Business Development

ESP Consulting Ltd. has the expertise, experience and passion to help your business. From business start-up to analysing current conditions, we have the team to help you move forward. Initial consultations are always free, so call us to sit down with one of our qualified professionals.

Services Offered Include:

Services offered explained:

Business Plan Writing
Every business needs a strong business plan in today’s competitive market. Whether you are a small enterprise trying to get started or an established business requiring outside funding, ESP Consulting Ltd. will work with you to write a professional business plan complete with financial projections.

We have experience in writing plans for all levels and types of businesses. Our professional staff will help you anticipate the questions potential financiers will ask. We can also assist you in locating different sources of funding and advise you on the different benefits of each.

Business Opportunities/Market Analysis
Where are your customers? Is it time to expand? ESP Consulting Ltd can work with you to identify opportunities for growth for your company. Whether you are a local, regional or provincially based business, we can assist in the research and development of a market research project for you.

Small Business Strategic Planning
When is the right time to expand? Where should you plan to be over the next five years? Our team of professionals will work with you to plan for the future. Focus will be given to analysing where your business currently is and how it can best move into the future.

Government Relations
Often in business, it helps to know the right people. ESP Consulting Ltd. will work with you to identify the appropriate people you need to be speaking to, then will assist in opening the door to meeting with them. Our firm has worked with all levels of government and has extensive experience in developing relationships within those governments.

Recruitment/Staffing Assistance
ESP Consulting Ltd. has worked with numerous companies to assist in new hire selection, interviewing and assessment. We have extensive experience in human resource development and can coach potential interviewees on how to best ask questions and to develop interview rating sheets that will facilitate the process.

Employee/Personnel Training
Staff productivity can be improved through proper training. Increased staff productivity results in an increased bottom line.

ESP Consulting Ltd. has experience in a wide range of training for staff. Workshops are custom built to meet the needs of your company. Our professional consultants will work with you to match your needs with one of the many types of workshops we offer. These workshops range from one full day to longer more intensive programs. Call us to talk about how our facilitators can best assist your company. Topics include:

• Retail Sales: selling is a skill and many employers expect staff to use only their natural abilities. Proven strategies are used to increase staff ability to assist customers in purchasing your product. Skills taught include: how to set up displays, how to approach customers and how to close the deal.
• Customer Service: developing the skills and passion to develop an employee group willing to go that extra step to serve your clientele.
• Transition: every industry in the world is experiencing significant change right now. Employees often have difficulty in accepting that change. These workshops help employees to become “Ambassadors of Change”, more willing to work with the change rather than against it.
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): every group of people is made up of unique individuals. MBTI workshops offer people an opportunity to identify their own preferences, while gaining a better understanding of the people around them. By learning the different motivations of individuals within their team, they are more able to work effectively within that group.
• True Colors: a fun and exciting road to self-discovery, True Colors helps individuals to understand themselves and how to draw on their personal strengths at work and at home. It also works with teams or employee groups to show the different ways that others may view the world around them.
• Team Building: a team’s strength is not based on the strength of each individual, but rather the individual’s strength at being part of a team. Individual skills are much different than the skills needed to be part of an effective team. Our facilitators use many different types of assessments and tools to work with teams in strengthening communication, motivation and productivity.
• Communication: often the words get in the way. Communication is on many levels the most basic of skills, yet remains one that most people have difficulty with. Improper communication can lead to negative conflict and lower productivity.
• Conflict: conflict can be good. Conflict often brings ideas to the table and is an effective way for groups to develop projects. Unfortunately, often conflict is used improperly or not managed in a positive way. This workshop explains the different types of conflict and how it can best be used.