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Escape from day-to-day operations and into the freedom of ownership

Whether you want to pass ownership to the next generation, sell your business, or just bring in key managers so you can get to higher level leadership and sales, we will dramatically reduce the risk and increase the fun by utilizing 2 Hour Succession and The Value Builder System.

Where do I start?

We both know you don’t have time for this.

At Operations Laboratory, we work with owners and leaders of HVAC-R companies who need to pass the ownership torch without blowing up their business, their family, or their retirement. Using 2 Hour Succession and Value Builder’s, we facilitate group-centered and private consulting to help you out of the day-to-day and into higher level leadership and sales. With weekly group sessions (lab sessions) with like-minded HVAC-R business owners and to one-on-one talks with our execution consultants, we assess your business’ current performance while outlining a plan to pass the torch while maintaining complete continuity. Whether you want to sell your company or simply have more fun running it, our methodology will free you up.

Take the next step towards a fully funded retirement, a happy family, and a stress-free exit.

Let’s talk! Click here to set a 45 minute cost free strategy session to assess your situation and build a succession strategy.

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THE VALUE BUILDER SYSTEM is a statistically proven methodology for increasing the value of your company.

Lab Sessions

Once a week, members join together to share their ideas, problems and potential solutions with each other under the facilitation of an execution consultant. These 2 hour meetings serve as the perfect opportunity for members to step outside of their businesses and analyze it from a different perspective.

2 Hour Succession is a stress-free method for building your succession plan and executing it.

Our Process

Evaluate Current Position

Get your Sellability Score and PreScore assessment

The Results Are In

Meet in a Zoom call with an execution consultant to get onboarded.

Pick your Meeting Time

Select the 2 Hour time weekly that you will keep sacred for getting succession going.

Select your Team

There is too much to do yourself! Based on the program, select your internal team members who will execute your plan

Review. Execute. Results.

We consistently review action items while working with members to implement them and measure the effectiveness.

Build your Plan

Over the course of 13 weeks build your succession plan, then spend 9 months executing it.

What makes Operations Laboratory Unique?

Peer-to-Peer Support

Members participate in facilitated lab sessions with like-minded peers that support them while also holding them accountable for their actions.

Structure

Lab sessions and one-on-ones are routinely held to ensure progress is tracked and consistency is upheld.

Action-Oriented

This is more than just talking. Members are constantly developing and following through on ideas with real-world actions with the assistance of their execution consultant.

Data-Driven

All actions and recommendations are based on Value Builder’s extensive business research and metrics.

Over a 6 to 12-month period, members should experience:

You begin to own your business, instead of your business owning you

You will no longer chase invoices to make payroll

Many of the common small business problems will be eliminated

You begin to work on the business instead of in the business

You are not held hostage by any of your employees or clients

You gain the ability to strategize and implement long-term strategic decisions

Your conversations will develop into plannable actions

Your business will develop into an investment instead of just being a job

You will gain a throughout understanding of your target market

You will base your decisions off of data instead of emotion

You will consistently track and understand the financial aspect of your business

Your business will experience overall growth

You will see the clear path to a fully funded exit, a happy family, and a stronger business

John is a one-of-a-kind individual who is able to walk into any company and optimize it. Personally, our team has doubled our productivity since working with John, providing us tools I never knew existed. Now, we look forward to having meetings because we know they will be time well spent. Thank you for your leadership, John!

LIZ SHEPHERD | President, Life City New Orleans

Working with John Sherk is both impactful and fun! In addition to skillfully providing the management training I knew Sarah's Pet Care Revolution needed, he showed himself to be a valuable executive coach, internal communication resource, and business development guru for me personally.

SARAH COVERT | President, Sarah's Pet Care Revolution

We have utilized various management training programs over our thirty years in business to help develop our people managerially but our work with John to help develop our upcoming managers to help initiate more proactive responsibility while aiding with growth throughout our organization has been very beneficial to relieving pressure off of a small group of key management staff which has allowed for time to work on more organization advancements overall within our group. This program of training has demonstrated also how potentially underutilized different individuals unique abilities are when asked to step up and take action to advance their respective work areas and help manage activity –people can really surprise you when information is shared more freely and are asked simply to help.

SCOTT MORRISON | President, JM Test

One of the fastest ways to lose to the competition is to stop growing and learning. John develops our managers and keeps them growing month after month.

ROBERT MILLER | Star Service Baton Rouge

It’s really important to me and my partner/brother, Robert for this business to continue to operate at a high level even after we’re gone. Having a strong succession plan is a must. Operations Laboratory helped us develop and implement a process to get us there. The stage is now set for the next generation to evolve as owners and executives.

MIKE MILLER | President and owner, Star Service Baton Rouge

John has a unique ability to read my team members, quickly assess their needs, and make spot-on recommendations for the next steps towards their successes—and mine.

CHAD SCOTT | Managing Partner, CORE Health Networks

I turn to Operations Laboratory when I need help making sense of the capital and operations side of my business. It’s good to know I have them in my corner whenever I need trusted advisors.

JOHN WILLIAMS | President, JCW | A Creative Agency

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