Ltd

“It’s a bit like painting by numbers. (TBD) breaks down the leadership and management of a complex situation into easily applied, common sense actions and protocols. I always seem to know what to do next. It certainly takes away a lot of the stress of running your own business.” Tony Chapel Golz Engineering Ltd

Instead of having departmental rivalry, each department can now see that what they are doing may be causing a problem for other departments. They are now far more supportive of altering their own ways of doing things to assist the needs of other departments.” Martin Daniel, production director, BAS Fine Art Printers

Watch the full video here.