Most small businesses struggle and never harness their full potential for four key reasons:
- Employees are not empowered to find problems
- The company is not using a structured team problem-solving approach
- The employees are not utilizing continuous process improvement
- The employees do not have the same passion, vision, and goals as the owners
Most business owners focus the majority of their efforts on trying to increase sales. Why? Because they believe an increase in sales will solve their problems, and much of the business instruction in our nation is focused on sales.
Of course, sales are the lifeblood of the business, but what about your people and your processes? Your people are your most important asset. Your operations represent 70-80% of your costs. Learning to improve your people and processes ignite quality, growth, and profits.
The Cycle-of-Success is a management system for accomplishing significant improvement in the areas of: profitability, quality, growth and performance for small and medium-sized companies. What is achieved in the first 12 months of the program will take most companies 4-5 years to accomplish on their own. The average COSI graduate improves 5-10 times in several key measurable areas of the business.
COSI is based upon half-day hands-on classroom training sessions and weekly one-hour coaching sessions over the course of a year. We do not consult, we teach and coach the owners, managers and employees how to use and implement the COSI tools.
Our Market Strategy
At the Cycle-of-Success Institute, we focus our development and marketing efforts towards Associations and Development Agencies as the primary means of reaching potential enrolling companies.
For associations, we look to establish a true partnership that provides a positive relationship between the Cycle-of-Success, the association, and the association members. The association wins as they can realize an added revenue stream for their business while providing clear value for member retention and new member development. The association member wins as they continue to thrive in a challenging market. And, we win as we continue to focus on a program that allows us to bring economic stability to our communities.
For local economic development organizations, we can provide their constituents with the training needed to keep them financially viable and profitable. Once again, this helps keep a community economically whole and viable. And, the companies in the area realize a true partner in the development organization as they offer their company members a program that keeps them profitable.
We have successfully partnered with a number of associations to bring our unique program to their members. Here are just a few of the associations we have worked with:
Women’s Business Development Center
Illinois Department of Transportation – Minority Contractors division
Illinois Department of Commerce – Small Business Development Centers
Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development – City of Chicago
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
FWC – Federation of Women Contractors
HACIA – Hispanic American Contractors
ICNC – Industrial Council of Near-West Chicago
CCV – Chicago Community Ventures
GNDC – Greater Northwest Development Corporation
Ravenswood Industrial Council
Little Village Business Association
Lake Kinzie Industrial Leadership Council
ndiana Home Builders Association
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