Frequently Asked Questions

Stanwick is the proud owner of the QFor-label. This Quality is acknowledged by the Flemish District and offers the opportunity for employers to use consultancy and training cheques.

Since 2009 the training cheques have been combined under the name "KMO portefeuille" (previously also called "BEA", Budget for Economical Advice). KMO stands for “Kleine en Middelgrote Ondernemingen” (in Dutch) or SME, “Small and Medium sized Enterprises”.

Definition and target group of the KMO/SME portefeuille:

KMO/SME portefeuille = "The electronic method of payment to finance knowledge transfer, mentoring of talented entrepreneurs: advice or training focused on coaching an entrepreneur or enterprise at any stage of their "life cycle".

Target group = Only KMOs/SMEs located in Flanders (the definition for KMO/SME is the same as the European Commission, with respect to employment, turnover and total balance sheet value).

From now on, KMOs/SMEs can receive financial support when working with Stanwick as a supplier for the following projects:

• Training (max. € 5000 of which 50% granted)
• Advice for start-ups (max. € 10.000 of which 50% granted)
• Strategic advice (max. € 50.000 of which 50% granted)

Moreover, all state subsidies can be accumulated on top of each other.

Procedure for KMO/SME portefeuille application:

A subsidy request is filled in by the KMO/SME on the website www.kmo-portefeuille.be/ website and will be treated electronically.The web application investigates if the subsidy request meets the legal conditions.

The  KMO/SME can only request the subsidy support after entering an agreement with the service provider.

if you would like to know more, please do not hesitate to contact us or visit the website www.kmo-portefeuille.be

If you would like to contact one of our employees, you can do this by:

• Calling the Stanwick's general number +32 9 2105950
  You will be connected directly with the right person within the company.
• Fill in the contact form or mail us.
  Formulate your question. We will contact you back within 48 hours.

Don’t hesitate. It is our mission to help you find a solution to your problem.

Stanwick has connections with a range of different associations (as guest speaker, as member of the association, ...) including:

"If someone else manages the process, you manage the content"

Stanwick enables groups to work more effectively together and creates synergy between people.
The facilitator is a “neutral party” who does not provide expert answers to questions. They create a certain openness that helps the constructive exchange of thoughts, ideas and opinions.

The facilitator organizes and steers the process of collecting the answers of all the individual participants. This way groups can act more effectively and make higher quality decisions.

The key mission of the Stanwick facilitator consists of:

• Providing structure and working context to the group
• Assuring that all voices are heard and understood
• Keeping focus and guiding the group along the chosen direction
• Identifying obstacles
• Enabling the decision making process
• Being there for the group, with full attention and care

« A facilitator makes things easier for the group by smoothing the path so the group can work together better. The facilitator focuses on effective processes (meeting dynamics) allowing participants to focus on the content of their work together. »

When a client request is received, it is treated by one of Stanwick partners. In order to get a thorough understanding of the request, Stanwick will make an appointment for a first explorative interview, without further obligations. During this intake the problem the client is experiencing will be clarified and possible hypothetical reasons will be explored. During this intake, the possible areas of expertise where Stanwick could deliver solutions are discussed.

Based on the intake report, one of the Stanwick partners will engage one or more consultants. This could be civil engineers, economists or psychologists, depending of the nature and complexity of the problem. The progress of the consulting project will be monitored by the Stanwick partner, who takes up the role of “account manager”.

What characterizes Stanwick as a consulting company is the fact that our consultants “go to gemba” or “go to the work floor: the place where the problem occurs”. This allows the consultants to do an immediate assessment of the “as is” situation and make an estimation of the improvement potential. This enables the consultants to put information gathered during the intake into a broader perspective.

A consulting track begins with a question and is closed with an evaluation discussion. The duration of a project depends on the nature of the question and this can vary enormously. Sometimes a Stanwick consultant is mobilized for an “ad hoc” intervention, such as a specific data-analysis problem (master black belt) or a team workshop facilitation. For more complex problems, a more extensive planning has to be made and more time has to be foreseen. Often the cooperation results in a true partnership, where the client and Stanwick increase the 'overall performance' of the organization.

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Based on the intake, the nature and complexity of an assignment and the action plan becomes clear. Depending on the complexity and the duration of the consulting-project, a daily fee and an estimated amount of man-days will be determined. Our daily fees are competitive with the market. It is possible to draw up a contract in which the client and Stanwick engage in a long-term partnership, resulting in volume discounts.

We are convinced that for most consulting assignments, it makes sense to work with the formula of “directed work” (time and material contract). This means that fees will be charged at rate of the performance delivered, expressed in half or whole working days. The client does not sign a “blank cheque”, but instead he determines which activities have to be performed. As such, all costs stay transparent.

In mutual discussion there can be agreement on the following elements:

• Result oriented engagements
• Right to stop an assignment
• Changing the content of an assignment 
• Payment conditions
• Intellectual property

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With clients located in China, Prague, Rotterdam or Brussels, Stanwick has a mobile team of consultants that provide quality advice in English, French, German or Dutch. Moreover, Stanwick has a network of local partners, allowing us to offer support to our customers in the following locations:

• Belgium
• The Netherlands
• UK
• Germany
• France
• Spain
• Italy
• China

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Our consultants have one or more university degrees and at least 3 years of experience in a specific industry. They have been working for a number of years as advisors, project leaders or managers. The average age of our team is 43 years, the perfect balance between young and experienced.

A Stanwick consultant has in-depth know-how of a specific domain such as HR, Process Optimization or Six Sigma. They also have a broad view on business life, fostered by mutual knowledge exchange among the team of consultants. Some of our consultants are specialized in training, others devote all their time to advisory services.

Our consultants’ ambition is to realize change in your organization. They do this by formulating and implementing advice that has impact in an independent and genuine way. The Stanwick consultant is flexible, process-driven and has a strong sense of emphathy. They are able to deal effectively with different hierarchical levels, in either a national or international environment.