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Foundations of Strategic Thinking (30 minutes)
In 30 minutes, Strategy First, which is available in person or online, clarifies what strategy is and is not. Participants see how putting strategy first will enhance growth efforts. The concepts in Strategy First are simple, yet when applied, they help put small businesses on the right path for success. Strategy First serves as a good introduction to the concepts taught in both Trailhead training and Grow Your Business Training.

Put "strategy" in Strategic Planning (2 hours)
In just two hours, Trailhead training guides companies to true strategic planning, not just planning mislabeled as strategic. It emphasizes the “strategy” in strategic planning, enhancing outcomes and accelerating growth, making it an ideal tone-setter for Strategic Planning meetings and retreats.
Businesses may request an exclusive training for their leadership team or register to attend an event being hosted near them. We welcome inquiries from organizations interested in sponsoring or hosting an event for their area's businesses.

Accelerate Small Business Growth (4 hours)
Grow Your Business is Strategy Guidemap's premier training event. In only 4 hours of highly interactive and engaging training, participants answer key strategy-related questions specific to their business. Participants leave with a clear understanding of strategy and a personalized guidemap to begin accelerating growth! This program is hugely beneficial for small business owners and managers.
Businesses may request an exclusive training for their leadership team or register to attend an event being hosted near them. We welcome inquiries from organizations interested in sponsoring or hosting an event for their area's businesses.
For business consultants and advisors, the clear, easy-to-apply principles of strategic growth enhances the quality and impact of their business counseling. Business Strategy Advisor Certification is available to consultants who complete the training and a brief online assessment.

Follow-up event for Grow Your Business training (1 hour)
Our Grow Your Business Refresher is a one-hour online refresher offered exclusively for previous Grow Your Business attendees. It reviews key principles from the Grow Your Business training, helping past participants maintain clarity and enhance their application of strategic growth concepts.

Making good business advisors better (2 hours)
Summit Guide transforms good counselors into great counselors. Built on the principles of Strategy Guidemap’s flagship Grow Your Business event, it condenses strategic growth principles into a focused two-hour session tailored for business coaches, advisors, counselors, consultants, instructors, and mentors. Summit Guide equips business counseling professionals to effectively engage clients with strategic growth concepts that accelerate their business growth. Business Strategy Advisor Certification is offered to those who complete the training and a brief online assessment.

Follow-up event for Summit Guide training (1 hour)
In one hour, Summit Guide Refresher reviews the principles taught in the Summit Guide training. It helps coaches, advisors, counselors, consultants, instructors, and mentors who have completed the Summit Guide training maintain clarity and improve their application of strategic growth principles in advising and teaching. This live online event is exclusively available to prior participants of the Summit Guide training course.
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Each Strategy Guidemap curriculum is professionally developed around advanced principles of business growth strategy. Insights from the growth experiences of hundreds of small businesses are incorporated.