Experience
John Chisholm combines an impressive career in professional services with the ability, enthusiasm and passion to learn from and apply his experience to new situations. The case studies below illustrate the breadth and depth of experience John brings to consulting. He has worked with clients in Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and United Kingdom.
- Working with the partnership of an accountancy firm to agree on a firmwide vision and strategic process to achieve agreed vision. Coaching partners to formulate personal and group business plans and to implement plans and agreed firmwide strategies.
- Facilitating and presenting at Annual Partners Conference of a national law firm on vision setting and business development opportunities; working with partners to ensure a cohesive environment and effective cross selling and business development strategies.
- Assisting partnership of boutique specialist firm to develop its vision and corporate values; presenting at whole firm business planning retreat; assisting partners formulate and implement business development strategies.
- Development of KPIs for partners and fee earners at a professional services firm; ongoing mentoring of selected partners; help formulating career paths and partnership development program.
- Surveying partners in an international professional services firm to identify firm strengths and weaknesses; reporting back to whole partnership on survey results; specific project to ensure partners in one office work more cohesively.
- Facilitating leadership retreat for multi-sited Real Estate Agency.
- Working with Board and leadership group of mid tier law firm on leadership program; devising and implementing new profit share model; complete SWOT analysis.
- Coach and mentor to Managing Partner of a mid-tier professional services firm and working with partnership to identify appropriate strategies and structures to position firm to best achieve it business goals and objectives.
- Presentations at Partners Planning Retreat of a mid-tier law firm; advice and assistance to partnership on vision setting and strategies, corporate governance structure, and a career path for lawyers.
- Presentation and running workshops with several professional services firms and professional bodies on why and how professional service firms can and should move away from hourly billing to value pricing their services.
- Facilitating and presenting at a manager and senior associates conference for national firm on client service and career planning.
- Facilitating a strategic planning retreat for a large not-for-profit organisation.
- Independent probity representative on a national transport advisory committee.
- Speaker and presenter at various legal industry, professional regulatory bodies and training centres on firm management, trends in the legal profession and the concepts of value pricing.
- Developing and running senior associates leaders of the future programs.
