We use a simple concept and approach that is comprehensive and customised to your business, your management style, your current circumstances, and the way you want to run your business.
The Shalom Business Concept is simple, but it requires the considerable skill and resources that we will bring to a working relationship with you. It proposes that your whole business comprises component parts that we call Business Building Elements. The following pie chart identifies these elements. Click on an element to learn more.
Shalom's consulting methodology reflects these Business Building Elements; and recognises all of which are integrated and interdependent.
The Business Building Cycle we propose necessitates:
1. Clarity of owner goals longer term and Primary Aims for the coming 12 months
2. Consideration of how these Goals and Primary Aims are to be achieved with due regard to each of the Business Building Elements
3. Documentation of the agreed Plan of action
4. Reduction of the Plan to an Action Program
5. Implementation of the Action Program
6. Regular review of business performance and the Action Program and
7. Ongoing problem solving and validation of the Plan to reflect a changing environment.
Integral to what we do is to undertake a Business Health Assessment. This is undertaken in conjunction with you for the purpose of agreeing the Elements in need of most focus and energy.
The information below gives an explanation of each element and identification of some services we can offer your business in order for it to grow and prosper.
Goals
Can you clarify your personal goals and related business goals? »
Goals are the basis for formulating a business plan and addressing each of the other elements. Clarity of goals allows the determination of long and short-term congruent business goals. |
Example Services
Business Health Assessment
Strategic & Business Planning
Commencing/Purchasing a Business |
Clients
Who are your customers and what are their needs and wants? »
There are segments of the total market more attractive than others. To market and sell effectively there is a need to define those target segments. As client needs and wants are constantly changing a business importantly needs to strive for continuous improvement and innovation.
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Example Services
Sustainable Competitive Advantages
Market Segmentation
Customer Survey |
Sales
How are your products best promoted and distributed? »
By defining clearly, our Clients, a business can then decide and establish in an informed manner the products and services that will satisfy the needs and wants of its target clients.
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Example Services
Marketing Plan
Selling Process
Performance Measurement |
Structure
Are all the functional areas of your operations coordinated? »
If a business is to produce optimum returns then it needs to ensure that all functional activity necessary for it to perform well have been identified and assigned to a specific team member, referred to as organisational structure.
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Example Services
Legal Structure
Organisational Chart
Asset Protection |
People
Are you recruiting and training your team well? »
The proposition is that business performance is intrinsically linked to the business recruiting the right people, achieving and maintaining their competency and keeping them.
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Example Services
Job Design
Induction Programs
Training Workshops |
System
Is your team aware of your procedures and policies? »
For consistency a business must clearly determine all tasks (work practices) it needs to perform to ensure outcomes are reached and determine how various issues (policies) relevant to its operations are to be addressed.
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Example Services
Operating Manuals
Policy Manuals
Job Aids, Forms & Precedents |
Resources
Are you equipped with resources to achieve optimum performance? »
Business performance is influenced by how well we equip our people with the right tools to allow them to function effectively and efficiently. |
Example Services
Assets Register
eBusiness Development
Communications Capability |
Finance
Do you know that your financial affairs are in good order? »
The scope of this element is broad. It encompasses business:
- Compliance with all statute relevant to its operations
- Working capital management
- Prudent levels of debt to equity
- Adequacy of shareholder returns
- Adequacy of funding for business development and
- Funding all business plan initiatives.
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Example Services
Wealth Creation
Funding Applications
Forecasting |
Management & Administration
Do you harness good decision making and problem solving? »
The scope of this element is broad but fundamentally what this element addresses is the recognition that for people to perform well in any role they need information. The challenge for any business is to ensure they are furnished with the right information, in the right form and at the right time.
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Example Services
Statutory Compliance
Key Performance Indicators
Problem Resolution |
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