Business Assessment and Goal Setting
Simple Steps to Starting Your Business Series
To grow your business, you need a plan. In this workshop, we will discuss and use the tools you need to build your growth plan: assess your industry and business, identify your business needs, determine your strengths and weaknesses, and create reasonable, workable goals to ensure your continued success.
Description (paragraph format) for Event
This workshop addresses:
- Planning for Growth--What does growth mean to you?
- Industry Lifecycle--What is the current state of your industry and your business?
- Strategic Planning--Where are you? Where do you want to be? How do you get there?
- Business Needs Assessment--What are your goals? What do you need to meet them?
- SWOT Analysis--What are your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats?
- Goal Setting--Are your goals specific, measureable, attainable, relevant, and timely?
- An overview of the other “Simple Steps” workshops
Presenter: Carol Meyer
Carol is currently a small business owner with a professional background as a management accountant and business/process consultant. Her experience includes business development and marketing for manufacturing, service, retail, and hi-tech industries as well as non-profits. She is a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA) in the UK.