'IT Beacon has given us a powerful mechanism to stress test which elements of our corporate strategy are working and which ones we need to enhance in order to ensure that we continue to achieve Delivery Excellence through all of our client interactions.'
Tom Stianos,
Chief Executive Officer, SMS Management & Technology
What is Beacon? »
What's in Beacon?
When you subscribe to Beacon 2008, one of our strategy consultants will work with you to finalise the information that should be included in the report to address your firm's strategic priorities. The key findings will be presented at one or more strategy workshops, and the full data contained within a report. For more on how Beacon will work for your firm, click here.
Who's in Beacon?
The Beacon research reaches the most senior buyers of professional services – SMEs, to government departments and enterprises, to Australia's largest public companies and international subsidiaries. Some of the most common positions held by respondents in Beacon 2008 include:
- Business unit head (General Manager)
- Chief Executive Officer / Managing Director
- Chief Financial Officer
- Department head
- In-house professional
- Project manager
- Sales manager / Account manager
Which of your competitors are benchmarked in Beacon?
The research for Beacon encompasses dozens of professional service firms in each profession. Click the link below to see the firms included in the research for your profession:
- Firms in Legal Beacon 2008
- Firms in Accounting Beacon 2008
- Firms in Engineering Beacon 2008
- Firms in IT Beacon 2008
- Firms in Actuarial Beacon 2008
- Firms in Patent Attorney Beacon 2008
- Firms in Management Consulting Beacon 2008
- Firms in Architectural Beacon 2008
What are the contents of Beacon?
Beacon reports are based on up to 6 years of cumulative data. The sections listed below give an indication of what is available in Beacon 2008.
Buyer behaviour
- Winning clients
- Retaining clients
- Growing clients
- Marketing activities and trends
Brand
- Associations
- Awareness
- Liked and disliked firms
- Leading firms
- Progressing and regressing firms
- Consideration
- Firm profiles
- Brand health monitor
Performance
- Overall
- On attributes
- Fees and value
- Relationships
- Performance priorities
Beacon™ is a trade mark of Beaton Consulting.