• Succession planning: separating family issues from business issues; understanding the differences between family, equity, and ability; opening up channels of effective communication between generations; exit plans; executive development plans; stock ownership and equity transfer

• Strategic planning: writing an effective business plan, implementing the plan and tracking progress; separating strategic investments from operating purchases; evaluating the long-term payoff

• Team building: helping attract, screen, interview, hire, compensate, train, and develop the best person available for any position

• Compensation plans: installing profit-sharing programs in companies, establishing productivity bonus programs for employees

• New product development: financial projection models, sales forecasting models, market positioning

Chuck’s long-term consulting services include:

• Building profits in your business where profit margins are too thin to allow for growth of the business or to realize the dreams of the owner, where businesses are experiencing severe financial difficulty and serious turnaround measures are required
  
  
• Building sales in your business by establishing sales objectives, identifying target markets, understanding your customers, developing solution images, interviewing and hiring the right salesperson, and designing an effective sales-training program
  
  
• Developing executive skills in the business owner by evaluating the owner’s strengths and weaknesses and designing an individualized Executive Development program
  
  
• Creating systems and operations manuals, including service production processes, sales processes, bookkeeping and administrative processes, hiring processes, and personnel training programs
  
  
• Writing handbooks, including company policies, job descriptions, wage and compensation plans
  
  
• Understanding and using financial reports, including balance sheets; income statements; cash flow reports; job costing spreadsheets; operating efficiency reports; and labor, equipment, material, and vehicle cost analyses