Welcome to The Peak Performance Group Blog!  Next week we will be kicking off a series of weeks focused on developing your Peak Performance Strategic Business Plan.  We are offering our Peak Performance Strategic Business Plan as a complimentary gift to anyone who would like to participate in this series.

Simply email us to register for the Business Planning series today!

Who should participate?

·         Everyone who is in business and does not have a current, up to date, completed, strategic business plan

·         Business owners who have never completed a Market Analysis

·         Business’s that have not performed a Competitive Analysis

·         Business’s that are not using a comprehensive Marketing Plan

·         Business owner’s who have not developed an Exit Strategy, or do not know what their business must “look” like when it is time to make their exit

·         Businesses that will depend on employees, staff, contract employees, or partners to achieve their goals and objectives

·         Sales professionals who are serious about building a solid book of business

·         Anyone considering a business start-up

Every business benefits from developing a business plan.  Identifying your core competencies, competitors, unique selling proposition, target market, and market demand produces though provoking awareness and the ability to broaden your perspective while narrowing your most effective action steps.

Ultimately, your finished product will help you not only communicate your business concept more precisely, it will help you understand:

·         The unique strengths that can contribute to competitive advantage

·         Areas of weakness that otherwise may have gone unnoticed and unattended

·         Where opportunities exist that otherwise would have never been actualized

·         Market threats and potential obstacles for which you can develop plans to prevent, avoid, or develop solutions to overcome in advance

Developing your Peak Performance Strategic Business Plan will propel your business to new heights!  You will create a perfect strategy to:

·         Increase your revenue

·         Improve profit margins

·         Expand your market reach

·         Launch new products or services

The Peak Performance Strategic Business Plan is comprised of about 13 components, the

1. Executive Summary
2. The Company
3. Business Concept, Products, and Services
4. Management and Organization
5. Strategic Position
6. Market Analysis
7. Competitive Analysis
8. Opportunities
9. Marketing Plan
10. Exit Strategy
11. Operations Plan
12. Financial Plan
13. Appendices and Exhibits

Each week, we’ll address a new section, with the exception of the Strategic Position and Market Analysis.  We will spend two weeks addressing these components. I’ll be hosting weekly group conference calls to support you in the development of your unique plan.  Calls are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 9:30 am ET.  Email us for more information and to register for these calls.

My goal for you is that you complete the weekly “homework” so that at the end of the series you will have a complete, concise, and comprehensive business plan.  I have found that most small business owners will put the very important task of developing a business plan on the back burner, rarely finish, or never get to it.  Most do this because they are either:

·         intimidated by the process,

·         simply don’t know how to develop a business plan

·         operating their business with some level of effectiveness and believe that success will continue to befall them and therefore do not need a plan

·         already invested in their business and are fearful that if they develop the business plan, they may find they don’t like the steps that must be executed to achieve success or that success requires far more than they anticipated and “it’s better to never look at those facts than to be faced with a situation they do not know how to cure.”

·         really believe success just happens

·         hate to do the planning required to achieve success.

I’ve decided to tackle the plan in one-week segments so that you have a “do-able” project, with a concrete and “do-able” action plan that is able to be completed in about two hours each week.  Each person and business being unique, you will find it may take you a little more or a little less time each week.  Ultimately, you will end up with a plan that will guide you to the success you want to achieve within your business.

You are invited to visit the blog and post business plan questions that are pertinent to your unique business situation.  Alternatively, you may wish to send your questions via email.  Questions will be answered during the coaching conference calls.  

Please spread the word to your friends and colleagues.  Participants may join during any week.  One-on-one support is available should you desire to receive individual coaching.  Feel free to call me at 813.654.3009 for more information.

I look forward to supporting you in your business success!  Until next week…

Sheri' Taber
www.ThePPGinc.com