Sligo County Enterprise Board Launches SMACHT Programme

Sligo County Enterprise Board is inviting applicants for its SMACHT programme.

The SMACHT programme is a subsidised Enterprise Board programme being delivered by Padraig O'Maille of O'Maille Consulting. The programme will consist of:

• eight monthly workshops
• monthly telephone mentoring
• supply folders
• handouts
• Access to tracking software

Participants Can Expect to Develop….

• A sharpened sense of direction, purpose and focus.
• A renewed enthusiasm for business, selling and life.
• A reduced tendency to procrastinate and be indecisive.
• An increased sense of achievement and realisation of their true potential.
• Dramatically increased sales and profits

The structure of the programme is one half day workshop monthly over an eight month period with backup mentoring. The purpose of the workshops are fourfold:

• To plan in detail clear and accountable actions for the forthcoming month.
• To review progress from the past month and to absorb the appropriate learning's resulting.
• To deliver one agreed content item per month.
• To network proactively with other group members.

The content to be provided is:

• Strategic Thinking, Planning and Working.
• Wealth Management including financial management, management accounting and how to safely and profitably invest in the stock market.
• Marketing Segmentation and how to promote a business on a small budget.
• How to develop a customer focused business.
• How to sell more consultatively, consistently and confidently.
• How to recruit the right people, retain them and restructure the HR focus of the business.
• How to make the most effective use of time in order to grow the business and have a life.
• How to develop and sustain the mindset of a winner.

The programme will commence on 10^th May. This programme is strictly limited to 12 participant businesses. Businesses must be established and trading for more than 2 years and registered in County Sligo. Businesses will be evaluated and selected with a view to their suitability for the programme. The programme is aimed a progressive small businesses operating in a challenging marketplace. The deadline for receipt of applications is Wednesday, 4^th May, 2011. An application form is available in PDF format by clicking here. Application forms are also available by contacting Sligo County Enterprise Board at 0719 1779 or e-mailing info@sligoenterprise.ie

The subsidised cost is €200 per participant business.

Padraig O'Maille - Testimonials

For 25 years Padraic O Maille has mentored hundreds of businesses and helped them achieve considerable improvement. His workshops are upbeat, inspiring and content-rich. His approach to mentoring is challenging and constructive. Those who have attended his programmes have said of him:

'I learned more in one half day than on an entire Degree'

Brid Fox MD Cater Care

'Within two hours he had transformed our thinking. Within three months we were back in profit. Within one year we qualified in the top three County Enterprise Board Businesses of the Year (2010)'

Alison Ritchie MD Polar Ice

'I believe in living life and doing business on the edge. Few can take you to the edge without throwing you over as effectively as Padraic O Maille. A superb facilitator.'

Padraig O Ceidigh MD Aer Arann and Ernst Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002

'Business is really very simple but people have a knack of making it complicated. Padraic's skill is his ability to take complex issues and make them simple, memorable and doable. As a former teacher I always recognise a good communicator. Padraic is one of the best and we have used him consistently for twenty years to motivate, educate and inspire our managers'.

Pat Mc Donagh. MD Supoermacs

'Two of the best days of my life' (Referring to Strategy Session)

Monsignor Richard Mohan. Prior of Lough Derg

'Within one month of completing the course one girl achieved a sales target only once ever achieved in this office in my 17 years here. Three others achieved personal bests. O Maille understands the Irish psyche better than most and what it takes to get us to take action'.

Dennis Kelly. Regional Manager. Acorn Life

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