Don’t lie about who you are.
Find the awesome in what you do.
Be relentless in building momentum around it. 

WHY HIRE ME?
In my book, I wrote that it's very "hard to read the label when you are stuck inside the bottle" - My clients hire me to help them smash the bottle completely. With 15 years experience running a multimillion dollar company, I provide in-the-trenches knowledge and perspective other coaches don’t. And, unlike most, I roll up my sleeves and fight alongside of you. 

I provide business owners and CEO's 3 distinct services:

STRATEGIC ADVISOR & BUSINESS TURNAROUNDS
Many clients come to me initially for help strategizing what’s next for their business. And many them are enduring times of great challenge and change. I work with them to provide perspective, insight, and innovation that bring out the greatest potential in their business. Whether it is a better strategy to use the Internet, creating new products/services, reorganizing financing, or accelerating growth through acquisition, having the right strategy and a determined plan to execute it can make all the difference between success and failure. 

BRICKYARD COACHING
I offer business coaching—but with a fresh approach. The world of business doesn’t stick neatly to our weekly or bi-monthly coaching calls. So I stay connected at all times, not just for the hour.

We business owners are a tricky bunch. We often need help curating the many ideas and responsibilities spinning in our minds all day... and night. BUT, we don’t need someone to come in and tell us how to run our business. Where is the coach who takes the time to understand the interpersonal issues that are causing problems? Who will tell us that our marketing is not only boring, but doesn’t resonate with what our clients want? Who will help us make the changes we keep rationalizing away? Who will help us build the business that satisfies us professionally AND personally? 

That’s where I come in. I treat business owners like the unique individuals they are. I understand that you can’t separate yourself from your professional role – the two go hand in hand. I bring the personal to the coaching relationship in a way other coaches don’t. 

PLAYER-COACH
When I was running my business I desperately needed another me for distinct periods of time to increase the momentum that only grows from real change and innovation. If I am delivering maximum value, then I am not shouting from the back of the stage. Instead, I am right next to you on the big stage. The average business coach doesn’t step in during the in-between time, when your world, your inbox, and the endless distractions of modern life threaten to swallow you whole.  But more and more, executives and business owners are reaching out for a different kind of coaching, a player-coach who will jump in the foxhole with them.

Working with you and your executive team – I help support the changes and fight through blocks so the right kind of momentum can begin again, protecting you as an individual every step of the way. I make sure business owners learn and benefit from my experience, and don’t make the same mistakes I have made. I have been through the battles and survived a few recessions. As your player-coach, I offer a fundamental difference because I’ve been to the dark places of business, and what may feel terrifying to you will not blind me. And I am driven to make sure that you never have to go through what I went through.

Say Hello
Sometimes resilience needs a spark and a leg up.  That is what I offer every one of my clients.

Take advantage of a confidential free hour-long call with me, and together we will decide on the right problems to solve and tailor the right way to work together to solve them. Simply click here and contact me.

Prior to founding Brickyard Partners in 2001, Mann owned a premier international logistics company with over 140 Million in revenue, six U.S. offices and a global network of over 40 agents worldwide.

As that business came under severe pressure from the previous economic downturn and industry consolidation, Howard lead the company out from those treacherous times by returning to the basics that make every business great and completing 6 acquisitions that re-imagined the business so it was highly attractive to buyers. Finding that “secret sauce” did not come easily but has fueled his purpose to help other business leaders to never have to go through what he endured.

Through real world experience and those hard times in the “trenches” of business he has learned that it is not following the latest fad, copying competitors or adding complexity that makes a business truly great. His pragmatic approach and knowing what it feels like to sit in the CEO/Owner chair is what makes his work so different and effective.

Howard coaches a select group of entrepreneurs, CEO's and business owners. His highly focused workshops and keynotes help executive teams take aggressive action to unlock the true potential of their organizations and build remarkable businesses. In good times and bad. Online and off.

"The basics required to build a great business have never gone out of style and never will."

Howard is a sought after speaker both in the U.S. and around the world. He writes frequently on his blog about the importance of the basics and reconnecting to the passion that too often gets lost as businesses mature.

“To call Your Business Brickyard a 'bible' would not be an exaggeration. Doesn't belong on your Kindle or bookshelf - belongs in your pocket for permanent and immediate reference.”

Tom Peters, Author of In Search of Excellence and The Little BIG Things

This small book contains the secret basics to unlock the true power and potential of your business. The basics. That’s what you lost when you went from feeling like making your mark to just keeping up and surviving.

It’s time to admit you’re not having fun anymore. And it’s ok to say it. Only then can you find your way back to the beginning—when your business was all promise and no misery. Only then can you build (and innovate on top of) the basics that will never let you down.

Howard Mann has collected twelve essentials to any business foundation. Mann shows you how to get back to basics, reconnect with your purpose, and grow your business, instead of getting stuck following the latest trend or "Me too" fad.

Most important of all, Your Business Brickyard provides a game plan for how to make your business fun to run again.

Download the Goaljumping worksheets mentioned in the book.

“Never has so much business wisdom been packed into so few pages. My advice is to slip a copy of Your Business Brickyard into your briefcase and carry it with you wherever you go — for those moments when business seems hopelessly complicated and confusing.”

Bo Burlingham, Editor-at-large of Inc. magazine and the author of Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big

“When you’re at an entrepreneurial roadblock, this is the book you need to reboot your thinking and get you back on the right road.”

Andy Sernovitz, Author, Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking

Your Business Brickyard is available as a hardcover or for your Kindle from Amazon.com
AND we are now able to offer the PDF version for FREE when you sign up for our newsletter.

Do you want another motivational talk that will be forgotten in a day? Or real world strategies and tactics that will improve your business forever?

Motivational because they are so practical, Howard’s talks have been described as a one on one mentoring session regardless of the size of the crowd. Howard uses his real-world experiences and stories, his passion for extraordinary businesses, and a healthy splash of humor to help organizations and their leaders get back to the basics, reconnect to their true purpose, and walk away with rock solid tools and strategies they can put to work that day.

Businesses are getting lost trying to play catch up and match their competition instead of unlocking what they do better than anyone else. One audience member at a time, Howard aims to change that by reconnecting them with the basics of business that are too often lost as businesses mature. Getting back to the basics brings confidence and control back to the business, regardless of competitors, trends and fads, or even a business’ speed of growth.

Core concepts include any or all of the topics covered in his book or larger themes about the power and benefits that are realized in marketing, sales, operations and profitability when you reconnect to your purpose and execute your basics with perfection.

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KEYNOTE: YOUR BUSINESS BRICKYARD

Businesses that master their basics survive and thrive in good times and bad. Complexity is your enemy and you need to get rid of it NOW. Based on his book, Your Business Brickyard, Howard Mann takes you through basic business "practice drills" that will help you step back from the blur of the day-to-day. Sharing his real-world business ownership experiences, both good and bad, Howard helps you form a plan of action to reset your business foundations. You will learn how to grow your business by focusing on the day to day strategies that get results in the real world. Part workshop, part inspiration and all action, Your Business Brickyard presentations have been called the reset button for honest business people everywhere.

KEYNOTE: UNLOCK YOUR PURPOSE

If you do not have a purpose you do not have a business. That strong premise is at the heart of this talk. A clear and driving purpose is that elusive "secret sauce" businesses and marketers crave but too few realize. Howard takes his audience through the steps needed to identify a true purpose, how it is far stronger than a tagline or mission statement, how it will energize your entire team and how it makes your business truly unique in the marketplace. It’s about the power of passion, focus and how every organization MUST communicate what it does better than anyone else in order to thrive.

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Audience Feedback:

"I just wanted to thank you for taking part in our recent Standard Bank event. The client feedback has been off the charts. Being one of the few that was lucky enough to watch you talk three times I can truly tell you that each time I walked away with more food for thought. You are both a great business strategist, and an awesome storyteller - this immediately stands you apart from most corporate speakers, who are generally one or the other. If the other business owners got half as much from your talk as I did then this gig was a bigger success than any of would have hoped."
Richard Mulholland, President, Missing Link

"For our espresso sessions we brought Howard in to take us back to the Brickyard and get us to make the basic decisions correctly in our business. It’s a tough act to follow the fame of our previous speakers. Howard did it with both class and his own inimitable style. Quiet spoken, with “big” presence and intense interest in both his topic and his audience, Howard won over every audience within the first few minutes."
Kim Winstanley, President, EventWorx Inc.

“I had the pleasure of seeing Howard Mann address a group of seasoned executives. He reminded me of a great sports coach, someone who can take a talented player and break their game down to a few critical skills and through the right communication and interaction (emphasis on action) he helps them to reach beyond what they might have thought possible. He's approachable, well spoken and ultimately wants the best for every businessperson in the audience. His talk allowed attendees to head back to the office and, within a few hours, create dramatic changes in their businesses and lives by focusing on the basics.”
Christof Appel, Entrepreneur

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If your business feels stuck, stalled, under pressure or you just need a healthy dose of perspective then we should talk. There really is no substitute for candid conversation. It is the only way to truly learn about the way I work and find out if and how I can help. 

To book me for a keynote or workshop, complete the form below, send me an email or give me a call.

Howard Mann
Brickyard Partners Inc.
430 SW 13th Avenue - Suite 2105, Portland, OR 97205
Tel: (866) 413-5858 or email: hello@brickyardpartners.com

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