The Persimmon Group – A leading consulting firm advising organizations about how to evolve through change, growth, and disruption

The Persimmon Group provides management consulting services including strategy, operations, organization, project management and IT. Persimmon picks up where off-the-shelf, one size fits all solutions often fail. While tools and frameworks can be helpful, they can easily create unintended consequences if they are not tailored to you and your organization. The company partners its experience with your organizational knowledge and insight to provide a fresh perspective on the best path forward. The company and its team believes that the best solutions are ones that are built to last, that consider your company's values and culture, and that align to your long-term vision.

Helping customers’ toughest problems through Practical strategies and solutions

Leadership Consulting: The speed of change and uncertainty in today’s business world drives constant disruption. Companies with long, successful track records are being passed by start-ups who are more agile and adaptable. The Persimmon Group can help your team navigate this changing landscape by arming them with the key questions and drivers needed to thrive today, while ensuring your core principles that made you successful remain. They can help you step into the growth instead of just reacting to the daily issues that arise from it, so you feel like the guide leading your team through it instead of the fireman fighting the fires it spawned. Through processes, organizational roles, and project roadmaps, they break growth down into manageable parts with tools that ensure your leadership team has clear visibility into the challenges and opportunities.

If you're ready to challenge the way you think, transform the way you work, and unlock peak performance, then The Persimmon Group’s advisors are ready to help drive you to the next level. Whether geared toward an individual, executive team, or the entire organization, their leadership consulting and strategy services will help unlock the full potential of your organization. When you work with The Persimmon Group, you gain access to a team of executives, coaches, and business advisors that provide an outside perspective informed by decades of experience. They understand the trials you face because they have been in the trenches and experienced them firsthand. They elp you step into the growth instead of just reacting to the daily issues that arise from it, so you feel like the guide leading your team through it instead of the fireman fighting the fires it spawned. Through processes, organizational roles, and project roadmaps, they break growth down into manageable parts with tools that ensure your leadership team has clear visibility into the challenges and opportunities.

Executive Coaching & Development: Their coaches and advisors are seasoned business executives who have been in your shoes. They stand ready to provide you the guidance and support you need to not only succeed, but thrive. As a leader, you want to be better: in your personal life, your work role, and as an organizational leader. Their coaching focuses on all three of these lenses to provide a holistic program to enhance your skills and knowledge, while creating balance in your priorities so you find joy. Their coaches are experienced business leaders who bring their experiences and perspectives to take your leadership to the next level. Together, they will support you to create and deliver a leadership development program based on your values and right-sized for your strategic aims. From competency model development to selection assessments to learning sessions, they can create and/or support your unique leadership development needs. The company can even help you determine which personal objectives your future leaders can focus on first to generate ROI that meets or exceeds the program’s investment.

Project Management Consulting: Project management is the art and science of doing what you’ve never done before. That’s why projects are so critical to your organization’s evolution. The Persimmon Group’s innovative project management consultants are here to support you through every aspect of delivering exceptional programs and projects. They recognize that every organization looks, behaves and performs differently, and they tailor their project management approach accordingly.

For nearly two decades, The Persimmon Group has helped solve their customers' toughest project management problems with speed, precision, and impact. Their collective project management experience includes projects large and small, domestic and international in scope—involving multiple vendors and system solutions—with capital budgets over $1 billion. The company’s expertise spans a variety of delivery approaches, including traditional (predictive), agile, and hybrid lifecycles. Regardless of your challenge, they are here as your partner, to build something that works and will work for a long time.

About | Bill Fournet

Bill Fournet is the Founder and CEO of The Persimmon Group. His experience in managing high-performance teams has directly influenced the unique business philosophy and atmosphere of Persimmon. Bill loves to solve complex problems for organizations of all sizes and remains hands-on at Persimmon, consulting clients of all sizes and in many verticals. A sought-after speaker on Generational Diversity, Leadership, and Project Management, Bill believes that their organization is in the midst of a great transformation. From technology to generational issues, Bill analyzes workforce trends to help you understand the future of work and how to stay ahead in times of uncertainty.

Bill’s experience in managing high-performance teams has directly influenced the unique business philosophy and atmosphere that has created one of the leading small businesses today.

Bill earned a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and a master’s degree from Oklahoma State University. He has been honored as the Small Business Person of the Year by Tulsa’s Metro Chamber of Commerce and is a two-time honoree for “Most Admired CEO” in Oklahoma.

“We help you see the internal dynamics of your organization, identify and resolve issues before they become problems, and capitalize on your company’s strengths in order to implement lasting solutions.”