Jim Greear

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About Jim Greear

Jim helps business owners unlock their potential for opportunities by focusing their efforts. For more than three (3) decades, Jim has assisted hundreds of entrepreneurs and business owners plan to reposition their business from workout/turnaround to growth expansion and eventually exiting. Jim specializes in turning the complex into simple, using strategic steps to facilitate change and foster innovation while instilling fun back into the workplace. Jim is currently President of FocusEfforts.com, a Florida based consulting boutique that specializes in assisting small to medium businesses plan strategically and then execution of these programs. With more than 30 years international experience in senior management, ranging from strategic planning to tactical execution, Jim’s consults regularly on customer acquisition and retention, corporate administration, operational efficiency, technology utilization, product development, business development, marketing, logistics and exporting. His clients operate in various industries including academia, construction, consumer products, retailing, franchising, manufacturing, distribution, real estate, the public sector and non-profit clients. Prior to going out on his own, Jim held management positions in high technology companies ranging from under $1 million to multinational operations in excess of $200 million in total revenues. Jim previously held a Florida Real Estate License, a Series 7 license, Florida 2-15 license and has received extensive training in various management and re-engineering disciplines including Six Sigma, Lean Enterprise, TRIZ, Quality Systems, and TQM. Jim serves in the community to give back as a SCORE Certified Mentor, a UCF Business Incubator Mentor, SBA Certified Mentor, a board member on the Cairns Foundation with the Innovative Challenge along with several advisory boards in the award winning National Entrepreneur Center in Orlando. Jim is also an ordained minister with KMW Ministries and author of several faith based training curriculum.