Business Coach Laura Drury

THE NEED:
Many CEOs and business owners are too heavily involved in day-to-day tasks and need to spend more time working "on" rather than "in" their business. But they are worried about losing control when they delegate, losing money through failed business development activities, or simply not making the best decisions. All these factors can cause business leaders to be stuck at a certain revenue point with no viable way to grow.

THE SOLUTION:

We help CEOs and business owners ($2M-$25M) to actually apply business best practices to their specific challenges and opportunities. With our support, business owners create practical strategic plans tied to their business and personal visions, and tactical plans with metrics and accountability to see these plans through to fruition. Addressing these factors taps the potential of businesses so they can grow unhindered.

THE APPROACH:

The on-going, regular nature of our approach focuses executive “sweat, determination and hard work” correctly so that business growth and vision are achieved. Below are several key elements of the services we provide.

1. Advisory board meetings with business leaders from non-competing industries. Advisory board meetings provide a wealth of input, expertise and perspectives for solving business problems and leveraging business opportunities, as well as the accountability to take action, create momentum and get results.

2. Executive coaching with an expert business coach. Executive coaching focuses more deeply on the business challenges and opportunities discussed at advisory board meetings, on the implementation of strategic action plans and on mapping the path forward.

3. Business tools providing cutting edge technology to capture, track and support business vision, planning, strategy, marketing, organizational design, team member accountabilities, business analysis (SWOT), and KPI measures to help assess progress and more.

Our Partners

Laura Drury

CEO/Owner, Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

303-809-8459

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Laura Drury

CEO/Owner, Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

Laura Drury is CEO/Owner of TAB Focused Directions and brings 26 years of business experience and 12 years in top-level leadership. Laura has specialized in building teams both internally and externally, and creating sustainable profitability. In addition to TAB boards and business coaching, Laura facilitates team building workshops, helps clients hire the right employees, and supports clients with vendor management resulting in the creation of better vendor relations and reducing client expenses. Laura has served in many roles in the telecom software industry, most recently as Vice President, Products and Marketing. Laura attended the University of Colorado and holds a dual degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Steve Drury

President/Owner, Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

303-916-1555

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303-916-1555

Steve Drury

President/Owner, Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

Steve Drury is President/Owner of TAB Focused Directions. Steve brings 38 years of business ownership, leadership and working with fortune 100 companies around the world, customizing his approach to meet the needs of each business. In addition to TAB boards and business coaching, Steve offers consulting to prepare your business for sale, leadership and culture development and workshops focused on team alignment and individual team member fulfillment. Steve also helps businesses hire the right people at the right time to support business growth. Steve was an owner/dentist for over 20 years. He has been a business coach, small business consultant, and facilitator for over 15 years. Steve holds a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Northwestern University and is a certified professional coach trained by iPEC.

Laura Murphy

Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

303-810-2391

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Susan LeTerneau

Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

303-322-9282

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Larry Rowland

Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

303-322-9282

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Larry Rowland

Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

Larry Rowland brings 45 years of business knowledge and know how to assists privately held businesses in accessing their potential. Larry’s specialties include executive coaching, group facilitation, strategic planning, change management, and team building. He has served hundreds of businesses in Colorado during the last 18 years. As an executive, he was responsible for guiding organizations through significant change in diverse circumstances, ranging from mergers to rapid growth or drastic downsizing. Larry is co-owner of Transition Technologies Team LLC.

Greg Walker

Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

720-351-9770

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MEMBER SINCE 2011
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Greg Walker

Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

Greg Walker was a Senior Vice President of TAB until 1996, and is the President of PCS Systems Inc. He served in management for a major midwestern public utility for ten years, leaving in 1980 to pursue his entrepreneurial goals, becoming president of three affiliated companies — SSC Technologies, Inc., Paraphase Corporation and Pioneer Technologies, Inc., where he developed multi-media training programs to educate company representatives to analyze potential client’s needs.

Mr. Walker has been a speaker for various sales and training organizations, lecturing before large and small groups on selling, closing skills, motivational techniques and personal development.

Mr. Walker has also served as a consultant in the areas of CEO leadership, computer equipment selection and specification, database management applications and training of MIS staff.

Neil Arthur

Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

937-260-0046

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937-260-0046

Neil Arthur

Facilitator/Business Executive Coach Denver DTC

Neil Arthur, CEO, ArthurBiz Advisors, is certified as a Contract Facilitator for The Alternative Board Focused Directions.

Neil brings over 45 years of business growth and development expertise turning around distressed and underperforming organizations to The Alternative Board (TAB) peer-board participation.

His experience ranges from multiple entrepreneurial startups to nation-leading sales with Fortune 500 companies over more than 45-years in C-suite management, sales, and sales management.

He came to the Rockies and Front Range in the middle of the pandemic after years visiting for business and pleasure.

His most recent turn-around gig as President and Publisher of the Dayton Business Journal followed stints as diverse as president of a healthcare technology company, founder of a telephony service and the leader in successful small business turnarounds.

In less than eight months, Arthur guided one organization in the transition from money losing to the number one business unit in an international chain. “The challenges are always unique,” he says, “but in this case, success was driven by getting the ‘right people on the bus and the wrong people off’, while keeping the focus on doing the right things well.”

Arthur is a certified representative of the Value Builder System, an evaluation and practical improvement process that increases business owner ROI up to 71% in 8 key performance measures. He is also a certified Achieve Global trainer who has developed and delivered multiple sales, internet and management training programs.

He has been an active member of the communities, serving on various business advisory boards, as a founder and treasurer of Ohio Robotics, Inc. the producer of multiple STEM education programs, former board member of Dayton Chamber of Commerce and as past president of the Miami Valley Council Boy Scouts of America. He now serves as the chair of the Colorado Springs Chamber program taskforce. He is also an active member of the South Metro Denver chamber serving on two committees there.

He can be reached at 937-260-0046 or narthur@TABFocusedDirections.com

We lost our Director of Operations abruptly, early this year – our strategic plan for the year and beyond changed dramatically with this loss. Working with TAB helped me regroup and make the right decisions at the right times – our company is doing better now than ever. The ideas and accountability have been invaluable.

Barry Aho

Genesis Group MEMBER SINCE 2017

In today’s ever-changing global landscape, wealth management has become increasingly more complex thus not all firms are created equal. The owners of Aveo Capital began their careers in one of the large Wall Street brokerage firms. Their individual experiences at these firms led each of them to the same conclusion. In order to truly put their clients’ interests first and to eliminate proprietary products and conflicts of interest, they had to make a change – Aveo Capital was formed. They attribute the success of Aveo Capital to the cornerstones upon which they rely: integrity, process, competence and service. They believe that adherence to these four principles will result in long-term relationships with their clients, based on mutual trust and respect.

Chad Williams

Aveo Capital Partners MEMBER SINCE 2016

My biggest financial win so far with TAB is generating over $50K in new revenue from existing clients based on applying wisdom from my fellow board members. What really fires me up though is the greater client impact I've been able to have as a direct result of deepening and expanding these consulting engagements.

Paul Rayner

Virtual Genius MEMBER SINCE 2016

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TAB Focused Directions
Denver DTC

Colorado

TAB Focused Directions

Impeccable support that ignites business owner success

Denver DTC | COLORADO

Our Partners

Laura Drury

Laura Drury

Steve Drury

Steve Drury

Laura Murphy

Laura Murphy

Susan LeTerneau

Susan LeTerneau

Larry Rowland

Larry Rowland

Greg Walker

Greg Walker

Neil Arthur

Neil Arthur

Member Success

Barry Aho

Chad Williams

Paul Rayner

Blog

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RESOURCES

keep in touch

TAB Focused DirectionsDenver DTC

Colorado

TAB Focused Directions

Impeccable support that ignites business owner success

Denver DTC | COLORADO

Our Partners

Laura Drury

Laura Drury

Steve Drury

Steve Drury

Laura Murphy

Laura Murphy

Susan LeTerneau

Susan LeTerneau

Larry Rowland

Larry Rowland

Greg Walker

Greg Walker

Neil Arthur

Neil Arthur

Member Success

Barry Aho

Chad Williams

Paul Rayner

Blog

Quick Links

RESOURCES

keep in touch

TAB Focused Directions
Denver DTC