• Accelerate your business growth
• Optimize your market and opportunities
• Learn tools and tips for greater efficiency
• Balance proactive strategies with reactive needs
• Gain practical knowledge and connect with peers
• Create a growth plan.

Improve your bottom line!

What’s holding you back? Register today!

• Designed for business owners who have been operating for at least 3 years
• Interactive learning approach – workbooks/group discussion/guest speakers
• Focuses on "your business" vs. text book examples
• Duration 8 weeks

Workbook 1 - Your Current Reality

• Numbers - What stories do they tell?
• Sales & Marketing – Who are your current/potential customers? Is it a push or pull approach?
• Competition – What’s your competitive positioning?
• Systems – Are they adequate for growth? (accounting, hr, sales process, IT)
• Issues/Implications

Workbook 2 - Envisioning Your Future

• Future vision for your business?
• Future vision for you?
• What are the obstacles preventing you from getting there?

Workbook 3 - Create Your Growth Plan

• What are your growth options?
• How feasible are they – investment of time, money, energy?
• What more do you need to know?
• What needs to change to realize growth?
• Develop action plan, timeline and budget.

• Session 1Kick-Off Session and Course Overview
• Session 2Understanding Your Current Reality
• Session 3Implications of Your Current Reality
• Session 4Envisioning Your Future
• Session 5Identifying Gaps between Current Reality and Your Future
• Session 6Exploring Strategies
• Session 7Marketing Planning
• Session 8Wrap-Up

• "An excellent course to help you focus and plan on your business growth"- M. Hooda, President, 1 Hour Signs
• "Thank you for 'giving' me the time to work on my business. I really enjoyed the interactive group sessions and open discussion. This is real, implementable and rewarding"- Jennifer Murray, The Nimble Assistant
• "The Growth Program was a great learning experience. What I did know I learned how to make it work better and what I did not know, I learned how to take that and better my business. As an entrepreneur we tend to get caught up in our day to day running of the business and forget about the big picture. But without a plan, without a budget, without goals and without dreams, where is your business going? If you cannot answer this question and you DO want to grow your business, you need to take this course. Kathy is an awesome teacher, lots of fun and very knowledgeable."- Pauline Hoffman, Professional Organizer, Speaker and Owner
• "Anybody who is thinking about taking the next step to growth NEEDS to be exposed not only to this program, but also to Kathy Burns. Period."
• "Investing in the Growth Program is the best money I have spent. My business is growing quickly and with strength."
• "Kathy (Burns) challenges you to move out of your comfort zone - and that's what it takes to build your business growth!"

There are 8 Sessions

Session Times: 9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Location: London Small Business Centre: 316 Rectory Street, 3rd Floor
Parking: Across the street on Florence at the Western Fair Grounds.

Kathy Burns
Burns Strategic Consulting Inc.

Kathy is President of Burns Strategic Consulting Inc. which provides growth solutions to entrepreneurs. She offers strategic marketing consulting and business coaching to small and medium sized enterprises in the technology, education, professional services and hospitality industries.

Kathy's consulting expertise stems from her passion for entrepreneurship and knowledge of strategy and marketing. Her marketing background includes: the development of brand management strategies; extensive market research including focus groups, stakeholder interviews and primary and secondary research; and the creation of marketing/communication plans. Her strategic planning skills have been honed through her consulting practice and management experience as well as her directorships on national, regional, municipal and community boards. Kathy’s entrepreneurial background includes founding, operating and selling a successful 100 –seat restaurant and developing two other start-up companies.

Kathy has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario and is an MBA graduate from the Richard Ivey School of Business. She is currently working toward her designation as a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) with The Coaches Training Institute. Kathy is a member of three organizations – The Canadian Association of Management Consultants, TechAlliance and The London Chamber of Commerce and is also serving as a Board Trustee for the Western Ontario Therapeutic Community Hostel (WOTCH).