Business-Coaches, LLC began in January of 1993, and since then has built a business on glowing customer referrals. With 19 years of one-to-one business consulting management marketing experience and a staff of seasoned individuals, each with more than 20 years of relevant experience, Business-Coaches, LLC has learned how to create more efficient companies within a relatively short time frame.
Gordon Oberg, Owner of GO-consulting & Eastern U.S. Area Business coach and founding Member of Business-Coaches, LLC has long term expertise in the retail industry as an owner, manager, and sales representative, as well as a regional product service representative and service center manager. Gordon has more than 31 years experience in the contracting industry at the HVAC distribution level, as well as 19 plus years as a business consultant in the retail service industries of Auto Repair, Builder-Developer, Electrical, HVAC, Landscape, Marine Retail, and Plumbing. Gordon has a BSBA in Marketing from the University of Denver in Colorado, and makes his services available to the public via Business-Coaches, LLC. You can also follow Business Coaches LLC on Facebook and receive his bits of daily business wisdom.
Lowell B. Rex - Business Coach Western Region - Bio information: 10 years, Licensed Financial Advisor with an emphasis on small business owners...exit strategies and retirement plans. Field rep - Bookeepers Service co. sold and service bookeeping and tax services to small business owners. Developed and implemented a 5 week "know your numbers" training/consulting course. Account representative - The Possibility Company Management training and consulting. Established and coached new time-management division. Teamed with Co. owner training small company leaders and key employees. Consultant and Managing Partner - Institute of Family Research. Sold highly personalized genealogical research services to individuals and family organizations. Opened 2 new territories. Lead them to profitability. Managed independent office.
Education: BA Business Administration, Utah State University, production managment emphasis, double minor: Economics & Spanish. Skills also include, but are not limited to Speaking, Reading and Writing Spanish fluently.
Tara - Lyn Ford - Marketing Office Support Western Region - 10 years plus experience involving duties as an Office manager Plumbing Co., Administrative Assistant for a design co. & working in the financial sector as Expense Processing Administrator and Administrative Assistant. During the 10 plus years Tara has been working she has been directly involved in handling all the day to day duties including bank deposits, Customer service, budgeting, monthly reports, expense analysis, Accounts Receivable, Payable, etc. She daily uses her background in Computer Information Systems and is very knowledgeable about Quick Books, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point and Outlook.
More important, however, than our own ideas about our organization are our customers’ ideas and experiences. For that reason, we’ve provided a number of testimonials. We invite you to read them and are willing to provide phone numbers so that you may contact them yourselves. At Business-Coaches, LLC we are certain that our past customers will tell you that they are glad they took the time to work with us.
Testimonials
"Our accountant said we never could have progressed to our company's
present profitable position without Gordon's help and guidance."
Brian & Mike Gelber, Uniondale, NY
"Gordon's ability to envision the future for our company and put the needed systems and personnel in place has allowed us to grow in the right direction."
Sal Barbagallo, Swedesboro, NJ
"Gordon brings an outside objective perspective to seeing our company's problems combined with an excellent understanding of the financials and our computer system." Sharon Styf, Grand Rapids, MI
"Gordon has a unique ability to look at very complex issues and bring them down to easily understood and measurable items that addressed problems and allowed us to grow profitably."
Doug Matz, NY
"When I first called Gordon, I told him that I was going to have him come out to NY, tell me what I already knew, but that I was going to pay him anyway. In the past two years, our net profit has increased dramatically due to his gentle, sometimes very direct, but very focused guidance and direction. He always seems to know the steps I need to take in my business and give me the tools necessary to measure how I am doing."
Bernie Arenz, NY
"We are in the Auto & Truck repair business. I was making money, but I did not know who was producing or a way to measure that production. If I hired someone new, I did not have a way to measure their performance. Gordon suggested and put in place some very effective productivity measuring tools as well as changed the way the our Profit & Loss statements looked. The profit and loss statements are now an effective management tool. Gordon started with the productivity and financial side of the business and now we are focusing on the Sales & Marketing side. Gordon brings an outside set of eyes to our everyday operation."
Eric Lang, NY (Auto & Truck Repair)
"I met Gordon through a friend of mine who was a member of a management group and an electrical contractor. Even though I am in the Landscaping business Gordon was able to look at our operation, meet with our accountant, suggest ways and things we needed to do to improve our office productivity, financial picture and cash flow..."
Don Mahoney, NY (Landscaping - Snow & Ice)
"Gordon was referred by a friend of mine while attending a Lennox conference a number of years ago. The first thing he did was to suggest I spend some money and update my computer system. After that, he has helped our entire company in all areas: the office, the service dept, performance pay, productivity, financial planning, budgeting, sales & marketing and new revenue streams. I am continually amazed at the various topics and suggestions he brings to our company over the year. He is truly an asset to our organization."
Dave Maurer, MI (Heating & AC Contractor)
"I have owned a successful plumbing business in Long Island for over 25 years. Even though Gordon has only worked in the Long Island area for the past 13 years, I did not hear about him until the summer of 2005 as I was speaking with a friend of mine in the HVAC business. I asked Gordon to come in and evaluate our management team, our service dept (especially the computerization of the service dept), our day to day procedures and our staffing. After Gordon's first few visits and his enthusiasm for the service industry I realize all the more why I love the plumbing business so much. Gordon has the ability not only to see where we are, but where we need to go and the steps we need to take along the way."
Ken Maher, NY (Plumbing Contractor)
"Gordon came to our company on a referral from a friend of ours in the Heating & AC business. Even though we are a plumbing company and have been in business over 30 years and thought we knew more about our business than anyone, Gordon was able to come in from an outside viewpoint and suggest ways we could improve our office productivity, save time and point us in the right directions to make us more efficient, productive and at the same time give us a plan for the future." Roger & Hunter Botto, NY (Plumbing Contractor)
I heard about Gordon from a person I was interviewing for a management position in my electrical company. I called him and asked him to stop in when he was in the area again. He spent about a half day with our company and since that time has guided us on getting our office staffed properly, our financials in order, our budget and our revenue streams. Each year he challenges us to be the best...plus gives us something to focus on..."
Jeff DiLandro, NY (Electrical Contractor)
"We are a high end condo and custom home builder developer in the Michigan area. Gordon came to us with an outside perspective and has helped us with building our cohesive management team, our budgeting, and our performance pay bonus plan and with the customer relations sales-marketing side of our business." Dan & Jeff, MI (Condo - Custom Home Builder Developers)
"We met Gordon back in 1989 when he was selling computer systems for a company for a company in Fort Myers, Fl...Over the years we have kept in contact and have been using his services for the past three years. He has guided our service dept to be more productive, efficient, and responsive to the customers needs. He has worked with our sales dept in setting goals, increasing our average sale and gross profit margin. He has also given us guidance on the overall aspects of our business including the purchase of another company in our market area."
