Make more money doing what you love.
The Levership 12-Month Transformation Program is designed for busy, ambitious entrepreneurs just like you.
This program transforms your small business so you get to do what lights you up and not be stuck in the weeds doing what you hate.
We’ve helped hundreds of entrepreneurs break past the $1M mark and beyond, creating growing, profitable businesses they love to run.
This isn’t a course or coaching group, and we aren’t consultants. We work in the trenches with you and your team to teach you how to improve the right things in the right order.
We add no extra time to your plate and instead help facilitate the meetings you’re already running with your leadership team.
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“We've doubled our sales and are on track to be 3x by the end of the year, and I attribute a lot of it to the lessons we learned in this program.”
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“By the time we were done we were making a lot more money with less people and having fun.”
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"I feel secure with the skills I learned in this program and we're fully booked with work for the next 3-5 years."
Chelsea Colwell-Pasch
Colbr Consulting Inc.
What you’ll get
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Get clarity and focus
Know who your perfect customer is, and how to position your value the right way.
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Operate at the right level
Spend your time operating at a higher level so you can steer your business in the right direction.
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Train your leadership team
Your leaders are your levers. We bring them in and train them on how to operate the business, so you aren’t stuck in the day-to-day.
Feeling like it’s groundhog day every day?
You’ve poured your blood, sweat, and tears into your business to get it to the level it’s at, but it feels like the harder you work, the more work gets added to your plate.
You aren’t reaping the money or the freedom you thought you’d achieve by now.
Too much of the business depends on you, and if you don’t show up things will fall apart.
You take one step forward and two steps back.
You throw the proverbial spaghetti at the wall, but nothing seems to work.
This is common. Every business owner faces it.
Some figure out how to grow through it, and some stay stuck and eventually quit to take a job.
Relax. We can help.
You’ve read the books and taken the online courses, but without someone to guide you through it and show you how to apply it, it’s useless.
We don’t give you a report and walk away.
We don’t tell you what to do and wipe our hands clean.
We show you how to do it, and work through the messy middle with you and your team.
Say goodbye to overpriced consultants and ineffective coaches.
“Now that we have processes in place we know which direction the ship is going, we stay the course. My team appreciates that we aren't changing course every month, which is what was happening before. ”
Nicola MacNaughton
Leganit Inc.
The Levership Program is a 12-month, cohort-based transformation program for entrepreneurs past $500K in revenue who want to take their business to the next level.
We’ll show you the exact systems we’ve personally used to grow businesses past $155M in revenue.
You’ll learn how to build focus and rigour into your organization so that you improve the right things in the right order with the right people.
The best part? You won’t have to do it alone.
You’ll apply everything you learn with support from us and other smart entrepreneurs.
Your business needs focused execution.
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"In 30 minutes, Matt found us $70,000. We now are doing more in a week than we were doing in a month."
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“So many folks come in and tell you what to do and how to do it. They teach you how to do it. ”
Andrew Oland
Moosehead Breweries
Is Levership right for you?
Are you an ambitious, 7-figure entrepreneur who wants to scale your business?
Do you feel stuck in the weeds, required for day-to-day decisions and unable to delegate effectively?
Have you tried making improvements in your business before but feel like there’s 500 competing priorities and can’t decide what’s most important?
Do you have a growth mindset and are open to new ways of doing things?
Have you tried hiring coaches and consultants in the past but didn’t see results?
Do you feel like you need the rhythm and accountability from people who have been there and done it before, and who can show you, not just tell you?
If you can relate to any of these, The Levership 12-Month Transformation is right for you.
How it works
Behavior change is hard. Growth is hard. Luckily, we’re experts at both.
Seasoned experts facilitate
If you get accepted into one of our cohorts we’ll pair you with a facilitator who will dig deep with you to unearth core pillars in your business model and vet them against the numbers, clarifying the biggest constraints holding you back.
Bring your leadership team
Your greatest leverage is with your leadership team. If they aren’t a part of these sessions you won’t be able to integrate what you learn into the day-to-day execution. In Levership, you bring your team. You experience it together, co-commit, and hold each other accountable. This is the key to going from idea to reality.
No extra time required
We know you’re busy. That’s why our program doesn’t add to your plate, it improves and simplifies what’s already there. Our program is structured around 2 days a quarter, and half a day each month, time many businesses are already dedicated to planning.
Focus on progress, not perfection
Perfectionism keeps most people stuck. But not you. Not anymore. In Levership, we’re going to push you to do less, but do the right things in the right order that moves the needle on your business.
Ready to grow?
Apply to the waitlist for the next cohort that starts in July.
VALUED AT:
$160,000
What we charge businesses for 1:1 engagements.
PRICING STARTS AT
$1,500
Per month for 12 months.
Space is limited and we only sign up one cohort at a time.
What you’ll learn
The systems for growth
We’ll show you the proven systems that we’ve used to scale companies past $10M, $20M, even $155M in revenue. It all revolves around a 90-day cadence, so you tackle the right improvements in the right order.
Get clarity and alignment around your value
What problem do you solve? For who? What is the value of solving it? These are simple questions but can be tough to answer, especially as your business grows and you find yourself taking on more. The best companies zero in on what they are the best in the world at and say no to everything else.
Understand the numbers
Do you operate your business by the numbers? We will build with you a 12-month proforma you use to manage your business and uncover hidden opportunities.
Become the leader your business needs
As your business grows you need to be more than the founder— you need to become a true CEO. We’ll help teach you the skills you need to lead your executive team, so that they grow the business and you are only spending your time on the highest leverage activities.
Develop your team
The HR function is one of the most critical but often overlooked areas of many small businesses. We’ll give you the principals you need to train and develop your talent—who in turn grow the business.
Meet your facilitators
Levership was created by Matt and Mark Symes, two brothers who both have business in their blood. Together, they have spent the last decade helping 500 organizations scale and push through existential challenges.
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Matt Symes is a serial entrepreneur and recovering academic. The first part of his career was spent studying military history and avoiding the business world to focus on social enterprises. As part of this work, Matt developed a process-driven approach that could dramatically improve operations at not-for-profits. He recognized this approach could also drive positive results at small- and mid-sized businesses. This became the impetus for the launch of Symplicity Designs in 2013.
He brings clarity to chaos
Matt has a unique ability to bring clarity to chaos. He sees a path forward, then helps businesses focus on what they do best, then finds even better ways to do it. Business leaders in every sector turn to Matt for training and advice on how to scale up and navigate forward. He delivers clarity and relentlessly pushes clients to think bigger and achieve way more than they thought was possible.
Under Matt’s leadership, Symplicity Designs has supported 400+ companies and non-profit organizations through growth and crisis management over the past eight years. Matt has also acquired a number of companies to transform and grow.
He helps businesses navigate COVID-19 conditions
Most recently, Matt set out to help small- and mid-sized businesses navigate the pandemic. He led regular webinars to provide context and analysis on the effects COVID-19 on business. Hundreds of leaders participated and gave Matt credit for helping them make the tough decisions to survive, stabilize and thrive during the economic chaos.
Matt sums up his strategic approach for businesses…
“No matter what’s happening in the world, the principles of running a high-performing organization have not changed, only the level of complexity. You need clarity of purpose – which means why you exist, what problem you solve for the client, and the financial model to support it all. You always need a 12-month operational plan. From there, you find a way to execute daily and weekly.”
He makes sustainability his business
In everything he does, Matt seeks to make a difference, not just talk about it. He built the Symplicity business model with dedicated time for social sector work and makes room to counsel the smallest micro-businesses.
Matt also goes out of his way to embrace leading-edge environmentally sustainable practices at his companies, no matter how much effort and resources are required. It’s this dedication that led to Symplicity Designs joining ranks with the top 10 percent of the world’s B Corp businesses.
He says what others won’t
Matt Symes is willing to say what others won’t and lean into conflict to get the best out of everyone in the room. He focuses on the realities facing businesses, even when they’re uncomfortable, and offers practical advice and tools for improvement. He cuts through the clutter to teach participants how to see the gaps, address the conflicts, and make their day-to-day operations tangibly better.
He believes anything is possible
Matt believes in stoicism – the notion that we all have 100 percent control over our mindset. With that frame of mind, it’s possible to do almost anything. Fuelled by stoicism and a steady stream of caffeine, Matt enjoys working on complex problems. He spends his spare time reading, training for marathons, and planning his next adventure.
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Mark Symes is the Co-Founder of Symplicity Designs, Inc, based in Moncton, New Brunswick. At Symplicity, Mark works with customers, in all sectors, helping them design and live their story. Symplicity is a leading design firm focused on Performance Excellence with a strong focus on Organizational transformation. Mark has been doing performance excellence in a professional capacity for more than 15 years. Mark has a passion for daily management and driving process improvement through engaged teams.
Mark has a BSc in Forestry and Environmental Management from the University of New Brunswick. Mark is a certified Lean-Six Sigma Black Belt as well as holds a Certification in Business Analytics. He is also trained in the foundations of ITIL. In 2013, Mark was named by 21inc as one of the TOP 50 New and Emerging Leaders in Atlantic Canada.
FAQs
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12 days over the course of the year.
2 days/Quarter
½ day a month
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We open up new cohorts every month. If you apply now, you may be able to get into the following month.
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Prices start at $1,500/month. See the pricing section above.
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You have a growth mindset.
You comprehend that what got you there isn't going to keep you there.
You want a business that serves your life, rather than you being a servant to that business.
You want to build a business that delivers for your customers, is fantastic for the people in your charge, and clearly works for you.
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This program is designed for entrepreneurs running businesses at $500K and up in annual revenue.
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No. Group coaching is about you alone, not your team. Even great business coaching usually only works with the leader. And then that leader is left to bring their team along. This is about growing as a leadership team. This is about the best in business and the best in adult learning. With your team, you will co-create the business of the future
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We stand behind the impact of our program and want you to be completely satisfied and advocate for us. In the last decade we have yet to encounter this situation, however, if you are not entirely pleased, we will offer a refund on your investment.
Ready to grow?
Let’s make 2024 your year. Space limited, apply now.