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Frequently Asked Questions About The Directors' Centre

What Is The Directors' Centre?

The Directors' Centre Ltd is a management consultancy for growing businesses.

Two Sentences to describe The Directors' Centre?

The Directors' Centre works with the directors/owner-managers of growing businesses who have concerns about the way their business is growing.

What we do is work with the director(s) so that the business is able to hit and exceed its targets...
Which means that you can have the lifestyle that you choose.

What makes The Directors' Centre different?

• We have written and own materials that work to grow businesses
• We have a unique 'ology' - a tried and tested formula to help grow businesses
• We have the people to help you grow your business - talk to us and you'll see the difference
• We have the track record as well as the testimonials and endorsements

All this is underpinned by Robert's practical, no-nonsense approach to business growth.

What problems do YOUR clients face that are not being solved elsewhere?

There are too many mediocre consultants that:

• Don't really understand what the client is feeling
• Recycle old ideas badly
• Have no depth or credibility
• Try to blind you with science
• Behave like second-hand car salesmen chasing the next sale.
  

What are the benefits of working with The Directors' Centre?

• A choice of services to meet your needs
• You are given the tools to run a better business
• You take control
• You get results, results, results... for you and your business.
  

 Why do clients work with you?

Clients work with The Directors' Centre because we are challenging, honest and goading. 

The team at The Directors' Centre knows how to grow a business...
… which means that you get straightforward, no-nonsense solutions to your problems.

can you describe the team in one sentence?

People who have 'been there and done it'… helping people who 'want to go there and do it'!

What are your core Areas of Expertise?

• Strategy,
• Marketing, and
• Teams

for growing businesses.

What is your Style and Philosophy?

To be honest, challenging, goading - there to work with the client to achieve business results. 

What is this ‘ology’ you keep referring to?

A set of simple, yet powerful, tools that have been proven to work.  The unique Kick-Start, Customer Is King, More Profit and Bright Marketing toolkits are copyrighted and only available via The Directors' Centre.

how do you Position the directors' centre?

We are informal, practical and results-driven.

what is your focus?

Entrepreneurship and Results.

who runs the Company?

The company is led by Robert Craven … What he brings to The Directors' Centre is:

• A reputation (‘the entrepreneurship guru’ The FT, ‘one of the UK’s leading marketing experts’)
• Written materials and proven, practical tools: books with Forewords by Sir Richard Branson ‘Kick-Start Your Business’ and ‘Customer Is King’.
  

Who does The Directors' Centre work with? describe your typical clients

Ambitious owners, directors, and entrepreneurs of growing businesses. Typically they are 5-200 employees… growing... independently owned... face issues around growth… strategy, marketing and teams. See Clients Who We Work With

can you name some clients that i will have heard of?

We have also worked with some of the big names, bringing nimbleness and innovation to their teams and their to their clients:

• Airbus
• Barclays Bank plc
• DTI/SBS/Business Link
• HSBC
• Marketing Council/Chartered Institute of Marketing
• Mortgage Express
• Royal Mail
• Royal Shakespeare Theatre
• Shell
• UfI/LearnDirect

some definitions..

Director (noun)

- one who directs; manager, member of the board which manages a company; spiritual adviser; person who supervises the production of a play or film; (mech) part of a machine or instrument which guides the motion.

Centre (noun)

- middle point; axis about which a body revolves; most vital part of an organisation, movement etc; part of a target; (sport) player in the middle of a line; ~ centre v/t and i place on or in the centre; (fig) concentrate (hopes, affections); be concentrated together, converge  ~ centre adj middle, central.

The Penguin English Dictionary

how do we contact you?

Go to our contact/about us page.