Atlantic Cedar Ltd

Senior members of the Atlantic Cedar team had the privilege of hosting an event in partnership with Anne Corder Recruitment at Delta Hotels by Marriott in Peterborough this week. The event featured a private screening of "The Testing Point”, an engrossing film drama designed to explore some of the reasons why things go wrong in businesses. During the event, the 75-minute movie was shown in 4 parts, each followed by a brief, facilitated discussion, to allow attendees to identify and explore the issues raised in the film.   We hope that the senior people leaders who were invited enjoyed and benefited from the event! If you would be interested in finding out more about our leadership and development workshops contact us at info@atlanticcedar.com. #atlanticcedar #helpingleadersgetbetter #thetestingpoint #consulting  

📈 Does your organisation need help developing new skills?   💡 Do your emerging leaders need frameworks to help them inspire the kind of ‘followship’ that achieves outstanding success?   Atlantic Cedar Limited's specialisms are helping clients drive top line growth, reduce costs, or, most importantly, build capability.  We are best known for our strategic consulting engagements, but what you may not know is that we have years of experience in rapidly developing bespoke, needs-based training programmes and packages for our clients. We also have a range of off-the-shelf training offerings in specific learning categories.   Our focus areas are leadership and management, strategy, culture, and specific functional areas such as commercial effectiveness, strategic procurement, and marketing.    If you are interested in any of our training solutions, contact us at info@atlanticcedar.com to learn more.    #leadershipdevelopment #helpingleadersgetbetter #training #leaders

“The Testing Point”, an engrossing film drama designed to explore some of the reasons why things go wrong in businesses. The 75-minute movie is designed to facilitate discussion, to allow us to identify and explore the issues raised – some all too familiar – and how best to address them.   Its creation was motivated by a united belief that when organisations fail, people and society get damaged, and for that reason we as business leaders must strive to create business environments that allow employees to identify and shine a light on damaging behaviour without fear of reprisal. At Atlantic Cedar we work in partnership with the production company of The Testing Point as a critical part of induction and training programs; we want boards to use it to challenge themselves and we want anyone who is committed to being better and doing better to be able to use it to help them make their case. 🎞️ Watch this short trailer to preview the film and ask yourself: what would you have done in their shoes? And how might things have turned out then? If you think this would be a useful tool to use for training and development in your organisation then get in touch at info@atlanticcedar.com. #leadershipdevelopment #training #culture #consulting

Our Senior Consultant Maggie Jones has extensive experience of turning your procurement department into a secret weapon. This case study is an example of how moving past the idea that procurement is just “the department that buys things” or “fulfils a need”, but when applied strategically, can transform your business' capabilities and lay the foundation for your next stage of growth. To see in greater detail the problem this organisation faced and the solution Maggie executed for this client read the case study below. ⬇️ Need help with your procurement function? Contact us at info@atlanticcedar.com to book a free consultation with one of our experts. #atlanticcedar #spendanalysis #reducecost #consulting

When you move away from the idea that procurement is just “the department that buys things” or “fulfils a need” and look at it strategically, you will see that effective procurement can actually increase sales margins, build brand value or shape a business strategy. Atlantic Cedar can help you build your capabilities in this area and optimise value within your supply chain. We can provide a range of support including a complete view of your third party spend, specific commercial support to supplement your existing capabilities, or a complete functional transformation.   Need help with your third party spend and supplier management? Contact us at info@atlanticcedar.com to book a free consultation with one of our consultants.   #atlanticcedar #spendanalysis #reducecost #consulting

What has been one of our most popular services this year?    Spend Analysis.    The reasons are simple. Our process is quick and almost always completed on a fixed price (depending on size and quality of your raw data) and this short, sharp exercise has proven to be invaluable for our clients, especially in these challenging economic times.   Not only have we managed to save our clients millions of pounds, but we have also identified opportunities for improved third party spend management and budgeting.    If you think your third party lacks transparency, is out of control, or could simply be more efficient why not get in contact with us to discuss your concerns by emailing us at info@atlanticcedar.com.   If you wish to know more about our spend analysis process, why not click the link below.   https://lnkd.in/eg6bi3B7   #atlanticcedar #spendanalysis #reducecost #consulting

Our Director Brian Jones was busy last week chairing the second annual CDO Travel and Hospitality Exchange at Syon Park on behalf of Bloor Research. Data leaders from around the world gathered for a couple of days of plenaries, panel sessions, round tables, and think tanks. Brian's Summary of the event: "There were some extraordinary presentations detailing transformational journeys and huge engagement around a far-reaching range of topics from AI to data ethics. I was particularly struck by the way in which data leaders in these sectors are striving to find the optimal balance around personalisation. They want to ensure that their service propositions are built on a positive relationship with the customer (you and me I guess) whilst not verging into the rather “creepy” area of over-communicating or, worse still, drawing the wrong insights about us from the data at hand." #atlanticcedar #Events #Hospitality #Travel #Data #AI

Our Co-Founder Brian Jones is an experienced executive, public speaker, and entrepreneur whose career has spanned multiple business sectors at the highest levels.    Throughout his forty-year career he has spent an astonishing sixteen years on the executive boards of FTSE100 companies.    Executive leadership roles have included Chief Information Officer at Allied Domecq, Head of Business Transformation at Burberry, Chief Commercial Officer at Smiths Group, and President of Smiths Detection to name just a few.   Brian designed the Atlantic Cedar blueprint and the Helping Leaders Get Better leadership framework and is the intellectual driving force behind our focus on helping our clients drive growth, reduce costs, and build capability, all with an emphasis on speed and quality. All of this is the result of decades of experience.   His passion for great leadership is evident in the way in which he helps other professionals to fulfil their aspirations for themselves and for their organisations. His nine-box framework for inspiring ‘followship’ has helped and inspired many professionals around the world to become better leaders.    At various times Brian has presented his insights at alumni events for his alma mater Harvard Business School, at London Business School, and in conference settings internationally.   Much in demand, Brian typically has to prioritise his time carefully but is always keen to help hear about new challenges and opportunities and to explore how we can help.   If you’d like us to arrange a chat with Brian, please e-mail us on info@atlanticcedar.com.   https://lnkd.in/eDMzA7GM   #atlanticcedar #consulting #strategy #leadership #transformation #operations

As an experienced and highly successful Global Chief Marketing Officer and Transformation Consultant, Pru Parkinson’s thirty-five-year career has focused on media, marketing, pricing, and business transformation across a wide variety of sectors. She specialises in delivering profitable growth for complex multi-national businesses, but is equally at home working with smaller organisations where she focuses on managing strategy and hands on organisational change. In recent years, Pru has also increasingly focused on elements of great leadership and behaviours in business. One of her projects with Atlantic Cedar has been supporting the production and commercialisation of the feature film 'The Testing Point', a new innovative learning solution designed to drive better behaviours and decision-making within business. The Testing Point is a 75-minute film accompanied by extensive support material and workshop-based analysis, designed to challenge people with influence to examine their thinking and assumptions about how their organisation operates. Workshops based around the film give organisations the opportunity to provide thoughtful and critical training as part of their leadership development programmes. Pru is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s AMP, and a Financial Times certified NED.   If you need assistance with your marketing effectiveness, business transformation, boardroom effectiveness, cultural change, or leadership programmes, Pru can help. If you’d like us to arrange a chat with Pru or would like further information on any of our services, including The Testing Point leadership workshops, please e-mail us on info@atlanticcedar.com.   https://lnkd.in/eyvb4Anx   #atlanticcedar #consulting #marketingeffectiveness #transformation #leadership

Our Co-Founder and Managing Director, Maggie Jones, has frequently been described severally as “a force of nature,” and with good reason. Her track record in negotiating agreements that had seemed impossible to close is simply astonishing.    Equally comfortable on the sell side and the buy side of a negotiation, her unstinting focus on fairness and value never fails to inspire respect, ensuring that hard won deals stand the test of time, to the lasting benefit of all stakeholders. And her stamina is simply legendary.   Maggie is not just an accomplished deal-maker however. Having held Head of Procurement positions at two FTSE100 companies and one major London council, she is an expert at transforming procurement departments and processes in both private and public sectors, all of which have yielded significant costs savings and supplier value.    Even HM Treasury took notice a few years ago, asking her to be part of their procurement reviews of the Dept of Health Service and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.     For Atlantic Cedar’s clients, her work tends to focus on architecting and executing procurement campaigns to achieve third party cost savings and improved outcomes as well as optimising 3rd party relationships, procurement processes and upskilling client teams to ensure no ground is lost after her engagement is finished.   Maggie’s professional career has been shaped by working in multiple sectors including technology, central and local government, engineering, financial services, manufacturing, transport, luxury fashion, wines and spirits, energy, and media. We think it’s unlikely that there’s any sector which would prove too difficult for her to work her particular brand of magic.    If you need to find ways to reduce costs, or a problem with managing your suppliers, or even want to renegotiate or exit from a problematic contract, Maggie will be able to help you. If you’d like us to arrange a chat with Maggie please e-mail us on info@atlanticcedar.com.   To find out more about Maggie Jones and her expertise click the link below. ⬇️   https://lnkd.in/e69weTm6   #atlanticcedar #consulting #strategicprocurement #reducecost #efficiency