Who We Serve

For the past 25 years Best Year Yet has worked with companies large and small in every industry. What they have in common is a fundamental dissatisfaction about their current results and a commitment to take their organization to the next level.

Which of the following issues are familiar to you?.

Not achieving the results you need for your business to succeed?

These days the biggest challenge in businesses of all sizes is that people are not rowing in the same direction so little real progress is being made. Over 50% of the time and energy are often wasted on work that isn't contributing to the key needs of the business.

We've learned that people want to contribute to your success and are capable of huge increases in their productivity. Time and again we've seen groups of people transform into motivated and successful teams that deliver the key results. They drop personal agendas and refocus themselves on achieving the results that matter.

Frustrated that your people are not focusing on what matters?

Sometimes it can look as if no one really cares about the fact that your business has to change in order to survive. It's a scary time and you know that the situation is urgent but you're frustrated because you see people spending time in endless meetings that aren't contributing to the bottom line. Or they're discussing problems that are miles from the core issues of your business.

Now imagine your team - and all the teams in your business - aligning on a plan that you know will take the business where it needs to go. And not only survive but really start to deliver on its promise. And what if this plan included not only your top ten priorities for the next year but also the key lessons that each person has agreed must be learned for a breakthrough to occur.

Are you consistently missing your sales targets?

Perhaps you have an excellent product that has been well received by everyone who has purchased it, but your sales team isn't achieving its targets. And you know you're right to be worried because no business can succeed without the income it needs. Too often it seems that your sales people believe that it's OK to give you a reason for failure instead of the result they promised.

Are unresolved issues sapping your organization's vitality?

Often good businesses fail because the real fundamental issues are not being addressed, often because of a fear of conflict among its leaders and managers. You know what the issues are but too often walk away from meetings disappointed that more superficial problems received all the attention. Outside the meetings politics takes more time than crafting solutions and resolving issues. Others feel the same but all this concern is making little difference. You may feel that it's only a matter of time before these unresolved issues sink the company.

Although it's sometimes easier to assume that those others who are not speaking up don't care as much as you do, we've discovered in the past 25 years that this is rarely the case. It's thrilling to see people take the plunge and discover that identifying and resolving fundamental issues is far easier and more enjoyable than avoiding them. We provide our clients with a system for having the conversations that make the real difference to your business.

Are you struggling to maintain morale as your workforce shrinks?

Competition in this ambitious world is getting tougher. It may be that you face the issue of getting more done with fewer people in order to maintain and ideally grow your position in the market. You know you really must downsize but don't know how to motivate your best people sufficiently to keep them on the team while getting rid of others. How can you ensure that they do not believe the ship is sinking and it's time to abandon it?

This is never an easy situation and can be one of the most painful a business leader has to confront. We know how to help you deal with these kinds of complex issues in a way that not only takes care of those who must go, but also revitalizes those who stay to make a measurable difference to your market share and, most importantly, to your bottom line. We have seen businesses put as much as 60 to 70% on their bottom line in one year!

The clients who succeed with us have the following characteristics

In our 25 years we have noticed that the clients who are most likely to succeed with us are those who are open to discovering new ways of working together and eager to put new lessons into practice. They understand that real sustainable change does not happen with a quick fix, but as a result of hard work over a reasonable period of time.

Our top clients are as committed to their people as they are to the results their businesses must achieve  and, as a result, they get better results. The leaders of these businesses are open to change in themselves, and they fully appreciate that many fundamental issues find their source in the leaders and managers of an organization. In other words, they accept personal responsibility as a guiding principle of our work together.

Finally the clients who succeed with us are willing to be accountable. They take advantage of the positive peer pressure our system generates to deliver the results, as promised.