Seek First
Humility and spiritual grounding
We pursue understanding before prescribing solutions, prioritising truth and significance over mere success.
Matthew 6:33
Our story
A boutique advisory practice built on one idea: together, we are greater than me.
Founded in Harare in 2004, TEAM Consulting helps organisations unlock full value in their people, processes and products, and move from intention to impact.
Founded in 2004, TEAM Advisory Services, trading as TEAM Consulting, is a management consulting and advisory firm operating as a network across Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia, with engagements delivered in more than seventeen industries across Southern, East and West Africa. For over two decades the firm has partnered with organisations from financial services and mining to the public sector and development agencies.
The practice operates as a network rather than an office. Engagement teams are assembled client by client from associates and specialist partners across strategy, process, culture, governance, technology and wellness, drawn from wherever the right capability sits.
Clients deal with a single accountable advisory partner while drawing on the depth of a far larger firm, with the responsiveness of a focused boutique.
- Years in Practice
- 20+
- Consultants & Associates
- 25+
- Repeat & Referral Clients
- 80%+
- Industries Worked In
- 17+
Our philosophy
We focus on significance, not just value creation.
Our philosophy is derived from our name TEAM, as we recognise and embrace excellence through collaboration: together, we are greater than me. We focus on significance, not just value creation.
The Four Strands
The values that shape how we work.
Every engagement is held to the same four commitments.
Serve Diligently
Excellence with compassion
We honour the trust of clients, support colleagues, and remain committed to the greater good of our community.
Steward Wisely
Disciplined custodianship
We practise disciplined management of time, talent, and relationships to deliver transparent results.
Stand Firm
Truth, trust, and transparency
We choose courage over convenience and uphold what is right in every communication and solution.
The GREATER framework
Seven outcomes we scope every engagement against.
Growth, resilience, efficiency, agility, thrivability, engagement and results. Together they give leaders a single, measurable picture of organisational health.
Growth
Expansion of revenue, market share, and strategic reach.
Resilience
Structural and operational fortification against shocks.
Efficiency
Systematic elimination of waste and improved throughput.
Agility
Capacity to pivot decisively as markets and regulations shift.
Thrivability
Long-term organisational health across people and process.
Engagement
A workforce aligned with purpose and reduced attrition.
Results
Quantifiable financial and operational impact.
How we work
Find the value. Get the value. Keep the value.
Our delivery cycle runs from diagnosis through implementation to the governance that makes change last.
Stage 1 · Discovery & Diagnostics
Find the Value
Quantify what is at stake, identify root causes of friction, and estimate the size of the prize.
Stage 2 · Execution & Implementation
Get the Value
Redesign processes, deploy technology, and bridge strategy to operational reality.
Stage 3 · Sustainability & Governance
Keep the Value
Embed new ways of working with training, KPIs, and governance for sustained outcomes.
Why clients come back
Consulting that builds your capability, not your dependence on us.
More than 80% of our work comes from repeat and referral clients. We think that is because we:
- Say the difficult things early, in a diagnosis that surfaces what others miss.
- Transfer our methods, so your team owns the outcome.
- Keep senior advisors involved from the first brief to final delivery.
- Bring local insight from twelve markets to every recommendation.
Work with us
Tell us what you are working on.
Share a little about your organisation and the challenge in front of you. A principal consultant will reply within two business days.