In order to be as effective as is possible, your mentor will go through a list very similar to the one below, in order to learn as much from your current operation as is possible. All subjects will be jointly discussed with you, as indeed will be your hopes and aspirations for each of these items looking into the future.
• Client's own market research
• Focusing the vision
• Formulating the business plan
• Reviewing the recruitment policies and procedures, staff training and employees' manual
• Auditing personnel and assessing manpower requirements
• Reviewing present capacity
• Projecting future capacity needs
• Analyzing the quality of products and services
• Analyzing banking facilities
• Analyzing cashflow
• Analyzing investors' policies and contracts
• Reviewing list of professionals being used
• Analyzing product costs
• Determining desired product mix
• Relating marketing costs and efforts to sales results
• Analyzing IT cost benefits
• Reviewing all reporting policies and procedures