{"id":2488,"date":"2013-06-27T14:12:10","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T14:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2013-06-27T14:12:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T14:12:10","slug":"july-2013-are-you-creating-a-valuable-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/?p=2488","title":{"rendered":"July 2013 Are You Creating a Valuable Business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0How does a business become valuable?<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Excellent leadership (but focussed at making themselves redundant)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">An effective organisation (&amp; suits the business requirement)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A motivating environment (in which the<strong> best<\/strong> people excel)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Simple financial management and control (so owners can focus on the business)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The means to achieve profit growth (by realising sales\/operations excellence)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Develop the businesses capabilities (the ones that are difficult to replicate)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Means of exiting people (those that no longer meet the needs of the business)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">But what types of support do business owners have around them?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Accountants, Consultants, Banks, Interim Managers, Government initiatives, Turnaround specialists, Venture capital, Corporate Finance, Lawyers and of course &amp; ultimately Insolvency Practitioners!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">What is common with this type of support?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Since 2008 these types of support have had very little work<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Is this support therefore disconnected with what owners want or require?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Uniquely icebreaker are very busy. This is probably something to do with the fact we are in the same boat and row in the same direction as business owners because from the start our interests are aligned with the <strong>current<\/strong> business owners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Our target is to increase our EIS approved investment portfolio from 2 to 5 by the end of this year, and to enable these hard working, ambitious business owners to attain their full business worth within 2 years. Our motivation is to ensure that the process and outcome uses the best, but does not get corrupted by\u00a0narrow solutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Why is our support resourceful? Because we measure the capability of icebreaker leadership by what happens when we are NOT there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Supporting a business owner realise their business value, has got to be a good thing, so if you are a bank, business owner or would like to make an introduction feel free get in contact +44(0)7720 597869.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">PS. click on this <a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?e=001M5MwJ9lqR69wiAVZcOHNlRG7KnAq8JI0IvQkVNVYgng3lRgbqhxZZVwvh2XiPHOg6M0Q_Ycm_crQZfau-HUepDlcfF8kom_cupx4cyPNQqhFXHipPY2yVSQqnfCB2A2ttgTTK9-V3bNkaoMgl6zbXXe9pTmDExwYCBob9Ow-u0ZTh1gMNamoeUL-UJR9V1xBRuIgT9DVFAEwtiUMKNRECLnxbfEfKytDWGmfci6sPyJEgZ99pvWXeSGQmmIhz_Ka\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\" rel=\"noopener\">picture<\/a>: the overview should capture the experience of working with us;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Have a great day<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Tom Pickering\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">CEO Icebreaker Executive\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"mailto:tom.pickering@icebreakerexecutive.com\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\" rel=\"noopener\">tom.pickering@icebreakerexecutive.com\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0How does a business become valuable? 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