I’m a good listener which means I can provide bespoke, simple and effective solutions. Together we can use a clear lens to see through the day to day fog of running a business.
But who am I to give you advice? Just ask my clients, look at how I charge, and get in touch to find out.
I am more a resultant than a consultant.
Bespoke, simple and effective solutions
50 years of climbing the greasy pole has taught me how lonely the job can be the nearer you get to the top.
Whether it is the years of baggage we carry, or the pressure that sometimes means we can’t see as clearly as we should, prevarication (and even complacency) can set in.
I can be your critical friend. I don’t bring self-help books. I don’t bring highly sophisticated business processes. I do bring what might be called wisdom, experience and entrepreneurial flair.
Cultural Change
I have a great deal of experience in embedding into a business a culture that unifies everyone in achieving success through excellence.
Leadership skills
Great leaders see themselves as one among many. I see the need for leadership at many levels thereby delivering a greater sense of responsibility and ownership within the business.
Visioning
I make your aspirations come alive! Sharing your vision across the whole company gives direction to all that is undertaken day in and day out.
Mentoring
Mentoring can deliver quick rewards both for the company through improved efficiencies and for the individual through greater job satisfaction.
Mystery Shopper
From this I am able to share with you an unbiased view of how your business is seen externally.
Relief or Interim Management
I am able to support the hospitality industry and retail sector whenever a crisis occurs with interim management. This can save money, allow time to re-group, and identify the right solutions for the future.
‘Barry Cole brings wisdom and expertise to business planning and delivery. He has a special ability to listen, question and work through issues and ideas collectively and creatively. Barry’s involvement has made a huge difference.’
Tanny Stobart, Play Torbay
Who am I?
My name is Barry Cole
My name is Barry Cole
I set up BCA soon after I left the Riviera International Conference Centre where I had been MD for 15 years. I don’t employ anyone and do what I enjoy; sharing with others all I have learnt over the years, including from the mistakes I’ve made!
My background is primarily the hospitality industry, with a Diploma from the Hotel School in Lausanne working in the UK, Switzerland, France and Austria.
Years of working in Hospitality, Retail, and Leisure have equipped me with transferable skills that have helped a wide range of Clients from an Audio-Visual company to a Renewables company, from an Advertising and Graphic Design agency to a Concrete Repairs company. And of course Hotels and Restaurants.
Using my entrepreneurial skills and my passion for success, I help leaders improve the bottom line. After all, that’s what matters. I act as a critical friend. I am more a resultant than a consultant. I help translate the intentions into tangible outcomes.
I am skilled at listening which means I provide bespoke, simple and effective solutions. Together we can use a clear lens through which to see through the day to day fog of running a business.
My clients
• Monthly retainer
• Leadership skills for the senior team
• Critical Friend to the business
• Leadership skills for the senior team
• Critical Friend to the business
London 2012 Retail
• 8 week contract
• Management team leader for retail venues in Hyde Park
• Troubleshooter for team – overseeing logistics, staff, stock inventories
• Management team leader for retail venues in Hyde Park
• Troubleshooter for team – overseeing logistics, staff, stock inventories
• Non Executive Chairman
• Develop strategy for growth of the business
• Analyse the customer base to improve profitability
• Develop strategy for growth of the business
• Analyse the customer base to improve profitability
• Critique the presentation of the core product
• Business and personal mentoring of the MD
• Business and personal mentoring of the MD
• Review the Field Kitchen operation
• Make proposals to improve profitability
• Recruit a new Head Chef and mentored a new manager
• Make proposals to improve profitability
• Recruit a new Head Chef and mentored a new manager
Trusteeships
• Vice Chairman main board member and on HR and PR subcommittees
• Provide strategic direction
• Challenge and explore the 5 year plan
• Provide strategic direction
• Challenge and explore the 5 year plan
• Chairman of Trustees
• Provide business acumen and direction
• Develop new revenue streams
• Chairing SW Partnership Quest pilot scheme
• Provide business acumen and direction
• Develop new revenue streams
• Chairing SW Partnership Quest pilot scheme
• Board Member
• Review student grant applications
• Create fund raising opportunities
• Review student grant applications
• Create fund raising opportunities
• Trained Prince’s Trust Business Mentor
• Mentored young people during new business launch
• Mentored young people during new business launch
How I charge
What will it cost?
What will it cost?
