Why Attend the Development Series?

No one knows better than you just how difficult it is to start a business or manage one. As time passes the demands on your time, experience and knowledge continues to grow. Even with the success we all hope and plan for there are always new challenges that we need to face. There comes a time when we realize that we are working for our business rather than the business working for us. There also comes a time when we realize that as an owner, you must acquire additional skills, know-how and experience – SGI can help!

Through experience gained, combined with proven education, peer group networking and a desire to invest in knowledge, you will turn the corner and take charge with confidence.

Your competition is not standing still, they are trying to better their positioning and skills - shouldn’t you!

Business Planning and Analysis - Process and Methodology

It is critical to the success of any business to first establish a solid foundation. As obvious as it sounds, it is most often overlooked. Two most important elements in establishing a foundation are “the plan”, where the business owner must clarify vision and goals, how it will be achieved, time frames and estimates for profitability. Once the plan is worked the second most important process is “continuous analysis”, testing and measuring, then fine tuning the business to insure a path to success. SGI’s Business Owner Developer, a series of seminars and workshops, will show you the discipline and techniques successful business owners use, the why and how to create that desired path to success.

Human Resource Training and Development

Successful organizations realize employee retention and talent management are integral to sustaining their position in the marketplace. Retaining high-caliber employees and closing the gap between just average and star performers, in today's labor economy, should be of the highest priority. SGI’s Business Owner Developer series will show you how to implement and manage your most important resources by knowing your team better than they know themselves - maximizing strengths while minimizing weaknesses, determining career goals and setting career paths.

Marketing Strategy and Tactics

Creating a personality for your business and having the market place reacting in the way that creates customer loyalty, is an important next step in the businesses maturity model. It doesn’t require a major investment to create brand awareness, develop a winning image, generate a successful message that motivates buyers to act and communicate effectively to all of your constituencies. SGI’s “Marketing Series” is a comprehensive collection of offerings that will give the business owner all of the confidence necessary to create a successful marketing, branding, public relations and communication program or the assurance required to expertly manage or motivate the internal and external marketing professionals they have engaged.

Strategic Lead Generation and Selling

Locating suspects, turning them into prospects and finally converting them to customers, by closing the sale, is very often an acquired skill for most business owners – not every owner can be a natural seller. Our series of seminars moves from strategy to proven tactics to implement an active “lead generation” program that identifies up to 99 proven sources of leads and how to maximize your return from each one. Our Selling series is a real confidence booster and includes secrets to close sales, selling approaches and methods to increase selling volumes. Become a seller or motivate others by attending the full series .