C.A. Norman

I will help you drive success.

My only focus is about making you and your business bigger, better, stronger, smarter. Operationally and Financially. It's what I love to do.

Years ago, I worked my way up the corporate ladder. Wanted to be top dog. Then I quit. (I did not want my epitaph to read, “she excelled in politics”.) Thought I knew about building a better business. How difficult could it be? I was very naïve. Without any contacts and industry connections I brought a new product line to market in less than nine months. Got to break even. Then had to deal with a huge family crisis for a year or so. After the dust settled, I realized I had zero interest in the parts between start up and going concern. I was agnostic about the product or service. My interest was fixing areas that didn’t work. Big humiliating lesson. Cost a quarter of a million dollars and royally screwed up my retirement plans.

Another lesson. I didn't want to be the top dog. I wanted to be the one who made stuff happen. Number Two. The one who bridged the strategic, tactical and operational. The one who looked at the guts of what worked and what didn’t and then figured out how to fix it. I experimented. Some things worked, some things not so much. Eventually I figured out the stuff that consistently worked and produced solid results. I decided to set out on my own. Again. Helping business owners fix the stuff that bugs them, keeps them up at night and holds them back from being successful.

Successful companies have people who truly perform. Successful companies have a process or a system that works. Successful companies weather the storms and still make money. Successful companies have Passion, Purpose and Profit. It took me a long time to finally arrive at the 2Ps+P3 Bullet Proof System. It works. I proved it. My clients proved it. And it will work for you. I believe the Bullet Proof system can help you be wildly successful. First by zeroing in on the most painful operational or financial areas within your business. Then by retooling or re-setting them. Finally, by measuring and monitoring the results.

I will help you re-think problems and issues. Provide grounded and sane advice. Help you implement creative and workable solutions that really do work. Strengthen the bottom line. Free up more cash. Find more profit. Forge ahead with Passion and Purpose.

If I haven’t bored your socks off, you probably want to know the experience thing. 30 years in operational and finance executive leadership. In a variety of businesses. Private, public, franchise, national, and international. Manufacturing, service, professional and non-profit. Startups to high growth. Mature to troubled. Market leaders and market followers. New markets, new products. Stagnant markets and commodity products. Acquisitions, divestitures, and culture changes. Canada, US, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Far East. $1 million to $3 billion.

Only three skills. I see the mountain and the path needed to get there. I get people excited about travelling along the path. I work very hard along side them to get them there.

In the middle of three books. About Starting, Strengthening and Selling Your Business. Its everthing and the only thing I know. The first one is out, the second two are under way. Haven't won any national awards and not made the best seller list. YET. Just a consistent track record for delivering results and fixing the impossible.

When you decide you want to Bullet Proof Your Business Now, I am here for you.