Management and Leisure Strategies^©

Our Mission

Welcome to Management & Leisure Strategies^©. We are original and unique!

MLS is a proactive, demand-led, hands-on and pragmatic “boutique-style” Specialist Consultancy practice, focussing on “Strategic Creativity” and upon delivering value within a short time-frame by providing practical & cost-effective Business Management Solutions which combined with our Leisure Programmes produce clear results that can be quantified and measured.

What We Do

Areas of expertise include: Business Consulting, including Business Start-Up Planning, and Funding Application Preparation & Support; Private Banking & Wealth Management, including Client Relationship Management, and Strategic Planning & Business Development; Management Training & Skills Development Programmes; Employee & Customer Rewards Schemes; PR, Marketing, Advertising & Brand Promotions; Corporate Leisure & Hospitality; Events Management; and Schools, Community & Youth Work.

How We Do It

Too often, Business Consulting, Management Training & Skills Development Programmes are dominated by particular techniques, models and packages. Management is littered with examples of such “tools” that have had their day in the sun, been found wanting and have been consequently discredited. Quite simply, no models or techniques work in all circumstances. Only understanding can help you use the right approach, in the right way, in the right circumstances.

This is what we do at Management & Leisure Strategies^©. Our highly innovative approach combining Consultancy, Training & Leisure has demonstrated that “Mixing Business with Pleasure” actually works!

The Results

Every time we lend our Specialist Management & Leisure expertise to help an organisation strike that precise and delicate balance between implementing the Business Development and Corporate Leisure Strategy that’s right for them, there is always a marked and openly manifested increase in a shared sense of Corporate Culture, Corporate Pride and Corporate Loyalty. The results are immediate, and it works every time!

This in turn directly translates into valuable benefits, including improved levels of Customer Service & Care; improved levels of Quality & Customer Satisfaction; improved levels of Staff Retention & reduced levels of costly Staff Turn-Over; and improved levels of Communication between Management, Staff and Customers.

These are extremely valuable assets that may not show up on your balance sheet but which still nonetheless directly contribute to the success and profitability of your organisation, just as much as the product or service you provide!

The success of organisations, whether the services, private, public, not-for-profit or voluntary sector is dependent more than ever before on the quality of management and the job satisfaction, loyalty and reliability of staff.

Our Services

Our range of “off-the-shelf” and tailor-made Business Consulting, Management Training, Skills Development, Leisure and Corporate Hospitality Programmes are especially designed to strike that highly desirable “work-life” balance, enriching employees’ lives and helping individuals and organisations alike to achieve that symbiosis, and maximise their full professional as well as personal all-round potential.

Our Team

MLS’ team is multi-lingual, with particular knowledge of conducting business in the UK, Spain, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, the emerging economies of Eastern Europe, the US and Latin America.

A Diverse Client Base

The practice’s experience mix of first-hand local knowledge and global expertise is reflected in a valuable and diverse local and international client base, ranging from self-employed individual entrepreneurs such as locally-based Penrhyn Garden Services; through to UK-headquartered blue-chip organisations such as Tesco plc., and J.D. Wetherspoon plc., to “Big 5“ global players such as PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Channel Islands and Deutsche Bank Private Banking in New York.

Benefits of the Client Experience

Whether it is an initial Business Start-Up Plan; a full Strategic Diagnostic; a Business Development Analysis; a Performance Evaluation; a Skills Development or Motivational Seminar; an Employee or Customer Rewards Scheme; or just a 1-day or weekend Leisure Activities Corporate Hospitality, School, Community or Youth Programme, we are confident that you will enjoy the valuable benefits which you will gain from your experiences with us, and trust that they will empower you to accomplish greater achievements at both a professional and a personal level, as well as to derive added pleasure and satisfaction from your job.

What you do matters!

For further information, or to arrange an initial appointment with one of our Consultants to discuss your needs and ideas without obligation, feel free to contact us online or call us on Tel. 08700 630063*.

(* UK Standard National Rate)