Services

Coaching is designed for those professionals who find themselves “spinning their wheels” trying to maintain work-life balance, those wanting to make a career transition, and those seeking specific training or development of skills in leadership, business and communication. Small Strategies’ clients are already successful and are looking for an “edge,” something extraordinary to achieve success in a highly competitive world. They know how important a good coach is to a winning team and they want to be on that team!

Leslee Small is a strategist when it comes to coaching — clarifying your goals, setting a course of action and attaining success. Her client base includes executives from the finance, automotive, hospitality, marketing, health, education and service industry. Specific coaching strategies include planning, marketing, promotion, sales, growth, career transition, and creating partnerships with other businesses.

Small Strategies help a person or business accomplish their goals – period. If something needs to get done, the first step is to define what it is and how to do it. This process happens in weekly, monthly, quarterly or annual session, tailored to address specific needs.

Leadership
Management styles; Personality styles; Backward Planning; Effective meeting strategies - Who’s in your meeting? Team building; Trust building.

Business
Organization; Time management; Writing skills; Diversity; Accountability for self and employees; Conflict resolution.

Marketing
Think out of the box, identify target markets, determine your market budget, distribution channels, branding.

Communication
Public speaking; Reading an audience; Video-taping; Use of technology and other ancillary materials when speaking.

Life
Priorities for yourself; Balance business and family, business and social life; Overcome obstacles to balance; Time management; Financial organization/balance; Spinning Wheels, effectiveness of action.

Businesses like baseball need to do the same with their "players" and not just when they are hired, but with ongoing professional development and training for technical skills and soft skills: people, behavior, management, leadership. That's where Small Strategies steps up to the plate.

Small Strategies offers training opportunities for companies, groups and professional organizations. These workshops and seminars cover a wide range of business related topics and compliment the individual coaching Small Strategies provides. A partial list of workshops and seminars are shown below. Please contact Small Strategies for a custom designed seminar.

• Six Thinking Hats™ Let's You Create, Innovate and Be Effective
• Passion in the Workplace - Without it, Why Show Up!
• Team Building, Not just a Buzz, A Reality - Like the TV Shows
• Time Management - Better Than Any Stress Ball
• Manage your life and eliminate stress - The Possible Dream!
• Leadership - Take Me to Your Leader, Is It You?
• Change - Manage It, Before It Manages You
• Marketing Success: Think Out of the Box
• Next Steps to Marketing Success
• Business Writing and Grammar Skills - You Need to Know the Rules