About your challenges
As an operational business leader
I help real leaders address real practical challenges, mainly around subjects like:
Leadership
We have lots of ideas but its a challenge to get things done
We are struggling to recruit, engage and retain staff
We need to change the culture, behaviours and maybe some people
Strategy and Growth
We have a great business and I want to realise its potential
We have a vision for the business but need to update our strategy and plan
We have a great product/service that we are struggling to sell
We are losing too much business to competitors
Our margins are under pressure
Themselves
I have too much to do and not enough time
Everyone keeps coming to me to sort every little detail
I am working too many hours and that is impacting on my personal life
I am getting tired, would like to retire or at least exit but can't
I need an external sounding board, someone impartial to help
Growth plans
(Avoid the plateau)
(Avoid the plateau)
Considering goals or strategy
Looking to exit
Concerned about succession
Looking to grow quickly
Plateauing or not growing fast enough
Funding
(Managing cash)
(Managing cash)
Realising that external funding is needed
Unsure how to approach financers
Having cash flow difficulties
Growing too quickly. Need to manage cash
Won a big contract which needs funding
Ownership
(Succession and exit)
(Succession and exit)
Questions about acquisition
Has been approached to sell the business
Thinking about retirement or exit
Involved in a shareholder dispute
Parting company with a co-shareholder
Strategy
(Products & Markets)
(Products & Markets)
Sales have started to decline
Product range becoming outdated
Facing an aggressive new competitor
New competitor is disrupting the industry
Marketing is not getting results
People, Leadership
(and Management)
(and Management)
Staff are not committed or empowered
Dealing with a difficult or sensitive staff issue
Needing to build a management team
Lost a key member of staff
Having difficulty with recruiting
Operations
(Suppliers & Customers)
(Suppliers & Customers)
Supply chain problems and let-downs
Important upcoming pitch or presentation
Losing customers and losing pitches
Difficult negotiations
Major project(s) gone or going wrong