Robyn Goldenberg, Author at Strategy Leaders

Strategy Leaders 2018 SME Business Consultancy Award

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Best SME Business Consultancy 2018

Award for Excellence in Strategic Business Benchmarking Strategy Leaders has been awarded Connecticut's 2018 Spectrum Award for Excellence in Customer Service for the 3rd year in a row from City Beat News! Special thanks to our customer service team, and...

Robyn Goldenberg Fairfield County 40 under 40

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Robyn – Fairfield County 40 under 40

2019 Fairfield County Business Journal 40 Under 40 winners include Robyn Goldenberg, 31, director of marketing and business development at Strategy Leaders in Norwalk. 40 Under Forty ceremony celebrates Fairfield County’s brightest young talent. Norwalk’s LaKota Oaks hosted an array...

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Kelly’s Four Plus Granola

Episode Summary This week we're talking to Will and Nate Kelly from Kelly's Four Plus Granola here in Norwalk, CT about small business and what its like to be a leader in a privately held business!

Sales

Training new salespeople from the ground up

"We know that it takes a year to get someone started in sales without a pipeline. However, we can’t afford to take that much of a hit training new salespeople to sell faster. We could pay more for the salesperson...

Where to draw the line on what you offer for free

Operations

Draw the line on free business service

"Doing a lot of free service repairs for customers who break things. Some of it is in warranty and some not but we do it for free anyway to protect our reputation for providing a superior product. Our service costs...

Sales

Effective sales meetings must generate results

"Had the sales meeting, great ideas, then . . . maybe not so much in terms of real measurable results. Accountability is important. Think our sales meetings may be too big picture. Having a discussion about where we’re going is...

Finance

Growth by acquisition

"We’re taking steps to accelerate growth by acquisition to increase our value. But as we get into the opportunity there’s one surprise after another. Seems like it’s always something, and not necessarily good. Should we keep on pursuing the deal?...

hiring testing solutions right employees , hiring and keeping the best employees

Human Resources

Recruiting good employees

Recruiting results are not good enough. We’re growing, and because we're not recruiting good employees fast enough, we struggled during our busy season. Nothing that our clients saw, but we lived with the stress. And we plan to continue to...

Leadership

Maintaining control as the company grows

"The good news is, our company is growing. This is what we always wanted. But it’s scary for us, as owners, too. We worry a lot about maintaining control as the company grows. How do we keep in touch and...

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