On this page, we’ll tell you the kind of results our clients have reported. We’ll also give you a sense of our guiding beliefs, our approach to clients, and how we’re different from other similar organizations.

First of all, our approach is customized to your needs. We are not “gurus” selling the latest and greatest tricks that pump you up but ultimately leave you hanging. Motivational seminars are wonderful…while you’re on the call or in the training room. But the workplace is messy and unpredictable, full of people who don’t do things by the book, and full of problems that don’t fall into the “Five-Step Problem Solving Model” you’ve just mastered!

Yes, we have programs…but our focus is YOU. We are facilitators who are familiar with all of the many business and personal issues that arise from business growth. We love to impart new information – but we are even more interested in helping you apply this information in ways that benefit you in your unique situation. We share what we know, and seek further resources when we need to know more. We provide a variety of learning opportunities that can help you move forward in your own way at your own pace. We humbly walk beside you and expertly elicit the best from you.

So our work is about you. Your growth is our business.

There are many outcomes you can expect when you engage Ready2Grow Associates to help you grow.

Purpose:
Uncover the compelling vision and purpose that drives your business or business unit, and learn to motivate others to work toward this purpose.

Goals:
Develop a range of goals that give wings to your vision, and put into practice strategies for staying on track with your goals.

Time:
Learn to manage your time around your vision, strengths, values, and priorities, rather than reacting in a knee-jerk fashion to the demands of the day.

Energy:
As you become clearer about your purpose and priorities, and more adept at managing your time, you will develop reserves of time and energy that naturally invite and fuel growth.

Barriers:
Inner barriers that hold us back from growth can include fear of success, fear of failure, lack of faith in self or future, and unwillingness to change, forgive, share, or give back. We work with you to identify your inner challenges, and learn new skills to overcome these barriers to success.

Support:
You will learn how to deflect individuals who drain your time and resources, and attract people you love and who love you into your life and business.

Confidence:
As you gain focus and tame your inner gremlins, your confidence, poise, and attractiveness naturally increase.

Marketing:
We teach you the skills to identify your target market, clarify your message, and brand your business effectively. We help you develop a do-able action plan that makes it easy to attract money and opportunities.

Process Improvement:
We work with you to document and improve business processes in 6 key management areas to enhance the overall productivity and profitability of your business.

Profitability
As you become clear and confident, and develop the skills you need to market your business effectively, money and opportunities flow more easily toward you. We continue to work with you to weed out unprofitable habits, practices, and processes, systematize what is currently random, and increase your profit at the end of the day.

Team Development:
We teach you concrete skills and strategies to develop the “dream team” that is crucial to your success and the growth of your business.

Contribution:
As your life and your business expand, your influence and impact will expand with it. You will be able to make the difference you have always dreamed of in the world! As you are enabled to BE more and DO more, you will HAVE more…and thus have more to GIVE away to others.

These are just a few of the growth-related challenges Ready2Grow Associates can help business owners to address. Please read on to find out more about the way we work.

1. Meet. We start by sitting down with you in person or on webcam, to better understand your situation and determine whether there is a good fit between what you need and what we can provide.

2. Agree. If we sense that there is a good fit, we develop a learning agreement that includes length of time, frequency of meetings, and costs involved in the learning process.

3. Assess. We ask lots of questions and offer various assessments that can help determine the real issues facing you and your business.

4. Communicate. We offer a wide range of learning resources through our client gateway, available through the log-in button on our website. Clients can opt to receive our bi-weekly Roots & Fruits newsletter, full of tips and tools to help you grow your business.

4. Teach. Growth always involves extending our horizons and learning new skills. We offer a variety of learning opportunities targeted to the unique needs of the small business owner, including individual coaching, group coaching, teleseminars, and networking events.

5. Connect. We spend considerable time and effort sustaining a wide network of contacts for the benefit of our clients and affiliates. We are always looking for the best teachers, resources, tools, strategies, and practices to benefit small business owners.

6. Evaluate. We regularly evaluate your progress to ensure your growth-related learning needs are being met.

We would be happy to sit down with you and talk with you further about your needs. Please feel free to contact us at any time
Or go ahead and read on to find out more about what makes us unique.

Your growth is our business. Our focus is growth - not just marketing, sales, HR, finance, or leadership. The fact is that the small business owner requires knowledge and skills in virtually every area of business in order to meet the challenges of growth. There is real benefit to finding expertise in all the areas you require within a single network.

We do what works. If you use our ideas, you will see real results. The information we provide is based on direct experience of what works to build a solid foundation for business and personal growth. There is nothing hypothetical about the ideas we expound. If it works, we use it, and we teach it to our clients.

We love what we do. “When love is the fuel, the sky is the limit.” ~Lois Raats

Our backgrounds include many disciplines besides business. These include: education, psychology, philosophy, theology, humanities, communication, and organization development. This broad spectrum allows us to view a situation from many different angles, to provide suggestions and interventions that are innovative and cutting edge.

We don’t work alone. If we don’t know about something, we will figure out who does. All of us at Ready2Grow are passionate, creative, resourceful, and self-directed learners. We are also well-connected in a variety of fields. So if for some reason we can’t help you directly, we will help you find the resource you need to move forward.

We have experience. Since 1984, Ready2Grow founder Lois Raats has helped over 3,000 individuals and organizations move to their next level in business and life. Through her counseling and coaching work, she has helped individuals from every walk of life, a wide range of life situations, and every business sector including high tech, manufacturing, banking & finance, insurance, non-profit, and retail. Lois knows what works to help people and organizations transition to their next level of success.

Final Note: The Coach Approach to Learning

We hope this page has given you a clearer idea of how we work with people. If you’d like to learn more about Lois Raats and Ready2Grow Associates, click here

To read more about the benefits of coaching directly from our clients, check out our Testimonials page.

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We would love to have a conversation with you about your growth-related needs and situation. Please click here to get in touch with us.