Welcome Business Owner,
- Is your small to mid-size company expanding and consuming every waking moment of your time?
- Do you even have time to take a breath and gain perspective?
- Are you concerned that the quality of your decision making is compromised by your stress level?
"I suspect that like most business owners, you work 24/7 just managing the core business and marketing your services or products, a consuming endeavor that doesn’t always allow quality time or perspective to identify infrastructure needs or reassess contracted services. When expansion occurs quickly, you may feel like you are simply making it up as you go along, putting one foot in front of the other, just to keep moving forward. Women, in particular, tend to be over-achieving multi-taskers, handling everything put in front of you, sometimes forgetting to take a breath and a healthy reflective pause. Simply put, you are dancing as fast as you can."
Most likely, you have invested in marketing, either in-house or with an external company or consultant, to help you drive sales and increase revenue. But you may not have the level of operational and organizational support you need as the business challenges grow.
And sometimes you don't need another business course or expert advice book. Sometimes you just need someone to stand next to you, roll up her sleeves and help. When you are ready to invest in an experienced, personable mentor to help you gain perspective and empower you to co-create the solutions required to:
- increase profitability,
- improve productivity, or
- position your company for growth,
"At any stage of the business I will help you take that healthy pause, as a confidante and business mentor who can step into your shoes, help you articulate (or re-articulate) the business strategies, and collaborate with you to create, streamline or expand all operational aspects of the business. We will co-create and implement best practices to increase profitability, improve productivity, or position the company for expansion, firming up a foundation that allows you to focus on what you do best. We will assess employee skills and co-create an action plan for matching your company’s most valuable assets, your people, with the longer term business strategies. When the agreed upon goals have been completed, I will bow out, leaving your company ready for the next level."
Offering an array of services to suit your specific needs and that work within your budget, Lisa will partner with you for a pre-determined period of time. As Your Interim COO, she will leave your company poised for expansion or streamlined for greater return on investment.
While your business may not require a full time COO at this time, Lisa will work on-site (or off-site if applicable) only as long as her support is needed, to help you refine your business goals, assess the status quo, and devise strategic and tactical plans to meet your objectives. Lisa will assist you in implementing the proper strategy or help you set it in motion and drop back in on an as-need basis.
Lisa Jacoby brings thirty years of hands-on experience and knowledge working in corporations, mid-size organizations and in start-up entrepreneurial endeavors. Recognized for excellent skills in leadership, employee development and creating significant business relationships, Lisa is direct, empowering and an analytical thinker. She will help you look at your expanding or contracting company through new eyes and help you make the decisions that serve your business, your employees, your vendors and your bottom line. From cost controls to technology enhancements, Lisa provides solid judgment and creative solutions with the sensitivity required in this challenging economic environment.
