Home  Effective change drives sustainable success We all stand at a crossroads, deciding whether to continue on with business as usual, or to embrace change and proactively create sustainable solutions. Shepherd Advisors sees the solutions to our greatest challenges coming from dynamic and developing businesses and organizations. We guide our clients through this process of change to achieve their desired goals and new levels of success. Business Services Shepherd Advisors is a small management consulting firm with experienced, insightful, hard-working people that listen to their clients, select the best practices most appropriate for each client's unique situation, and actively support each client in implementing its solution.   Shepherd's Business Building Services address small and mid-sized organizations' needs across a range of disciplines, including leadership and management, human resources, marketing, sales, business practices, strategic planning and "strategic doing", and financial management. Shepherd released the “Summer Management Series” in 2007 on the web and over email in the form of an electronic newsletter that is intended to help growing companies learn more about how they can best build their businesses. Shepherd's Clean Tech Deployment Services help clients to identify, evaluate, purchase and deploy clean technologies in order to save money while achieving sustainability goals.  Shepherd uses its deep knowledge of clean technologies and clean tech companies to take the guess work out of research and decision making. Shepherd's Market Building Services help organizations that want to spur economic development with entrepreneurism and/or clean technology adoption.  Shepherd works with those organizations to assess the best opportunities for the community, design programs that are achievable and effective, and work with the range of stakeholders needed to get the programs implemented .     Clean Technology Interest Shepherd has a keen interest in a broad range of technologies and products that are ­ more effective, more efficient, and better for the environment.  These are known as "Clean Technologies". Much of our efforts are focused on shepherding forth clean technology solutions by advising their providers, and educating those who seek these solutions.   Online Resources and Initiatives   In addition to our individualized consulting services, Shepherd Advisors presents several online entrepreneurial and clean technology resources.  These include the following. Summer Management Series Newsletter - This four part series delivered in 2007 addressed questions about management best practices, and was designed to help readers build their businesses by recognizing and addressing areas where they need improvement. Reduce Energy Use - an on-going initiative to help reduce industrial energy use through education and the facilitation of connections between those who are seeking ways to reduce energy use and those who provide energy efficient products and services. My 21CJF - an up-to-date repository of our best knowledge and insights related to the 21st Century Jobs Fund initiative in the State of Michigan, which is periodically making multi-million dollar awards for alternative energy and other high-tech solutions.   Contact Us Please contact us today to discuss how we might work with you to accomplish your goals.