PURPOSE
What is the purpose of an advisor? Or a better question may be “why do most organizations engage advisors?” There are many reasons why both individuals and organizations seek professional advisors. Often those reasons result from one or a combination of the following.
Expertise – Advisors are commonly sought due to their ability to convey and utilize their expertise for the benefit of individuals and businesses.
Problems – This is where the phrase “You can’t see the forest because of the trees” comes in. Business owners can be too close to the business to be able to effectively identify problems or inefficiencies that may exist.
Supplement – Sometimes a business needs complementary talent to supplement existing roles or fill temporary gaps. Advisors can cost-effectively enhance those roles and/or fill identified gaps in knowledge, skill or ability.
Catalyst – Advisors can powerfully and positively change momentum or initiate action. They essentially “get the ball rolling” and/or help keep it rolling more effectively.
Objectivity – Employees and business owners can become emotionally engaged in the business and find it difficult to be objective. Or they may be concerned about what others will think about their viewpoints. Advisors are brought in for their objective third-party viewpoints.
Teaching – Due to the expertise the advisor has, they may be sought for knowledge transference from themselves to employees, executives or individuals.
Ideas – Advisors are engaged to combine expertise and creativity in order to develop new ideas for a business.
Growth – Every business wants to create and capture profitable growth. Whether starting a new business, opening a new division, establishing a new regional foothold, or executing a new product or service roll out, an Advisor can help maximize the aspects of creation, capture, and profit, while avoiding “growth” that actually destroys value. Growth and Value are not synonymous.
Influence – Some advisors are sought simply for who they know. This can range from influence over a large group of people or some very specific targeted relationships.
STRENGTH
Take Control has strength that is derived from expertise and a developed base of knowledge in many areas. In areas where we do not have direct expertise, we maintain a network of professionals that are available to participate in our projects to meet our clients’ needs. The following are inherent strengths specifically held by Take Control.
Planning – This is one of the key points of excellence within Take Control. We excel at taking stated objectives and developing an effective strategic plan to achieve them. This often includes identification and, at times, acquisition of required resources such as talent, materials, buildings and more, then matching those up against an achievable timeline.
Process Auditing – Whether a business is new or mature, it will have processes by which to manage and run its operations. Documented or not, processes in business still exist. We engage and assist in auditing business processes, such as invoicing, payables, customer interaction, sales, and more, in order to show where fine tuning can reap more revenue and/or reduce expenses, thereby increasing the bottom line.
Writing – Many individuals and organizations find it difficult to create professional and/or standardized documents, ranging from memos and letters to a wide variety of reports and other written communications. A properly crafted document can mean the difference between effective communication and ineffectively wasting time, or worse. We have crafted thousands of different documents and articles, for both private and public review.
Technology – The landscape of technology is constantly changing. The only consistent thing is that things will change. It is easy to get lost in the myriad of terms used in the information technology space. And then deciphering whether the additional capacities, that commonly mean additional expense, will actually deliver greater productivity or lowered cost. We take the mystery out of technology and techno-terminology and provide clarity in terms of what you actually need and its impact on your business ROI.
Resources – Businesses need resources to operate, compete, and profitably grow or expand. These resources can be talent, materials, manufacturing, logistics, capital, real estate, government cooperation (domestic & international), and more. Throughout our vast international network, we can help you locate and procure the resources that best satisfy your business needs.
CONCLUSION
Take Control does not profess to be all things to all people. We are known for saying “you do what you do best and let us do what we do best.” We are competent in the fields stated herein and have a track record of success within them. Most of our clientele is derived from referrals and we consider this to be the greatest compliment, reflecting both the trust and satisfaction of our clients. Should you seek our company for advisory services and we accept you as a client, you will experience the Take Control difference. Get started by visiting our contact page.