Why Momentum?

Firstly, let me introduce myself - my name is Declan McCluskey, and I am the Managing Director of Momentum Consultants.

I started the company after spending 16 years at the cutting edge of the motor trade. I worked in a dealership, and then acted as a consultant for an number of manufacturers before working directly for Vauxhall, Porsche, Kia and General Motors. I have worked in many countries from the Caribbean to the Middle East and Europe.

I have seen many consulting companies over the years, and one thing many have in common is they try to take an idea or best practice from one country/business/dealer and attempt to copy that straight to another. They make no attempt to personalise their approach or understand the market and/or cultural differences, and in effect try a 'one size fits all' approach.

This is sometimes driven by sheer greed - implementing an existing programme is quick and cost effective - and sometimes just pure lazy. Either way the client, who pays for the service, gets a poor deal.

I have also seen consultants who claim to be experts at every area of the business - whatever they are asked, they claim they can do it! Again they rarely have the true skills and the client gets a poor service, and generally poor results.

There are two phrases that I hear about consultants -

• 'Those that can do - those that can't consult.'
• 'A consultant is someone who, when you ask the them the time, borrow your watch, tell you what time it says, then hand it back and charge you for the service.'

These come from just the sort of experience I've outlined above - poor practice driving poor results, and leaving the client out of pocket with little benefit to be seen.

I formed Momentum to provide the very best consultancy service you can find in the industry in an emerging market. To do that we have to have a slightly different approach, so rather than have a full time team of general consultants, we work with a large number of associate consultants who work for us on each specific assignment.

So you as a client get the right skills you need to work on any specific project. By providing experts for each area we can provide the best service to you as a client, yet you only have to deal with one company.

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