Hiring a strategic advisor may feel like a big deal. Understanding why you need one helps determine the value you may realise in the long run.
Asking for help can be really hard. Recognising the moment when another perspective could be the difference between making all important progress or staying in the same place.
Whether it’s a few hours to just talk, chew over the options or structured programmes of support over short or long periods, the solutions are there to help you find the time to work out where you’re going and why.
This is not life coaching or solution which will solve everything. It’s an option many SME’s find appealing from one who has walked several thousand miles in your shoes to drill down to those important points like cashflow, staffing, where growth is coming from and what clients are building you up, not dragging you down.
It’s a bit like Lego
Lego worked out a while back the amazing ‘build it kits’ they produced may be stifling children’s creativity. So they went back to what they know best and just gave kids the bricks and all those fun Lego little bits you need for building something amazing. As frankly, the kids had no idea what they wanted to build but they had everything at hand to create something new.
There are a million brilliant books out there (and we recommend lots of them as a well read leader is a good thing), but how you build your business is up to you. We might just show you where that extra brick could mean the difference between good and exceptional.
What experience do we bring to the party?
When we started our first business back in 2004 we had a lot of help. A lot. We were good at what we did for a job but as we found out fast, some of the luxury aspects of working for an employer (like established payment terms, an eye on the cash flow without a bookkeeper, the systems, right down to the desks, chairs… even who orders the loo roll for the office) is suddenly all on you as the business owner. And on top, you need to bring home the proverbial bacon too to feed the salary machine.
Clever people
At the start of our business journey, we were lucky enough to be surrounded by a lot of very clever people who passed their experience on and helped us develop a healthy, happy business.
Fast forward twenty years, a sale and several strategic c-suite roles later including an M&A, helping others navigate running a business is what we love to do.
Options include periods as short as an hour to on site days to longer term commitments. Additional services available for NED/Board or intermediary work.
Contact Carey Trevill via carey@missionelement.org to arrange a call.