Consulting · Professional Training · Staffing
Consulting · Professional Training · Staffing
Consulting · Training · Specialized Staffing
We diagnose the problem, redesign the system, train the team that runs it and place the staff you are missing. One partner, from assessment to lasting results.
Operational assessment: findingsSample report
Approval steps for one purchase9 → 4
Policies out of line with funder rules12 gaps
Roles with no written job description38%
Critical tasks known by one person7 tasks
Staff trained on new procedures0 → 24
ConsultingRedesign
TrainingBuild skills
StaffingFill gaps
Our founder’s experience includes leadership and managerial roles at
Harvard
University
Tufts
Medical Center
UMass Chan
Medical School
JSI
John Snow Inc.
ILO
International Labour Org.
Mercy Corps
HQ & Niger
Who we serve
The organizations we serve do work the world depends on. We help them deliver it fully.
Donor compliance, lean teams and internal controls that have not kept up with the rules.
Complex grants, departmental silos and research administrators stretched thin.
Heavy regulation, staff shortages and slow study startup, with no room for error.
Misappropriated assets, unverified payrolls and weak accountability.
Racing to grow before the business is properly set up.
Self-Paced, Tutorial and Mentoring programs. Invest in yourself and reach the role you want.
Our services
Each practice stands on its own, with its own team and expertise. Hire one, or combine all three under one plan.
Practice 01
Fixes the system.
We find what is slowing your organization down, starting with your internal controls, and fix it. Then we stay to make sure the fix holds.
Best for: audit findings, compliance pressure, slow processes or rapid growth.
Practice 02
Fixes the skills.
Practical training built on your own policies and procedures, so your people know the rules and apply them every day.
Best for: new systems, new hires, supervisors and teams that need to step up.
Practice 03
Fixes the capacity.
Specialized finance, grants, HR and operations staff, trained on your procedures before day one.
Best for: vacancies, peak periods, award startup and closeout.
Issues & solutions by sector
Every sector has its own rules and pressures. We’ve mapped the six issues we see most often in each one, why the usual fix fails, and how consulting, training and staffing solve them together.
Example · NGOs
The usual fix
Ask staff to push harder until the next grant funds a new post.
The BKG fix
Workload mapping, job aids for each role, and trained officers who take the operations load and restore separation of duties.
How an engagement runs
Week 1–3
We test your internal controls, review systems and policies, and see how work really happens.
Week 4–6
Clear approvals, policies and workflows, written for your organization.
Week 6–10
Practical workshops so your team applies the new controls.
Week 8–12
Trained staff placed where capacity is missing.
Month 6
Follow-up testing to make sure the fix holds.
Illustrative timeline. Every engagement is sized to the service level you choose.
Founder-led. Experience-backed.
BKG is led by Cheikh, a Senegalese-American based in Massachusetts, with over 20 years leading public health programs, research administration, HIV/AIDS responses and economic recovery programs in more than 15 countries.
You work directly with Cheikh and a Senior Consultant on every engagement. Never a junior associate, never a generic framework.
20+Years of experience
15+Countries
3Connected practices
Meet Cheikh.Founder. Senior leader. Your partner.
For individual professionals
It is never too late to change direction and pursue the position you have been dreaming of. Whether you are starting out, stepping up or starting over, the path begins the same way.
1
The role, the field, the next level. Name it.
2
An open, frank conversation to find your best option.
3
Self-Paced, Tutorial or Mentoring. We meet you where you are.
Program 1
Learn on your terms.
Build practical skills in finance, HR, procurement, administration and operations at your own pace, from anywhere.
Program 2
Learn with a guide at your side.
Everything in Self-Paced, plus a tutor who builds your roadmap with you and reviews your progress every week.
Program 3
Get there with a champion in your corner.
Everything in Tutorial, plus a mentor who prepares you for the job market and supports you into the role you want.
Let’s build lasting capability
Tell us where you are. We’ll talk about what comes next.
