January 18th, 2021

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In short, they are one of our products!

But we thought we’d share a bit more about why we have created them and who they are perfect for.

Background

​Have you been to an amazing training course, really inspiring, motivational or even just practical and useful.  Then when you return to work, you notice it is not as clear in your mind anymore, your notes are confusing or you have a particular situation that didn’t quite get covered in enough detail so you are stuck again?  Or even worse, it’s back to the normal to-do list and you just don’t have the time to take it any further! 
Or maybe you have invested in Coaching but realise that Coaching itself is not normally about your coach giving you the answers, it is about helping you find the answers yourself.  And although it is extremely important and useful for some things, sometimes you just want an expert to give you advice or show you how something is done?
Here at Pyramis, we realised we needed a different way to work with our clients that are not at the stage of requiring a full outsourced solution and just wanted a one off session to get the job done.
The ‘Working Session’ was born.

What is it?
Our ‘Working Sessions’ are just that, a specific amount of time to ‘Work’ on the task at hand, the one thing that you might need some expert advice on, to get it done and ticked off your to-do list.

It’s a 2-hour session with one of the team where we focus solely on achieving the pre-defined objective. 
Why 2 hours?  From our experience, 1 hour is not enough to get really stuck into achieving something significant however any longer than 2 hours, it can feel overwhelming for some, especially if the session is around providing information.  

We also find that 2hrs gets the task well underway and then it’s useful to take it away and give it a go for a while. This is especially true for setting up a new reporting system or cash flow, once the initial setup is complete, you need to just use it for a bit before it can be stress tested.

Typically, the session involves a balanced mix of sharing information about your business numbers, digging deeper on those assumptions, querying any concerns and practically pulling it all together so you have moved forward.
It therefore feels like a healthy blend of training, coaching, mentoring, advising and ‘doing’. All the while, being totally focused on you and your business. The session goes deep enough for you to delve into the specifics of how you do things and therefore avoids much of the ‘getting stuck’ mentioned above that you can experience after a more generalised training session.

The aim is to save you wasted hours of uncertainty, trial & error and endless ‘googling’.

Who and what is it for?
The beauty of our 1-2-1 Working Session is it is all about you, as long as we have the expertise to help, you can pick our brains, it’s your time.  You set the agenda for the session.
At first, that can sound a bit daunting but really it’s about what is causing you pain and keeping you up at night worrying or what is still on that to-do list that you don’t know how to tackle.
We have some standard topics that keep popping up though, so here are some examples:

• Setting up your cash flow forecast
• Producing a budget
• Informing your pricing through understanding your costing
• Getting started in Xero
• Modelling your financials for your business plan
• Utilising Xero integrations and reporting
• Understanding financial reports
• Understanding your business financials
• Stress testing your financial model
• Or just a simple question and answer session

As long as we have the right people to help (we assess this before booking), we can design a ‘Working Session’ that specifically helps you. Once you book with us, we will get in touch to discuss what you want to focus on and ask for some information before we get started.

For Start-Ups & Charity’s
To help even the newest businesses, we have a discount scheme for Start-Ups. If you are younger than 12 months old, we will offer a 25% discount for the first 12 months you work with us, helping you set good foundations and develop some useful tools that can support your growth plans.

In 2021 we are launching a new scheme for Charities, if you are a registered charity within the SME brackets, you can apply for a one free session to help you get started.  We only have a limited amount of these sessions available each month and it’s limited to one session per charity, sessions are first come first serve and we will hold a waiting list and will help you make the most of the 2 hour session.

We hope that has provided some insight into our ‘Working Sessions’ and if you would like to book a session, please check our availability here.