Insights
Practical thinking for the owners of professional services firms.
Short, plain-spoken articles on finding the issue that matters most, reviewing the whole firm, pricing, capacity, AI and turning plans into action.
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Plans that stay in a drawer: turning a review into 90 days of action
Reports get written and then sit unread, because owners rarely have time to turn them into work. A short, prioritised plan with owners and dates is far more likely to happen.
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Pricing advisory work: why a scoped fee often beats the hourly rate
Charging by the hour rewards slowness and leaves clients unable to predict cost. A clearly scoped fee is harder to set up but usually better for both sides.
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Five questions to ask before your firm buys an AI tool
AI tools are easy to buy and hard to use well. Five questions help a professional services firm decide whether a tool is worth adopting, and how to do it safely.
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Partner capacity, not demand, is what limits most professional firms
When a professional firm is busy but not growing, the usual explanation is demand. More often it is the limited time of the few people who hold the firm together.
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Six areas, one weakest link: a simple way to review your firm
Most reviews of a firm look at one thing: the marketing, the systems, the team. A firm is only as strong as its weakest area, so the review has to cover all six.
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Find the one issue holding your firm back
Owners are rarely short of problems to fix. The harder question is which one to fix first, and why the most visible problem is often not the most important.
Start with a conversation.
A first call with Philip is thirty minutes, free and without obligation. Tell him where your firm is stuck, and he will tell you honestly whether and how Hexarch can help.