Secrets2Success

The reason why most businesses fail is because they can’t sustain the growth or ‘busy-ness’ of their business.

The real key to success is in understanding the critical ’strategic’ roles that business owners must play, and separate, in their businesses. These critical, but often overlooked roles are those of the director, manager and shareholder.

As a shareholder, we must look at your business as an investment and expect your board (directors) to give you a return on your investment (that is higher than a simple deposit in the bank)… especially in small business where you invest not only your money, but your time, relationships and a lot of energy. As shareholders, you must hold your board to account to report on and deliver your expected and promised results.

As a director, you must realise that you are legally responsible to run the business.  You must support your management, be accountable for results and you must guide the strategic direction of your business vision.

As a manager, you must realise that you are responsible and accountable to your directors, your shareholders, staff and customers for the results you achieve in the day to day operations of the business. This value placed on results will vary for each of these stakeholders and it is the manager’s job to ensure that all parties get these results or the health of the business will suffer.

Often in small business, people juggled all of these roles…wearing all hats at the same time and therefore unable to clearly deliver the results of any single role.

So who are you?

Are you clear about the role you’re meant to be playing in your business?

Gaining this clarity and instituting the mechanisms of governance and accountability will have a profound impact on your bottom line!

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What separates successful business owners from those who merely own a job in their own business?

While many business owners aspire for explosive growth, only a few recognize the critical distinctions of success or have the entrepreneurial guidance to ever make it happen.

Some business owners end up owning a job in their business, while others manage to build and grow successful enterprises that create wealth while enjoying every moment of it.

What makes the difference?

Carl Bates Chairman of the Sirdar Group

The astonishing growth that Carl Bates, Chairman of the Sirdar Group, global entrepreneur with world-wide success has managed to achieve has been through supporting other small and medium businesses to achieve their own extreme business success. He has done this by astutely applying principles of governance and entrepreneurship to address their business growth challenges.

Carl believes that regardless of the industry you operate in, the fundamentals of running a business are all the same and it is critical for these to be astutely implemented to achieve extreme business success.

In a powerful and engaging workshop, Carl will share powerful insights into “What it Means to be an Effective Business Owner”. He will reveal the importance of holding yourself and your team to account and the key distinctions between being a Shareholder in your enterprise, a Director and a Manager, something many small to medium business owners incorrectly assume is a tool only for “big corporates”.

The feedback Carl gets everywhere he travels, says it all. His practical insight and clarity with which he directs business people’s attention to achieve beyond what they think was possible is mind blowing.

Join Carl on this business expedition and uncover and come to understand:

• The investment you have in your business and how you should treat it.
• Your role as a shareholder in your business.
• The reality of what actually being held accountable in your business means.
• The role of a board of directors and the absolute value it will add to your business.
• How to grow your business through giving back.

WHERE, WHEN AND HOW?

Your investment to join us for this insightful and empowering workshop:

R247 per person and you get to BRING YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER FOR FREE
Tea/coffee will be provided.

To secure your place at this limited opportunity event or to find out more, please email eventsa@sirdargroup.com or call:
Karen Barensche (Cape Town) on 082 461 1418 or
Lisa Gering (Johannesburg) 082 441 9419.

Who is Sirdar?

Sirdar works with business owners to plot a business route of extreme business success.

Sirdar works with committed business people who are passionate about what they do and have a vision for the future. Sirdar recognises and then fosters this passion and links it to our business, governance and management expertise, to create enterprises that define markets and lead industries.

By growing our partners and clients businesses through providing them with governance and management, Sirdar has experienced exponential growth since inception in 2007. Like any new business Sirdar had zero revenue on start-up. Six months later the group revenue was R7 million and at the end of July 2008, it had reached R57 million. In roughly just under two years Sirdar’s group revenue had grown by over 800%. Sirdar now operates in South Africa, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

Stainability and social enterprise is core to Sirdar’s Global business. We believe strongly in building emerging economies by developing local small to medium enterprise. Specifically Sirdar itself, and its equity partners, implement transactional giving to achieve this.

What makes the difference?

While some business owners end up owning a job in their business, others manage to build and grow successful enterprises that create true wealth while enjoying every moment of it.

Regardless of the industry they operate in, come and find out what lies behind astonishing growth and success. Discover how you and your business can benefit from astutely applying principles of success and entrepreneurship to address your business growth challenges and achieve extreme business success.

Testimonials:

“I have seldom seen a room of people so inspired and talking instant positive action to create AND implement truly solid processes to achieve totally new performance levels in their businesses.”
-Paul Dunn, Globally Acclaimed Serial Entrepreneur & Business Mentor

“Carl Bates is an inspiring leader who has an exceptional amount of business nous.”
- Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce Magazine, July 2008

“Your investment in this workshop will drive home the distinctions between shareholders, directors and management – which will lift your business to another level when you apply it.”
- Paul Wetton, Pachira Capital Pty Ltd, Australia