Overview: Becoming a Certified Business Associate

Founded in 1990  ●  Offices in Over 20 Countries

1. Ninety percent of all new external consultants and trainers fail - are you among the few with the deep pockets and perseverance to be the 10 percent who make it?

2. What will you do if your income for the 1^st 6 months is zero? How much do you have to invest in starting up your own business and practice at the same time?

3. Are you highly skilled in (1) selling/closing and (2) group dynamics/facilitation? If not, you will fail.

4. If you are just looking for us to provide you clients and business, look elsewhere. Here we each have our own P/L and personal accountability.

5. We are an alliance and network, not a firm. Each person is his or her own sole proprietor and is responsible for his or her own profit and loss as part of our mid-size, Tier II Haines Centre for Strategic Management brand. For this reason we strongly recommend you use our well known and visible Haines Centre brand as well - ask us for details.

6. We operate from our strong value system, including a "loose-tight" framework for intradependent/interdependent colleagues.

7. We work as a team; we do not grant territories. We provide each other referrals, learnings, and joint work.

8. We are for people who want to join and be with colleagues and for those who want to have others help them increase their business.

9. We only work with Strategic Management consultants and trainers who have a strong presence and 10+ years work experience.

10. Our clients are CEOs. We focus on Strategic Management (Strategic Planning, People/HR, Leadership, and Leading Enterprise-Wide Change) as our primary business to align delivery to create customer value. (see our Online Store).

11. We are primarily a consulting firm who does mastery level training as part of this results focus.