Our objective is to provide broad-based financial and operational consulting to enable your company to grow faster and more profitably.

Benefits to Clients

Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP): Six years experience helping over 90 companies in 50 different industries increase sales, cut costs and stay in business.

Partnership: Develop long-term relationship with strong decision-making support. Typically work in ½ day sessions with business owners. Each meeting focuses on accomplishing specific objectives.

Consulting by the minute: ...for business owners who don't need much time, or help. See Fees page for details.

Business leadership: Receive financial and organizational guidance.

Profitably grow your business: Improve strategies for growth and contingency planning.

Serve as mentor: Work closely with accounting and administrative support areas to improve efficiencies and expand capabilities.

Client locations: Asheboro, Charlotte, Greensboro, High Point, Hillsborough, Lexington, Liberty, Reidsville, Winston-Salem

Client Profile

Target Companies: Companies that don't need a full-time Controller/CFO or are in process of replacing a CFO and need time for a thorough selection process. Companies experiencing stagnant growth or financial distress.

Contacts: CEO, President, Business Owner.

Current Clients: Startups, turnarounds, expansions, reorganizations

Client Industry Profiles: Auto Rental/Repair/Sales, Business Software, Communications, Construction, Environmental Services, Entertainment, Equipment Wholesaler, Florist Wholesaler, Insurance, Importer - Furniture, Lumber Products, Medical Practice, Metal Resale, Office Products, Printer, Product Packaging, Promotional Products, Property Leasing.

Manufacturing: Accessories, Clothing, Electronics, Embroidery, Food Products, Furniture, Garden Products, Injection Molds, Mailings, Plastic Injection, Sports Equipment.

Retail: Internet, Wildlife Products, Dry Cleaning, Entertainment Systems, Floor Covering

Service: Athletic Performance, Audio Visual, Cleaning, Direct Mail, Engineering, Internet Marketing, Internet Service Provider, IT Outsourcing, Moving, Physical Therapy, Security Systems, Transportation, Waste Removal, Web Design

Strengths of Consultant: Broad business background; Hands-on CFO with 20+ years experience in 6 different industries.

Services Provided

Start-up or part-time CFO: For companies that don't have a full-time need. Help start-ups: create a profitable business model; develop financial projections; secure bank financing; setup accounting system. More Info

Benchmarking: Analyze three years financial history and compare your company's financial performance to financial statement ratios for similar size companies (assets, sales revenues) in your specific industry (SIC code or NAICS code). This information is derived directly from over 5 million corporate tax returns collected by the IRS.

Identify opportunities to improve profits and cash flow.

Provide information on the selling prices and sales terms of similar size public and private companies in your industry, with similar financial profiles. This information is based on over 15,000 "real world" business sale transactions since 1993.
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Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP). "The CTP designation is the industry's most recognized certification of experienced and skilled turnaround professionals," said ACTP Chairman Anthony M. Bergen, CTP. "It is a mark of distinction for professionals who have demonstrated their commitment to the corporate renewal industry and to a high standard of excellence and integrity."

Turnaround consulting: Develop, communicate and implement actions required for growth or survival; organizational restructuring; customer/product line profitability analysis. Have been appointed by the Bankruptcy Court as a financial consultant for a company operating in Chapter 11. Member of Turnaround Management Association. More Info

Cash flow consulting: Reduce inventory and receivables levels; improve financial procedures and controls to ensure resources to grow/stay in business. Prepare cash flow models (short term - 12 weeks, long term - 2 years) to predict current and future cash requirements. Frequently serve as an “interface” between company owners and their lenders to renegotiate loan terms or locate new capital. More Info

Training Seminars: On-site or off-site video-based training programs on: leadership, time management, negotiation, communication, managing customer relations, understanding financial statements. More Info

Comments from Joyce Gorham-Worsley, VP Leadership Development Dept. for Greensboro Chamber of Commerce:

"Bob Baber's recent presentation on "Leadership Skills and the Power of Persuasion" proved to be highly motivating and very informative for the
workshop participants who were challenged to think deeper about leadership characteristics."

"I certainly would recommend that individuals take advantage of
workshops presented by Bob Baber. I hope to include him in next year's Leadership Greensboro programming."

"With a balanced mix of one-on-one dialogue, group discussion and exercises, and video recordings, Baber's presentation fully engaged the attendees in the meeting."

93% of seminar participants rated the May 12, 2005 Chamber Expo Leadership Skills seminar "excellent" or "very good."

Employee Capability Assessments: On-line work behavior and time management assessments that take less than 30 minutes to complete. The "assessments" provide 20+ page reports detailing specific actions that will improve skills and performance. Click on the Products page of this website to learn more about these assessments, and place your order.

Internal Control Review Report (ICR) ($750 per module): An ICR begins with a review of the important business processes and procedures in your company. A report is then written detailing your company's vulnerability to misappropriation of assets and inaccurate reporting. Recommendations are made where appropriate concerning organizational structure and operating efficiencies. More Info

Strategic planning: Document current Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT analysis). Prepare the same SWOT analysis on competitors. Facilitate brainstorming session with employees to identify ways to increase sales, profits and cash flow.