Decision-making is hard when dealing with thorny strategic issues and conflicting priorities. How can you improve your approach to explore your options, make efficiencies, diversify income and deliver strategic growth when you can't cut your way to success?
At SUMS we understand the complexities involved in the decision-making required to deliver your strategy. It’s our first job to make sure you have the right evidence, diagnostic tools and insights to really understand what’s going on and where improvements are needed. We help you to prioritise, to focus on the areas that really matter and to get your organisation working effectively towards your goals.

SUMS will partner with you to:

  • develop efficiencies and effectiveness, including implementing TOMs and service catalogue development
  • improve your market research and income diversification
  • devise timely action plans to deliver impactful change.

See how we’ve supported other institutions to turn their strategies into reality:

Driving cost efficiencies in Professional Services

SUMS consultants supported a large, ambitious UK university to identify multi-million pound savings across professional services. Requiring rapid mobilisation and structured engagement with senior stakeholders, we developed costed efficiency proposals and provided strategic insights to inform future transformation, enabling confident decision-making in a complex and fast-paced environment.

Clarifying priorities for strategy delivery

We worked with a member University’s leadership to scope, plan and deliver a focused away day for its Executive Team. In one day, the Executive reviewed and refocused the institution’s strategic priorities, and developed clear principles for working together to achieve them.

Read our expert insights

Why Every University Needs a TOM (and Who is TOM Anyway?)

When is a TOM not a TOM? Adapting operating models for real-world change

Beyond efficiency savings … what does meaningful organisational transformation look like?

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