Leigh Bost Email & Phone Number

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Our professionals provide business counseling services statewide from offices hosted by campuses of The University of North Carolina System. The SBTDC operates in formal partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, making it a unique and valued asset in the economic development infrastructure of North Carolina. We help businesses address a broad spectrum of issues including: planning, financial management, human resources, marketing, and operations. We help make your business better through better decisions, better information, better financial performance, better access to capital and markets, better employee performance, and a better future direction.Connect with me! https://sbtdc.org/offices/wcu/ or fill out an online request for counseling https://access.sbtdc.org/reg.aspx?mode=counsel¢er=42012&subloc=0

Asheville, Nc

Strategy House collaborates with small business leaders in the Outdoor Industry or Businesses who have similar values to provide clients with strategic prioritization and systems to improve efficiencies, productivity, and revenue. We provide a service to refine overall strategy through collaboration, organizing processes, and goal setting. We strategize your goals to bring success to projects long overdue and reduce overwhelm by looking at the big picture and creating a Strategic Map for success plus Project Management, Onboarding, and Customer Service expertise.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Directed Operations and Project Management. SAAS start up to help hospitals find quality, pre-vetted talent in a short period of time while cutting the high cost of sourcing and qualifying candidates that don’t get hired. Architecting a new, innovative model for the ongoing evolution of talent acquisition. It’s the shift from competition to co-opetition (cooperation + competition) that allows this to be operational.

Atlanta

Managed a team of high caliber employees whose core values mirrored Patagonia. Developed a high level of customer engagement. Managed environmental giving through in-kind donations, internships, and financial grants. Drove fiscal revenue by creating annual business and operational plans; maintained expenses as a percentage of sales; utilized creative marketing strategies to drive traffic; maintained low shrink rate as a direct result of operational efficiencies; developed and monitored the capital expense budget to ensure the store was properly maintained and upgraded to meet the high visual standards.

Atlanta

Perimeter Atlanta

-Responsible for budget planning, business planning, driving Atlanta market initiatives, HR, and all aspects of operations including facilities, customer service, and shipping for budgets $7MM-$9MM.-Recruited, hired, and trained, managed of ~100.

Atlanta, Ga

Atlanta, Ga

Worked lighting and rigging for various events including 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Chapel Hill, Nc

Electrician, Stagehand, Electrical Supervisor for performing arts venue.