"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals." - Henry Ford
Successful entrepreneurs are results driven, and so are we.
Knowing where you want to go and having the roadmap to get there are primary components of any businesses success. Staying ahead of the market requires new vision, the willingness to cause change and the ability to inspire and equip your employees to embrace and implement new directions in record time. And, having the right infrastructure in place to support your rapidly growing company is essential to keeping up with and sustaining that growth.
General Business Improvement
- Business Assessment
- Strategic Planning
- Tactical Planning
- Implementation
- Management Tools
- Meeting Facilitation
- Coaching & Advisory Services
What is preventing you from reaching your growth objectives? What opportunities are you missing? We will help you gain clarity on company performance issues and provide practical solutions for immediate payoff. Components include confidential employee and customer surveys, interviews with key staff, market research and analysis of financial and operating reports.
A proven process to create a clear and precise vision for the company, along with the key strategic initiatives and measurable goals to get you there. Usually a 1 to 2 day off-site meeting with the management team.
Development of specific action steps that will deliver results on your strategic plan. From your marketing or sales plan, to customer retention or quality improvement, we will collaborate with management to create the next steps to success.
Resources who will “roll up their sleeves” to help you execute when the skills and knowledge are not readily available in your company. Whether it’s developing the infrastructure, work process flow, or training your employees, we can help.
Tools to manage the company toward your vision and objectives, and to keep you on the right path.
Facilitate management and board meetings for productive use of time and guaranteed delivery of desired outcomes.
Coaching programs are personalized and designed to help business owners lead their company to unprecedented results. We deliver direct and objective feedback, provide focus and accountability, and bring to bear all of our experience as successful business owners and entrepreneurs to enhance your success.
Partnerships
Business partnerships, like marriage, involve issues of money, balance of power and workload, disagreement and compromise. They also can be richly rewarding. It takes hard work, a deep understanding and appreciation of your partner's vision, talents, goals and differences, and a commitment to make it work.
Our methodology, while customized for specific needs, includes:
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Assessment
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Discovering areas of conflict and alignment:
• Values • Personal & company vision • Expectations • Work-styles • Core Strengths |
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Action
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Providing a blueprint and tools to stay on track.
• Roles & responsibilities • Structure • Decision making process • Communication • Exit strategy |
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Alignment
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Coaching for continuous alignment of actions for a healthy partnership. • Partner meetings • Ongoing coaching |
- Partner Intervention
- Partner Compatibility
If you and your partner are spending less time operating your business because you are diverted by problems in your working relationship, your company is not reaching its full potential. Carian Consulting specializes in helping partners and ownership teams get back on track.
If you are considering a partnership, we can enhance your success in choosing the right partner and in forging a great partnership. Our Seven Steps to Creating Successful Business Partnerships™ was designed to expose hidden, potentially fatal areas of conflict, help you formulate the key aspects of your relationship and develop a seamless partnership based on shared passion, values and commitment.