What we do
Most organisations don't need more effort.
What we do
Most people struggle to build something because building is the easy part.
What we do
Every engagement starts with a diagnostic review. After that, there are no fixed packages: the work is shaped around what your organisation needs.
These are the areas where we are most often asked to help. Each begins with understanding where you are now, so for most clients the diagnostic is the first step.
Diagnostic Review
Find the real problem in one to two weeks
Hiring & Selection
A hiring process that brings people in who raise performance
Leadership Development
Clarity at every level, with a thinking partner if you want one
Process & Systems
Systems aligned with your goals
Culture & Team Performance
An honest picture of what is getting in the way
Diagnostic Review
Why it matters
Organisations rarely stay stuck for lack of effort. More often the effort is going into the wrong problem, and every month spent on it adds cost and frustration without moving things forward.
What we do
In one to two weeks, we talk to the people closest to the issue, look at how work really gets done, and report back on the root cause. You receive a clear written account of what we found and a practical recommendation: a deeper investigation, specialist expertise, or a conversation that needs to happen.
The outcome
You know what is holding you back and what to do about it, in what order. It works as a standalone piece, or as the start of a longer engagement, and you decide what comes next.
Diagnostic Review
Find the real problem in one to two weeks
Hiring & Selection
A hiring process that brings people in who raise performance
Leadership Development
Clarity at every level, with a thinking partner if you want one
Process & Systems
Systems aligned with your goals
Culture & Team Performance
An honest picture of what is getting in the way
Diagnostic Review
Why it matters
Organisations rarely stay stuck for lack of effort. More often the effort is going into the wrong problem, and every month spent on it adds cost and frustration without moving things forward.
What we do
In one to two weeks, we talk to the people closest to the issue, look at how work really gets done, and report back on the root cause. You receive a clear written account of what we found and a practical recommendation: a deeper investigation, specialist expertise, or a conversation that needs to happen.
The outcome
You know what is holding you back and what to do about it, in what order. It works as a standalone piece, or as the start of a longer engagement, and you decide what comes next.
Diagnostic Review
Find the real problem in one to two weeks
Hiring & Selection
A hiring process that brings people in who raise performance
Leadership Development
Clarity at every level, with a thinking partner if you want one
Process & Systems
Systems aligned with your goals
Culture & Team Performance
An honest picture of what is getting in the way
Across all of this, we can design and run the workshops and conversations that keep things honest and moving.
Across all of this, we can design and run the workshops and conversations that keep things honest and moving.
How we work
Our work starts with advice — telling you clearly what's true. Where it helps, we go further and solve the problem with you. Where it's needed, we'll help build what replaces it.
Step 1
Understand the situation
Every engagement starts the same way: listening. We meet everyone involved — at every level, not just the ones who commissioned us — and examine what's said and what's left unsaid. We'll look at the data, the processes, and how others have tackled similar problems beyond your industry. More often than not, a shape starts to emerge well before the listening is done — the value of having seen this pattern before, just wearing different clothes. The goal is to hold it all — the ground-level detail and the strategic picture — at the same time, until the real shape of the problem becomes clear.
Step 1
Understand the situation
Every engagement starts the same way: listening. We meet everyone involved — at every level, not just the ones who commissioned us — and examine what's said and what's left unsaid. We'll look at the data, the processes, and how others have tackled similar problems beyond your industry. More often than not, a shape starts to emerge well before the listening is done — the value of having seen this pattern before, just wearing different clothes. The goal is to hold it all — the ground-level detail and the strategic picture — at the same time, until the real shape of the problem becomes clear.
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Step 4
What makes Imhotep different
We say what needs saying
One of the great benefits of bringing in a consultant should be the freedom to talk openly about problems without anyone worrying about their longer-term prospects. Too many consultants waste that opportunity — softening findings, avoiding difficult conversations, protecting the relationship at the expense of the truth. If something needs saying, we say it. That's not a personality trait. It's the whole point of hiring someone from outside.
We say what needs saying
One of the great benefits of bringing in a consultant should be the freedom to talk openly about problems without anyone worrying about their longer-term prospects. Too many consultants waste that opportunity — softening findings, avoiding difficult conversations, protecting the relationship at the expense of the truth. If something needs saying, we say it. That's not a personality trait. It's the whole point of hiring someone from outside.
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We say what needs saying
One of the great benefits of bringing in a consultant should be the freedom to talk openly about problems without anyone worrying about their longer-term prospects. Too many consultants waste that opportunity — softening findings, avoiding difficult conversations, protecting the relationship at the expense of the truth. If something needs saying, we say it. That's not a personality trait. It's the whole point of hiring someone from outside.
We challenge what you're building, not just how you're building it
Most consultants can help you do what you do better. Few will ask whether you should be doing it differently altogether. That question requires the ability to hold your situation at multiple levels simultaneously — to see the detail of what's happening on the ground and the strategic picture above it, and spot where they don't match. Imhotep brings that perspective — genuinely free of your industry's assumptions — and uses it to ask the questions your internal teams stopped asking years ago.
We challenge what you're building, not just how you're building it
Most consultants can help you do what you do better. Few will ask whether you should be doing it differently altogether. That question requires the ability to hold your situation at multiple levels simultaneously — to see the detail of what's happening on the ground and the strategic picture above it, and spot where they don't match. Imhotep brings that perspective — genuinely free of your industry's assumptions — and uses it to ask the questions your internal teams stopped asking years ago.
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We challenge what you're building, not just how you're building it
Most consultants can help you do what you do better. Few will ask whether you should be doing it differently altogether. That question requires the ability to hold your situation at multiple levels simultaneously — to see the detail of what's happening on the ground and the strategic picture above it, and spot where they don't match. Imhotep brings that perspective — genuinely free of your industry's assumptions — and uses it to ask the questions your internal teams stopped asking years ago.
We raise the standard, then hand it over
Every organisation has standard bearers — people whose expectations set the bar for everyone around them. Bringing in Imhotep introduces a new one. Our job is to raise standards to a level that's sustainable, embed them properly, and then leave you holding them. The goal is an organisation that doesn't need us any more.
We raise the standard, then hand it over
Every organisation has standard bearers — people whose expectations set the bar for everyone around them. Bringing in Imhotep introduces a new one. Our job is to raise standards to a level that's sustainable, embed them properly, and then leave you holding them. The goal is an organisation that doesn't need us any more.
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We raise the standard, then hand it over
Every organisation has standard bearers — people whose expectations set the bar for everyone around them. Bringing in Imhotep introduces a new one. Our job is to raise standards to a level that's sustainable, embed them properly, and then leave you holding them. The goal is an organisation that doesn't need us any more.
Who we work with
Imhotep works across sectors, and deliberately so — the connections that crack the hardest problems rarely come from inside the industry where the problem lives.
Infrastructure and Engineering
Higher education
Early-stage & growing organisations
Faith-based & not-for-profit
Public sector
The most interesting work often comes from organisations and sectors we haven't worked in before. If the problem is real and the willingness to engage honestly is genuine, we're interested.
Fees
Fees vary depending on the scope and nature of each engagement. Get in touch to discuss what you're working on and what makes sense together. Reduced rates are available for charitable and non-profit organisations.
Ready to have an honest conversation?
The first one is always free