Growth Strategy Consulting and Coaching

3162 Johnson Ferry Rd STE 260-121 . Marietta, GA 30062 . 404.781.9003 . www.circlemakers.co

Welcome to CircleMakers™ “In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.”

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Are you merely surviving today or are you driving growth for tomorrow?

At the heart of every great growth story is a big, bold dream with lots of circles around it. Our firm, CircleMakers™ started that way. Your organization can, too.

At CircleMakers™, we believe people & organizations of all sizes have the capacity for Big Growth.

We are passionate about unlocking dormant growth potential in your organization through better strategy design and execution.

We believe sustainable growth has no finish line. The one who works the circle of Re-Learning, Re-Invention, and Re-Commitment wins. We’ve developed the system and resources to help you achieve this kind of business.

So,....what’s in your circle? What BIG business and people-building dreams are front and center in your life?

“We were fortunate to have partnered with Circle-Makers in designing our strategy to expand to new markets. Their process of defining the market, estab-lishing the go-to-market strategy and developing the business plan was invaluable to our team.”

Trevor Lang EVP & CFO, Floor & Decor

About UsWho We Are

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Todd R. GarretsonFounder / Chief Growth Strategist

Business owners and executive teams of leading businesses ranging in size from $10 million to $500 million seek the advisory services of CircleMakers™ and the cutting edge thinking of Chief Growth Strategist, Todd Garretson. After graduating with a degree in Business from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, Todd spent the first decade of his career building, expanding and eventually, selling a family manufacturing business. He spent the last six years in a number of corporate leadership roles with Hunter Douglas and Newell Rubbermaid.

With over 15 years of experience leading market share growth initiatives of top consumer brands in Fortune 500 and privately-held business environments, Todd helps businesses design and implement high-value strategy projects. As a growth strategist, you can find Todd at the intersection of the architect and the builder - with the unique skill to both envision it and make it come to life. Todd has a passion for helping people and businesses realize their potential through big ideas, explosive vision and strategy and flawless execution.

Residing in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Lauri, and their four children, weekends and free time are spent with family, coaching youth sports, and sharing his passion for faith, fitness and nutrition.

Todd is available for speaking engagements to all size audiences, guest writing and various board and advisory assignments.


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Has your business growth plateaued? Do you know why?

CircleMakers™ is built on decades of first-hand experience growing multi-billion dollar businesses, brands and people.

We possess unique speciality in helping:

• Private, family-run businesses• B2C & B2B manufacturers • Consumer package goods brands

and manufacturers• Ecommerce retailers• Home improvement Product and

service providers• Home improvement and home

furnishing retailers• Dealer and franchise networked businesses• Restaurant / hospitality organizations• Non-profit organizations• Early-to-later stage start-up businesses

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Are you challenged to get your culture to both embrace and drive your strategy forward?

Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take the step.

Growth-centered organizations do much more than grow numbers.They grow people, customers and value.

We call it ForwardMovement™

ForwardMovement™ not only describes the outcome of building great strategy and culture, but is also a movement of leaders passionate about growth.

The transformation organizations undergo when working with our strategists:


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Who We Help ForwardMovement™

re.Focus is much more than an exercise in being efficient. It’s about getting in position to be the best version of you.

re.Think is much more than a new idea or approach. It’s being able to see what’s invisible to others. It’s a call to become something more.

re.New is much more than a new direction or new goal. It’s about being able to unleash energy and passion stores that lie deep and dormant.

re.Form is much more than a new structure for the organization. It’s an opportunity to make change and growth permanent.

re.Sults is much more about growing numbers. It’s about growing people. It’s about growing businesses. And that is the heart of the ForwardMovement™.

Welcome to the Growth Strategy Wheel™ “For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.”

Is your current strategy an annual event or is it the way you do business?

Building a growth-organization is not easy. The Growth Strategy Wheel™ is the system we designed to help all businesses drive repeatable and sustainable growth.

Whether you’re a CEO, business owner, executive, entrepreneur, team leader, individual performer, or a consultant - if you’re into building businesses - then you will love using our Growth Strategy Wheel™ system.

There are two primary reasons organizations are unable to create sustainable growth:

1 While most strategy is treated as a straight-line project with a start and finish, the Growth Strategy Wheel™ employs a flexible, tool-based system that allows organizations to repeatedly discover and capture new growth.

2 Between 60 - 90% of all strategy fails in the execution phases, primarily a result of leadership failing to adequately mobilize the people-forces of the business. The Growth Strategy Wheel™ links organizational culture to ongoing execution and implementation.

Let us share how the Growth Strategy Wheel™ can help you achieve your most ambitious business goals.


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Explore. The Process All great strategies are a result of a big discovery. In the Explore phase, we work with your team to conduct extensive learning across all stakeholders. Our team will garner in-depth understanding of the competitive and marketplace landscape. We then audit your current value proposition and market fit, while evaluating new opportunities for growth. This phase includes auditing your current business strategy and capabilities to prioritize possible gaps.

Envision. The Process Vision is answering the call to become something more. The Envision phase of the Growth Strategy Wheel™ is all about helping you and your team to make choices about where you will grow and how you will do it. We identify the market cells for growth, design the value proposition, and help you prioritize the right capability development needed to deliver value. This includes laying out a comprehensive strategy for your brand(s), including the innovation and expansion roadmaps.

Embrace. The Process Embrace is the bridge that connects the strategy design to the implementation. It comes down to people, communications and moving the culture to embrace the

strategy. We help guide you through this process, from auditing the culture, aligning your organizational structure and strategy, to the cascade of performance metrics across your business. Within Embrace, unique to the Growth Strategy Wheel™, we work with your teams to prioritize personal growth across your peo-ple-forces as a significant precursor to organizational growth. Execute. The Process The Execute phase is where we bring black and white to life. Our resources are brought to the forefront to help you develop and implement the necessary plans across functions to activate the strategy. Typically specialized and varied, we help prioritize and test growth strategies for additional learning and validation. Elevate. The Process

In the Elevate phase, we have captured performance data from validation or in-market test and learns, to which we can re-fine go-to-market strategies in advance of scale. As the orga-nization is integrating the new strategy, the Elevate phase allows us to leverage technology to improve systems. Ultimately, all of these enhancements can release the organization to continue driving the strategy, collecting analytics, uncovering and capturing new growth possibilities.


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Growth Strategy Audit

Not sure where to start? Schedule a free, no-obligation Growth Strategy Audit now.

GSA Details: During a FREE Strategy Audit, we gather details on your current business strategy, challenges and objectives. We then provide you with initial insight and advice, and offer recommendations on next steps.

GSA Format: These initial audit sessions can take place in-person, over the phone or via video conference and last approximately 45 minutes.

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Growth Strategy Consulting

Need special expertise for your most important growth challenges?

GSC Details: Employing our Growth Strategy Wheel™ system, our consulting services feature our strategists interfacing with your organization to address your most critical growth challenges.

We possess special project expertise in the following areas:

• Brand and Marketing Strategy• Product and Service Innovation• Business Model Innovation• Market and Channel Expansion• Consumer Experience and

Omni-Channel Strategy• Performance Culture-Building• Sales Force Optimization• Venture Concept through Scale• Acquisition Scouting• Strategy Alliance Development

GSC Format: Our consulting services feature extensive, on-site strategy audits with you and your team. After developing a customized Growth Strategy Wheel™ with timelines for your special project and / or business, a series of on-site and off-site sessions are put together to drive the various phases work, from design to implementation.

Growth Strategy Coaching

Interested in implementingthe Growth Strategy Wheel™ at your organization?

GSCO Details: Organizations and individuals alike have expressed strong desire to implement the Growth Strategy Wheel™ within their businesses. Due to overwhelming interest, we are currently developing a webinar and workshop-based coaching program to deliver all of the tools and guidance needed to make the Growth Strategy Wheel™ part of your business.

COMING Fall of 2015!

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For additional information, pricing and registration, we invite you to contact us or visit Our Services at www.circlemakers.co

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Growth Strategy Speaking

Interested in learning more about how to build the growth-centered organization?

GSS Details: We welcome an opportunity to add value to your next event or team function through our flexible speaking formats and topics:

• ForwardMovement™ Unlocking Dormant Potential in Your Organization

• The Growth Strategy Wheel™ How to Build the Growth-Centered Organization

Contact us today to learn more about our speaking solutions that can be tailored to your specific needs


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