How to Help Your Friends Fix Their Business Frustrations

A circle divided into four segments labeled (clockwise from top) People, Purpose, Playbook, Perform. The segments surround an inner circle labeled Profits.

The Pinnacle Model

When your business friends say they’re frustrated with their …

Control: Their business owns them.

  • “All I do is put out fires.”
  • “I am exhausted.”
  • “This isn’t fun anymore.”
  • “I’m working 9,000 hours and not getting anywhere.”

Profit: There’s not enough of it.

  • “My profit hasn’t grown in two years.”
  • “I’m never going to be able to retire.”
  • “When are we going to make real money?”

People: They’re not performing, not on the same page, they just don’t listen.

  • “There’s nobody I can trust to run things while I’m gone.”
  • “Everybody leaves at 5 on the dot.”
  • “Bob doesn’t have the right experience to lead our team.”
  • “We have a great sales team, but this is a tough market.”

Growth: It’s hit a ceiling.

  • “I’m trudging through snow. Underneath it’s ice. I can’t move as fast as I want to.”
  • “We were growing, then something changed and it stopped. We can’t figure out how to get growing again.”

Quick Fixes: Haven’t worked.

  • “I get a lot of eye rolls when I assign a new business book once a month. Nothing ever changes.”
  • “I feel like I’m spinning my wheels no matter what I try.”
  • “Nothing’s working.”

The Pinnacle Model

… and I can help your friends because they’re …

Owners or senior-level leaders of privately held companies, who are:

  • Successful, ambitious, talented, and coachable
  • Absolutely convinced there’s a next level for their company and themselves

And they:

  • Want help 
  • Have 5-500 employees
  • Want to step out of the day-to-day and focus on what truly matters

… then please help your friend by sending them to me.

I help owners and their leadership teams get three things: Growth, peace of mind, and freedom.

Growth, Peace of Mind, Freedom

I help business owners and their leadership teams install a customized business operating system that gets them:

  • Growth: Of their employees, of their leaders, and yes growth of their profits.
  • Peace of Mind: Knowing that their business is running on a system where everybody knows who is doing what, who’s reporting to whom, and what good looks like.
  • Freedom: From the day-to-day minutiae that drive them bananas, so they can think about a bigger game. Making a bigger impact, helping their employees grow, helping their customers grow. And yes, getting their lives back.

Proven in Nebraska and Worldwide

Tens of thousands of companies grow far faster than competitors in their industries by using business operating systems.

Your friends likely know one or more of my clients:

Biotechnology: Adjuvance Technologies,* Discovery Collective,* InnovaPrep*➤

Construction: AJ Donner Construction, Bluestem Fiber,* Ironhide Construction, NebraskaLink, Summit Contracting

Contractors: Epp Foundation Repair, McKinnis Roofing & Sheet Metal, Neemann & Sons Roofing, White Castle Roofing 

Distribution: Johnstone Supply #002➤

Health Care: EyeCare Specialties, Integrated Behavioral Health Services

Home Services: Bats to Rats, Summit Lawns

Hospitality: Capital Cigar Lounge*

Information Technology: Bluestem Fiber,* DataVizion

Manufacturing: Brehmer Manufacturing, Montag Manufacturing, Paraclipse Systems, Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy,➤ Wilson Case

Marketing: Clutch Studio,➤ Fourstarzz,* Frost Media Group, LocalAnyDay*

Other: AvTrace (aviation parts marketplace),* Bulu Group (subscription box fulfillment),* Greetabl (corporate gifting)*➤

Professional Services: Berry Law Firm, CFO Systems

Software: AvTrace,* CompanyCam,* Discovery Collective,* Kana Systems,* Modern Banking Systems, MultiMechanics*, Super Dispatch➤

* = Startup

➤ = Out-of-state company; remote meetings

How You Can Help Me
Help Your Friends

I get nearly all my business from people who love me and want to see their friends happy.

I can’t do this without you.

Here’s how to help me help your friends:

  1. Personal Introduction: There’s a bunch of ways I can make this easy for you, and I promise I won’t be salesy.
  2. Give Them My White Paper: “16 Reasons Business Owners and Leaders Choose a Business Operating System and a Growth Guide.”
  3. Invite Me to Speak … to any group of business owners and senior leaders.
  4. Give Away Pinnacle books: I’ll give you a supply for free. 
  5. LinkedIn: Please like, share, and comment on my LinkedIn posts.

Thanks! Now, How Can I Help You?