Intelligent Approaches Limited

Intelligent Approaches Limited is a new business solutions consultancy operating from its regional offices in the East Midlands working primarily with the local business community to find the right skills and business solutions that can be used to improve their overall long term productivity and performance through a workforce motivated by relevant and appropriate training opportunities. Our vision “to help others to be successful” is the founding principle on which all of our business activities are based.

The market and business

The main market sectors Intelligent Approaches Limited will penetrate is to offer “x factor” business consulting solutions to:

 Small to medium sized businesses operating in the East Midlands region to improve their sales and profits;

 Regional and national corporate entities to assist businesses to perform more effectively in a global market through the promotion of the continuous lifelong learning concept delivering proven links between training and improved profits and productivity;

 The Public and Further Education Sectors, Trade Unions and employer- led independent organisations such as, Sector Skills Councils and Employer Forums for example, at a national level to support job creation and safeguard employment structures, foster an enterprise culture and create environments necessary to enable flourishing economic activity.

Core product offerings:

Intelligent Approaches Limited will have six main product streams:

• Project management for short term projects
• Interim management - see descriptor below
• Consulting services for revenue improvement
• Training and HR management for improved workforce development perfomance
• Information, diagnostics and solutions for business productivity improvement (IDBS)
• Information, diagnostics and solutions for improved workforce development performance (IDSS)

What's the difference between a consultant and an interim manager?
Consultant is:
Accountable to consultancy
Acts as adviser/facilitator
Makes recommendations
Only intervenes as needed
Interim Manager is:
Accountable directly to the client
Has line responsibility and is part of the management team
Designs and implements change
Full- or part-time intervention

Business Mission:
Intelligent Approaches Limited mission is to become a leading niche supplier of “x factor” business and workforce development solutions nationally, helping others towards non-accidental success through sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skilful execution whilst valuing vision, integrity, honesty and diversity.

Management team:
Our Managing Director, Jacqueline Hurley, founded Intelligent Approaches Limited in 2006. She has been an influential and senior leading player in UK business, training and workforce development for over 10 years, directing and managing transformational skills, change management and business improvement projects and programmes totalling over £30m for global and public sector organisations.

Jacqueline has been involved in supporting the development of local and national companies since 2002 and her innovative and inspirational input has been recognised by employers and UK Governmental bodies, in particular the Department for Trade and Industry, Learning and Skills Council, Her Majesties Treasury and the Department for Education and Skills.

Her extensive knowledge of partnership working and collaboration in the East Midlands region has already secured a number of regional contracts and her in depth knowledge of market trend analysis and development of business growth is seen as vital to the forging of strategic partnerships for the future.

Federation of Small Business,
Chartered Institute for Professional Development (CIPD)

We help business to stay on top of their business health by giving them easy ways to keep it in peak condition and avoid unnecessary visits to the bank manager at prices that may surprise you.
Whether the business is a new start-up, has been established for many years as a small to medium enterprise or operates as a large corporate, we understand the complexities of running and maintaining business health, after all, we are a small business facing similar challenges but with the added benefit of in-house proven corporate experience and expertise.
Our business applies fact-based knowledge, bringing together the combination of technical skills, business acumen, sector insight and external awareness to deliver core product offers professionally, ethically and credibly ensuring total client satisfaction through the achievement of results.

The keystone of our service portfolio is the provision of interim management which provides business with speedy access to a senior manager, hired on a short term basis (typically 3 to 6 months) with a proven track record in critical project delivery addressing business development and change management issues such as:
A major change in business direction or service structure;
Additional management skills to support existing teams;
An unexpected illness
A sudden departure
Poor performance reports
Turning visionary ideas into meaningful strategy