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Most business coaching is long on theory and short on results. You get a thick binder, a few good ideas, and then you’re left alone to figure it out.
We don't do that.
Instead, you get a partner with you to install the Scaling Up performance platform—the world’s most effective and practical performance platform for ambitious mid-market companies. We don't add complexity; we strip it away, leaving you with a simple, powerful system for running your business.
Mark Fenner's role as your Scaling Up Coach is to guide the process, challenge your team’s assumptions, and install the foundational habits of execution:
This isn't about fluff. It's a fundamental shift in how your business runs, creating the discipline and alignment required to scale.
1. ESOP vs. Private Equity: A Clear Distinction: Gain a comprehensive understanding of how each succession model operates, including their respective advantages, drawbacks, and the critical trade-offs to meticulously weigh.
2. Why Lone Star Chose ESOP: Uncover the foundational business, financial, and cultural drivers that made an ESOP the ideal fit for Lone Star. More importantly, learn how to assess if this path aligns with your own company's vision and objectives.
3. Cultivating an Ownership-Driven Culture: Explore the transformative power of employee ownership and how it can significantly elevate engagement, accountability, and ultimately, long-term value creation within your organization.
4. The Essential Questions to Ask: Equip yourself with the precise questions to pose when engaging with advisors or exploring your diverse succession alternatives. Clarity here is paramount.
5. Maximizing Value Pre-Transition: Discover how a well-articulated strategic plan—coupled with the right coaching partnership—can dramatically enhance your company's readiness and maximize your return, irrespective of your chosen transition path.
After years of feeling stuck, Cougar USA partnered with RISE Performance Group to implement the Scaling Up performance platform, doubling revenue, increasing gross profit margins, and freeing up executive time—hear President Tim Zacharias share how RISE helped transform their business.
Mark Fenner is not just an “executive leadership coach.” With a multiple decades-long history of educating and inspiring great leaders, Mark’s influence goes far beyond the ordinary. Through his established methodology, The RISE Way, Mark empowers leaders in the healthcare, integration, manufacturing, financial, and professional services sectors to reach new heights, pushing them to think bigger, act bolder, and commit assertively to the priorities that drive their organizations to scale more rapidly and profitably - to achieve transformative impact on the mid-market.
Mark is a frequent contributor to local and national media outlets including ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC.
