professional services consulting and performance improvement

Our unique approach delivers real and lasting impact on performance and provides measurable return on investment for our clients

Shakespeare Martineau

A Top 50 national law firm, our work includes:

Strategic partner to the executive board
Executive coaching and 360 reporting
Delivery of Leadership and Future Leaders solutions
Business Development, Commercial Performance and Personal Development interventions

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

Consulting projects to enable effective internal collaboration
Developing resources to drive effective customer needs conversations and raise awareness of relevant business solutions
Delivery of Managing Partners development, Trusted Client Adviser and Business Development solutions

Branding Science

A research led consultancy practice. We work directly with the CEO and their leadership team in a number of areas, including:

Strategic planning and facilitation of leadership sessions
Commercial business development
Coaching of future leaders

Thomson Snell & Passmore

A Top 100 leading South East law firm, we work extensively across all levels of the business:

Driving firm wide engagement initiative
Providing outsourced learning and development support
Design and delivery of solutions covering resilience, personal and team effectiveness and performance management

Quantuma

High growth, independent advisery firm, where our work includes:

Design and development of an internal Academy to drive personal growth
Consulting projects to help lock-in learning to impact on performance
360 reports for management

PM+M

Leading independent North West firm of business advisers. We work closely with the Managing Partner and senior partner teams to help drive their strategy and vision:

Transitioning professionals into Trusted Advisers
Conference sessions and messaging
Design and delivery of solutions for partners, directors, managers and supervisors, covering leadership, management, communication and commercial effectiveness

Browne Jacobson

National law firm headquartered in Nottingham. Working with the senior team:

Consulting project to improve commercial performance by developing effective financial hygiene across the firm
Improving collaboration across service lines, support functions and finance team to drive better business performance

Dains

Midlands regional firm of accountants and business advisers. Working with the Managing Partner to develop consistent approaches to people management and processes:

Design and delivery of a leadership solution for partners, directors and managers
Project to focus on performance management and operational effectiveness

Blick Rothenberg Chartered Accountants

A London based tax, accounting and business advisory practice, part of the Cogital group. Our work includes:

Executive coaching for Partners and those transitioning to Partner
360 development reporting and coaching
Design and delivery of specific management skills solutions

Testimonials

The GroGroup have been working with us for several years. They have played a vital and positive role in helping us develop and deliver our learning and development offer to support our people in their performance and career development. They have provided refreshing insights, expertise and challenge, which have contributed significantly to the processes we now have in place and are highly valued by our people.

They have shown great flexibility in supporting us on a broad range of successful projects and activities covering strategy, board development, leadership, commercial and business development across all levels of the business. We have built a very solid and valued relationship with them.

Learning & Development Business Partner, ShakespeareMartineau

Having worked on several projects with the team at theGrogroup, I’ve had first hand experience of the positive return they can provide by developing and running interventions that are completely aligned to what a business wants to achieve. Projects have included strategic planning and developing a ‘one team’ culture across a firm facing regional challenges. Through focusing on collaboration of service lines, a £1million new work fee opportunity was created. I really value the expertise of the team who continue to regularly share insights and thought leadership, and their understanding of the professional services market and the issues firms are facing is second to none.

Tony White, People Director, Crowe LLP

We have been working with theGrogroup for over 5 years on a variety of performance initiatives across our business; they demonstrate a great understanding of professional services organisations and are excellent at listening and interpreting our needs and delivering solutions with great energy.

Victoria Heming, HR Director, Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP

Case Studies

Partner Development

A programme for newly promoted partners to enhance performance and accelerate effective management of remote teams, ability to build a portfolio and negotiate well with clients.

Changing Fee Earner Behaviours

A client had a range of very skilled fee earners delivering top quality work to their clients. However, while their reputation was growing and fee income was rising, the firm itself was finding cash and lock-up increasingly tough to manage.

Adviser

A medium sized accounting firm was achieving solid results but wanted to develop a more client centric culture to drive improved client service and greater fee opportunities.

Business Development

A well-known accounting firm challenged its people to deliver an ambitious growth target over five years.

Leadership Law Firm

A top 50 law firm wanted to invest in their leaders of the future, to help drive the firm’s ambitious growth plans. Having grown both organically and by acquisitions it was also a great opportunity to consolidate the expectations to gain a consistent calibre of associates and partners.

Management Development

We worked with the a medium sized accounting firm to create an effective approach which would not only deliver their desired outcomes but also help to motivate, improve engagement and break down some of the silos prevalent in the firm.

Our Clients