Are you too often consumed by working "in the business" rather than "on the business?" Inner Circle encourages you to focus on the question "Am I doing the right things, not just doing things right?" and to keep defining your vision and the means to realize it. The use of Vision Quest serves as a reality check on your progress.

Inner Circle provides a remedy for the disease of isolation. You may know a number of people willing to help or advise you - your banker, attorney, accountant, board of directors - but there is nothing like having a group of fellow business owners to draw from and lean on. The relationships that form among members help them fight the isolation that comes with being an Owner.

Inner Circle provides you with people who share your passion about business ownership. People who have been there, done that, and can share their ideas and solutions with you in a confidential environment. People you can trust and who welcome your contribution to the process.

• The challenges a founder faces in hiring a CEO to replace him
• Developing exit strategies for the founder
• What to do with a valued long-term employee who is not able to grow to the next stage of the company
• The issues involved in investing in capital improvements in a time of economic and industry uncertainty
• Managing cash flow in a time of rapid change
• Finding a new purpose and passion after selling the company
• Finding, developing and retaining valuable personnel
• How to create a balance among business, family and self preservation
• Raising prices as a strategic component of a new marketing plan
• Whether to close down a branch location and its effect on market share versus cost savings
• How to get the partners in a professional firm to recognize the value of managing the firm like a business