Why Senior Hires Aren’t the Best Growth Strategy
You’ve built a solid consultancy.
You’ve got experience, capability, and a strong reputation.
Clients trust you.
The work is there.
But there’s a problem.
Growth keeps stalling because hiring feels like a gamble.
Senior hires are getting harder, slower, and more expensive.
You’re competing on salary.
You’re inheriting bad habits and poor behaviours you don't want.
You’re crossing your fingers and hoping they’ll “work out”...
...all whilst paying a bomb for the privilege.
So you do what most consultancy owners do:
You delay hiring because it's too hard.
You stretch your seniors.
You absorb the work yourself.
And then your growth slowly stalls.
That’s the real issue.
But the consultancies that grow sustainably don’t rely on senior hires as their primary growth strategy.
They build capability from the ground up.
They hire graduates intentionally.
They train them in their standards, systems, and culture.
And they develop their grads over time — into mid-level and then senior roles.
And that entire approach is exactly what I’m covering next week.
"The Graduate Growth System" – Online Workshop
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In this 90-minute session, I’ll walk you through how to:
— Hire high-quality graduates without relying on Seek or recruiters
— Train and upskill grads so they add value early
— Develop graduates into capable mid-level and senior team members
— Reduce long-term reliance on expensive senior hires
These are the same strategies that have helped coaching clients:
— Adam hire a junior engineer and prepare a new team leader, relieving delivery pressure
— Eliot bring in a promising graduate engineer and start building capability early
— Quentin bring a new team member into the business and immediately free up founder time
If you’re tired of growth stalling because senior hires keep burning you — this workshop is for you.
Tuesday, 10th February
11:45am – 1:15pm NSW time
$100 | Capped at 10 participants
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Stop relying on senior hires to build your consultancy.
Start building the foundations for long-term, stable growth.
To your success,
Josh
PS: If you’re interested, here are 4 ways I can help you right now:
- Grab a copy of my new book | Profitable Engineering Consultant | 9 strategies to grow with confidence, get your time back & consistently hit 30% plus net profit margins – Click Here
- Subscribe to our podcast | Learn how to run a more profitable consultancy and grow successfully – no fluff, just actionable and practical advice from someone who grew a consultancy to $30M and exited successfully – Watch Here or Listen Here + make sure you subscribe!
- Download our free Business Plan template | Map out your Business Plan & grow your consultancy with confidence – Click Here to download now
- Book a 20-minute Business Audit Call | We’ll do a full review & audit of your business, uncover the #1 bottleneck that's holding you back right now & develop a 3-step action plan together for how you can get results faster. You'll leave this call with a clear and actionable plan for what to do next in your business – Book Here
