Services

Business Turnaround
Performance Enhancement
Interim Management
Strategic Planning
Transaction Support

Business Turnaround

Expert Knowledge At Your Fingertips

Owner-managed businesses may find themselves in a stagnant economic position or even in a state of decline. Often, this is a result of a “blind-spot” that leadership cannot put their finger on. During these times, what you don’t know can hurt you and failure to take decisive correction action in the blind-spots can result in depletion of remaining resources creating momentum toward business failure. With decades of assistance in business resuscitation, professionals at Stebb quickly identify the root causes of underperformance and develop and lead a corrective action that will produce results in the short term and provide for a permanent, long term approach that may involve information management, personnel training, business process enhancement, performance metric measurement and other best in class management techniques. Once stabilized, we help the business to move forward towards renewed prosperity. View Case Study

Performance Enhancement

Proven Results To Increase Profits

All businesses have a common interest: improve cash flows and the trend of reported earnings and in doing so, drive enterprise value higher. This is easy to say but hard to do. Stebb’s professionals can diagnose a business and all the key drivers of success and provide insight on its processes, controls, personnel, leadership, governance structure and other vital business elements that significantly impact the future state of entity and its profitability. From there, our seasoned professional typically lead the effort to fix what is necessary and install permanent solutions including the conveyance of the necessary knowledge to client staff with appropriate training to ensure what gets enhanced continues to contribute to earnings improvement for years to come. View Case Study

Interim Management

Management With A New Mindset

There are many reasons a business may find itself with a hole in its organization chart that needs to be filled quickly- the death of an owner, the departure of a key employee or even rapid growth necessitating the addition of a new position. At Stebb, our professionals often assist our clients by becoming on a temporary basis the company’s CEO, COO, CFO or even its Controller. Regardless of the leadership position needed, we have the bench of seasoned professionals to jettison the department and organization to the next level. Our staff provides the client organization an immediate “fix” with a “can-do, get it done now” attitude while we work with ownership in identifying the necessary skill set for the position on a permanent basis. Often, we assist in the identification, hiring and training of the permanent employee. View Case Study

Strategic Planning

Unlocking A Powerful Future State

All owners understand what a Business Plan is. Few understand what a good business plan does and how to effectively lead a strategic planning process that unlocks the full potential of a business. Fewer yet have the discipline and drive to revisit the plan periodically to maximize its effectiveness. Stebb’s professionals facilitate the business planning process to get results- not a binder that collects dust in the back of the credenza. We have developed a unique process that optimizes results and reduces risk by focusing on the integration of marketplace opportunity, true core competency and existing customer dynamics into a measurable action plan. View Case Study

Transaction Support

Smooth Acquisitions And Divestitures

Often, the purchase or sale of a business is a once in a lifetime event for a business owner. It’s not all about the legal documents that go with these events- it’s the value of the enterprise and what you do with it that matters. At Stebb our experience in closing successful transactions allows us to lead all of the economic aspects of a transaction- deal structure, terms, representations, cash at close, financing and leverage, earn-outs, non-compete provisions, tax ramifications and the like- all serving at the behest of the owner. Further we assist in all aspects of the transaction from initial negotiation to due diligence right through to closing and the execution of definitive agreements. In our experience, buy-side or sell, the owner achieves the best outcome in a transaction when involving both an experienced business advisor and legal counsel in the initial planning stage of the process. View Case Study

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