The industry-leading
project & change experts
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Elevating Sponsor Leadership.
Powering Up Capability & Delivery.
Safely Accelerating Change.
Trusted by visionary leaders in complex, regulated, customer-centric environments to amplify their impact.
Confident Transformation Delivery - Led by You
We have extensive deep personal experience of the immense pressure on leaders driving transformation and change from both ‘The Sponsor's Seat’ and ‘The Delivery Frontline’. Our mission is to provide sponsors like you with the dedicated, strategic support you need to safely navigate and accelerate change, ensuring your vision translates into tangible results without drama.
We don't take over; we become your trusted expert co-pilot, amplifying your leadership and powering up your delivery capability so you can confidently lead through complexity. We're here to help you secure lasting impact, on your terms.
The Sponsor's Challenge.
The Unseen Pressures of Transformation: We Know Your Reality
You're accountable for defining your organisation's future with ambitious change & transformations. Yet, too often, these strategies become disconnected from their execution, particularly in sectors where compliance is non-negotiable and customer trust is paramount.
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Momentum stalls
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Noise amplifies
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Regulatory hurdles create paralysis
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Critical customer journeys become fragmented
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Value leaks
This isn't a failure of vision, nor a reflection on your leadership.
It's the critical strategy-execution gap, magnified by the unique demands of your environment. Seasoned leaders skillfully navigate these challenges by leveraging the right strategic partnerships.
Confident Transformation Delivery - Led by You
At Eight Eights, we understand the immense pressure on leaders driving transformation and change. You're accountable for ambitious outcomes, often navigating uncharted territory with high stakes. That's where we come in - with our unique Dual-Lens Perspective and direct deep personal experience of both ‘The Sponsor's Seat’ and ‘The Delivery Frontline’. We don't take over; we become your trusted expert co-pilot, amplifying your leadership and powering up your delivery capability so you can confidently lead through complexity.
Our mission is to provide the dedicated, strategic support you need to safely accelerate change, ensuring your vision translates into tangible results without drama. We're here to help you secure lasting impact, on your terms.
Why Leaders Choose Eight Eights: Our Unified Approach
Transformation success hinges on how effectively the critical gap between strategy and execution is bridged. Whereas conventional support and traditional partner solutions provide just a partial, disconnected view, only Eight Eights' Unified Approach truly bridges this divide, offering a distinct, proven path to success.
Our Framework:
Your Path To Success
Built upon three interconnected pillars - Perspective, Philosophy, and Delivery - the strength of this approach isn't just in each component, but in how we seamlessly integrate and combine them. It's a unique framework, one that others simply cannot replicate, and we systematically apply it across your transformation.
Integrated 'Sponsor-Delivery' Perspective
We uniquely combine our extensive experience across both strategic sponsorship and hands-on delivery. This holistic view ensures seamless execution and enables us to anticipate and navigate challenges from all angles – a capability few others possess.
When to Call Eight Eights
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You are accountable for delivering critical initiatives and committed to optimal team performance, yet the inherent scale, pace, or complexity of your transformation is straining internal capacity and demanding advanced strategic cohesion.
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You need experienced senior calm and executive presence to cut through complexity, not more noise or conflicting advice.
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You operate within a highly regulated sector and need to ensure transformation maintains compliance and enhances customer & process integrity.
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You must accelerate progress on a strategic initiative without losing grip or compromising trust, customer experience, or regulatory standing.
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You've engaged external support before, but you need an expert partner who truly acts as an extension of your leadership, focusing on your outcomes.
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You are launching something bold, re-igniting a high-stakes programme for amplified impact, or strategically re-architecting a complex enterprise.
How We Empower Your Leadership
Beyond simply understanding your challenges, our solutions are engineered to solve them. Each is forged from extensive real-world leadership, sponsorship and delivery experience, providing highly specialised, sponsor-centric support precisely where you need it most. This ensures your initiatives deliver, brilliantly and confidently, by tackling your core pain points head-on.
Our Core Delivery Capabilities
We offer deep partnership that spans the entire transformation journey, going beyond just advice to actively ensure your strategy translates into tangible execution and lasting results. Whether you need to define what to do, understand how to achieve it, or require hands-on expertise to get it taken care of for you, we are your dedicated expert co-pilots.
Your Path to Confident Transformation: Choose Your Level of Support
Every leader's journey is unique, and so is your preferred way of working. Eight Eights offers flexible engagement models designed to meet you precisely where you are, providing the right level of strategic partnership to empower your leadership and ensure your transformation's success.
You in control, always.
Sponsor-First Philosophy
Guided by our Dual-Lens™, our entire model is built around empowering your leadership and achieving your strategic intent - with dedicated focus on the unique pressures and accountability you face. Every action is shaped by our unwavering philosophy: to prioritise and elevate your leadership, enhance your capabilities, and accelerate your delivery.
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Co-Pilot Delivery
This is where our Dual-Lens™ and Sponsor-First Philosophy translate directly into action. We partner closely alongside you as an expert co-pilot, aligning to your ambition, amplifying your impact, and de-risking initiatives. Together, we elevate and accelerate. We never take over; instead, we provide an unbiased, discreet perspective that safeguards your focus and empowers you to confidently lead and secure tangible results without drama - always under your ultimate control.
Dual Lens Perspective
Our Eight Eights Dual-Lens™, forged from extensive, first-hand leadership experience in both the strategic 'Sponsor's Seat' and the hands-on 'Delivery Frontline', provides unparalleled, 3D clarity into your transformation journey.
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Leaders Trust Our Impact
“My “go-to” partner for ensuring delivery of complex change
across several sectors and scenarios including Global HQ people & tech transformation, new product launches, and CRM. For a personalised trusted service, I would reach out to Mike and Eight Eights to see how they could help ensure your success.”
Daryl Rush
Country Director UK -
Orange Group
“Committed, professional, extensive experience.
An indefatigable approach with an affable manner, that always remains calm under pressure. I can thoroughly recommend.“
Matt Grattan
Head of Global IT Delivery - TNT
Partner Achievements: Realising Strategic Outcomes
We believe our greatest achievements are the successes of our partners. Here are a few highlights from the ambitious outcomes and lasting impact realised by the leaders we've had the honour to work alongside over the last 35 years. These are their stories, powered by our unique approach.
Enabled a global US-owned business to successfully execute a complex airline divestment, clearing the path for a major European logistics acquisition.
Successfully delivered a new global Telco HQ that perfectly embodied their brand and values, securing significant value for money.
Pioneered the introduction of the first person-to-person mobile payment solution for a global network, achieving critical customer and security benchmarks.
Accelerated a rapid post-acquisition service migration and upgrade, significantly reducing operational costs and improving customer experience.
Drove the urgent digitalisation of legacy systems for a legal regulatory body, ensuring seamless annual registration and compliance.
Executed a global HR employee experience transformation for 2200 worldwide employees, critical to the company's re-invention and brand purpose.
Led a major CRM solution implementation for a global brand, significantly improving customer experience, retention, and reducing operating costs.
Drove a critical ISP service transformation, leveraging major system implementation to enhance customer experience, boost retention, and optimise operating costs.
Partners in Leadership
We partner with leaders across global, national, and local enterprises to achieve transformative, measurable results.
35+
Years of Sponsor-Centric Partnership
20+
business years saved
100+
Programmes De-risked
1000+
Critical Projects Accelerated
£100m+
in Strategic Value Realised
