What Sets Us Apart?

• Each group has a professional leader who runs a successful business and has proven coaching and consulting skills.
 
• Each group has a variety of established businesses. Members are exposed to many perspectives and see how similar problems are dealt with in different industries.
 
• Focus on "eye-level" problems. Members deal with the issues uppermost in their minds, not what some expert feels they should deal with.
 
• A balance between strategic overview and ad hoc problem-solving.
 
• A combination of tackling "right-now" problems, exercises to upgrade management skills, and one-on-one coaching.
 
• Belonging to an ongoing group gives members support in applying the lessons and ideas they gain.
 
• The Business Group is one of the few resources for established, vital, but small companies. There are other organizations that cater to the needs of start-ups and self-employed individuals, and for larger companies.

 
The group format has several benefits: 

• Brainstorming. Wide-ranging backgrounds of members create fertile ground for feedback.
 
• Role models. Members have the example of other business owners who have successfully dealt with the problem they are now facing.
 
• Encouragement and support from the other members during the toughest times.
 
• Members clarify their own lessons by helping others.
 
• The group format allows it to be very cost-effective.