Fix the one thing holding the plan back.
VCP INTERVENTIONS
When a critical part of the value creation plan has either stalled or needs turbo-charging — I run a rapid, time-bound intervention to get it moving again by delivering a defined outcome.
Not a transformation. Not a new CEO. One specific broken constraint, fixed with a measurable result inside three months.
Strongest fit in the first 12 months post-deal, or when momentum breaks mid-hold and the IC case starts to drift.
When the plan is drifting — and you know something is broken.
The plan is clear. Execution isn't. You're seeing one or more of these in the Tuesday read-out, and the operator team has run out of new explanations.
Performance is behind the IC case with no clear root cause that holds up to scrutiny.
01
Pipeline is building, but conversion is inconsistent — or quietly declining month on month.
02
Product, pricing and packaging exist, but GTM not translating into the growth the model assumed.
03
Cost base is rising without corresponding output, efficiency or margin.
04
Leadership is spread too thin — ownership of the critical outcome is unclear or contested.
05
The Board and CEO see the issue but the management response isn't moving fast enough.
06
If two or more of these are true, the constraint is rarely what management thinks it is. The diagnostic exists to find the real one.
40%
Savings on contracts
in 3 mo
30→70%
Retention raised in 12 mo
3
GTM engines rebuilt
for growth
15%
Cost of Sales savings unlocked in 18 mo
What gets fixed.
Each engagement targets one constraint. Defined in the diagnostic, owned by me through to delivery, with metrics that hold after I leave.
THE CONSTRAINT
WHAT THE INTERVENTION DOES
Sales engine is not converting.
Rebuild from lead generation to close — segmentation, sales process, pipeline discipline, incentives, the right people in the right seats.
Retention and monetisation are leaking.
Reset churn drivers, pricing, discounting, contract quality and the expansion motion — professionalise the customer success programme.
Supplier renegotiation, organisation redesign and simplification, automation and AI applied where they move margin.
Cost base is structurally heavy.
Operating cadence is not holding.
Rebuild the KPI architecture, board reporting and accountability lines so the management team runs itself between board meetings.
Execution discipline has slipped.
Capability assessment, role clarity, targeted hires, operating principles and a delivery system that does not rely on heroic effort.
Unclear accountability & authority.
Clarify decision rights and accountability without removing leaders. Restore confidence without destabilising the team.
One constraint per engagement. If two are tangled together, the diagnostic says so, and we agree the sequence.
Why this is not consulting, interim leadership, or operating partner support.
The category gap is real. Consultants diagnose but rarely own delivery. Interims change the leader. Operating partners sit board-side and are spread across a portfolio.
This intervention is for a narrower situation: one specific constraint, a fast clock, and a leadership team that needs to keep its credibility while the issue gets fixed.
How VCP interventions work.
Two to three weeks to isolate the problem. Up to twelve weeks to fix it.
Then it holds.
DIAGNOSTIC · 2–3 WEEKS
Identify the constraint, validate the root cause, define the intervention. Delivered as a written brief the board can act on, with or without me.
INTERVENTION · 8–12 WEEKS
Embedded with leadership to fix the issue. Daily ownership, weekly cadence, monthly board read-out. The work is done by me, not handed back as a slide.
LOCK-IN · FINAL 2 WEEKS
Ownership, cadence and metrics transfer to the team. The change is in the operating system, not in my head.
ALIGNMENT · THROUGHOUT
Aligned with CEO, Chair and investors at every step. I do not replace leadership. I make leadership effective at the thing they're stuck on.
Fixed fee, scoped to the constraint. No open-ended retainers. If the diagnostic concludes the issue is a leadership blocker rather than execution, I'll say so — and the intervention doesn't start.