The enablement engine for small businesses.
Small business life is hard.
Many founders and small businesses are super passionate about their product or service… and may have limited experience, resources or desire to build, operate, and scale a growing business. The demand to run the day-to-day with limited resources and support is real.
This is the Founder’s dilemma.
We get it, we’re Founders too.
Small Business Strong is a guided process that co-designs the clarity and confidence you need to make big decisions.
We walk alongside you, dreaming in the clouds and translating your compelling vision into tangible action plans, through three core offerings:
The
Summit
An immersive 2-day summit to elevate from your day-to-day
Thought
Partner
Strategic firepower to build your operational backbone
Strategic
Blueprint
A proven process to build a collective sense of the future
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The Small Business Strong Experiences
Building Community Through Business
We take pride in our ability to tie every experience we design tightly to the overarching goals and results of your company. Explore our Small Business Strong core experiences to see how we can co-create your future.
Offering 1
The Summit
Create the space to design your refreshed business strategy.
Elevating from the day-to-day pressures of running your business, this immersive experience creates the deeper understanding and real perspectives required to clearly define the north star for you, and for your business.
During the 2-day Summit Experience, we spend time in four spaces:
01
The Real Real
We create the space for you to reflect on your founder’s journey: an opportunity to recenter on your "why", share learnings and growth opportunities, and identify what will ultimately allow your authentic leadership to thrive!
02
Building Perspective
Next, we will elevate from the day-to-day responsibilities to review the current business model, product/services and your most important asset...the team.
03
Your Next Growth Horizon
Then, we will design a strategic blueprint for your next growth increment by identifying critical shifts, priorities and needs in your foundational business components (i.e. portfolio management, brand experience, financials, etc)
04
actionable plans
Finally, we end the summit by putting specific 6-12 month goals and timelines to those identified business priorities so you have a clear and actionable plan moving forward.
Offering 2
Thought Partner
Drive impact by building your operational backbone for sustainable growth.
This direct partnership brings strategic firepower and delivery excellence from our collective experience and unique capabilities in strategy design, leadership development, and business management.
Creating the space to focus on what matters most.
1:1 Founder Coaching provides you the critical support and perspective needed along the founder’s journey. We work to expand your ability to authentically lead through the high-highs and the low-lows.
Developing the business practices to make confident decisions.
Together, we will develop the foundational business capabilities necessary to enable sustained growth. This includes forecasting, resource management, business performance, and more.
Designing a people strategy and performance culture.
We will co-design the collective story and DNA of your most critical asset, your people. This includes your values, ways of working, and performance impact that truly differentiates you.
Offering 3
Strategic Blueprint Process
Building a collective sense of the future and designing an actionable plan.
The Strategic Blueprint is a proven process that builds a collective sense of the future and designs a plan that can be executed at every level of the organization.
The results of the Strategic Blueprint process go beyond a 2-3 year strategic plan for your team.
Increased leadership performance at every level
Enhanced alignment and sustainability of team strategy
Deepened sense of team identity and cohesion
You can expect a highly immersive and engaging experience as a team.
Each session starts with individual and team reflection on their leadership style
Virtual group breakouts allow for the best ideas to surface
The team is challenged to continuously map their efforts to the broader goals of the organization
Ready to find clarity, confidence and support in your Founder’s journey?
Let’s connect to discuss how we walk alongside you, dreaming in the clouds and translating your compelling vision into tangible action plans.