Wednesday 21 January 2015

New Year Offer: Boost your leadership team for less than $15 a day.


It's the festive season and we feel like giving away some of our time.
For the month of January, SOS Interim is offering regional small to medium agribusiness and food enterprises located ANYWHERE in Australia, the chance to improve the likelihood of success in 2015 for less than $15 a day using our Support Panel service.
A cost-effective and flexible way to get help, this is a complete package including 4 quarterly on-site visits and preparation, access to mentor and coach 24/7 x 365 and includes all travel expenses.
We'll come to wherever you are.
It's that simple to get help. It's that easy to get help.
Most suited for:
  • Small and medium business
  • Regional business
  • New or young business
  • Family business
  • Agribusiness and food business
Offer limited to the first 5 businesses.
Sounds tempting but why should you seriously consider this offer?
Support Panels support you and your business.
It's a great way of providing a strategic boost to your leadership team.
Running a business is a lonely job.
In a country that is increasingly city-centric, owning and operating a regional business is even lonelier.
Regional business is tough business.
The unofficial source of much trusted advice in the regions is family, friends, accountants, lawyers and other industry peers.
This type of 'buddy' system has good intentions and is seen as a 'safe' environment for getting feedback about your business - but can be very ineffective.
It is often the case that people simply don't understand your business and what you're going through to make it all happen and hold it all together.
Forming your own ideas about the direction of your business then becomes difficult, if based on the opinions of others.
For many regional business owners "no one knows this game like I do" and are not seeking any help at all.
So what have other owners and operators been doing to get ahead of the game?
Some of the best product innovations, business models and new market initiatives to come out of regional Australia in recent times, are from organisations that have formed a Support Panel.
A Support Panel is a small group of independent mentors that use their complimentary skills and experience to provide advice on the strategic direction of your business.
These people do not have formal authority to make decisions on behalf of your business. The structure is flexible and informal.
Support Panels allow owners and operators to step away from day-to-day management issues and focus on the growth and development of their business, using a forum that challenges critical thinking.
Doing things right is always important. But true value for regional business is created when people have the opportunity to ask if in fact the business is doing the right things.
A Support Panel is functioning at it's best when:
  • The business owners and operators are open to receiving input from others.
  • Input from mentors is strategic, constructive and relevant to the current needs of the business.
  • Everyone keeps an open mind and actively participates.
  • Communication is open and honest.
  • Everyone is being challenged with critical thinking.
Support Panels are a proven technique that serve as an informal guide to help your business learn, grow and perform better.
If this sounds like something that meets your needs in 2015, we would love for you to take up our offer.
Alternatively, please refer our offer to anyone you know could use a helping-hand.
In the meantime, we wish you all the very best in your endeavours for 2015 and beyond.
Cheers.
CONTACT:
Jeremy Lomman