Upcoming Events
Building Professional Services within a Product Company:
What It Takes to Survive and Thrive

with Dr. Jim Alexander
Services Industry Summit
Las Vegas, NV

Monday, Oct 6, 2008
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
 
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Everybody Sells Services
(at Least They Should)

with Dr. Jim Alexander
Services Industry Summit
Las Vegas, NV

Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008
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The Hidden Sales Force Within:
Using Technical Talent to Drive Profitable Revenue

with Dr. Jim Alexander
Compete Through Service Symposium
Phoenix, AZ

November 5-7, 2008
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Webinars
Professional Services Success Strategies: Everything You Need to Survive AND Thrive in 2008

Critical Leadership Skills: Essentials for Leading a Successful PSO at All Levels
With Jim Alexander

September 16, 2008

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Writing Powerful, Winning Proposals
With Jim Aexander

October 21, 2008

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About Us

Few organizations offer the depth of expertise, know-how and practical leadership offered by the Alexander Group. Whether your organization is…

  • An existing professional services organization within a product company that wants to dramatically improve its performance
  • An existing product support (break-fix) services organization wanting to add professional services capabilities
  • A product-centered company striving to become services-led business

…we deliver world-class consulting, assessment and training based on industry best practices and affordable solutions with high return-on-investment. Quite simply: We know what works.

Senior Advisors Only

When you deal with Alexander Consulting, you work only with partners and senior consultants—individuals that are comfortable giving candid insights even when they may challenge your assumptions and views. Alexander Consulting also features a global network of services experts who are added to the project team when specialized capabilities are needed.

Unparalleled Knowledge and Expertise

Our ongoing program of research and assessment is the standard for the industry and is embraced and endorsed by three of the leading voices of services:We are a TPSA Certified Partner—one of the very few firms who have earned this recognition from the technology professional services industry’s premier organization; Arizona State University’s Center for Services Leadership and PS Village.

Our latest research report, The State of Professional Services II: An Industry Comes of Age, describes the trends, establishes the benchmarks, and provides the core and best practices of professional services organizations within product companies trying to transition to top performance.

Professional Services Thought Leadership

Alexander Consulting has published over 70 articles, white papers, and research reports, as well as two books, the most recent being the industry bestseller S-Business: Reinventing the Services Organization. This book serves as a benchmark and personal guide to many executives taking their professional services organizations to the next level of performance.

Deep Experience

Added to this research foundation are decades of hands-on work in the professional services field. This experience provides the subject-matter expertise required to determine marketplace realities, establish realistic options, and tailor recommendations most appropriate to our clients’ unique situations.