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Ep 44 - Olly Purnell - How to Grow Faster, Attract Talent and Win Clients by Partnering With International Consultancies

Ep 44 - Olly Purnell - How to Grow Faster, Attract Talent and Win Clients by Partnering With International Consultancies

UK-based consultancy Q5 doubled its revenue in just 2-3 years. And their approach has been all but generic.

In this episode, Q5 Co-founder and Managing Partner Oliver Purnell shares the innovative methods his company uses to achieve such rapid growth.

Here's what's in it for you:

1. How The Transformation Alliance (a group of collaborating consultancies from Europe) helps Q5 to win more business, train its consultants and enter new territories
2. How Q5's focus on heterogeneous thinking and female leadership led to a 50 % female workforce
3. Why Q5 decided to develop a mobile game that determines the cultural fit of new hires


About Olly:
Olly is the Managing Partner and Co-founder of Q5. He has over 20 years’ experience working with business leaders and some of the biggest brands across the globe to support Q5’s mission in creating healthier, more successful organisations. In addition to going above and beyond for Q5’s clients, Olly’s aspiration is to attract the very best practitioners of change to the firm; people with gravitas, an ability to communicate at all levels, a sensitivity to our clients’ cultures and an energy to help them become better week in, week out.

Find Olly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olly-purnell-6525ab9

Olly's favorite podcasts:
The occasional podcast - https://theoccasionalpodcast.libsyn.com/
Climb in Consulting - https://www.createengage.co.uk/climb-in-consulting/
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About Q5:
Q5 is an award-winning, global consulting firm that focuses on organisational health. We design and implement bespoke solutions across all sectors, with our main offerings being organisation design, strategy, process, people and change. With a global presence across four continents, our offices are based in London, Leeds, Cardiff, Houston, New York, Middle East, Sydney, and Melbourne.

Website: https://www.q5partners.com/
Industry: Consulting
Company size: 250
Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom
Founded: 2009
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About the host Sammy:
Sammy and SAWOO enable you to become a thought leader and win leads directly through your own podcast & great content on LinkedIn.

Get in touch with Sammy here on LinkedIn.

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Past guests on the LEADERS IN CONSULTING Community include: Dr. Stefan Sambol, Dr. Andreas Baader and Rainer Majcen, Friederich von Hurter, Peter Feldmeier, Alexander Kainer, and many more. 


About

The "LEADERS IN CONSULTING" Podcast is dedicated to helping Partners and Managing Directors of Consultancies grow their business faster. If you want to learn best practices from other Leaders in Consulting, this show is for you.

Each episode features an interview with a consultancy Partner, Managing Director or Thought Leader, discussing topics like:

  1. How to set up a winning strategy for your consultancy
  2. How to upsell and cross-sell more
  3. How to win big whale leads and convert those to clients
  4. Hiring and keeping valuable team members
  5. How to become a thought leader by building your personal brand

Hosted by

Sammy Gebele, CEO of SAWOO