Why We Do It Well
We Don't Waste Our Clients' Resources
We work under the approval and direction of the executive managers of our clients. This assures that our efforts will be supported by the client's organization, resulting in a work product that advances the vision, goals and values of the firm. (Contrast with traditional consultants: interact with and take direction from mid-level managers in the hope that their thinking is in harmony with the executive level; re-do the work, as often this proves incorrect.)
Our Output Is Used, Not Put On The Shelf
We guide and support the company's self-creation of its strategies and action programs so that the organization accepts them as its own. (Contrast with traditional consultants: write the plans from their own perspective and present them to management, trusting that the company will embrace and act upon them as if the employees thought of them themselves.)
We Produce For The Client, Not Ourselves
Our principals only accept assignments that promise to be mutually rewarding. This allows us to be rigorously objective in our work methods, assessments and recommendations. Our greatest reward is the prosperity clients enjoy resulting from our contributions. (Contrast with traditional consultants: accept any assignment where the fee is assured.)
We Are Quick, Efficient And Productive
Our experience encompasses a broad range of service and manufacturing industries, functions from operations to marketing and responsibilities up to and including the CEO level. (See accompanying bios.) We know that business success requires the crisp identification of problems and opportunities and the creation and execution of strategies and programs to address them. (Contrast with traditional consultants: the more time they take to complete an assignment, the higher their fees. Since many of their employees have no experience outside their firm, they use client projects to train their staffs.)
LakeShore can Provide Your Company With Solutions for Profitable Growth...
Faster and at lower cost than the usual consulting solutions. And we pride ourselves on leaving you and your employees with the knowledge to do it yourselves for the future.