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Service S.7 — Delivery

A defined problem, led to done.

Some situations don't need a standing appointment — they need senior hands on a specific problem for a defined period: a growth plan that's real, a restructure done with control, a commercial function rebuilt. MAXFR takes those engagements the way an operator would: scoped, baselined, delivered, reviewed.

Senior delivery
Service S.7
Is this you?

The problems this engagement exists for.

  • Growth has plateaued and the honest answer to 'what's the plan?' is a shrug with a spreadsheet.
  • Costs, margins or working capital have drifted and control needs to come back fast.
  • A commercial function — sales, marketing, e-commerce — needs rebuilding, not another hire-and-hope.
  • Succession or restructuring is unavoidable, and it must happen with stability rather than drama.
  • The leadership team is capable but consumed; the change won't happen without dedicated senior weight.
The engagement

Transformation fails for predictable reasons: no baseline, no single owner, plans that describe ambitions rather than actions, and senior attention that evaporates after the kick-off. This engagement is built against those failure modes — one accountable senior leader, a written end-state, weekly working cadence and milestones the board actually reviews.

Max's delivery record is an operator's, not a deck-writer's: CEO of a £10m+ design and manufacturing group with 100+ staff by 27; Managing Director of an e-commerce and lean-manufacturing business for nearly seven years; and commercial leadership roles across IT services, luxury design, furniture and investment — manufacturing, services, B2C, IT, design, construction and investment sectors, end to end.

Engagements run alongside your team, not instead of it. The explicit goal is that the capability stays when the engagement ends — which is also why every engagement has an end.

What it includes

How delivery runs.

Frame & baseline

The problem written down in numbers and agreed at board level: where we are, what done looks like, what it's worth. Two weeks, typically.

Plan & ownership

A plan of actions, not aspirations — sequenced milestones, named owners, decision points reserved to the board. Signed off before delivery spends a pound.

Weekly working cadence

Max works in the business at agreed days per week: unblocking, deciding, coaching the owners, escalating honestly when reality moves.

Board-level reporting

A one-page milestone report each cycle — progress, risks, asks — so the board governs the change instead of discovering it.

Land & hand over

Capability transferred, documentation real, owners confident. A closing review against the original baseline: what was promised, what was delivered, what's next.

Shape & commitment

How the engagement runs.

ScopeOne defined problem with a written end-state
DurationTypically 3–9 months
Cadence1–3 days per week in the business, plus board reporting
FormConsultancy engagement; can run alongside or convert into a NED or chair role
Fees — honest context

What it costs.

Senior transformation leadership in the UK typically runs £1,200–£2,500 per day depending on intensity and risk; engagements are quoted as a scoped programme so the total is known — and capped — before work begins.

Figures are indicative UK market context, not a quotation — every MAXFR engagement is scoped first and priced in a written letter of engagement, with review points both sides can use. For broader numbers, see the NED & chair fees guide.

Questions

Asked about this engagement.

How is this different from hiring an interim?
An interim fills a chair; this engagement owns an outcome. The accountability is to a written end-state reviewed at board level — and it comes with the governance instincts of a practising chair, not just operating energy.
Will you work with our existing team?
That's the design. The team does the work with senior weight added — because capability that leaves when the consultant leaves wasn't transformation, it was rental.
What if the problem changes mid-engagement?
Reality moves; the baseline makes that visible instead of arguable. Scope changes are re-agreed at board level in writing — the same discipline that keeps any good board honest.
Can this convert into a board role?
Often it does — delivery is the best diligence either side can do. Conversion into a NED or chair engagement is straightforward and, where it makes sense, designed in from the start.
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