2. Customer Issues. Includes understanding what the customer really wants, finding enough of the right kind of customers and keeping them happy, so they don’t turn to competitors.

3. Production Issues. Varies by type of business. In general, businesses of all types struggle with being able to give customers what they want, when they want it, at the price they want it, and at the highest quality levels. Doing this predictably and repeatedly is a tremendous challenge.

4. People Issues. Includes finding the right people, keeping them happy, compensating them, motivating them, training them, and getting them to deliver quality work.

5. Limited Resources. Small businesses usually don’t have large cash reserves, dedicated research departments, fully-staffed IT functions, strategic planning functions, etc., to address challenges or opportunities..

6. Growth. Growth brings the challenge of change. It’s one thing to get good at something when you can hone your skills through repetition; it’s a completely different challenge to get good and stay good when the rules of the game keep changing with regard to competition, customer expectations, globalization, people issues, finance, technology, etc.

• Learn How to Articulate Your Vision—Your Purpose, Mission & Core Values
• Understand How Strategy Drives the Plan
• Link Your Vision to the Performance Outcomes
• Develop Ongoing Success Assessments

Recruitment, Retaining, Training, and Motivating Your Employees:
Deciding when and whom to hire is a vital and difficult decision. Then, even when you do hire the right employees for the right jobs, you’re faced with the never-ending task of motivating and retaining them – and sometime replacing them. How can small businesses attract and afford the best talent? Larger firms can often dispense better benefits and even compensation. So the small business has to sell potential employees on the fact that they’ll gain experience, get hands-on training, and see more growth possibilities with their company. You do this by creating a culture which will attract the right people to you. Employing staff can be quite challenging, but when you get the formula right then it’s amazing.

Skills Training:Without a capacity to train new employees quickly and efficiently, businesses can’t grow. Too little effort is put into the training of staff, and there is too little investment as well. Think about the consequences if you’re not investing in training for yourself and your team…Training your team is vital to the growth of your business; it keeps your team involved and motivated to stay with your company and most importantly productive enough to keep your business growing.

Leadership & Management Training Most small business owners are great at some tasks, whether it’s cost containment, niche marketing, or creative skill. But they tend to not have formal training in how to manage their business, or what to do, strategically, to make them better and to get their people to perform better. Our leadership and management skills training will provide you with the personal and professional edge to take you and your organization to the next level.

Change Management Because of its size, the small business owner should, theoretically, be able to change quickly; unfortunately, many can be more resistant than many companies hundreds of times its size. Monitoring and managing productivity of your business is vital to the success and growth of your business. The small business owner must be willing to admit what he or she doesn’t know and seek help when needed.