Kirkland Partners

• Adapting our Style to Clients’ Needs. Some clients need a brief, intensive engagement to develop a presentation for their Board of Directors. Others want occasional support over the course of a year. We operate at a pace and a level of involvement that suits our clients’ preferences.
• Operating with a Lean Approach. Kirkland Partners and affiliates operate without the overhead or pyramid structure of larger firms. We are experienced consultants who can focus quickly on the key issues and can draw on both commercial information sources and our professional networks to bring the right expertise to bear. We are conscious of our clients’ budget constraints and scope our projects accordingly.
• Developing Client Capabilities. We seek to build capabilities, not dependence. We have experience teaching in executive education programs and can deliver formal seminars or case-based instruction as well as teaching client team members informally by working side by side with them.

• Supporting the annual strategic planning process for the leadership team of a $4 billion multi-divisional industrial products business
• Managing the post-merger integration process for at three private equity portfolio companies.
• Designing and helping to facilitate a semi-annual discussion forum for the top 50 executives at a large pharmaceutical company.
• Working with a $6 billion technology company to prepare for a highly successful two-day board retreat focused on growth opportunities.
• Helping a private equity firm develop communities of practice among executives in their portfolio companies.
• Serving as a design specialist and faculty member in several custom executive education engagements at a top-tier business school

Jane Kirkland is the founder of Kirkland Partners, a consulting firm that works with large corporations and private equity firms in the areas of business strategy, knowledge management, and corporate learning. Kirkland Partners helps senior executive teams grapple with high-priority strategic issues and develop critical thinking skills in the next generation of leaders within their organizations.

Prior to launching Kirkland Partners, Jane was a member of the executive team that took FreeMarkets public. She served first as Vice President and Chief Information Officer and then as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Read more...