Begin reclaiming control of your business and your future in just 12 weeks.
Own your business instead of it owning you.
Begin reclaiming control of your business and your future in just 12 weeks.
Own your business instead of it owning you.
About Douglas Brown
I'm Douglas Brown, a life coach committed to helping small business owners aged 46 to 65 who feel swamped by their responsibilities. I focus on guiding them through my Business Value Booster Method to not only boost their business's profitability but also enhance their quality of life by making time for family and personal interests. My coaching prepares entrepreneurs for future transitions, be it selling, retiring, or restructuring, ensuring they maintain both business success and personal well-being for the years ahead.
Clarity on what you expect your business to do for you.
Go beyond the trivial goal of just 'making money' to gain clarity on what you want that money for, how much money you need by when to achieve your goals, and your options for getting it.
Clarity on what your business must achieve and what is possible in your niche.
Learn and use tools to specify what your business must achieve to meet your goals as an owner, determine how probable that level of achievement is for a business in your niche, and if necessary recalibrate the goals for the business (or for you).
Look in the Mirror
Clarity on risks your business faces in current operations and future salability.
Learn how the market will value your business. Apply tools to determine where yours stands in its niche. Identify critical factors that will prevent you from selling in the future and pose an imminent risk to your operations today.
Get specific on the impacts your business issues are having on current income and future value.
Calculate the likely value of the business today and its likely profitability and value once improved. Determine the ROI of making those improvements. Start preparing your staff and - scariest of all - let your family in on the secret.
Determine the most valuable steps to start your improvement journey.
Determine the ROI of specific improvement steps and choose those that will deliver the most bank for the buck early. Develop an outline implementation program.
Make a decision as to whether to move forward with implementations and where to begin. Schedule meetings with your staff, family, and stakeholders.
Prepare your business for a future sale by understanding market positioning and business valuation. This knowledge allows you to strategize ways to make your business more appealing to potential buyers.
Tell your team (and other stakeholders) what the high-level plan is and gain their support.
Work with your coach to prepare for a meeting with your team to explain your high-level plan and their roles in developing it in more detail and carrying it out.
Team members define specific actions to achieve the company goals.
Team members explain how they will carry out their roles or improve processes needed to achieve the company goals, feasible timelines, and resources needed.
A quarterly and annual plan of realistic, cost-effective actions.
Team members review their plans and adjust them to be realistic in view of business and financial constraints. The company commits to goals for the coming year and the next quarter and to selected short-term (2-3 week) actions.
Decide how to measure progress.
Gain a collective understanding of measuring outcomes (vs. measures of activity). Decide on the measures to be used for the actions in the improvement program.
Identify and adjust business decision rules that impact the success of the improvement.
Based on the preliminary efforts on 'easy" tasks, identify business processes and practices that need to be adjusted to make further improvements quicker and more successful.
Review the progress on the 'easy' tasks and adjust the quarterly and annual plans if needed. Commit together to move forward with the plan - or, if necessary, to stop and rebuild a more practical plan.
Conclude by building resilience and preparing strategies to face future challenges confidently. This new chapter of your life will be approached with confidence and a solid plan for success.
Unleash Business Success
Boost your profits, reclaim your time, and make sure your business is ready to sell (just in case).
Unleash Business Success
Tailored strategies for overburdened Small Business Owners.
Boost your profits, reclaim your time, and make sure your business is ready to sell (just in case).