MBB firms excel at strategy definition for large enterprises. Loop Business Consulting specialises in strategy execution and operating model implementation for Australian businesses at the $5M–$100M scale.
McKinsey, Bain, and BCG — the MBB firms — are the global leaders in strategy consulting. Their research is world-class, their methodologies are rigorous, and their alumni networks are extraordinary. For Fortune 500 companies navigating complex global strategy questions, they are often the right choice.
For Australian businesses in the $5M to $100M revenue range navigating operating model design, transformation, and execution challenges, they are almost never the right choice — and not just because of cost.
MBB firms are designed to serve large enterprises. Their minimum engagement sizes, their team structures, and their methodologies are calibrated for organisations with thousands of employees, global operations, and complex multi-stakeholder environments. An Australian business with 50 to 500 employees navigating a growth transition or operating model redesign is not their target client — and the engagement model will reflect that.
MBB firms are exceptional at strategy definition. They are less focused on strategy execution — the operating model design, people capability development, and change management that determines whether the strategy actually gets implemented.
This is the gap that Loop Business Consulting fills. Our OP3 Methodology™ is explicitly designed to bridge strategy and execution — ensuring that the strategy is directly linked to operational design and people capability. We do not produce a strategy and leave the execution to the client. We design the operating model that delivers the strategy and support the implementation.
MBB consultants are among the most analytically capable people in the professional services industry. They are also, in most cases, people who have never run a business, led a transformation, or made the decisions they are advising on. Their advice is grounded in frameworks, research, and case studies — not in lived operational experience.
Loop Business Consulting's advisors are former C-suite executives. They have held the roles they now advise on. This distinction matters in practice: the advice is different when it comes from someone who has personally navigated the situation rather than someone who has studied it.
If you are an Australian business in the $5M to $100M range navigating a growth transition, operating model redesign, or transformation, Loop Business Consulting provides the strategic rigour of MBB-calibre thinking with the operational experience and implementation focus that actually drives results.
Contact us at [loopbc.com.au](https://www.loopbc.com.au) to discuss how we can help.
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