About Gently Consulting
Improving Your Bottom Line
Helping you turn your Vision & Strategy into Practical Reality
Our Philosophy
Sustainable Solutions to Improve your Business Performance
Strategy
Translation of your strategy into actions throughout the organisation with appropriate change management.
Measurement
Measurement and reporting systems aligned to the strategy.
Governance
Governance so you know in a timely fashion what is working well and what requires further attention.
Our Services
Unlock Your Business Potential with Our Range of Solutions
“Making improvements every day part of your everyday”
Operational Excellence
Operational Excellence is a fundamental requirement of all businesses in any field, leading to success, as measured by achieving desired outcomes.
Underpinning all elements of Operational Excellence is a simple concept of continually identifying and tracking activities to close performance gaps; this applies across operations, improvement projects, and leadership behaviours.
While seemingly and deceptively simple, application of the three key, and nine detailed concepts requires an understanding of the thinking behind each, the tools to apply, and a set of tactics to support deployment.
Our Approach
Gently Consulting helps deliver benefits for your business
We help your business by leveraging:
- Assessing the viability of proposals.
- Business case preparation and presentation.
- Implementation and embedding of improvements into regular operations to deliver real long-term, sustainable results.
- Supporting leaders to deliver and measure improvements in your businesses.
- Applying our business improvement and change approaches pinpoint and change the organisational elements needed to deliver sustainable solutions.
Improving your bottom line requires successfully combining a range of business imperatives simultaneously. We have the skills and experience to guide you through the change processes.
Meet Simon
Our Experience Counts
Simon Higgins
Simon started his career as a research scientist with Comalco Aluminium and has since worked in a range of industries, including mining and smelting in the resources sector, oil refining and heavy logistics in both trucking and rail.
Simon possesses extensive operational experience in a variety of major heavy-industry organisations. His strength is integrating tools from a variety of thinking into sustainable solutions. He has led and supported transformational change programs for a range of major organisations, developed economic cost and value driver models, and undertaken detailed cultural reviews across organisations to assist with change programs and project implementation.
Simon has a hands-on approach which, combined with an ability to integrate and synthesise information from all levels of an organisation, allows him to cut rapidly to the heart of an opportunity within a customer’s business. Simon’s core philosophy is one of coaching teams to deliver.
“As a consultant, I have provided management and analytical expertise for projects in multinational companies, including BHP, Unimin Corporation (Covia), Anglo American, Origin Energy, and Queensland Gas Corporation, as well as a range of small and medium sized enterprises.”
With a Bachelor of Applied Science (Metallurgy) from the South Australian Institute of Technology (1985), and an MBA from the University of Tasmania (1996), Simon has continued to build his professional development by undertaking courses in leadership, safety, and process management and improvement, including the Company Directors course with the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Simon is a Certified Change Practitioner through Prosci Inc, and completed the Lean Enterprise Systems Program at the University of Tennessee.
In his book, “Profitable Decision Making”, Simon systematically examines the key impediments and distractions that can cripple business leaders in their decision-making process.
Gently Consulting
Profitable
Decision Making
In this breakthrough book for business leaders,
you’ll learn…
Hidden Profits Revealed
Uncover what truly defines “profitable” for your business beyond simple revenue figures.
Bridging the Perception Gap
Understand why individuals, even with shared information, can reach different conclusions, and learn strategies to bridge this gap for effective communication and decision-making.
The Peril of Overthinking
Discover the hidden dangers of overly deliberated decisions and navigate towards effective, timely choices while mitigating potential risks.
Cultivating a Decision-Making Oasis
Learn practical methods to embed robust decision-making processes within your organisation, ensuring strategic alignment and efficient implementation.
Contextualising Success
Gain insights on realistically evaluating decision outcomes while considering the broader business landscape and external influences.
Discover the 10 Business Principles for Profitable Decision Making
Learn proven business principles outlined in Profitable Decision Making and start making decisions that drive actual results for your company.