You and your SME will benefit from the following services :
For the owner, managers and other decision makers who need to do better at:
Time and self management
Staff management and leadership
Strategic vision, Values and Beliefs
Managing in times of growth
Financial, regulatory and compliance requirements
Own motivation and confidence
Loneliness at the top
For overall business aspects such as
Cost reductions
Supplier selection and management
Business processes and procedures
Quality management and documentation
Human resources management
Skills development
Individual profiling: use of personality questionnaire to increase self awareness and personal development (personality type, stress response, emotional intelligence, team contribution, values and drivers)
Wellness and work/life balance: use of specific wellness questionnaire to set healthy lifestyle goals (exercise, nutrition, sleep patterns) which complement personal or professional goals and aspirations.
To increase group interaction and efficiency at work.
The typical challenges facing the SMEs are:
growth (46% have no time for it, 29% no money for it)
lack of money for investment (51%)
better work/life balance, not burn-out (39%).
need for own skills development (sole traders 24% and small enterprises 25%)
employee development and retention (32% for companies with 6+ staff)
having qualified and motivated staff (30%)
owners / managers not having specific management training (77%)
"It's a common misconception, but people often think of the start-up phase as most critical, only to discover that growing the business raises a whole different set of challenges they are not always prepared for. As seen in the research findings, organisational factors, such as resource constraints and time, and personnel issues, like hard work and building the right team, can be major roadblocks to break-through growth. To get from start-up to the next, more stable phase, UK small businesses need to channel their determination and leverage scarce resources, whether they ultimately want to be a large corporate or just have the satisfaction seeing their ideas come to life" - Professor Gerry George - Survey findings published by Panasonic 1/02/07, carried out by YouGov, with 810 SMEs.
There are over 4.3 million business in the UK of which 99% with fewer than 50 employees and around 6000 with 250+ employees (see BERR statistics)
Some 35-50% of SMEs fail within the first 3 years.
It is likely that some or most of the above information is also true for you!
Whether a sole trader or a 3 to 300 people company, you and your SME will benefit from the following services:
"As seen in the research findings, organisational factors, such as resource constraints and time, and personnel issues, like hard work and building the right team, can be major roadblocks to break-through growth. To get from start-up to the next, more stable phase, UK small businesses need to channel their determination and leverage scarce resources, whether they ultimately want to be a large corporate or just have the satisfaction seeing their ideas come to life" ( Professor Gerry George )
Chances are that some or most of the above challenges are also true for you! Whether a sole trader or a 3 to 5000 people company
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