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| “Darren has pushed the importance of profitability. He developed a sales system that ensures each job is costed, quoted and priced professionally every time at maximum profit. Darren has helped take the business from moderate profitability to significant sustained profits. He has also created a focus on preparing the business for sale. In particular, he has helped me understand the importance of not only booking profits but being aware of building my personal wealth.” |
- Craig Roylance, Managing Director, Linc Building Solutions Pty Ltd |
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| Kick Start Service
Growth Service
Succession Service |
| Kick Start Service |
The Kick Start Service
is a coaching service of Business Influence.
It has been developed specifically for start up businesses.
Purpose
The purpose of the Kick Start Service is to support business owners that are about to start up their own business, or who have only recently commenced business. The aim of the Kick Start Service is to assist owners in ensuring their new business not only survives but thrives.
The Kick Start Service provides hands-on support to the owners and their team in navigating the business through the myriad of hurdles and challenges that face every newly established business.
The strategic aim of the Kick Start Service is to guide the business from infancy to adolescence.
Intended Results
The Kick Start Service provides a number of tangible and intangible benefits. Some of the benefits clients have experienced in working with us include:
• Sound business planning
• Clear strategic direction
• Identification of key roles in business
• Implementation of business initiatives
• One-on-one mentoring of owners & management
• Effective systems & processes
• Defined leadership and management accountabilities
• Introduction of suitable specialist advisors
• Implementation of a marketing system
• Comprehensive personnel systems
• Meaningful financial analysis
• Establishing effective & timely management information systems
• Comprehensive risk assessment
• A forum for continuous personal & professional development
Structure
The Kick Start Service includes regular structured face-to-face sessions together with the business owner. These are generally held at a neutral venue (if you do not yet have business premises) or at your business premises. As well as attending our meetings together, I spend additional preparatory and follow-up time between meetings. This is further complemented by ongoing phone and email contact.
Initially you identify the targets (where) and goals (what) you want to achieve. I then help you develop the actions (how) that will assist you to achieve these targets and goals. We identify who is accountable for completing these actions within the business (who) and nominate a deadline for completion (when).
Start-up businesses, or recently established businesses, have unique challenges. We understand that survival and growth are issues critical to you. Tight cashflow, limited resources, few clients and little available time are just a few of the problems facing start-up businesses. With that in mind, we facilitate and guide you in the implementation of time critical actions and initiatives. |
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CEO of a start-up company, I originally got
Darren in to help with strategy in preparing
a Business Plan to present to our international
affiliates. From even our earliest discussions,
Darren was able to identify key issues of
importance, facilitate discussion within the
management group and determine an action plan
forward. A comprehensive Business Plan was
drafted in under a week and was successfully
presented overseas with no amendments. -Vince
Accardi, CEO, Photo-Me Australia Pty Ltd |
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| Growth Service |
The Growth Service is a coaching service of Business Influence. It has been developed specifically for owners of established small & medium businesses.
Purpose
The purpose of the Growth Service is to help small
& medium business owners maximise the 4 P's in their
business Profit, Productivity, People and Performance.
It is designed for owners and management teams
wanting to dramatically improve their business performance
but who don't know the most effective strategies to achieve
this.
The Growth Service aims to guide existing businesses from adolescence to maturity.
Intended Results
The Growth Service provides a continuous stream of tangible and intangible benefits to our clients. Some of the benefits clients have experienced in working with us include:
• Increased profitability
• Increased productivity
• Improved time management and efficiency
• Improved business processes
• A significant increase in the value of the business
• Preparation of the business for sale or succession
• Creation of wealth for owners
• Improved work/life balance for owners
• Improved leadership & management
• A clear strategic direction for the business
• Systemised business processes
• Implementation of a marketing system
• Improved customer satisfaction
• Improved communication internal & external
• Increased competitiveness
• A forum for continuous personal & professional development
• Meaningful financial analysis
• Effective & timely management information systems
• Improved staff morale and reduced attrition
Structure
The Growth Service includes regular structured face-to-face sessions together with the business owner. These are generally held at your business premises. As well as attending our meetings together, I spend additional preparatory and follow-up time between meetings. This is further complemented by ongoing phone and email contact.
Initially you identify the targets (where) and goals (what) you want to achieve. I then help you develop the actions (how) that will assist you to achieve these targets and goals. We identify who is accountable for completing these actions within the business (who) and nominate a deadline for completion (when). To ensure this all runs smoothly we have a one page quarterly plan that is supported by action plans. In addition to our regular meetings, we introduce a structured and ongoing series of internal meetings. These internal meetings are to ensure that your prioritised goals are attended to and implemented by the management team.
I ensure my clients have a One-Page Strategic
Plan that forces them to focus on their three to five
quarterly priorities. Against these priorities
we identify team members that are accountable for achieving
each priority. Through our monthly sessions and follow-up
actions, we work together in supporting the team to
succeed. By working on what's most important to you,
we ensure that initiatives are implemented. This motivates
and inspires you and your team to tackle the next priority
with vigour and focus on growing the business together.
Everybody in business is different. That's
why you take on as much or as little as you choose. A
significant amount of the learning, development and change
actually occurs in between meetings through you and your
team completing your follow-up actions. |
| Succession Service |
The Succession Service is a coaching & mentoring service of Business Influence. It has been developed specifically for owners of mature small & medium businesses preparing for succession or sale of the business.
Purpose
The purpose of the Succession Service is to help small & medium business owners prepare for business succession. It is designed for owners and management addressing business succession but who need help facilitating the succession process.
The Succession Service aims to guide existing businesses from maturity to succession.
Intended Results
The Succession Service provides a number of key benefits to our clients. Some of the benefits clients have experienced in working with us include:
• A significant increase in the value of the business
• Preparation of the business for sale or succession
• Creation of greater wealth for owners
• Comprehensive business review
• A clear strategic direction for the business
• Asset protection
• Estate planning
• Taxation review facilitated
• Independent business valuation
• Restructuring opportunities
• Key risk assessment
• Systemised business processes
• Mentoring of key management team
• Transition of knowledge base from founder to continuing family/management personnel
• Improved leadership & management
• Meaningful financial analysis
Structure
The Succession Service includes regular structured face-to-face sessions together with the business owner. These are generally held at your business premises. As well as attending our meetings together, I spend additional preparatory and follow-up time between meetings. This is further complemented by ongoing phone and email contact.
Initially we analyse the timeframe and exit scenarios together. I then work closely with you to facilitate preparing the business for succession or sale. This may involve developing plans internally with key team members. It also normally involves the introduction of external specialists to provide expert advice in certain key areas.
I ensure my clients have a plan that forces them to focus on their key steps towards succession. In developing these steps, we identify team members or external parties that are accountable for supporting the implementation of each step. Through our regular sessions and follow-up actions, we work together in preparing the business for sale or succession. By mapping out each step of the succession process, we ensure that initiatives are implemented. This structure helps you and your team tackle the next priority with vigour and focus on preparing the business for sale or succession together.
All succession plans are unique. That's
why we tailor the Succession Service to the specific
needs of your business. After developing a succession
plan, we work closely together to facilitate the plan
through to its ultimate succession.
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present our business is being prepared for
sale and Darren's assistance here has been
invaluable. Darren has consulted with and
assisted in the collation of the information
necessary for sale, has provided pro-forma
sale information memorandums and other sale
materials at no cost as well has arranging
for the business to be expertly valued -
Allen McMillan, Managing Director, Equine
Science Distributions Pty Ltd |
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