O'Hara Business Strategies: 2024

Friday, September 20, 2024

ABOUT
O'HARA BUSINESS STRATEGIES!

O'Hara Business Strategies' mission is "to help clients strategically succeed". Strategically simply means keeping a focus on the key issues and trends facing your company, as well as the long-term success of your organization.

The late Stephen R. Covey, in his classic book, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" captured the strategic mindset with his "Begin with the End in Mind" and "Put First Things First" habits.

Daniel D. O'Hara and his network of associated professionals can help you make the right choices for your organization. Choices that sidestep the pitfalls and allow you to stride confidently forward. Choices that enhance the stability of your company and allow predictable progress toward your goals.

So, please check out this blog (just scroll down) for short articles on business topics & trends, informative internet links, classic quotes, recommended books, and information about O'Hara Business Strategies--the services offered, Daniel O'Hara's background, and more.

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CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

"Professional, concise, and cost-effective...their cost comparative analysis proved to be the wisest management tool we used in our business...Their advice, we feel, boosted our sales from an average sales year to a terrific sales year." Bill Nye, owner of Wyoming Trout Ranch, Cody, WY.

"I appreciated meeting w/you by phone each week-- you help keep me on track." Gallatin County, MT consultant.

"I am writing this testimonial letter for Daniel O'Hara. I hired Daniel for a business consulting project and I can tell you it was an absolutely outstanding job!....This projects was cost-effective for me and it was an awesome value. If your company is looking to enjoy increased value from consulting projects you would be very fortunate to have Daniel on your side. He is trustworthy, dependable, and great to work with...Best money I have spent all year!" Owner of a Billings, MT-based business services firm.

COMPETITOR RESEARCH

Get a leg up on the competition....

Differentiate yourself! Knowing the competition is a vital part of running your business today. O'Hara Business Strategies provides you with the information to help understand the key differences between you and your competitors. You'll receive a customized analysis of your competitor's situation including pricing, customer service and other factors. This analysis contains objective and subjective information that measure the metrics that are important to your business.

We help you define the parameters of the competitive shop that ultimately lead to an action plan to capitalize on your organizational strengths and minimize or eliminate your weaknesses. Ultimately this enhances the customer's experience, impacts staff behaviors, improves market share, increases profitability and helps your company act strategically in a competitive market place.

ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL CONSULTING SERVICES OFFERED

With Daniel O'Hara's financial background, O'Hara Business Strategies also offers accounting and financial consulting services to empower management to make quality decisions.

Services include:
*Contract C.F.O. services,
*Financial statement preparation & analysis,
*Developing & maintaining a budget and forecasting systems,
*Financial modeling and analysis,
*Process improvement,
*Inventory management,
*Job costing for construction & other firms,
*Accounting system development & upgrades, and
*Related services like securing financing, due diligence services, capital budgeting and lease-buy decisions.

MARKET RESEARCH SERVICES OFFERED...

Market Research services are used to translate information about a company's market, customers, or competition into the insight needed to adjust policies, practices and pricing to achieve greater success. Market research is a key factor in maintaining an edge over your competitors. Market research also provides important information to identify and analyze the market need, market size and your target market. Services offered can include:
*General market research,
*Customer surveys,

*Target market research,
*Focus groups,
*Competitor research, or
*Mystery shopping.

OTHER SERVICES OFFERED...

Planning & Strategic Services to help proactively manage your organization from the next step to a long-range road map. Services can range in scope from problem solving projects and developing or reviewing a business plan to developing a mission statement and developing all or part of a long-range strategic plan.
Coaching Services to increase your business' profits, address problems & issues, and develop the potential of leaders or key employees. We can fill the role of "peer advisor", "sounding board", expert, decision facilitator, or teacher, depending on your needs. Coaching is a cost-effective, modern way to build potential and profits.
Organizational Development to help your organization become more efficient and effective. Services can include operational audits (also called performance audits or efficiency audits), policy & procedure development, or trouble shooting/ problem solving engagements, when the situation is less clear.

And check out other sidebars here at http://www.oharabizblog.com/ for other services offered.....

INDUSTRIES SERVED

Agriculture
Auto Dealers
Auto Re-Possessor
Aviation
Banks
Box Stores
Business Services
Carpet Cleaner
Construction Firms
Credit Card Company
Dentist Office
Distributors/ Wholesalers
Employment Agency
Energy & Mining Firms
Furniture Retailers
Government - Local & Federal
Grocery Stores
Insurance Firms
Internet/ Online Businesses
Jewelers
Lender, Online
Manufacturing
Non-Profits & Churches
Optician
Paid Parking Lot
Political Campaigns
Professional Services
Property Management
Real Estate
Restaurants
Retailers
Services
Start-Up Companies
Tribal-Owned Businesses
Truck Stops
Trucking Firm & Broker
Wholesalers

MORE TESTIMONIALS

"Daniel served as in-house accounting manager and controller for the Northland Royalty Group of companies for approximately 2 1/2 years...Dan increased the effectiveness of accounting and administrative tasks throughout the company. He reconstructed our accounting records, instituted various procedures to increase efficiency, implemented and prepared reports for management evaluation and use. In addition, Dan supervised the accounting staff and coordinated auditing procedures for our affiliated companies. Mr. O'Hara served our organization well and was committed to the best interests of our company. This, together with his valuable degree of integrity, encourages us to recommend Mr. O'Hara in a trustworthy consulting capacity."

W.F. Sheehan, Jr., Former President of Billings, MT-based

energy firm, Northland Royalty Company.

"Daniel...has been employed at Celico Resources Limited...as the corporate controller. Dan has demonstrated strong organizational skills, the ability to meet challenges, and the capacity to establish and attain goals...Additionally, he displayed the ability to work well with the company's other staff, on a one-on-one basis, in a coordinating, managing, and training role." Barry Laidlaw, President of Celico resources Ltd. and West Gas, Inc.

DANIEL O'HARA'S BACKGROUND

●Self-employed accountant.
●Self-employed business consultant.

●Tax accountant for KPMG, a Big 4 accounting firm.
●Controller for a publicly-traded Canadian energy firm, a
closely-held diversified Montana energy firm, and a political
ballot-issue campaign.

●Accountant at other major corporations.
●Writer and Seminar Speaker.
●Owned and operated a variety of enterprises from rental real
estate to retailing and personal/business services to network
marketing and agriculture to online retailing.
●Passed CPA Exam in college.

STILL MORE TESTIMONIALS...

"...We know the proposed business was a difficult one to understand and research and we were very pleased with your quick comprehension of the subject matter. We were also very impressed that you provided us with exactly what we asked and did not sugar coat the results."
Co-Owners, Montana Property Management Firm

"Daniel is a man of integrity. He works hard in business matters and in all that he does. I also find him to be honest and fair in working with and helping others. Daniel coached and advised me on financial matters, as well as in my career...."
Asaph Adonai, Missoula, MT Musician, "The Liberace of Missoula."

CURRENT BOOKS OF INTEREST

"A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State" by John W. Whitehead.
"Flash Boys, A Wall Street Revolt," by Michael Lewis.
"Low-Hanging Fruit: 77 Eye-Opening Ways to Improve Productivity and Profits" by Jeremy Eden.
"Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action." by Simon Sinek.
"Strengths Finder 2.0" by Tom Rath.
"The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries.
"The Nordstrom Way to Customer Service Excellence..." by Robert Specter and Patrick D. McCarthy.
"The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload", by Daniel J. Levitin.
"What's So Great About Christianity" by Dinesh D'Souza.

10 CLASSIC BUSINESS BOOKS!

"In Search of Excellence, Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies", by Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
"Secrets of Closing the Sale", by Zig Ziglar.
"Starting on a Shoestring, Building a Business Without a Bankroll", by Arnold S. Goldstein, Phd.
"The E-Myth" by Michael E. Gerber.
"The Millionaire Next Door" by Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko.
"The Richest Man in Babylon", George S. Clason.
"The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", by Stephen R. Covey.
"Think and Grow Rich", by Napoleon Hill.
"Time Tactics of Very Successful People", by B. Eugene Griessman.
The Book of Proverbs in the Bible.

A FEW FAVORITE QUOTES

"Dost thou love Life? Then do not squander Time; for that's the stuff Life is made of." Benjamin Franklin.

"The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters,
but a man of understanding draws them out."
King Solomon in Proverbs 20:5 NIV

"Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty."
Ronald W. Reagan, 40th President of the USA.

"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the USA in his 1961 Inaugural Address.

"Extinguish free enterprise and you extinguish liberty."
Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of Great Britain.

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take everything you have."
Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the USA.

"Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf." Proverbs 11:28 NIV

"It has been our policy to hear patiently and discuss frankly until the last shred of evidence is on the table before trying to reach a conclusion."
John D. Rockefeller, famous American capitalist & philanthropist.

"You can't lick this Prosperity thing, even the fellow who hasn't got any is all excited over the idea."
Will Rogers, 1920s American humorist.

"But many who are first will be last, and the last first." Jesus Christ in Mark 10:31.