SMEs are Critical to our
Nation's Economic Vitality
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) — which in the U.S. are typically defined as firms with more than 9 but fewer than 100 ("Small") or 500 ("Medium") employees — together account for more than $1.4 trillion in annual payroll and employ more than 44 million workers in the United States alone. According to U.S. Census Bureau data for 2002, there are more than 1.1 million Small Enterprises and another 82,000 Medium-Sized Enterprises in the U.S. By any measure, SMEs are a powerful economic force. Catalyst is committed to supporting these critical contributors to our national economy by providing "blue chip" quality process improvement, organization development, and strategic planning solutions at prices that SMEs can readily afford. Remember, our value promise to you is that we provide Consulting-that-Works™ by only offering solutions that create real value. We know that results are all that matter, especially to SMEs that can ill-afford waste or inefficiency of any kind in this increasingly competitive global economy.
The Special Needs of SMEs
Many Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises find themselves in a kind of "no man's land" with respect to access to the highest quality — and therefore, most effective — solutions to their critical business challenges. They are too small to be able to afford in-house process improvement, organization development or strategic planning experts (how many MBA's and PhD's do you employ?) but their budgets are typically too restrained to be able to afford the $5,000-plus daily fees charged by principals at nationally-known consulting firms. So many of these companies try to convince themselves that they don't really need "outside" help or they try and make do with the same advisors that were so helpful to them when they were much smaller and less complex. Do either of these responses sound familiar to you?.
Catalyst recognized this dilemma and responded by developing our innovative Unlocking Results™ series of standardized workshops and seminars. This portfolio of workshops, seminars and special services has been designed — and fielded tested — to solve many of the recurring problems that SMEs typically face. Regardless of their industry, size, location, or growth aspirations, we have found that clients across the business spectrum can benefit from the results that our pre-packaged solutions can yield. And because we have been successful at amortizing the costs of developing these solutions across multiple clients, you see a substantial discount in the cost of receiving the highest caliber consulting help available.
Give Us One Day ...
and We'll RESHAPE Your Organization's FUTURE
A bold promise … but one born of years of experience helping organizations such as yours re-invent their futures. We are organizational change experts who focus on improving our client’s results without lengthy, and expensive, consulting engagements. We are practical, innovative, economical and fearless – we are not afraid to “kick sleeping dogs” when those “dogs” are preventing our clients from reaching their true potentials. Take a bold step … call us today. We’ll help you dramatically improve your future – starting tomorrow!
The key to changing your organization’s future in only one day is our exclusive
Strategy Validation, Action Planning and Team Development (SAT) Workshop. And the key to making these intensive sessions successful is our expert facilitators, each of whom has the education, experience and executive-level credibility to help you and your senior team:
- objectively analyze your current situation
- assess the degree of alignment and focus among the leadership team
- identify and prioritize key action plans and new value-creation initiatives
- improve your team’s on-going performance
