Capabilities directory
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36 capabilities, showing 1 to 24
Account handoff
The day a deal closes, your client success manager gets one record: what was sold and promised, who is involved, the dates and billing terms as agreed, the risks the seller heard and what is still missing. Every next action has an owner.
Annual operating budget
For an owner or finance lead preparing next year: revenue and costs by month and by team, built from this year's figures and each budget owner's drivers, every assumption written down, capital purchases listed apart, the whole checked against cash, and the questions leadership has to settle.
Business insurance renewal review
Before the business insurance renews, the owner gets one pack: every policy with insurer, limits, deductibles, premium and dates; renewal terms beside expiring ones, every change marked; what changed in the business; claims; and questions for the broker. The broker and the owner decide all cover.
Business line investment review
For leadership with several business lines: each line set side by side on one basis (fit with strategy, finance-reviewed results, shared resources, open questions) and placed as invest, investigate or reduce commitment, for the leadership team to discuss and decide.
Business trip plan
The assistant hands the traveller one plan for one business trip: dates and nights fixed from the brief, travel and hotel options with prices and the day each was checked, a day-by-day timetable around the meetings, the cost against travel policy and the bookings still to make. Nothing is booked or paid.
Channel partner fit review
When a referral, reseller or alliance partner approaches, the founder or head of partnerships gets one review: evidence the partner brings customers of its own, the type that evidence supports, a ninety-day plan with signs to go on or stop, and the commission range that still beats selling direct. A person decides.
Competitor battlecard
Your salespeople get one page on one named competitor: where it is strong, where you are stronger and the proof, what to say when it comes up, and the questions to ask. Nothing about the competitor goes on the card without a dated source; anything unsupported is held back for the approver.
Competitor profile from public pages
Your marketing lead gets a dated profile of a named competitor, built only from its public pages: what they say, sell and charge, kept apart from what that suggests and the questions it raises for you. Any figure no page states is marked unavailable, never estimated.
Cost of poor quality worksheet
An owner or operations lead who senses that rework, scrap and returns are costly gets one worksheet: the failure costs already on record, sorted by category, with estimates, gaps and unresolved allocations listed. The owner decides what to fix first.
Customer case study
With a customer who has agreed to help, prepare the interview, then turn their words and the figures they supply into a case study in a short and a long version. Every quotation and number is listed for the customer to approve in writing, and nothing is published or named before they do.
Deal close plan
Your account executive holds one late-stage deal on two pages: the buyer's case for buying now, counted from the buyer's own figures, and a dated plan of every step to signature with its owner on each side. The seller decides what the buyer sees; nothing reaches the sales system without approval.
Discount request review
Before a price below list goes to a customer, whoever approves it gets one page: the discount and what it costs in margin, every clause of your own written policy met or missed, who approves and in what order, and what the customer gives in return. A person decides; nothing is sent.
Employee health plan comparison
For an owner or people lead at renewal: the broker's health plan options next to each other, with premiums split between company and employee, deductibles, out-of-pocket limits, network notes, the cost to the company and to a typical employee at low, middle and high use, and questions for the broker.
Event plan
Whoever owns one event, a talk, a dinner, a webinar or a stand, gets one plan: the goal and target, who should be in the room, every step before, on and after the day with a date and an owner, and how each conversation is followed up. Nothing is booked, paid or sent by the assistant.
Expansion whitespace review
For one account or a whole book, the account manager sees what each customer holds against what it could also use, the evidence for every gap, the plays ranked, and one next step and owner for each. A person decides what to propose; nothing goes into the sales system without approval.
Headcount plan
For a founder, people lead or finance lead preparing next year: every role and its cost by team, the new roles and backfills with their months, the fully loaded cost month by month against the budget, and what changes if revenue lands lower or higher. It plans roles and money, never decisions about named people.
Journal entry preparation
At month end, your bookkeeper hands the controller every proposed journal entry ready to review: balanced lines on accounts from your own chart, the arithmetic and the document behind each amount, whether it reverses, and who approves it. Nothing is posted until a person approves.
Matter budget and status summary
The responsible partner sees one matter whole: scope, phases against their dates, the budget against fees to date and the projected total, a red, amber or green status with the rule behind it, risks and next actions with owners. Built from the time export and the matter plan, never a view on the merits.
Objection answers and sales one-pager
Walk into the call with an answer for every objection you expect, each with its honest limit and the proof behind it, and one page to leave behind. Everything is built from the facts you supply, so nothing on the page is a claim you cannot stand behind.
Overdue-invoice follow-up preparation
Every overdue invoice gets a follow-up drafted in your firm’s tone for its age and addressed from the right person, and every invoice that should not be chased is held with the reason written down.
Prebill exception review
Before the billing attorney opens a prebill, the billing coordinator has every awkward entry marked: rates that differ from the firm's rate table, possible duplicates, entries outside the client's billing guidelines, unclear narratives and expenses without support, each sent to the person who acts next.
Price change review
Before prices change, the owner or finance lead gets one review: the margin on each product or service from the sales and cost exports, how costs have moved, what each proposed price does to sales and gross profit across a stated range of customer responses, and dated competitor prices. It recommends no price.
Referral source follow-up
The day after a partner meets someone who sends the firm work, they have a follow-up draft and a list of every promise made at the table, by both sides. The draft uses only approved materials and nothing said in confidence; the partner checks it, chooses the next step and sends it.
Sales call preparation brief
Your salesperson, partner or account manager walks into every meeting with a brief they can read in five minutes: who will be there, what has been said and promised so far, what is still open, and a plan for the call. Every line traces to your own notes or a public page, and anything inferred is labelled.