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Counsel

COUNSEL · EXPERT CONSULTING

Expertise from inside your industry. Outcomes, not hours.

Counsel partners built operating careers in telecom, IT system integration, airline retailing and distribution, finance and tax, and aerospace. Senior-led engagements, scoped against a measurable outcome. The same experts stay through execution and close on the outcome.

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$263Bglobal consulting market spent annually
88%of business transformations fail to hit original ambitions
~$1,200/hrMBB senior partner rate; ~70–80% of work done by junior staff
Outcomethe unit Counsel commits to, not hours

A Mantle consulting offer

WITH COUNSEL

A measurable outcome, owned by the partners who set the strategy.

  1. 1Scopes the outcomeA 2–3 week diagnostic defines the outcome, success criteria and engagement shape.
  2. 2Leads with operatorsVertical partners who ran the function do the work themselves.
  3. 3Stays through executionThe engagement closes when the outcome lands.
56%

of CEOs see no significant financial benefit from AI

74%

of AI's economic value is captured by 20% of organizations

Outcome

the unit Counsel commits to, not hours

VERTICAL-NATIVE

Partners who ran the function before they advise on it.

  • Telecom, IT system integration, modern airline retailing and distribution, finance and tax, aerospace
  • Operating careers inside those industries, not adjacent to them
  • Operationally fluent in the agentic AI shift reshaping each vertical
SENIOR-LED

The partner who scopes it does the work.

  • No analyst tower: the relationship isn't handed to an EM and three analysts in week three
  • The same partners lead the strategic refresh and the operational change
  • Confidential by default: NDA as standard, board-grade discretion
  • In-region delivery with EU, UK, KSA, UAE and US partners
OUTCOME-PRICED

Priced on the outcome, closed when it lands.

  • Every engagement starts with a measurable outcome Mantle commits to
  • Pricing tied to milestones or outcome units, not billable hours
  • Diagnostic in 2–3 weeks; a full engagement typically 12–24 weeks; enterprise programs multi-quarter
CATALOG-PAIRED

One accountable owner from strategy to software.

  • Trajectory runs the corporate strategy refresh inside the engagement when relevant; North Star runs the product strategy
  • Snap Decision rituals keep decisions moving after the workshop ends
  • Extends into Mantle products, platforms, frameworks and Labs, with one owner across the arc
Quantified outcomes

From hours to outcomes. From decks to delivered change.

Counsel replaces the hours-based consulting model with outcome-accountable engagements led by industry experts who built operating careers in the verticals they advise.

$263B → outcomesCounsel replaces the hours-based model where the global $263B consulting market still operates
12% → targetBain's transformation-success rate jumps when execution and strategy share owners
30% → landedMcKinsey's stalled transformation-success ceiling, broken by outcome-accountable delivery
Outcome-pricedEngagements close on the outcome, not on the retainer running out
Senior-ledPartners who built operating careers in your industry, not analysts who read about it
Through executionStrategic clarity converts to operational change because the same hands deliver both
Vertical-nativeTelecom, IT SI, airline retailing, finance & tax, aerospace — built in, not learned about
Agentic AI-fluentOperationally fluent in the AI transformation reshaping your industry, not generic
Catalog-pairedEngagements extend into products, platforms, frameworks, and Labs with one accountable owner

Hire the outcome. Skip the hours.

mantlenow.com/products/counsel   Outcomes, accelerated.
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