At Blue Door Group, we believe passion and profit can live together. We bring extensive expertise in the development of corporate cultures that generate growth, employee retention and customer service in organizations. With years of experience in coaching and mentoring business professionals, we have a focus on building organizations that are profitable while being people-centered. We understand how people work, allowing us to take a no-nonsense approach to strategy with a sensitivity… Show more At Blue Door Group, we believe passion and profit can live together. We bring extensive expertise in the development of corporate cultures that generate growth, employee retention and customer service in organizations. With years of experience in coaching and mentoring business professionals, we have a focus on building organizations that are profitable while being people-centered. We understand how people work, allowing us to take a no-nonsense approach to strategy with a sensitivity to personal barriers and limiting beliefs. Our growth strategies focus on operational systems that eliminate pain points and develop corporate culture with an eye that all things valued in an organization need to be measured. ““Measure what you treasure” is one of our key success mantras, driven by the understanding that steps must be quantified to continuously motivate towards a goal. With competencies in operational strategy, commercialization and distribution strategies, business development, employee coaching and mentoring and leadership training, we bring people and process together,so you can bring passion and profit together in your business. We also provide fractional CEO/COO solutions that offer opportunity for hands on, expert implementation of enhanced operational systems and processes while assisting with executive gap coverage, scaling or leadership transitions. Show less

Served as President for a financial planning company with disruptive IP expanding across canada and deploying a secondary B2B model. - Successfully commercialized proprietary IP for scaling to a national level - Developed distibution strategies to help most efficiently acquire new clients in B2B model- Grew sales domestically by streamlining processes, hiring new talent, introducing new client acquisition strategies and assisting founder in bringing brand to a new level-… Show more Served as President for a financial planning company with disruptive IP expanding across canada and deploying a secondary B2B model. - Successfully commercialized proprietary IP for scaling to a national level - Developed distibution strategies to help most efficiently acquire new clients in B2B model- Grew sales domestically by streamlining processes, hiring new talent, introducing new client acquisition strategies and assisting founder in bringing brand to a new level- Developed and implemented financial education programs for entrepreneurs Show less

With several decades of management experience leading organizations from the food and beverage industry to distributorship sales, Stephanie brought extensive expertise in the areas of business development, employee retention and professional development as well as corporate operations to her role as Vice President for Maritime Broadcasting System (MBS Radio). Stephanie’s experience in coaching and mentoring, business operations and strategy as well as her proven track record of getting results… Show more With several decades of management experience leading organizations from the food and beverage industry to distributorship sales, Stephanie brought extensive expertise in the areas of business development, employee retention and professional development as well as corporate operations to her role as Vice President for Maritime Broadcasting System (MBS Radio). Stephanie’s experience in coaching and mentoring, business operations and strategy as well as her proven track record of getting results served as further fuel for the growth of MBS’s 25 radio stations across the Maritimes. Stephanie was one of the few top female executives in radio broadcast in Canada and demonstrated a passion to see more women advancing into leadership roles within the the company and industry. The extremely competitive world of broadcast in Canada is an ever-changing landscape and leadership of an organization in this industry requires agility, strategic thinking and progressive methodologies. During her tenure, Stephanie navigated CRTC license application hearings and other obligations that come with working within a federally regulated industry, technology & infrastructure renewal, union labour negotiations as well as day to day operations of a large, multi-location organization. Show less

As Director of Business Development for one of the country’s largest and most successful companies in the ultra competitive beauty industry, Stephanie became highly skilled at the art of growing a business. Along with her team of business associates at Salon Resource Group in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she saw the company through many evolutions to its current size of 21 salons and spas across Atlantic Canada with almost 400 employees as well as a trade school that boast graduating over 120 students… Show more As Director of Business Development for one of the country’s largest and most successful companies in the ultra competitive beauty industry, Stephanie became highly skilled at the art of growing a business. Along with her team of business associates at Salon Resource Group in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she saw the company through many evolutions to its current size of 21 salons and spas across Atlantic Canada with almost 400 employees as well as a trade school that boast graduating over 120 students a year. Further, with the knowledge and experience she gained leading teams to success, she also worked with the consulting branch of the company, Salon Consultants International. Her dynamic approach to leadership, ability to create sustainable business systems and engaging speaking style allowed her to help other companies transition their corporate cultures from good to great. Show less

During her decade at Salon Resource Group, Stephanie also worked with their sister company, Salon Consultants International. Salon Consultants International developed out of the systems and processes that proved so successful in building the Salon Resource Group and allowed for the sharing of those growth strategies to businesses in the beauty industry throughout the US and Canada. As both a consultant and a training facilitator, Stephanie assisted in transferring the corporate systems… Show more During her decade at Salon Resource Group, Stephanie also worked with their sister company, Salon Consultants International. Salon Consultants International developed out of the systems and processes that proved so successful in building the Salon Resource Group and allowed for the sharing of those growth strategies to businesses in the beauty industry throughout the US and Canada. As both a consultant and a training facilitator, Stephanie assisted in transferring the corporate systems, processes and strategies from Salon Resource Group and its 25 business units into training materials and consulting tools as well as facilitating small and large group training sessions. From internal systems such as inventory control, compensation models, financial structuring to corporate culture building, sales strategies and marketing tools, Stephanie built content for training & reference materials as well as group training, conferences and workshops. Working with both independent salon owners and large, corporate entities as well as distributorship sales houses and beauty manufacturers, Salon Consultants International touched tens of thousands of lives and grew to become an international force in the beauty industry. Show less