James W. Sewall

Business management consulting

The Challenge

The global recession--historic in its origin and impact--has challenged organizations to rethink the way they do business. Many companies, enduring declining sales, weak cash flow, and near freezing credit, have cut budgets, laid off staff, and survived on doing more with less. The most resilient are embracing the challenge as an opportunity to increase efficiencies, strengthen core focus, and invest selectively as they build more lean and agile organizations. These companies will not only survive the downturn, they will in some cases achieve dramatic gains, emerging more competitive once the recovery begins.

In face of current economic conditions, how do companies position themselves to take advantage of the recovery? How do they achieve high performance with less and seize competitive advantage?

The Solution

To help organizations improve results in a weak economy, Sewall now offers a range of business management consulting solutions. Led by Senior Vice President Dave Stevens, a process improvement specialist, Sewall is guiding legacy clients and New England businesses in organizational change efforts to improve quality, processes, teamwork and performance.

Trained in total quality management (TQM) and cooperative work systems, Mr. Stevens brings over 20 years' experience in manufacturing, management, and organizational consulting in over 30 locations, including Sewall and two Fortune 500 companies. With expertise in implementing multiple management, leadership, and organizational change methodologies, Mr. Stevens tailors solutions to the business environment, drivers, and needs of each client, incorporating existing improvement initiatives. With this approach, our clients realize significant short-term as well as long-term gains.

The Benefits

During this recession, Sewall is helping businesses to:

• Improve processes & productivity
• Increase cost efficiencies
• Bring focus to core strengths & customer needs
• Develop leaders & high-performing teams
• Increase speed to decision making
• Improve communications, facilitation & follow through
• Lay the foundation for recovery