 Known as The Growth Strategist™, Aldonna R. Ambler, CMC, CSP is an award winning entrepreneur, a frequent speaker at national business conferences and corporate annual meetings, a prolific author, the host of an online radio talk show, and an intermediary who helps midmarket companies obtain growth financing all while Achieving Accelerated Growth With Sustained Profitability®.
Ambler is President of the international firm AMBLER Growth Strategy Consultants, Inc. which is headquartered in Hammonton, New Jersey. Her business has grown through geographic expansion, acquisition, joint ventures, diversification, and an ESOP. The firm’s services include opportunity and resource analysis, organizational design, strategic working sessions, and executive coaching.
Ambler’s corporate clients include IKON, CertainTeed, US Honda, US Homes, H&R Block, Horizon BC/BS, Eastman Kodak, Bank One, Robert Wood Johnson, Bluegreen Resorts, Scott Paper, Knoll International, Resorts International, Caesars, and others. Over 50 corporations, (including IBM, Nortel, Verizon, SBC, Wachovia, Entrepreneurial Edge magazine, Business-to-Business Yellow Pages, Bell South, Pacific Bell, and others) have sponsored multi-city tours (spanning as long as 14 years) featuring
Ambler’s speeches/seminars about business strategy and growth management.
She has guided the growth of over 150 professional service firms, over 100 technology-driven businesses, and over 100 construction-related product, service, and distribution companies.
Ambler is the host of a weekly Internet radio show, The Growth Strategist™, which airs live every Tuesday at 11 am ET on the VoiceAmerica® Business Channel found at www.business.voiceamerica.com. It is a peer-to-peer show featuring CEOs of midmarket companies that have successfully executed the growth strategy featured on that week’s show. Ambler has recognized these growth strategies in her over 30 years serving the types of companies that appear on the Inc. 500/Fortune 500 lists. The show reaches thousands of listeners each week via live broadcast or download/podcast.
Ambler is the Lead Instructor for IBM’s Owners and Presidents Program serving IBM’s global network of business partners. AMBLER is the official Coaching Partner for the Philadelphia M.S.A. of Gazelles, Inc. Recent Awards
• Inaugural class of “New Jersey’s Best 50 Women in Business” – NJBIZ - 2006
• Inductee - Atlantic County (NJ) Women’s Hall of Fame – 2003
• “Women of Influence” – NJBIZ – 2002
• “Woman of Distinction” – Philadelphia Business Journal – 2001
• One of five National “Businesswomen of the Year” – Office Depot – 2001
• National “Woman Business Owner of the Year “ – NAWBO – 2000
Topics:
1) Solving the Succession Puzzle
Strategic planning goals can only be achieved if an effective plan for identifying and developing leadership succession is in place. No longer just a matter of finding the right person for the job, succession planning is an on-going process needed to secure the future of your business. Aldonna brings the succession topic to life and helps you to: learn techniques to diagnose your situation, identify priorities to guide succession decisions, learn the steps to use in succession, and to spot the early signs that things are not going well.
2) Real Time Strategic Thinking
The notion of a three-to-five year plan with fixed strategies is becoming obsolete. In today’s fast paced business climate, a good strategic plan must change quickly and adapt easily. The new emphasis is a process that is on-going, decentralized, and resilient in terms of its ability to adapt quickly to changing conditions and lessons learned. You will learn visionary tactics to create an evolving strategic plan
3) Breaking Through the Classic Barriers to Growth
No, it’s not your imagination. There really are walls that keep some companies from growing unless they adopt specific strategies. Aldonna approaches the classic barriers to growth in a lively, interactive style and encourages the audience to grow their companies to full profit potential. Strategies such as “go around the wall” or “getting a boost from a strong friend” can be translated into options such as seek new channels of distribution or find a strategic alliance partner.
4) Re-energize Your Enterprise
Remember the excitement and pride you felt about your business when it was new? Learn the eight steps to re-energize your enterprise and build the confidence you need to take your business to the next level. Aldonna shows you the ways to find time to innovate when your employees are buried in work; get your marketing, management, and financial strategies working together; involve others in the growth of your business; find money hidden in your company and update your approaches so you’re not left behind.
Other topics:
· Perseverance and Resilience in Adverse Times
· Capture Your Competitive Advantage
· Planning and Managing Growth
· Translating Vision Into Action
· 4 Entrepreneurial Styles
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