The business consulting team helps Crow, Shields & Bailey clients create the business they wanted when set up the business in the first place. Most people start a business to gain financial independence, to be their own boss, to take vacations when they want to, and so on. The sad reality is that the opposite usually happens. They become so involved working IN their business that they become consumed by it. Business owners are technicians. They take their skill and develop it by harnessing the business around it.

Few businesses ever reach their full potential, for a variety of reasons. Although business owners are good at what they do, they generally have had little or no training in the art of running a business. In most cases, they fail to focus on things that are really important because they are to busy tending to the technical aspects of the business. The business lacks the systems that provide predictable results. Team members are often frustrated because communication is not adequate and incentives are not in place to keep the team motivated. In other words, there is a real lack of planning and control in the business. The owner doesn’t go to work each day to manage a business, they go to work to do a job.

Crow, Shields & Bailey has developed a process to help our clients learn to work ON their business rather than IN it. Our Business Consulting team will help them strategically plan for the future, set targets, develop measurement tools to monitor progress, and assess the things that need to change as circumstances are altered.

Our experience tells us that this service is not for everyone. It’s not intended to be. Ask yourself the following questions and if you keep getting “no” answers, you might be a perfect fit for our service.

•	Is your business as profitable as it could be?
•	Do you have more free time now that you are the boss?
•	Do you have a plan of succession to eventually retire and sell your business at a fair price?
•	Do you know what your business is worth?
•	Do you spend most of your time working “on” your business (like a boss should) or
•	Do you work “in” it?

The Business Consulting team's job is to turn those “no” answers into “yes” answers. If you are open to advice and not afraid of change, call us for a free consultation to see if there is a fit for you. What have you got to lose? We guarantee our work! Is your business as profitable as it can be?

Team Members
Kenny Crow	kennyc@csbcpa.com