[Fredslist] Help for the "other" community devistated by Hurricane Sandy

[Gil Effron]

Help for the "other" community  
devastated by Hurricane Sandy

Those of us fortunate enough to have electricity and cable TV in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy are seeing the immense destruction of one community after the next.
 
We feel deeply for the people who have lost their homes and the trials of communities that have lost everything. These families simply don't know where to turn or what to do next.
 
There is another community that -- with the exception of a few video clips of a shattered storefront window or an ice cream parlor with windows boarded up -- is suffering. That anguished community, of course, is the small business community in the greater New York City area.
 
While we've heard stories of neighbors in residential communities with power inviting neighbors without to share meals and a shower, we are not hearing stories of how businesses that were spared the wrath of Hurricane Sandy are reaching out to those that, for whatever reason, are still waiting to get back to work.
 
Rick Raymond and I are stepping up to the plate to help those business owners that are in need. In some cases that help may come simply in the form of connecting those business owners with city and Federal programs for assistance in the form of emergency funding, temporary space, and disaster recovery.
 
In other cases, Rick and I are donating our time to work one-on-one with business owners to help them organize, strategize, focus on the most critical short-term activities of restoring their infrastructure, taking care of their customers and, most importantly, to let them know they are no alone.
 
Two issues face us as we move forward. The first is how to identify and reach those business owners in Manhattan that could benefit from and appreciate this support.
 
The second is that the need could be greater than we can provide personally. We expect there will be need other consultants, coaches, and business specialists.
 
If you are able to help either:
 
1) by connecting us to business owners whose businesses have been brought to their knees by Hurricane Sandy or
 
2) by donating your time and expertise along with us as a consultant, coach, or business professional...
 
Please call 877-838-1838 or send us an email:
 
Gil Effron
GilEffron at TheGrowthTeam.org 
 
Rick Raymond
RickRaymond at TheGrowthTeam.org 
 
Note: If in the event that we cannot personally help a business based their specific need, industry, location, or the size of their business, we will do our best to help connect them to one or more business professionals that can be of assistance.
 
 
"When strangers start acting like neighbors...  
communities are reinvigorated." -- Ralph Nader


   

About The Growth Team   

Developed by Gil Effron and Rick Raymond, The Growth Team is a result-oriented coaching and consulting firm that works with privately-held and family businesses, leadership teams, and organizations between $2 million and $25 million and helps executives and leadership teams effectively tackle urgent challenges, improve organizational efficiency, and map successful strategies for moving forward.
 
Utilizing a highly reliable process approach, The Growth Team is as comfortable and effective solving the challenges of troubled businesses as it is guiding those about to burst at the seams as a result of rapid growth or a sudden winning streak.
 
Through our diagnostic and discovery processes we are able to quickly and efficiently identify the primary points of constraint troubling an organization and go to work to help the leadership team develop and implement strategies to eliminate those points of constraint. Click here to learn more.  


Gil Effron
Strategies For Growth
555 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10017

gil at strategiesforgrowth.net
800-226-2428 or 347-920-3272
Fax: 877-805-8037
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