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Helping CEO’s & Companies Reach Their Goals Faster!
Plans into Profits. Dreams into Reality.
What's the company name about?
id8 is an acronym for Ideate. Ideating is a cornerstone of the strategic coaching work we do with entrepreneurs.
Collaborate
This is done with the entrepreneur and often includes the leadership team to discuss, debate, whiteboard, and brainstorm on strategy.
Create
Together we craft plans, often using the F.A.S.T or O.K.R. approach to developing clear goals and objectives.
Implement
It’s all about implementation and tracking leading & lagging indicators with KPI’s that are inspected on a weekly basis.
Think
Plan
Act
Asking questions, questioning your answers, discussions, debate, whiteboarding, and brainstorming.
Together, we will plan, create strategies, establish goals, scheduling, and proven methods to track progress.
Implementing change, acting with decisiveness, and confidence. KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) are typically used to track results.
Why do companies & individuals hire id8 Strategies?
- They want to turn their vision into actionable plans with accountability.
- They are tired of firefighting and want to run their business vs. their business running them.
- They lack clarity and are too busy working in their business vs. working on it.
- They ask for help identifying and tracking the right things with KPIs.
- They want help upping their entrepreneurial “game” by learning from the experience of others.
- They are stuck and need a coach to speak with on a regular basis. They want a sounding board.
- They have poor work life-balance and are stressed.
- They want to grow revenue by leveraging our B2B/B2C marketing experience.
- They need help build an “A” team through recruiting, hiring, firing, and compensation design.
- They want help developing a winning culture and meeting rhythm.
Do any of these resonate with you? Let’s talk!
Everyone Needs A Coach
Our Services
1:1 Coaching
Strategic Planning & Business Consulting
Peer Group Facilitation
Facilitated Retreats
About Paul
Paul Berman is a serial entrepreneur with front-line experience spanning over 30 years leading ten companies in various industries with total revenue exceeding $250,000,000. One brand he co-founded was nationally recognized as a #1 brand by Entrepreneur Magazine two years in a row.
Paul is a thirsty learner who loves the business of business. In his businesses he uses what was learned from Michael Gerber / E Myth, TopGrading, Verne Harnish / Scaling Up and EOS / Traction. These methodologies are often discussed with clients.
Paul has worked with thousands of businesses in developing business strategies, B2B and B2C marketing plans. Paul has built and led a #1 nationally ranked sales team and #1 nationally ranked franchise brand.
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Paul got me re-energized to work ON my business, gaining clarity on goals and holding me accountable during our weekly calls.
Every time we speak, I feel more motivated and energized! Paul always provides valuable information and inspiration.
Paul has a way of getting me more excited about growing my business.
Major progress in a short period of time!
It’s almost impossible to calculate the total ROI thus far. When I was first considering hiring a coach, was looking for 10X. With Paul, it’s been a lot more than that and it started to happen quickly.
When I need Paul, he is always there for me, including calls on weekends when my company was in trouble. Above and beyond the call of duty for sure!
You don’t know what you don’t know is a quote I use on an almost daily basis. A mentor and coach are someone who should show you what you don’t know, help you recognize your blind spots, and keep you on track to success. Paul Berman has been a coach that continues to provide new value each time I speak with him. Not only does he keep providing me with new information, but pushes me as an individual, both professionally and personally. Since engaging with Paul, our business has tripled in both revenue and people. We first engaged with Paul when our business was not in the best spot; he has helped us in both good times and bad. My firm and I could not be happier to have Paul as a part of our team.
We are a very satisfied client of id8 and have been working with Paul for about a year and a half. Paul has taken us through a dynamic process to understand our industry better, who we need to target, and he has helped us build an unbelievably powerful list of the clients and contacts we should be targeting. The thoughtfulness, experience and creativity are better than any consultant we have ever worked with. We brought Paul an impossible problem that many in our industry have failed to solve. He patiently broke it down into bite sized tasks and over time it has all started coming together. We still have a lot to do, but the progress we have made has more than paid for itself in new client acquisitions. These clients were a direct result of the many new connections we made in our industry through the id8 process. We are very happy and would recommend id8 without reservation to anyone who wants to understand their industry better and to have fresh insights into how to build their company for long term sustainable success.
I hired Paul as my coach in the Spring of 2021. Profits have tripled, my accounting and financial reporting is now tight (new CPA, Bookkeeper, budget is in place), KPI’s were established which we track on a weekly basis. I am also a MUCH smarter entrepreneur as a result of our discussions and books I have read based on Paul’s recommendations.
You keep me on my toes – Thanks to you, I feel smarter after every one of our Coaching calls!
It is as if you were born to coach people to higher levels of performance. Every month the experience at the Mastermind Group you facilitate gets better. Thanks!
You keep me on my toes – Thanks to you, I feel smarter after every one of our Coaching calls!
You are changing the way that I look at things and are having a positive impact on me and what I do. So, thank you again Paul!
I love your enthusiasm, it’s contagious.
Paul, you got me through 2023. Without you as a part of our team I might not have made it.
Since we began working together my company has more than doubled as we plan for another record year in 2024!
Want to learn more? Let’s talk!
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Discipline, Motivation & Self-Improvement
- Atomic Habits, James Clear
- The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg
- 10X Rule, Grant Cardone
- Can’t Hurt Me, David Goggins
- The One Thing, Gary Keller & Jay Papasan
- Embrace The Suck: The Navy SEAL Way To An Extraordinary Life, Brent Gleeson
- Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
- GRIT, Dr. Angela Duckworth
- Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
- You are a Badass, Jen Sincero
- The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle
- Service, Marcus Luttrell
Business
- The 5 Levels of Leadership, John C. Maxwell
- The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker
- The Art of War, Sun Tzu
- Good to Great, Jim Collins
- Built to Last, Jim Collins
- Turning the Flywheel, Jim Collins
- Great by Choice, Jim Collins
- How the Mighty Fall, Jim Collins
- Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0, Jim Collins
- Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Verne Harnish
- The Greatest Business Decisions of All-Time, Verne Harnish
- Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don’t, Verne Harnish
- Fans First, Jesse Cole
- Foolproof Hiring, Brad Smart
- Scaling Up Compensation, Verne Harnish
- Traction, Gino Wickman
- Who Not How, Dan Sullivan, Dr. Ben Hardy
- Hyper Sales Growth, Jack Daly
- The Sales Playbook, Jack Daly
- Life by Design, Jack Daly
- Double Double, Cameron Herold
- Free PR, Cameron Herold
- Vivid Vision, Cameron Herold
- Shoe Dog, Phil Knight
- Making Big Happen, Mark Moses
- The Great Game of Business, Jack Stack
- Made from Scratch, Kent Taylor
- The Gap & The Gain, Dan Sullivan, Dr. Ben Hardy
