We look at business from a variety of angles and assess the root causes of problems and present solutions based on priority. As former and current business owners, we know that every business is different and requires more than just cookie cutter, textbook solutions.
BUSINESS COACHING
BUSINESS COACHING
Business coaching helps business owners clarify the vision of their business and how it fits in with their personal goals. This allows the owner to understand the impact that reaching those goals will have on their life. If a business objective is not linked to your plans and aspirations, you are unlikely to passionately pursue it – much less achieve it.
After clarifying your vision, we can assist you in prioritizing your various goals. We can help you see which items are just tasks and which are long-term objectives. From there, we’ll work together to determine which strategies will create the desired results.
Busy executives are so close to their businesses that they may fail to see the forest for the trees. As an outside observer, a business coach can more objectively see a company’s internal and external issues. They can help an owner better understand what may need to change, and can guide owners in crafting an actionable plan to create desired results.
Next, we will also lead you in creating key performance indicators (KPIs), or metrics by which you can measure success. KPIs allow us to track your progress, which is something you might not do on your own.
Accountability is a critical component of business coaching. We will typically meet with a client regularly (either weekly or bi-weekly) to check in on commitments made during previous coaching sessions.
Again, a coach isn’t a consultant who will do the work for you. Instead, we will keep you focused on the end result and remind you why it’s important. We’ll motivate you to keep your commitments, act as a sounding board, and hold up a mirror to help you see your personal and professional blind spots.
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BUSINESS CONSULTING
BUSINESS CONSULTING
Business consulting, in contrast to coaching, is about delivering practical, tactical solutions. Consultants share knowledge, give advice, and create plans.
Where business coaches assist and guide, consultants may do some of the heavy lifting on behalf of their clients.
Both roles bring years of experience to the table. The biggest difference is that an advisor is usually hired for a particular project or limited engagement, while a coach will assist the owner in goal planning and keep them accountable so that they achieve success.
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PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
Process development can also be called process customization for optimization. In other words, we can help restructure your business processes to become more efficient. Process development most often includes both a human and technological component for maximum effect. The goal is to create processes that can organically change to maximize efficiency at any given point.
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RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK ASSESSMENT
Broadly speaking, a risk assessment is identifying and analyzing potential (future) events that may negatively impact people, assets, and/or the environment – and then making decisions based on your company’s tolerability of the risks.
A risk assessment of your company determines possible mishaps, their likelihood, consequences, and your tolerances for such events. A risk assessment is an inherent part of a broader risk management strategy to help introduce control measures to eliminate or reduce any potential risk-related consequences.
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BOOKKEEPING REVIEW
BOOKKEEPING REVIEW
With a better understanding of bookkeeping basics, you’ll feel more confident in your business’ future – and better able to understand (and plan for) your own profitability. Best of all, you don’t need to become an overnight calculus expert to understand bookkeeping. Instead, we’ll show you how to see what your books are telling you using simple reports (once they’re correct) to help you make decisions about your company’s future.
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STRATEGIC PLANNING
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Strategic planning is an organizational management activity that is used to set your priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations, ensure that your employees and other stakeholders are working toward common goals, establish agreement around intended outcomes/results, and assess and adjust your company’s direction in response to a changing environment. It is a disciplined effort that produces fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what your company is, who it serves, what it does, and why it does it, with a focus on the future.
Effective strategic planning articulates not only where your company is going and the actions needed to make progress, but also how it will know if it is successful.
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SUCCESSION PLANNING
SUCCESSION PLANNING
Succession Planning now is a smart move if you don’t want others making unwanted decisions about your business during a time of change. Planning now protects your family and employees if something happens to you unexpectedly.
It’s also a process for identifying and developing new leaders who can replace old leaders when they leave, retire or die. Succession planning increases the availability of experienced and capable employees that are prepared to assume these roles as they become available.
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EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
In today’s work environment, employee development is the number 1 factor for employee retention, especially among Millennials. Top employee development methods used by organizations most frequently include training programs and leadership development programs. Investments in employee learning and development directly impact employee engagement and productivity, improving overall business success metrics.
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