Your business is doing well ... and you would like it to do even better.

 

We would be honoured to help.

 

We have first-hand Family Business experience…our founder is a family-business entrepreneur and Spirited Leaders is a Family Business.

 

And, we are active in and passionate about helping our Family Business community achieve goals and profitability.

 

Many Family Businesses want to improve in one of the following areas:

• Growing Profits
• Unleashing the value in "Human Capital"
• Clarifying and 'buying into' Roles, and Responsibilities
• Team Building and Motivation
• Improving Communication
• Completing Transitions: into new products & businesses, into new geographies, into new generations
• Honing Strategy: creating better plans
• Innovating Tactics: implementing better plans
• Legacy & Succession Planning

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Family Business Success Stories

• Menno S. Martin
• Flanagan Foodservice Inc.
• Marks Supply (Robin Todd)
• W.C. Wood Company (David Wood)
• Pioneer Craftsmen
• Tiger Brand Knitting Company (Joan Fisk)
• Wright Landscape Services
• Stemmler Meats & Cheese

 

Family Business Articles

• Tom Dean
• Mark Weber #2
• Do Family Business People Have Better Work Ethic?
• Iain Klugman
• Robin Todd
• Douglas Porter
• David Wood
• Mark Weber #1
• Allison Graham
• Joan Fisk
• Do family businesses have better values?
• Emergent Change

You think it is the right time to make a major change: perhaps a "major project"; perhaps a "transition".

 

As examples -

 

Major Projects:

• launching a new product or service
• entering a new territory
• creating a strategic plan
• hiring a senior-team member
• re-focusing your senior team

Transitions:

• Plotting a new strategic course
• Delegating work and responsibilities to your senior team
• Cutting back on your work hours
• Removing yourself from day-t-day operations
• Planning transfer or selling your business

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Many business owners want to expand their business profits.

 

Senior business people tell us it is more difficult to accomplish Sales than it used to be. They also tell us Marketing is more complicated and confusing than it used to be.

 

You may feel the same way ... wanting to keep up with customer needs, competition, and communication technologies while keeping costs under control and getting deals done. And, you want your business to maintain or grow its profits.

 

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You are an entrepreneur. You are curious and innovative. You see problems where other people do not and you act quickly to solve them. Similarly, you see opportunities where other people do not. And, you act quickly to seize the moment to grow and excel.

 

From time to time, you struggle with a particularly difficult problem. It could be about a person or people. It could be about process or systems. It could be about situations, for example, involving other businesses or financing.

 

It is easier to diagnose someone else’s problems than it is to diagnose your own.

 

We know this first-hand.

 

The same applies to our business.

 

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Link to Idea-Storming Workshops

You are an entrepreneur. By nature, you are a self-starter. You don’t need an alarm clock or a punch clock to inspire you to get to work in the morning and keep you there all day.

 

You enjoy building things of value. That’s what drives you. That’s your genetic make-up…so to speak.

 

You are enthusiastic about work and optimistic about the future.

 

You want your people to feel the same way.

 

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KW Seminar

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KW Workshops

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For more details about Workshops: email Vera and Rick

Rick Baker has over 20 years of public speaking experience. In the 1990’s he was a regular speaker at energy-industry events and seminars. In recent years, he has spoken at a number of local Chamber of Commerce events, for business groups, and at university events. Last year, for example, he addressed 500 University of Toronto students and spoke at dozens of business workshops.

 

Rick injects enthusiasm, personal stories, and creative thought - all aimed at helping business people be comfortable, confident, and inspired to enjoy their work and achieve their goals.

 

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To arrange a Sales Consultation contact Vera.

 

To arrange a Marketing Consultation contact Lisa.