Mr. Mission Possible Offers Small Business Owners Secret of Prospering in Recession

    DALLAS, TX, February 05, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Most small business owners do not have strategic plans for their enterprises. They know they should. They have been meaning to set aside time for strategic business planning but dealing with the problems of the moment takes most of their time.

"The single most important thing any small business owner can do on the eve of a recession is to make a good strategic plan and begin executing it," said Mr. Mission Possible Ron Sturgeon.

The author of How To Salvage More Millions from Your Small Business and a successful business builder and consultant in the auto salvage industry, Sturgeon attributes his success to membership in a industry specific strategic planning group that met twice a year. The group peer reviewed strategic plans and shared information vital to improving operating metrics.

"In 1989, I joined a dozen other salvage yard operators who met twice a year to do strategic planning and to share best practices," said Sturgeon. Members wrote their key operating metrics on a white board. "Usually most of us had numbers that were a little better than industry average, but one person had numbers that were way better," noted Sturgeon. The secret to top performance was shared with the other members of the group. Ford Motor Company purchased Ron's business in 1999 and the businesses of several other group members.

Collaborating with non-competitive owners helped the members of the group lead the industry according to Sturgeon. Sturgeon believes that such groups will be successful in many other industries.

"I was extremely fortunate to belong to an industry specific strategic planning group," said Sturgeon. "Over the next several months, I am going to be setting up such groups for a variety of industries so that other serious business builders can grow in this recession," he stated.

"Joining an industry specific group makes the battle with local competitors a ten-on-one fight," said Sturgeon. "The insights that you'll get as a member have been tried by someone in your industry and they work. That's a huge edge in a tough market," noted Sturgeon.

Entrepreneurs interested in joining with non-competitive members of their industry to create strategic plans and share best practices can e-mail Ron Sturgeon at [email protected] or call him at 817.834.3625, ext. 8#. Strategic planning groups will be established for restaurants, plumbers and many other service businesses.

Mr. Mission Possible (http://www.mrmissionposssible.com) is the online home of business consultant Ron Sturgeon. With more than 30 years of successful business building, Ron is a frequently requested keynote speaker and sought after small business consultant, mentor and leader of strategic business planning groups. The firm is headquartered at 5940 Eden in Fort Worth. Reach Ron at 817.834.3625 ext.8# or by e-mail at [email protected].

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