EG Consults, founded by Ellen Goldstein, works with clients to set goals and achieve target outcomes

  • Ellen is an experienced analyst, writer, editor and project manager with a background in financial services and management consulting. 

  • She has an uncommon ability to listen, organize information, structure complex problems and drive towards solutions.

 

General Areas of Engagement

 
 

Approach

 EG Consults will pull together a clear narrative and message for your company’s project that is aligned with your objectives and supported by well structured information.

The first step is a question and answer session with the client to work through the challenge faced, the client’s objectives and the issues at hand. 

Based on this collaborative back and forth, EG Consults will formulate an engagement narrative articulating what the client is trying to achieve and why they are trying to achieve it.

Clear articulation of engagement objectives and strategy:

  • ensures that everyone has the same expectations, preventing misunderstanding and reconciling potential conflicts before they become issues.

  • lays the groundwork for measurement of progress using qualitative and quantitative metrics and providing a natural feedback loop that provides early warning on potential issues or concerns.

 

EG Consults supports clients in the outline of an approach and development of plans, articulating how objectives will be met and when results are expected.

EG Consults generates the highest quality deliverables that:

  • clarify complex, dynamic situations

  • ensure that everyone is on the same page regarding the current state of play and what happens next

  •  set up up action and execution

  • serve as a record of plans and accomplishments

Getting Results

Getting to a clear and simple engagement narrative requires the ability to see both the forest and the trees. The amount of information to consider can be overwhelming and often, initially knowledge of how different bits of information fit together is limited. EG Consults will organize and structure information and in so doing develop the engagement narrative and plans for completion of the engagement. A well structured narrative allows for:

Drill-down from the narrative to the underlying detail (top-down) and link each piece of the detail back to the narrative (bottom-up)

Straightforward explanation and defense of the rationale behind
conclusions and decisions

Definition of metrics, both qualitative and quantitative, to evidence progress

Successful execution of plans can be complicated by resource constraints and timing issues. Often, many threads and multiple teams are involved. Keeping expectations aligned and information consistent can be a significant challenge.

EG Consults will work with you to integrate information from various teams and keep efforts aligned. EG Consults will tie on-going execution back to engagement objectives and provide a pipeline of information to senior management, ensuring consistency of expectations and avoiding unpleasant surprises.