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Gaining the advantage

Investors are always looking for an advantage and an opportunity and a way to limited risk, the recent economic landscape has made this increasingly challenging. Some leading experts claim that the timing of a business is the number one reason for a new business’s success or failure, and accounts for up to 42% of the likely success. This is obviously very difficult to predict and even more difficult to de-risk.


  1. Leadership Assessment

    We use psychometric testing as a starting point to assess the leader of the business and his team, the assessment of the individuals gives a clear insight into the mix of capabilities and personalities within the team. We then combine the individual results into a team assessment which identifies how the team will perform in a range of circumstances. It also gives an indication of what development requirements may be required post acquisition to ensure investor returns.

  2. Strategic Clarity

    The clarity to which a strategy can be communicated can often give insights into how effectively it can be executed. Where there is poor strategic alignment time, money and resources can be ineffectively utilised. Through a scientifically designed process of interviews, we assess how the Leaders and his team define, communicate, and execute their strategy.

  3. Metrics Assessment

    All businesses have key metrics which when focused on guide the business towards its strategic goals. Some will be leading indicators which give predictive insights on performance and direction, others will be lagging indicators which confirm performance and give the ability to assess strategic effectiveness. Investors usually have considerable analytic capabilities to assess, model and forecast the financial performance of an entity, however our assessment is there to understand the metrics which are focussed on by the leadership team and why, and how this informs their decision making.

  4. Contingency Assessment

    In the psychometric testing phase, we will have established how the individuals are likely to perform under stress, another key element to this is how prepared they are for change and crisis. We look at their planning and assessment of risk, as well of previous examples where they may have had to implement such plans. Businesses today are operating in an environment where speed of change is faster than anytime in history, successful businesses require agility and adaptability.

  5. Physical and Mental Resilience

    An often-overlooked area of a leadership team is the physical and mental resilience of the team, the energy levels, stress management and overall wellbeing are all critical areas in understanding how a team will perform. We use a simple but effective questionnaire and interview process to assess this area, in our consulting team we have leading medical professionals who are expert in the latest understanding of physical performance and how to improve and maintain it.

These assessments allow us to build a very complete picture of a business and its leadership team, using the latest scientifically validated methods, proven commercial experience and a straight-talking common-sense approach, which aim to give investors advantages and insights into their investment choices.