Our Small Business Consulting Services
As organizations grow and mature, they need to be redefined, retuned or reengineered and aligned for optimum performance.
In today's competitive environment, the more tools you have as a business leader to drive higher performance, growth and profitability the more competitive advantage you gain.
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Businesses, whether small or large need to continuously optimize their performance while improving operational efficiency to maximize profitability.
These statements are as true today as they were whenever in human history the first organization was formed. What’s different today, however, is the explosion of the information age that is contributing to the speed at which change occurs which in turn is continually increasing competition and shifting the needs of customers. In response to these situations, businesses are requiring more advanced strategies, processes and systems for achieving sustainability, profitability and success.
Our programs come with the tools to help you create a high-performance business, continually evolve it and drive it to prime profitability.
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Change is inevitable, always has been, and always will be. But in the past, businesses had more time to adjust to change and still remain profitable. Every organization had to learn to improve as part of growing, but without the urgency and competitive demands that exist today. For the most part the learning necessary to grow was situational and ad hoc.
Today this is no longer adequate. Because things are changing so rapidly, it is essential to drive the change. When organizations have a way to get ahead, drive the profit curve and stay there, they avoid being in the reactive seat and fire-fighting mode.
The most effective, efficient and fast way to keep your business evolving to the next level is to take a "process-driven’ and systematic approach to managing it.
We call this systematic -driven process E.V.O.L.V™ a methodology that enables a business to keep up with today's continuous change, to evolve and grow to the next level on an ongoing basis. Our Performance Improvement and Business Growth Programs utilize EVOLV to provide Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders with a structured process that systematizes the organization so they have the needed control to manage performance more effectively, efficiently and profitably.
Here in summary is our approach to helping you grow your organization:
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The E.V.O.L.V™ Business Growth Methodology
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Evaluation
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Assess your 5 S.T.E.P.S to success, your current business situation including your business' strengths, weaknesses opportunities and threats, your rate your performance assessment in 5 key focus areas and determine priorities |
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| Visioning & Planning |
Clarify your business direction and formulate a comprehensive strategy with clear measurable objectives and targets broken down by timeframe and an action plan that defines the steps needed to execute the plan. |
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| Organize & Optimize |
Organize and align the people and processes. Define the ownership necessary and optimize the tasks needed to launch the effort |
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| Launch & Learn |
Launch your improvement initiatives, use fundamental business management practices to manage the execution of your plans, and learn from the details. Take a project management approach to each initiative and use effective communication processes to drive performance. |
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| Valuate Results |
Valuate your results on a scheduled timeline that looks at results and how they compare to targets and measure your returns on investment (ROI). |
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Typical Challenges Facing Business Leaders
Our Programs address the common challenges facing Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders today, that cause daily stress of heavy workload and expectations to meet financial results. These challenges are commonly a symptom of one or more of the following:
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- Process-related problems in the operation that cause costly errors, delays and issues that require rework and frequent time-out to address.
- People-related issues and performance problems that create a separation in efforts between management and staff.
- No accountability system that creates the self leadership and ties performance to measurable results.
- No structured training program with the follow-up needed to get everyone on the same page and keep everyone focused on goals and results
- A missing strategic planning process with defined projects and action plans that are aligned and actively managed to take the organization to the next level.
- Not enough systematized processes that can otherwise be automated and streamlined to run one or more of the following core businesses processes: marketing, sales, fulfillment, customer service, billing and collections
- Disconnect of financial management from the pieces of the organization that make the "whole"
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Our first phase begins with an evaluation that identifies your goals and priorities through a review of your current situation. We provide you with a high-performance frame-work and strategy map to look at your organization holistically from 5 different perspectives so we can better understand your challenges, their root cause as it relates to strengthening the health of the "whole" organization.
As a result of the assessment and review with you, we identify an initial small "pilot" project that addresses your priorities, need, budget and resource availability:
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Financial Focus
Market Focus
Process Focus
Systems Focus
People Focus
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The following are key points we consider to support you:
- Provide you with a recommendation for the quickest win
- Remove the most pressure from you
- Help you develop an overall plan if you are looking for a complete solution
- Identify technology needs or tools for you to consider
- Work as fast as you want and as slow as you need
- Use the most cost efficient model to help you achieve your results
- Ensure your desired return on investment
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Free Consultation
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If you would like to discuss your current situation and explore your possibilities, you can contact us for a free no-obligation consultation meeting and we will schedule an hour to work with you. Just enter your contact information below and we will contact you within 24 hours.
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