Three Pillars of Service
Choose what works for you
Fresh pair of Eyes
When you need only a few hours or a few days to get an objective opinion:
- Facilitating team work shops
- Strategic planning
- Transformation planning
- Back office review
- Developing your investor decks
- You just need a sounding board
House in Order
When you need to get focused and target an area of your business:
- Organisational scaling
- Business planning
- Time management
- Business process review
- Project Management
- Change management
- Interim or part time finance director/CFO
Self Help
When you want to build your own internal capabilities:
- Leadership training and coaching
- Team building to harness your teams talents
- Bespoke training design
- Resource and recruitment planning
- Role design and skills gap analysis
Sector Experience
Some things are universal and a fresh pair of eyes from a completely different industry could be invaluable. However, if looking for sector specific, I have worked in Financial services, Retail, FMCG, Pharma,Tech start up, Media, fashion and Public Sector.
Service Approach
Strategy consulting can be associated with drawn-out scoping exercises and fee-generating activities, which do not necessarily add value to you. I have set up my consultancy services to focus on delivering value in a flexible and ethical way.
With over 23 years professional experience, varying in many different sectors, including time at a top 4, I am an FCCA accountant and an MBA- I feel I have gained invaluable experience as a result.
For a friendly and ethical approach do get in touch to see how I can help.
Your time is precious
I want to make sure you focus on your priorities. My services are to fill gaps and to help ensure that you have more time to focus on- sales and growth.
Involve Your People
Sometimes your staff want the opportunity to be part of the change, or may want to develop new skills. I would prefer to collaborate with your people. It can be cost effective and morale boosting.
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360 business review
I work with small businesses to developing their business infrastructure to focus on profit. This doesn't require endless meetings, but instead a day or two to review the current business and examine not just the finance side but also, marketing, IT, operations and HR.
By strategically reviewing the business in a friendly and non-judgemental way, owners can take a much needed opportunity to take a step back and plan for the future.
Prices depending on turnover
Mentoring, Pivoting and idea generation
I have found through mentoring for Start up loans and other SME groups, businesses need a fresh pair of eyes to trigger and encourage new ideas.
It is not about reinventing the wheel, but instead, exploring techniques to spot new markets, customers and opportunities. Meeting can be for as little as one hour and can be done in person or over Skype.
Prices depending on turnover
Mentoring and Speaking
Some of the other things I get up to
Speaking Opportunities
I have spoken at events such as Pure London, Microsoft London SME events and Enterprise Nations Fashion Exchange & their Accelerate programme. Providing advice on finance and general business for startups and creative businesses. Plus I am not afraid to MC the odd event and have been trusted to take the reigns at tech conferences and events.
If you are looking for someone with a deep knowledge of Business, Finance, Tech (I was in a Wayra winning Fashion Tech startup!) with a high energy engaging approach, please email me at darryl@darrylbannon.com.
Recent Podcast with the Twelve Ronnies on Investment opportunities post COVID here: https://soundcloud.com/12ronnies/john-attridge-darryl-bannon-12-ronnies-podcast-rtx
'Darryl offers clear and concise advice to small businesses and is a great speaker as she shares her experience in a way that business owners can go away and implement. Highly recommended!'
Emma Jones, Founder, Enterprise Nation
“BlackLine has contracted with Darryl Bannon Consulting as our annual customer conference moderator for two consecutive years. Why, because she has an expert understanding of the challenges accountants face daily. Our conference spans a wide range of topics around the financial close for the modern accountant. Darryl knows how to pull together diverse panellists into a coherent narrative, expertly summarizes contributions and engages an audience well. We would not hesitate to recommend Darryl as a moderator”. Andres Botero, Chief Marketing Officer, BlackLine
Mentoring & Mastermind
From as little as an hour, I can do a Skype mentoring session to help you through a business decision, an employee dilemma and other matters that you don't know where to start.
I am lucky to have a great network of experts I can then refer you to for specialist help. For booking details please email me on darryl@darrylbannon.com.
Please note I do not do 'referral programmes'. I do not charge for introductions, bad Karma. I'm happy to connect people for free as long as I know it will be a good fit:)
Want to discuss further?
I would be delighted to discuss how I can help or even match you with a more suitable person/firm (nothing wrong with being honest).
Phone
When it's easier to talk
+44 7582929697
Advise on the website needs to be considered in context to an individual business. What applies to one does not apply to another, therefore, any opinions expressed are just that, a perspective to consider and does not constitution formal consulting advise.
Personal details will not be shared with a 3rd party without permission. Also, Darryl Bannon Consulting will not take company data directly from a business without adequate encryption. Dropbox and other online secure servers will be the preferred method for receiving necessary data.