Shadow CEO

Grow Faster Together

An Inspire expert will help you grow and achieve your goals with a clear roadmap and meaningful connections. It's lonely running a business and trying to have all the answers. Many sleepless nights filled with ideas and concerns questioning how you're going to do it all. But with an Inspire expert just one phone call away, how much of an impact would that make to your business? When you hit a roadblock or challenge or a big idea comes to you and you just want to bounce it around with someone who understands, you can call on us to talk it over.

With Inspire Biz you're never alone.

Armed with a clear plan forward, you'll be confident in what you're doing and where you're going. No more second guessing. No more sleepless nights.

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Do you feel “naked at the top”?

As a business leader, you’re the one everyone looks to. But who do you talk to when the pressure builds?

You’re overworked.

You’re constantly solving problems.

And your business is growing faster than your capacity and perhaps experience can stretch.

It’s lonely running a business… and utterly exhausting.

At Inspire Biz, we know the toll it takes on you of leading in isolation because most of our clients tell us so and what’s more, we’ve been there ourselves. That’s why we developed our Shadow CEO service to give you a seasoned partner in your corner who listens, advises, and takes action with you. Business coaches and consultants advise, we do this with you so we’re accountable for the results alongside you.

Real, experienced support when and where you need it, from someone who has been there themselves and found their way forward.

Here’s how the Shadow CEO helps you breathe a sigh of relief.

Weekly strategy sessions

One-on-one calls to untangle challenges and prioritise next steps, fast.

Shared execution

From strategy to action, your Shadow CEO rolls up their sleeves with you, in person or behind the scenes.

Measurable Momentum

Immediate results from the action taken and hands-on demonstration of best practice.

“I finally felt like I had someone in it with me. My Shadow CEO gave me room to breathe again.” — Inspire Biz Client

High-intensity support starts from just £295/month and flexes with your needs.

You’ve carried this long enough. Let’s lighten the load, together.

Get in touch to book a call and discover if a Shadow CEO is the right fit for your business.

You don’t have to do this alone.
With a Shadow CEO in your corner you’ll stay one step ahead, no matter what the business throws at you.

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Why Choose Inspire Experts?

After we've completed a full fact find to understand your business needs, we will identify the right expert for your current needs.

Our standard service includes spending a half day with you every month helping with your biggest challenges and we will be at the end of the phone whenever you need to talk to us.

High levels of expertise at an affordable cost – designed specifically for SMEs

Pay as you go flexible pricing structure starting at £295pm for our standard service

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A huge range of expertise, help and advice is available

With Inspire, you're not reliant on one expert and their knowledge bank. Our experts also have access into the wider Inspire network and can bring in other expert specialisms into projects or challenges, should that be required. Sometimes a mixture of different skill and capabilities are required at specific times. Our experts are well equipped to scope out what you might need and get the mix of help and support lined up in a planned and cost-efficient way.
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How can Inspire experts help you?

Chris

Startup Founder

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Chris
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Startup Founder

Chris has built a business off the back of a hobby in renewable heating solutions. The business has enjoyed double digit growth for the past 5 years.

He is 35, has a young family. He find himself struggling to move the business forwards in a planned way because he feels he has hit the limits of his current level of business knowledge. He needs to fill some gaps quickly to allow him to keep up the pace of growth.

He needs to start employing more people. Understanding the complexities of the law and what’s involved is something he is not overly familiar with. He needs to get some governance and processes in place to protect the financial performance of the product. He needs to improve how he markets what he does and his commercial arrangements with clients.

The Knowledge Accelerator would him to gain more insights in bite sized chucks alongside other business leaders in a similar. He would also benefit from accessing the Inspire Consultancy services to get experienced help in to the business and give him the bandwidth to get some of the governance and help he needs in place quickly and cost effectively.

Alice

Business Owner

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Business Owner

Alice is 40 and is the 3rd generation to run the family catering and events business. She has learned ‘on the job’ having left school at 16 and moved straight into the business.

She is finding the market increasingly competitive and feels that she needs some help to respond to challenges in the trading environment.

She is keen to grow the business and feels that she and the other managers in the business need to go through a leadership step change. Alice would benefit from accessing the Inspired Consultancy for external support and experience to help her plug her knowledge gaps and build a plan that supports her business development aims. The Business Vitality platform product will give access to a network of other business leaders and give access to products and services to help develop capabilities and skills.

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