Four aspects that determine your Professional Service Firm success

Enablement

The people, the organization and relevant propositions ‘empower the success’ of what professional service firms can bring to their respective markets.

Business Development

The strength of the professional ecosystem and go-to-market strategy determines the ongoing ‘book of business’ and the ability to win new business.

Reference Program

When ‘selling the invisible’ the importance of an effective reference program is crucial and often underestimated.

Marketing & Events

Strong focus on ‘getting the word out’ as well as gathering business intelligence can be achieved through executing a tailored M&E plan and continuous communication with clients.

Empowering service firms

The international team of experts provides a focused approach to support professional service firms with all aspects that determine success: Enablement, Business Development, Reference Program and Marketing & Events. With a range of tailored propositions, we support our clients to manage the changes and challenges they face. This can vary from focused projects that expand business with a new global account to executive search for senior hires, from improving team effectiveness to ad-interim leadership roles. Feel free to reach out to us for a full overview of our propositions.

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Our clients

Get inspired by our international clients and projects on their road to succes.

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Stanton Chase

With over 70 offices around the world Stanton Chase is a leading executive search firm. Reporting to the global executive board XtraAdvice partners helped to improve their global office evaluation and classification model.

Atos

With our XtraBusiness Workshop approach we support Professional Service Firms to boost and improve their business development results. Atos, a leading global consulting and technology firm, was an early XtraBusiness adopter that we helped to strategize and grow their business with a major international consumer market client.

Games for Health / Post IC app

The digital Post Intensive Care diary helps ICU patients with their recovery and deal with Post Intensive Care Syndrome. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the need and demand for the Post IC solution has rapidly increased during the past months. XtraAdvice is supporting Games for Health, the firm that developed the solution, with the further roll out to hospitals around the world. Go to: http://www.post-ic.nl/en

XtraAdvice News Highlights

XtraPurpose at the World Economic Forum 2020 in Davos; Shaping the CSR agenda for Professional Service Firms
14 januari 2020

Many business, political and cultural leaders from all over the world will travel to Switzerland next week for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). At XtraAdvice we look forward to attending the WEF again and meeting several of our key clients and relations during this 2020 edition in Davos.

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Introducing FitCoins to help reduce the risk of burnout in Professional Service Firms
25 november 2019

Taking a preventive and pragmatic approach (Luc Swaab and Stef Oud, partners at XtraAdvice)

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How will economic turmoil impact professional service firms?
19 september 2019

“The Dutch economy holds up nicely in an increasingly volatile world. So there’s nothing to worry about….or is there?” (Luc Swaab – partner XtraAdvice)

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Press release – Empowering professional service firms with XtraAdvice
30 augustus 2019

A team of experienced partners with a strong background in professional service firms and/or as academics, have founded XtraAdvice, a new consulting firm. The XtraAdvice partner team is based in both The Netherlands and the US.

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The latest Professional Service Industry news

AI consultancy firm launches in US, UK and Cyprus
14 August 2020

Fountech Solutions has launched across Cyprus, the US and the UK, to help clients drive growth through artificial intelligence. The new technology consultancy...

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Number of claims on cyber insurance policies rising steeply
13 August 2020

The number of cyber insurance claims is growing faster than the number of policies across Europe, as increasingly digitalised organisations...

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Accenture, Cisco and Sirti help Enel with IT transformation
12 August 2020

Enel Group has taken a big step towards its digitalisation ambition by establishing one of the largest network virtualisation infrastructures...

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Strategy& promotes Roderik van Houtert to Director
12 August 2020

The strategy consulting arm of PwC, Strategy&, has promoted Amsterdam-based Roderik van Houtert to Director. In his new role, Roderik...

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Roland Berger's outlook on the DACH private equity market
11 August 2020

What is the state of the private equity industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH)? An interview with Roland Berger...

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Five digital native banks that win the hearts of generation Z
11 August 2020

In a new report, banking experts from Horváth & Partners benchmarked digital-native banks, or digital banks, globally to shed light...

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The top 40 consulting firms to work for in Denmark
10 August 2020

What are the top consulting firms in Denmark for graduates and junior consultants? A survey of more than 1,200 Danish...

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Commerzbank to shed quarter of its 40,000 workforce
10 August 2020

Having spent the earlier part of 2020 working with all three of the world’s largest strategy consultancies, Germany’s Commerzbank has...

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Vitali Ryabtsev and Waldemar Herti join VINT Consult
10 August 2020

Belarus-based VINT Consult has strengthened its team with Vitali Ryabtsev and Waldemar. In its home country of Belarus, Vitali Ryabtsev...

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Lyon - Turin railway line will cost France up to €10.6 billion
07 August 2020

The building of the Lyon - Turin railway line will cost the French side of the table between €9.2 and...

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Dutch ATM specialist agrees global partnership with Deloitte
07 August 2020

TMD Security, a company that enables optimisation of ATM operations costs, has agreed a partnership with professional services giant Deloitte. ...

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Covid-19 fears see Germans vacationing closer to home
06 August 2020

According to a new analysis of holiday habits in Europe, residents of Germany are avoiding long-distance vacations this summer. Despite...

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Why e-commerce companies should rethink their last-mile delivery
06 August 2020

Ecommerce companies want to get things as quick as they can to customers, under the belief that they value speed...

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Strategy& appoints four new partners in Germany
06 August 2020

Within a month of onboarding two partners, Strategy& has added another four partners in its growing German business.  Last month,...

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Venture capital investments in European start-ups nosedives
05 August 2020

The number of deals closed by venture capitalists in Europe has declined to its lowest point in seven years, according...

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Digitisation can help finance boost its business partner role
05 August 2020

Amid a rapidly changing market and growing expectations from the business, the finance department needs to up its game. Using...

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Bolster helps fast growing client with strategy execution
05 August 2020

Dutch consulting firm Bolster recently helped one of its clients with the development of a new strategy. And more importantly,...

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A smoking milestone: EU cigarette consumption below 500 billion
04 August 2020

Marking a milestone for the European smoking world, the number of cigarettes consumed fell below the 500 billion mark last...

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French retail banks need to close branches and slash costs
04 August 2020

French retail banks will have to significantly reduce their costs to compensate for their drop in income, according to a...

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Six commercial principles for a stronger post-crisis rebound
04 August 2020

International research on the back of previous economic downfalls has shown that in every crisis, a small group of companies...

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Meet our team of professionals

Our partners all have a successful track record in their respective areas of expertise. In addition, we have developed a very powerful and well-connected business ecosystem by utilizing the networks of our partner team.

Stef
Oud

Partner
+31 6 520 489 96 stef.oud@xtra-advice.com
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Luc
Swaab

Partner
+31 6 536 734 93 luc.swaab@xtra-advice.com
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Vera
Melis

Partner
+31 6 515 796 22 vera.melis@xtra-advice.com
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Fred
van Eenennaam

Partner
+31 6 200 125 39 info@xtra-advice.com
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Willem
Bourgonje

Partner
+31 6 514 163 55 willem.bourgonje@xtra-advice.com
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Hans
van den Hurk

Partner
+31 6 204 385 68 info@xtra-advice.com
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Tamara
Swaab

Partner
+1 (530) 400-8027 info@xtra-advice.com
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Emile
Aarts

Partner
+31 6 467 648 68 info@xtra-advice.com
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Ron
Mangun

Partner
+1 (530) 848-1662 info@xtra-advice.com
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Frederic
Ramioulle

Tethys Solution Partner
+1 (602) 206-1565 info@xtra-advice.com
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