At the beginning of 2022 we launched a new ‘Continued Education Program’ for GrowthWheel Certified Business Advisors to continue their professional development at no additional cost.
Now we are happy to announce that the first advisors have completed their higher-level certification. Here they are:
Andrea Williams
Jamaica Business Development Corporation
Bc Clark
Nebrska Enterprise Fund
Safura Atan
StratNaviGO Consulting
Vern Richberg
Youngstown Business Incubator/Ohio MBAC
William Eric Linzey
19Seventeen, LLC
Eric Clock
Business Foundations Inc
Marcos Reyes
TruFund Financial Services
Edgardo Rodriguez
Meda/MBDA Minneapolis
Nicolas Mayerhoeffer
Arkansas Small Business and Technology Dev. Center
Steve Bob
UIC CBA Entrepreneurial Support Program
Cleesia Martin
CUL-MSBRI
Carlos Mendoza
Oregon SBDC
Cheryl Tucker
Roanoke Regional SBDC
Jill Hathaway
Missouri SBDC at University of Missouri-Kansas City
Jeisy Castillo
East Colorado SBDC
Wescar Eliscar
KLAD Consulting & Services (KCS)
Lissette Galloza
Delaware SBDC
April Williams
Mississippi SBDC
To obtain the new Professional Certification, advisors must complete three qualifying “Continued Education Workshops” (2 hours ea) along with an annual Re-certification (4 hours) and also have been a GrowthWheel Certified Advisors for at least a year.
We are looking forward to welcoming more advisors in the months to come as GrowthWheel Certified Professional Advisors! Certified Advisors can sign up here:
The Certified Professional Workshops successfully completed were the followings:
Workshop 1: Your Personal Advisory Style
Advisors learned:
How to pick the right advisory style for different clients and situations
How to use GrowthWheel tools as an advisor, coach or facilitator
How to use coaching principles to empower clients to take ownership
Workshop 2: Engaging Client Companies
Advisors learned:
How to make clients realize their needs and the value of having an advisor
How to engage both clients head and hearts
How to overcome circumstances that stop your clients from engaging
Workshop 3: Growth Plans with Impact
Advisors learned:
How to help clients define their true ambitions and describe them
How to make GrowthPlans as a better alternative to traditional business plans.
How to track progress in ways that create value for both client and advisor