The Growth Engine: A Guide to Building a World-Class Business Development Function in Professional Services...

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Walt Shill Andi Baldwin

The Growth Engine

A Guide to Building a World-Class Business Development Function in Professional Services

Walt Shill, Andi Baldwin, Erika Flowers , Jacob Parks

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John Wiley & Sons Inc
28 August 2025

Consultancy & grants for businesses; Research & development management

Your guide to business development maturation in the professional services sector

The Growth Engine describes the main challenge professional services firms face as they grow and shows how to develop a scalable business development effort, covering everything from CRM systems and metrics around utilization, to service development and expansion, to account planning and cross-selling, to winning new clients, to team structure and roles, and to performance management.

This book is supported by extensive interviews with rainmakers in professional services firms including marketing, law, consulting, financial advisory, and IT advisory companies. Interviewees include senior executives at McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Accenture, IBM, AWS, KPMG, Deloitte, Publicis, and Omnicom, as well as a number of Am Law 100 firms. Some of the concepts covered in this book include:

Identifying buyers, niching services to create awareness and strengthen brand, and using talent to leverage consultants' time and amplify their reach Developing new services, aligning sales with marketing, and using tools, processes, and metrics to drive accountability and growth Training talent, measuring and managing business development performance, and incentivizing and compensating key roles

The Growth Engine is an essential read for all founders, executives, chief growth officers, marketing leaders and rainmakers in professional services seeking proven strategies to grow, steadily, sustainably and profitably.

By: Walt Shill, Andi Baldwin, Erika Flowers, Jacob Parks
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9781394277872
ISBN 10: 1394277873
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 28 August 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

WALT SHILL had an illustrious career as a partner and growth leader in professional services, including McKinsey, Accenture, and ERM. He is a member of PIE’s advisory board and the author of Friday Thoughts, a business blog focused on professional services. ANDI BALDWIN is the CEO of PIE. She is responsible for setting the firm’s growth strategy and ensuring PIE is delivering exceptional work to its premier client base. ERIKA FLOWERS is PIE’s Chief Client Officer, where she leads a team of consultants who deliver business development and client engagement programs for PIE’s accounts including AWS, KPMG, IBM, Capgemini, BCG, and other large professional services firms. JACOB PARKS is the President of PIE. He headed the research team on How Clients Buy, co-authored Never Say Sell, and has facilitated executive roundtable discussions on behalf of CFOs and COOs representing the largest companies across the globe.