Small Business Consulting Services
- Strategic Planning – If you struggle with planning, we can help. We can assist with the writing of the plan document, with the implementation of the plan, and we can help monitor the plan to make sure it stays on track.
- Organizational Structure – Over time, the way a business is organized needs to change. The way a business was structured at one stage of its development may not be appropriate for the next stage. We will work with you to assess what parts of your current organizational structure need to change, and help you implement those changes in a way that is minimally disruptive to your operation.

- Sales Analysis – Sometimes, due to seasonal fluctuations or to unforeseen spikes or dips in sales, it can be difficult to see what the real sales trend is. We use a system of 12-month trailing averages to help you see clearly where your sales are trending. We also help you determine which customers are profitable and which are not. And we examine your product lines or services looking for any that are not contributing what they should to your bottom line.
- Cost Containment – Runaway costs will bring a business to its knees more quickly than anything else. We help you to carefully monitor your costs and to develop strategies to keep them under control.
- Operational Improvement - Just as a business may need to adjust its organizational structure from time to time, it may also need to adjust its operational model. If a company is growing, or if there have been significant changes in its marketplace, the way it produces its products or delivers its services may have to change. We can help you design an operating model that makes sense, and help you implement it.
Rock Solid Business Development specializes in small business consulting, small business coaching, and small business management services in Schaumburg IL, Oakbrook IL, Northbrook IL, and surrounding areas. Call today at (847) 665-9134 for a free 2-hour strategy session with absolutely no obligation.
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Small Business Owners and CEOs . . . is your business stuck?
Despite everything you try, is the business under-performing or failing to grow as it should?
Hi, I’m Andy Rockwood, owner of Rock Solid Business Development. Since 1997, I have been helping small business owners and operators restore the joy of running a business. In today’s economy, it’s easy for small business people to get stressed out. Competition is fierce. Your customers are demanding that you provide more service and more attention for a lower price. And you’re probably trying to do that with fewer employees. Under circumstances like these, it’s more important than ever for small business leaders to get above the fray of daily problems to take a longer term look at where the business needs to go and how it needs to get there.
If all this resonates with you, you’re in the right place. If you’re still not sure, click on the “Who We Serve” navigation key above to learn more about the business people I want to work with as well as recommendations from past and present clients. Or, if you would like to read some of the management tips I have written, click here to visit our small business blog.
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Albert Einstein
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"
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Richard Palmer
"The nicest thing about not planning is that failure always comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and desperation."
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Richard Teerlink
"The result of leadership is a group of people working toward a common goal because they want to, not because they have to."
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George Patton
"If everyone is thinking alike, someone’s not thinking."
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William J.H. Boetcker
"If your business keeps you so busy that you have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong, either with you or with your business."
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Peter Schutz
"If you listen closely enough, your customers will explain your business to you."
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John B. Roberts
"One of the greatest challenges as a manager is how to delegate so effectively that once you have gotten the monkey off your back, your employees don’t return it to you . . . with instructions for its care and feeding."
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Wayne Gretzky
"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take."





