Chris is a highly experienced professional facilitator specialising in strategic development and implementation. I have worked with her in a number of contexts and find her approach consistently diligent and effective, regardless of the client. She researches the relevant organisational sector, structure and culture with a keen eye for differentiation, tailoring sessions to explore the organisation's value proposition and its relationship to past strategic priorities and informing new goals. Chris has a knack for drawing different viewpoints and opinions together and summarising the key points for collective agreement. Often strategic facilitators follow a general plan and push towards their own version of what a strategy should look like. However, Chris is flexible, responsive and treats each client as unique. She does the work and the outcomes are pithy, positive and, in my experience, insightful. I cannot recommend her highly enough. (CEO)
“The success of the session is in a large part owing to your strong guidance towards strategic thinking and vision. This resulted in a palpable excitement with the group about future possibilities and a clear direction for future planning” (Chair, Board of Trustees, Education)
“I have worked with Chris Franklin on a number of projects across differing contexts and with a variety of intended outcomes - from strategy facilitation with two Boards through to project management, operational reviews and executive placement. In all cases, Chris has exemplary skills in working with people facilitating discussion, synthesising views and drawing together conclusions. On numerous occasions I have had those involved comment to me on the ease of the process, how they felt honoured for their contributions and the accuracy and 'ownership' they felt for the results.” (CEO, Education)
Management consultants can play a vital part in any organisation’s strategic or business planning . Finding the ‘right’ consultant , therefore matters.
.... Chris Franklin is an exceptional consultant talent . Her capacity to question with focussed intent and listen emergently to a range of stakeholders within an organisation is faultless. No issue is too abstruse nor any view too diverse that Chris cannot incorporate into her findings. Her work is delivered in a timely fashion and she writes with fluent economy. Chris has the rare capacity to find the relevant themes key to the organisation and design a discussion paper which in turn generates a positive, energetic experience for company planning days. Participants involved in these days are always focussed and imperceptibly ‘moved’ towards a final articulation of goals by Chris’ stewardship. .... Her recent work ...... was flawless. She has our unanimous endorsement. (Board Chair)