About McCormack Consulting

McCormack HR & Business Consulting is a business strategy consultancy dedicated to collaborating with organisations to refine their strategic positioning. Led by Principal Consultant Cheryl McCormack, who brings over four decades of hands-on and senior leadership experience, the consultancy offers tailored solutions to enhance business growth and operational efficiency.
​Cheryl's expertise ensures that every aspect of the organisation is understood and optimised for sustainable success.

Business Planning

Review or Develop
​Business Plans

Expert support in developing new business plans or reviewing existing strategies. As a facilitator, Cheryl asks probing questions to help uncover opportunities and drive your business growth, ensuring your plans align with both immediate needs and long-term goals.

Competitor
​Analysis

Research and analysis are vital for driving business results by offering data-driven insights that guide decision-making. Understanding market trends and customer behavior in combination with your competitor landscape helps identify opportunities and mitigate risks, leading to more effective strategies and long-term business success.

Improving Business Processes

A review of your business processes and procedures in conjunction with the overall mission and goals are essential functions for sustained success. This approach ensures consistency and reduces errors, driving continuous progress and optimising organisation-wide performance.

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Comprehensive Workforce Evaluation

Skills Gap Analysis

Strategic Gap Analysis

Market Gap Analysis​

A skills gap analysis helps individual employees find out what improvements they'll have to make to acquire or improve the skills and competencies needed to perform well now and in a future role. Performing a skills gap analysis helps identify team members who excel in specific skills and find the best roles for them. ​

Gap Analysis is crucial for strategic planning as it identifies key areas where performance may be below expectations or goals.
​ This insight informs targeted development initiatives and supports effective succession and career path planning, as well as processes and compliance ensuring the organisation has the right mix for future success.  

Market gap analysis involves entails making considerations about the market and how customer needs may be going unmet.
By identifying areas where product or service supply falls short of demand, a business can take steps to fill that gap optimising revenue streams and improving the bottom line.

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Building a Dynamic Workforce

Workplace Surveys

Transformational change reshapes the organisation with new processes for overall growth, while transactional change focuses on specific areas for improvement. Culture surveys support this process by revealing employee attitudes and organisational dynamics, helping to identify resistance and align changes with the company’s culture. This alignment ensures smoother implementation and supports ongoing improvements.

Leadership Development

Transformational change reshapes the organisation for growth, while transactional change targets specific improvements. Culture surveys reveal employee attitudes and organisational dynamics, helping to address resistance and align changes with the company’s culture. Leadership support is critical, as their commitment drives effective implementation and ensures continuous improvement.

Team Building

Team building is crucial for managing change, as it helps unite teams and adapt to new experiences. Collaboration enhances change management by identifying stakeholder needs, gaining their support, and fostering innovation. It also improves communication, transparency, and builds trust within the team. Team building managed by an external consultant can be highly effective due to their objective perspective and expertise.

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Policy & Compliance 

Policy Health Checks

A policy health check is vital for all businesses to ensure compliance, minimise risks, and enhance efficiency. Regular reviews identify outdated practices, align policies with current goals, objectives and industry standards, fostering a safer, more productive work environment while promoting sustainability and growth. 

Evaluation

Evaluation is a systematic process that assesses a program's effectiveness and execution quality. The results offer valuable insights for maintaining or improving program quality, which in turn boosts overall organisational performance. By using this evidence-based approach future planning becomes better informed, enhancing strategic decision-making and organisational success.

Compliance

Engaging an external consultant offers valuable, arms-length objectivity and proactive guidance in developing compliance programs and conducting risk assessments. Their independent perspective helps identify potential issues and provides ongoing support to effectively mitigate
compliance risks.

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