"A company can possess all the technical skills in the world but will achieve insignificant and unworthy results if it does not know how to market and sell itself."

Change Management Team Strategic Planning Coaching for Executives and Teams Business Succession Planning Feasibility Studies Business Planning and Finance

Knowledge Management MIS Design and Verification Communications Audit Marketing Research

Value Management Organizational Diagnostics Performance Evaluations Design and Implementation of Business Development and Sales Programs Client Surveys and In-House Surveys

Outsourcing Customer Relationship Management Finance and Banking Budgeting Development of Themes and Writing of All Parts of Annual Report Planning and Organizing for Annual General Meetings or for Similar Important Conferences or Meetings

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Change management refers to the methods, processes and tools that organizations and individuals use to effectively deal with the changes that affect them. These change methods, processes and tools provide clarity and focus and enable organizations and individuals to adapt, control and effect change in increasingly complex internal and external environments. Some of the methods used in change management are:

TEAM STRATEGIC PLANNING

The Team Strategic Planning Process is a systematic planning process designed to provide the management team with a structure and a comprehensive methodology to help manage change. It consists of two separate team planning meetings lead by a facilitator, with a period of research and cost/benefit analysis in between the planning sessions. Some examples of the changing circumstances which could necessitate team strategic planning are: a new CEO wants to bring his/her team together; a business is growing very fast; a company goes public; companies merge; one family generation takes over the management from the previous generation. A detailed description of the process is available upon request.

COACHING FOR EXECUTIVES AND TEAMS

Coaching is an extremely popular* and sought after professional training technique used to help businesses and individuals improve their organizational efficiency and overall productivity and to motivate and retain key personnel and executives. The coach acts as a listener and advisor and assists the client in achieving his/her objectives by first helping the person or team being coached to define their objectives and then by guiding the client with the implementation of the actions designed to achieve these objectives. A detailed description of coaching is available upon request. *(98% of those people who use coaches are pleased with the use and the results – Source: International Coaching Federation)

BUSINESS SUCCESSION PLANNING

It is a fact that 71% of current business owners expect to retire over the next 10 years, but fewer than 5% have succession plans. HGSG can help your company create a succession plan and guide you through the succession planning process by outlining how, when and to whom the business can be transferred or sold. HGSG can also assist in the areas of hiring, training and developing individuals for key roles. Proactive succession planning will enable you to find the best match and most lucrative result for transferring ownership.

FEASIBILITY STUDIES

If an organization is contemplating a significant change such as the relocation of its business, the development of a new product line, the purchase or development of major new assets, or some other important investment decision, it most likely will undertake a feasibility study to determine the resulting costs and benefits and the likelihood that it will be able to achieve its intended objectives and obtain the required financing. HGSG will complete the feasibility study and provide its “Stop” or “Go” recommendation together with appropriate alternatives, if appropriate.

BUSINESS PLANNING AND FINANCING

Typically after an organization receives a “Go” recommendation with regard to the feasibility of a project, it will proceed to the business plan phase if the project requires outside financing from financial institutions or investors. HGSG can help your company create a comprehensive business plan, including the all-important marketing plan and financial plan components which are the main focus of most investors. Also, as we have done for existing clients, we can find and negotiate suitable financing required to fund the project.