WHY A MENTOR?
Whether you are an employee in a business trying to manage your career or an entrepreneur building your own dream, doing it on your own can be tough. Having someone to provide counsel, help identify, clarify and resolve issues can be of immense assistance.
You may be wondering how to balance work and personal issues, how to elevate your personal profile at work, how to retain credibility or be heard as a voice among many.
You may have a wonderful business idea but don't have experience in running a business, creating a plan, managing the many different aspects that require attention for the business to thrive and elevate your success beyond today's horizons.
HOW DO WE HELP?
Working with an elev8 advisory mentor or coach can provide an individual with a framework and process to clarify goals and develop solutions. As each individual's needs are different, so are the tools we use to assist you - but always with the aim to enhance your performance and outcomes.
Mentoring arrangements can be made individually or as part of a corporate HR program.
WHY BUSINESS ADVISORY?
Nothing in business stays still. Business growth is one of key aims of many businesses. How is your business meeting the needs and wants of your customers? How does your business differentiate its offering from the competition? How is the business managing new markets and disruptive forces in existing ones? Can the business meet the demand you wish to generate?
Some businesses face challenges as a result of mergers or demergers, changes in leadership, service lines or markets. Other challenges result from rapid growth without supporting structures or processes.
When it gets tough, the result is that everyone doubles down and works harder. But often the answers are within the business and just need to be drawn out by stepping back and looking at things a different way.
HOW DO WE HELP?
Depending on the challenges your business is facing, elev8 advisory can help to provide your business with renewed focus, clear direction and improved overall performance.
You may require assistance facilitating a strategy review and drawing on the skills and knowledge within the business in a new way. You may require a review of your markets and offering. You may need guidance with systems and processes for operating in a growth environment.
While every business is unique, many of the underlying principles are the same. Our experience can assist you to apply them to suit your business' needs. We can help you to plan your next growth phase with confidence and provide the business with the tools to bring the plans to life and elevate your business' performance.
WHY A BOARD REVIEW?
A board of directors is expected to oversee so many different aspects of the business: stakeholder management, risk, strategy, culture and values, diversity, regulatory requirements and sustainability, to name a few. The stakes are high and boards and directors are increasingly held accountable, whether for a business or a social enterprise.
Boards of directors also need to ensure their governance processes are continually developing to meet the changing nature of the business, its challenges and risks, and the external environment it operates within.
Amongst all these demands, how often does your board take time out to reflect on its own performance? Does your board run like a well-oiled machine, with all the directors making valuable contributions? Are the values and culture of the company reflected in the board's own conduct? Is there an unspoken dynamic occurring that may be impeding optimal performance?
HOW DO WE HELP?
Undertaking an elev8 advisory board review allows directors to reflect on their achievements and opportunities for improvement in order to elevate the board's performance. A board review provides directors and the chairman with benchmarks and feedback in relation to overall governance performance, taking into account all stakeholders, with a view to optimising effectiveness.