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You are probably better at doing what you do than at running or marketing your business. Most of us are. But that is where I can help. Maybe you have been searching for advice and been overwhelmed by dozens of experts, each pushing their own favorite idea. They can't all be right, can they? How do you pick the best and then force yourself and your business to fit the advice? Maybe the examples listed to your left caught your attention. Those of you who have been in business for a while most are attracted by one or more, and wish you could get that help. It's time to stop and start making your wishes come true! Positive change is a process not an event, so the sooner you start the sooner you get results. Make sense? EC Stratagems provides services in business strategy, business improvement, project management, and new service and product development especially focused on small to mid-sized businesses. We help you think through the shifts in your business to reveal hidden value in your markets and products.
While the exact nature of the program varies from client to client, the program consists of four specific parts.
The Consulting Program is provided on-site with Randy Bennett serving as a manager in your organization. Every service described above is included in the fee, although published assessments, if used, are extra. The Support Program is delivered in increments of a half-day per week at a cost per increment of $3,200 per month. Key Elements of the Consulting Program:
More detailed information about the Consulting Program is available here . The Business Support program (BSP) is offered to eligible small and mid-sized businesses under the umbrella of the Institute for Independent Business (IIB). The BSP offers 12 months of support to the business owner. On a day-to-day basis, the BSP is delivered much like the Consulting Program. Randy Bennett serves on-site as a manager in your organization. The BSP has four major points:
You can learn more about the Business Support Program by clicking here , or you can learn more about the Institute for Independent Business by clicking here . Assessments can be a powerful tool for discovery, providing insight on performance or behavior that often lies below our personal radar. An assessment accelerates your professional and personal development by identifying your strengths, blind spots, and limiting factors. It gives you a baseline to measure your developmental progress. Assessments can be purchased alone or with another service. Either way the fee includes a pre-session orientation, the assessment instrument, scoring, interpretation, a personalized report of results, and a longer post-assessment session to examine the results and identify areas for focus. Currently we offer 8 assessments , each with a particular focus. All are based on the DISC instrument, which measures how your personality works in a given environment. You can also find some free, self-assessments here . They offer quick and easy opportunities for insight. They can be completed and scored on your own. More detailed information about the 8 assessments is is available here . Special Projects are advisable where knowledge and expertise are more important than knowledge transfer, or where a situation is a one-time only event. Special projects can involve other associates when specialized expertise is required. However, EC Stratagems will manage the overall project and remain your liaison. Typically, unless you have clearly identified and validated the situation, projects are preceded by a needs assessment. Fees start at $200 per hour per consultant, including travel time, plus related expenses, with discounts available based on the length or nature of the engagement. Training is provided both as a part of the support program and as a stand-alone service. While some “off-the-shelf” programs are available for customization, new, custom developed training is al possible. Existing courses can be customized for your organization. Existing courses are available for:
Pricing depends on many factors. One-day public workshops are offered on a regular schedule at the rate of $495 per person. These workshops can be offered in-house for groups of 6 to 12 for a daily rate of $2,100. Customization, included custom development of workshops, will run about $125 per hour, and is negotiated on a case-by-case basis. Business Coaching is a professional partnership between a qualified coach and a business owner to support accomplishment of extraordinary results. The focus is on skills and actions needed for success, based on goals set by the business owner. The coach listens, contributes observations, asks questions, and offers concepts and principles to assist in identifying possibilities and actions. Coaching concentrates on where the person is now and what he or she is willing to do to attain a future state. The end results are a matter of the individual's intentions, choices, and actions, all supported by the coach's efforts and application of coaching skills, approaches, and methods. Business Coaching is offered primarily by telephone either one-on-one or in a small group. The nature of the work requires a minimum 3-month commitment. At the beginning of each 3-month period we will define the goals we will work on together and set our schedule. Before our first session you will take a formal assessment to aid us as we work together. Typically this is the DISC assessment. The cost is $75, a savings of $300 from the stand-alone price. Business Coaching is offered in five formats and price levels to make it easy to find one that suits your requirements.
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