“I have been a TAB member for almost a year now. In that time I have acquired a vast amount of knowledge about the day-to-day processes that a CEO must possess in order to control a successful business. The other Board members have been extremely helpful and insightful. We all share the common denominator, making our businesses grow. The answers to my many questions have always been meaningful and several have been put into practice. I think Tina Corner is an excellent facilitator. She has an eye on what the group needs are and focuses a lot of attention on our concerns by providing outside speakers to address those issues. At first I was leery about the cost of this once-a-month meeting, but now I am convinced it is money well spent.” - Sam Andelman, Nightmare Graphics, Inc., Columbia, MD
“TAB has become a valuable resource for many of my business decisions. It is a valuable and comprehensive resource. It has saved me thousands of dollars in just my first year membership.” -Larry Jackson, Long Gate Mobil, Columbia, MD
“After more than 15 years in business I was fortunate to be referred by a friend to Tina Corner and The Alternative Board. Joining this great organization has proven to be one of the best business moves of my career. The support and guidance that comes from my board, my facilitator, and the Strategic Business Leadership (SBL) program has enabled me to take my business to levels I never thought of before. Without this group I would not be where I am today. I strongly encourage anyone who is looking to take a business to the next level to consider this wonderful program.”
-Paul Robertson, Tanks Direct, Laurel, MD
"The individual coaching provides time for business specific problem solving, through a review of personal and business issues from a strategic approach. This approach is not possible while one is embroiled in the day to day tactical rat race that characterizes a large number of small businesses today.” -Walter Holloway, L. Holloway &Brother Company, Jessup, MD
"I have had a very successful and helpful experience with The Alternative Board (TAB). The next few key areas have helped me move forward in expanding my business successfully. There is a camaraderie and strong trust between the board members. The members are pretty honest with each other when giving their opinions and their different points of view during our meetings and additional contact. The supplemental training, education sessions, and the biennial conference given by TAB have been very useful tools in helping me to know what is required to grow my business. There are individual monthly coaching sessions that have helped guide me toward setting goals for my business. I implemented these goals for the first time in 2008. This process helped me to establish benchmarks to keep me on track with these goals and as an end result those planned goals were exceeded. I highly recommend TAB for small businesses that are pursuing growth to the next level." -Bradford L. Seamon, B.L. Seamon Corporation, Greenbelt, MD
"I want you to know that I found the process to be a very valuable tool in assessing our company. It presented a great opportunity to look inside and truly evaluate what is going on with ourselves as the leaders and those that we lead. Thanks for attaching the information on how to develop the plan. I WILL use it. I was able to see the value in FOCUS much more clearly after we met. I have already began the communication phase with the leaders on the outcomes and will continue it with our team in the field starting next week as we discussed. I am very proud of our team and want to share this information so that we may become much stronger and more cohesive. One again, thank you for everything you have done to lead and support this process. You made it a very easy and comfortable business process. I will also be sending Mike a thank you as well."
-Tom Saia, KBJN Inc., Bryans Road, MD
"YES! The report helped us to redesign our performance incentive program and performance appraisal form. We spent valuable time with our restaurant leaders to refocus them on what matters most. I guess this could be best said, focus on the Vital Few versus the trivial many and reward those efforts. We have improved our guest satisfaction results by 10 percentage points in a very short time. We are very proud of this result. I refer to the results periodically to continue to learn from them and find ways based on the feedback to make improvements."