How Fred Fits
You will see results quickly when you let Fred apply his knowledge, (hard won) experience and his fresh set of eyes to your business. Fred knows the right questions to ask and the right places to look. You get practical and straightforward advice on what needs to be done and how to make it happen. What you won't get is a lot of consultant "corp-speak." Working with Fred, you will hear what you need to hear and see what you need to see and then you will get help doing what you need to do in order to get to where you want to go.
If you are the owner of a closely held business and if any of the following scenarios hit home, Fred can help you.
- Marketing and Sales activities are driving rapid business growth. The Operations side, however, is struggling to keep up and trouble is brewing. You want to keep growing but you are concerned that you won’t be able to service your customers properly if things keep going the way they are. You need to build a solid operational foundation that can handle what you have now and what you anticipate in the future.
- Your business is doing well, however you are experiencing pain because…:
- You are involved in everything, you are spread too thin and you are getting further and further behind.
- Clients are calling you because your growing staff, though well meaning, are not doing the job the way customers have come to expect working with you.
- Chaos reigns – and all you seem to do is put out fires.
- Conflict between sales and delivery/operations seems to be escalating and morale in both groups is heading the wrong way.
- You can’t get the right information accurately, consistently or fast enough to make timely decisions.
- You aren’t having any fun anymore and there is no one you can really talk to who understands or can help you.
- You are fed up and ready to fire everyone and start over.
- Other
- All of the above
- You anticipate selling your business and you want to be ready when the opportunity comes along. You want to do the right things between now and then to make your business more valuable, easier to sell and easier to transition to a new owner. You need someone who can look at the business as a whole (Management, People, Systems, Processes and Numbers) and help you get there.
- You don’t anticipate selling your business. What you want to do is to build it up so that it can continue to operate profitably without taking up all of your time. You want to stay involved, but at a high level so that you can pursue other interests.
- You are considering acquiring a business. You know that it’s not just a matter of performing due diligence on the numbers and coming up with a price. You want to make sure that you take into account all of the factors that can make or break the long-term success of the acquisition. You also want to develop a transition plan that makes sense. Again, you need someone on your team who can look at both businesses as a whole (Management, People, Systems, Processes and Numbers) and help you succeed in the process.
If you want a fresh perspective from a dedicated, honest and experienced professional, then contact Fred.
