How we work

Corven believes sustainable results originate from:

• Facing the facts and designing a comprehensive plan – setting strategies the organisation can deliver
• Aligning all levels of the organisation, from the CEO to the front line
• Creating effective teams at all levels of the organisation
• Taking an integrated perspective - linking strategy, people, operations and finance

To achieve the best results for our clients, we deliver our consulting services with:

• Small teams of experienced consultants, working in partnership with the client, who are passionate about delivering results
• Fast paced projects that deliver tangible, near-term benefits
• Focus on the key issues that affect performance rather than being purely methodology led
• First hand knowledge of how to get things done in large, complex organisations
• Commitment to leave the client with enhanced capabilities, particularly in leading the change
• Commitment to guarantee results through putting our fees at risk

The majority of our people have had real world operating experience before joining Corven. Through Corven Corporate Finance and Corven Ventures, we know first hand what it takes to get things done and manage risk.

As well as proven consulting methodologies, Corven has specific skills, which are drawn upon to create the most appropriate team to partner a client:

• Project management – Our consultants have managed large programmes of change, delivering significant benefits, making use of project and programme best practice methods such as PRINCE2, MSP and the Project Management Institute's PMBOK
• Leadership development - Corven has a team of consultants, with specific training in the applied behavioural sciences, who have strong track records in helping organisations understand, manage, and shift human mindsets and behaviour at the individual, team/group or organisational levels, in a wide-range of consulting interventions.
• Adaptive Leadership™ - Corven work in partnership with Boston based Cambridge Leadership Associates (CLA) to provide joint pan-European consultancy services for public and private organisations seeking to develop greater capacity for leading and adapting to change using their proven Adaptive Leadership™ methodology.
• New product development and innovation - Our consultants work alongside client teams to identify, assess and launch new opportunities that will deliver top and bottom line growth. By engaging all levels of the business in the work, the culture of the organisation starts to become innovative, ensuring the programme is sustainable in the long term
• Change management – Our consultants work with client staff to design change strategies that combine the key components of all change interventions: visioning/strategy, change architecture, organisation design, mindsets and behaviours, communications and engagement. This integrated approach ensures the predictable stresses and breakdowns of change programmes are managed, and that both the behavioural and operational changes are addressed in a proactive, business focused manner.