{"id":43,"date":"2022-01-20T00:51:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T00:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callardandcowdery.com\/ccsite\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2022-01-31T20:09:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:09:22","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/callardandcowdery.com\/ccsite\/what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At Callard &amp; Cowdery, we work with CEOs, COOs, business owners, private equity firms and boards to improve financial and operational performance as part of a strategic plan for growth,\u00a0succession or acquisition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Here\u2019s how we do that:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>We help owners explore succession options<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 employee purchase, private equity investment, sale\/acquisition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Is an employee purchase a possibility? We have experience and financing relationships to set up internal ownership programs.<\/li>\r\n<li>The acquisition market has been very active. Can your firm be positioned to be acquired?<\/li>\r\n<li>Is your firm looking to enter new markets or new geographic locations? Are you looking to acquire companies as part of your strategic plan? Do you have a well thought out acquisition strategy?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>We design and execute plans<\/strong>\u00a0that prepare companies for the chosen succession option and maximize the returns their owners receive.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Almost all succession plans involve building value.\u00a0<\/strong>To accomplish that, we can undertake a variety of specific assignments, including:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Assessing and streamlining<\/strong>\u00a0back office practices and procedures<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Evaluating and implementing<\/strong>\u00a0project management process improvements<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Financial performance benchmarking<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Developing<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>internal incentive programs<\/strong>\u00a0and performance metrics<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Business owners planning for change often find themselves in unfamiliar territory.\u00a0<\/strong>We can provide experienced leadership consulting to assist owners with:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Clarifying<\/strong>\u00a0the firm vision and mission<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Executive coaching<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 communicating a consistent message to the firm and key personnel about where you are heading, why you are going there and how you plan to get there<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Developing plans and timelines<\/strong>\u00a0for bringing firms to market, including leading M&amp;A activities and representing the firm in sale or investment transactions<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Working on a limited number of assignments at any one time enables John to provide hands-on involvement,<\/strong>\u00a0even selectively assuming interim CEO\/COO duties or Board positions to keep plans on-strategy and on-schedule.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Callard &amp; Cowdery, we work with CEOs, COOs, business owners, private equity firms and boards to improve financial and operational performance as part of a strategic plan for growth,\u00a0succession or acquisition. Here\u2019s how we do that: We help owners explore succession options\u00a0\u2013 employee purchase, private equity investment, sale\/acquisition. Is an employee purchase a possibility? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/callardandcowdery.com\/ccsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/callardandcowdery.com\/ccsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/callardandcowdery.com\/ccsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callardandcowdery.com\/ccsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callardandcowdery.com\/ccsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/callardandcowdery.com\/ccsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/callardandcowdery.com\/ccsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callardandcowdery.com\/ccsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/callardandcowdery.com\/ccsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}