Full Circle

Hands-on, strategic business support that helps you define your goals, uncover opportunities, and move forward with clarity, confidence, and the right expertise around you.

Overview

In the initial stages, you will work with me to set your business goals. You might want to raise finance for a capital project or acquire another business. You might need support with your succession planning, or ultimately you might want to sell your business. If you’re really ambitious, you might want to achieve all of these things. my business support experience and extensive network means that I can help you.

Whatever your goals might be, we will then analyse what’s happening in the business right now. Together we will work through your current strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities.

I will then use my unique framework so together we can harness your ambitions to achieve your goals.

With over 25 years of business support under my belt, Maxine knows where gaps in businesses can hide. Importantly, I can use my experience, skills and network to turn gaps into growth opportunities.

What to expect

1.

I work with businesses of all shapes and sizes and know that they all need:

  • A product or service that people want to buy

  • Great people and culture

  • Efficient operations

  • On the money finance and funding

  • A way of spreading the word.

These are the 5 Circles of business.

2.

I have unique diagnostic tool that covers all of the 5 Circles. It is an modular but interlocking tool that ask lots of questions and will easily uncover gaps in your business and turn these into opportunities.

I am proudly well-networked and can quickly and easily identify other support mechanisms too.

3.

I will embed myself in your business and whether you’re working with me once a week or once a month I will quickly become a friendly part of your team.

Case study

Growing and ambitious professional services business. Regionally based. National client base.

    • Established shareholder long term and short term goals

    • Review of accounts and financial monitoring

    • Root and branch review of all external suppliers and introductions to potential new bankers, funders and accountants.

    • Full review of the current position of the business including:

      • strengths and weaknesses

      • market positioning

      • messaging

    • Full team values session

    • Marketing strategy and full go to market plan written

    • Supporting junior members of the team with their networking skills.

    • Framing the forecasts and budgets for next financial year.

    • Reviewed QA processes and held the team accountable for making operational changes. Then took part in a full team training session to introduce updated process efficiencies.

    • Made several introductions to potential referrers.

    • Client and competitor analysis.

    • Introduced videographers to allow more impactful messaging.

    • Introduced to external providers that could support with specific leadership and development programmes.

Maxine integrated seamlessly into the team, bringing warmth, honesty and curiosity, while asking the right questions and constructively challenging to improve outcomes. Her impact has been felt across the business already, and we’re excited to keep working with her as we plan for the future.

Get in touch

Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime. If you’re feeling ready, go ahead and apply.