Get Help - Not Just Advice
For decades business owners have told me they have all the advice they can stand - but that getting someone to actually help them address the challenges they face is often very difficult.
During over a quarter of a Century helping business owners, farmers, and ranchers identify challenges, consider alternatives, and create practical solutions for designing the future of their company - I saw that most of them routinely received the help they were looking for from other people like them.
Consulting is based on the premise that people will change their behavior based on something an "expert" like me tells them to do. That's why so much time and money invested with outsiders is wasted.
On the other hand most of us are able to find the actionable strategies we need to solve the challenges we face by consistently discussing them with other people like ourselves who had "been there done that" - most often folks we connect with at our trade association or professional society's meetings.
So, I began to work with small groups of business owners - peers - teaching them how continue these strategic conversations from one association meeting to another. I helped them create agendas, schedule the conference calls, and keep the conversations on track.
Here are three of the elements of my peer group process that make them uniquely beneficial to the business owners who are part of them.
- The Strategic Conversations™ facilitated peer group process provides a framework for growth. We begin each group with the goal of it becoming a d-i-y strategic planning process ASAP. The more committed the members are, the sooner they are able to take over their group and manage it productively, without me.
- Group membership - always a key component of a success peer group, is determined by you. I will help you select the right people, people you trust and respect, from your universe. This structure is critical for the group to evolve into an informal board of advocates and advisors for you (and everyone else in the group) that can last for decades. My job is to help you make the decisions and even contact them for you.
- 24/7/365 support from a consortium of professionals with over 100 years experience helping business owners and executives reach and exceed their goals. I'm talking about recognized experts, professors, and published specialists - available to your group - often on a moments notice. The value of their "just in time" input can not be over stated.
I recently created a do-it-yourself peer group report, for the vast majority of you who would rather create, operate, and manage your peer group process - without the help of an outsider like me. You can read about it here and buy a copy cheaply at,
Do It Yourself Strategic Planning .
Or if you'd like to talk with me or one of my colleagues about how a facilitated Strategic Conversations peer group process can help you leverage what you are already doing right and address the issues that challenge you, send me an email or give me a call.
If it's not for you there is no charge.
All the best!
Wayne Messick,Author & Publisher
Family Business Strategist & Business Coach
Certified in Workplace Conflict Resolution
New York, NY
212-501-4912
PS: The "Contact Us" page is for you to use to to discuss any of our services or for any questions.
And if you'd like to meet face to face - and are coming to New York , give me a call and we'll set it up.
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