Business Performance Review
A fixed-price consulting engagement for growing businesses. Diagnose where value is leaking, prioritise what to fix first, and leave with a structured 90-day implementation roadmap.
Three questions every growing business needs to confront
Most business improvement efforts fail not because of bad ideas, but because the wrong problems get fixed in the wrong order without governance to make the changes stick.
Where is value leaking?
We map your core processes end-to-end using value stream mapping, identify where time and money are being lost, and quantify the waste in EBITDA terms. Most businesses are surprised by how much recoverable value they find.
What should you fix first?
Using Pareto analysis and financial impact scoring, we identify the three to five improvements that will deliver 80% of the value with the least disruption. Not everything at once — the right things in the right order.
How do you make it stick?
Recommendations are structured with governance: escalation paths, risk acceptance documentation, named owners and a 90-day milestone roadmap. The work does not end with the report.
Four phases. Fixed scope. Clear deliverables at every stage.
Delivered over 4–8 weeks depending on scope. You know exactly what you are getting and when.
A complete set of written deliverables
Not a presentation of impressions. Every engagement produces the same set of documented outputs.
Executive Summary Report
10–15 page document: all findings, recommendations and the implementation roadmap. Written for a board or senior leadership audience.
Process Maps (VSM)
Current-state value stream maps for all processes reviewed, with waste annotated and a future-state sketch for each.
Financial Impact Model
Excel workbook: EBITDA impact per issue, implementation cost, payback calculation and sensitivity analysis.
RAG Dashboard
One-page traffic-light status view of all findings and recommendations. Suitable for board papers and ongoing progress tracking.
Analytical Decisions Register
A documented record of all analytical decisions made during the engagement. Full audit trail — what was investigated, what was excluded and why.
90-Day Implementation Roadmap
Milestone-by-milestone action plan with named owners, measurable success criteria and escalation thresholds for each recommendation.
Three engagement tiers
Every tier includes the complete deliverable set. The difference is scope and depth.
- 1 process or function
- Up to 3 stakeholder interviews
- Top 3 recommendations
- All deliverables included
- 30-day follow-up review
- Up to 3 processes or functions
- Up to 5 stakeholder interviews
- Top 5 recommendations
- All deliverables included
- 30-day follow-up review
- Business-wide review
- Up to 8 stakeholder interviews
- Strategic improvement roadmap
- All deliverables included
- 30-day follow-up review
Payment: 50% on engagement sign-off, 50% on delivery of the final report. Expenses (travel, printing) at cost. All prices exclude VAT.
Good fit and not a fit
✓ Good fit if…
- Revenue is growing but margins are declining
- You know there is waste in your operations but cannot isolate where
- Internal improvement efforts have not stuck
- You need a board-ready case for operational investment but lack the supporting data
- Your business is scaling and the processes that worked at half the size are breaking
- You want an independent, evidence-based view — not a consultant who validates your existing plan
✕ Not a fit if…
- You need a technology implementation partner
- You are looking for a long-term outsourced management function
- Your primary challenge is sales and marketing rather than operations or margin
Not sure which applies to you? The free 30-minute discovery call will tell us both whether this is the right engagement before any commitment is made.
Richard Shaw
I am a management consultant and enterprise architect with over 25 years delivering operational and digital transformation programmes at Defra, the Home Office, NHS Blood and Transplant, the Nursing & Midwifery Council and Places for People. I have been responsible for mapping, analysing and improving hundreds of business processes across government, healthcare and the commercial sector.
The Business Performance Review uses the same analytical methodology I use on large-scale enterprise engagements — adapted and priced for the SME market. You get the rigour without the Big 4 invoice.
- ILM Level 7 Award in Executive Coaching & Mentoring
- ILM Assured AI for Business Mentor
- 25+ years Enterprise Architecture across UK Government, NHS, commercial
- Help to Grow: Management — Approved Mentor
- Former Trustee & Treasurer, Journeyman charity
Book a Free Discovery Call
30 minutes. No commitment. I will tell you honestly whether a Business Performance Review is the right engagement for your business — and if not, what would be.
info@nexusblueprint.co.uk · Brighton-based · UK-wide
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Leaders who have completed Stage 3 before the BPR consistently get more from the engagement. The methodology is familiar and the outputs are stronger.