We help companies achieve sustainable growth by providing:
Interim Chief Operating Officer (COO) services;
Support for COO’s wishing to enhance their skills in the new integrated economy; and
Leadership advisory services
that stimulate new thinking and apply proven best practices to the highest priority challenges and opportunities.
At Elev8Exec we believe in healthy business – healthy outcomes and healthy environments for those involved in delivering them. It’s no longer about high performing business at any price. That’s why our tagline is “changing the way business works”.
We believe businesses can deliver higher value outcomes at lower cost by achieving harmony between more efficient value creation and a healthier working environment – we call this the Wholistic Enterprise.
Together with our co-creation partners, WhealthStream and Zengility, we design and deliver services to help companies achieve harmony.
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BUSINESS LIFE MANAGEMENT
GROW ON SOLID FOUNDATIONS
Business models are changing. Accelerated by the pandemic and disruptive technologies, employees at all levels are demanding a more wholistic approach with much greater emphasis on health, wellbeing and flexible working underpinned by a deep desire to be appreciated, valued and respected. It’s less about what we do and more about how we think and work. This is leading to the rise of intelligence-on-demand, whereby skills and knowledge are made available on-demand, more closely aligning measurable value with business needs and far more cost effectively than traditional hiring practices.
Ignoring these changes results in a fractured corporate structure, overly reliant on traditional practices and thinking which makes it increasingly difficult to sustain performance levels and harder to attract and retain talent.
Business Life Management is the solution – where sustainable performance is achieved by combining enhanced business efficiency with a working environment that supports a healthier lifestyle.
The focus for delivering this new environment will be the Chief Operating Officer.
EXPERIENCED | TRUSTED
MARK HAWTIN
With over 30 years in corporate B2B SaaS technology leadership roles, growing businesses across international markets in all continents, we’re well placed to help businesses clearly define their strategic intentions and translate them into sustained outcomes via industry-proven best practices. We combine a structured approach with creative flair to stimulate new thinking, challenge conventions and seek simple solutions. The goal – healthier business.
Mark has spent the past 34 years as a commercial leader, scaling technology businesses in the healthcare, fuel and convenience retail sectors. His experience includes start-ups, VC and PE-backed companies, IPO’s and acquisitions. He led go-to-market strategies to stimulate business in North, Central and South America, China, India, Japan and sub-Saharan Africa in addition to growing existing presence across Europe.
SOLUTIONS
Analyse | Insights
IGNITE DIAGNOSTIC
Ignite is a structured exploration of the current state of your business. Guided by your strategy it uses industry benchmarks and a proven set of process and performance metrics to uncover the highest priority areas needing attention in order to deliver strategic goals. Conducted via data analysis and structured interviews, Ignite will address operational practices, planning forecasting, working environment and culture to identify a unique set of Symphony services to deliver sustainable improvements.
Define | Deliver
SYMPHONY SERVICES
Symphony is a suite of harmonised services based on industry-proven best practices and delivered through a series of workshops. Available across all business functions and guided by the outcome of the Ignite Diagnostic, Symphony services are intended to define and deliver the harmony between operational excellence and a healthier working environment. The services will address environmental factors (culture, organisational structure, working practices, benefits etc.) as well as operational effectiveness and efficiency, with measurable outcomes to highlight progress. They’re designed to be implemented by you, utilising existing resources.
Agile | Flexible | On-Demand
THE NEW COO
As COO imagine you’re running a more agile, efficient operation capable of anticipating external events and pivoting quickly to avoid harm. Imagine you can do this while matching workload with on-demand intelligence to reduce cost and flexibility. And imagine delivering this within a working environment that emphasises health and wellbeing with a range of flexible benefits that ensure your people grow with the company. You’ve become the ultimate performance director.
Whether you’re in the role already or transitioning from another position, ‘New COO’ is a suite of services tailored to enhance your skills to take up the challenge of delivering enhanced performance in harmony with a healthier work environment.
HOW TO ENGAGE
We believe in intelligent conversations that mean business, which starts with understanding your dynamic intentions and your vision for your business. We’ve structured an approach that begins with an exploratory call and progresses through a structured discovery and diagnostic session to identify the art of the possible and how to work together.
Our process comprises the following
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Executive session to educate and inform on key drivers and trends impacting current business models. Learn how companies are addressing the critical need to balance sustainable value creation with healthier working environments.
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A structured working meeting with senior leaders to explore your vision for the business and to set the scene for how Elev8Exec will help turn that vision into commercial reality.
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An Ignite Diagnostic workshop is the structured approach to benchmarking current performance and working practices in order to identify and prioritise the areas of your business most in need of attention. The outcome is a unique set of Symphony services to deliver on your vision.
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The unique set of Symphony Services form the basis of a plan for you to implement, utilising your existing resources under guidance from Elev8Exec.
PURPOSE, MISSION & MEANING
Elev8Exec exists to help SME technology businesses achieve sustainable performance improvement by stimulating new thinking and applying proven best practices to their highest priority challenges. Unlike other consultants the advice will be uniquely tailored to suit the new world of work.
We focus our activities on the Chief Operating Officer, supporting the role to transition organisations to the new wholistic enterprise world of work, addressing the demand for a more balanced work-life style and the growing trend for on-demand skills and experience.
Elev8Exec offers clear thinking in complex, chaotic environments – breaking down challenges and solving problems through simplicity. Whether your business is high growth, flat-lining or in distress, we can help you identify actions needed to deliver on your strategic intentions.
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Elev8Exec Limited
26 Grangeway
Handforth
Cheshire, SK9 3HZ
Phone: +44 7808 364805
Registered in England and Wales.
Company No. 15088732
A discovery mindset can uncover breakthrough actions and opportunities as it frees thinking from bias and constraints imposed by existing practices.