The challenge

Our client, a specialist tech services company was navigating a crucial growth phase and sought to align its talent strategy more closely with broader business objectives. To do this effectively, they needed a clearer picture of how their direct competitors had scaled: how those organisations were structured at the leadership level, and how that structure supported or drove their business strategies. Understanding these dynamics would help our client benchmark their own trajectory and uncover potential opportunities for differentiation.

Outcomes

The insights we delivered equipped our client’s leadership team with a strategic lens on talent planning:

We presented a robust SWOT comparison between our client and its competitors, highlighting relative strengths, potential gaps, and areas of opportunity across leadership and strategic focus.

Our report identified key individuals within competitor organisations whose roles and influence had driven measurable business impact. This helped our client understand not just what roles were essential but who was making a difference, and why.

By uncovering patterns in how competitors were aligning leadership to business strategy, we were able to suggest practical, evidence-backed ways our client could evolve differently and more effectively.