The Better Business Trust is a group of business people who have held executive positions in business over a number of years as senior directors and managing directors. All members are Accredited Executive Associates of the Institute for Independent Business.

What we do… | we assist companies to:

• Increase profits
• Achieve excellence
• Facilitate growth
• Resolve problems
• Set and achieve objectives
• Improve productivity
• Plan for the future
• Plan exit strategy
• Assess and create BBBEE strategy
• Complete and submit Employment Equity Reports

Quality Safety | How do we do it…

• Understand the owners dreams and objectives
• Analyses & benchmark the business and compare the dream
• Set clear business strategy
• Identify and agree objectives, and define deliverables
• Assign tasks and responsibilities
• Set and agree deadlines
• Monitor progress
• Use associates areas of expertise to achieve excellence

Benefits to Business...

• Capital growth
• Achievement of owners dreams
• Objective view
• Extra resources
• Additional time for owners and managing directors
• Virtual board of directors

Our members are business practitioners that have many years of practical experience and are passionate about facilitating meaningful change and improvement for our clients

The Business Support Program…

To benefit from these resources and to add the expertise of TBBT, your company should join the Business Support Program. A member of TBBT will become the co-ordinator, mentor and your “business friend” to the MD or owner, enabling “hands-on support” – and – “practical advice” that works to be given to the company.

The program:

• Is available at all reasonable times just to talk through whatever is on your mind.
• Understands the owner’s dreams and objectives.
• Analyses and benchmarks the business and compares with the owner’s dream.
• Sets clear business strategy.
• Identifies and agrees objectives, and defines deliverables.
• Assigns tasks and responsibilities.
• Sets and agrees deadlines.
• Monitors progress.
• By drawing on the unlimited expertise of TBBT and IIB, we will arrange to answer any business query you may have.

All members of The Better Business Trust are Accredited

Executive Associates of the Institute for Independent Business

1. The Institute for Independent Business (IIB) is a global accreditation organisation. Since 1984 the Institute has accredited over 5 000 highly skilled Executive Associates who support business owners and managing directors. Unlike listed organisations and corporations, these business owners and MD’s generally lack the resources to build a management team of professionals across a range of business critical disciplines. In fact, the burden of maintaining and growing a successful business is generally limited to a very small number of directors or partners. Sometimes this load falls on just one person. With so much to do and with limited resources, many feel frustrated at the ever-increasing demands being placed upon them.
2. The IIB developed the Business Support Programme specifically to meet the needs of independent businesses. The type and level of support is specifically geared to the needs and objectives of each business, based on a proven model from which countless businesses have benefited. In order to determine if a business qualifies, a meeting is arranged with an IIB Executive Associate to talk with the managing director/owners. This meeting will include a confidential discussion about the challenges facing the business.
3. The first meeting is free of charge and there is no obligation whatsoever. It's an opportunity to have a chat to another business executive in complete confidence. If any areas of improvement are identified the Executive Associate may be able to point the managing director/owner in the right direction

More information  www.iib.ws

 

Institute for Independent Business
Code of Ethics | Accredited Associates

1. Shall conduct themselves in a manner which will merit the respect of the community for persons engaged in the profession;
2. Shall uphold the reputation of the Institute for Independent Business and of fellow Associates and abide by the Institute for Independent Business Code of Conduct;
3. Shall carry out their professional duties responsibly and with integrity;
4. Shall not personally provide advice outside of their accepted “area of expertise”, but rather delegate such to appropriate specialists;
5. Shall collect and present facts without bias, and not allow personal views to influence judgment, interpretation, analysis and presentation;
6. Shall not discuss with or disclose to any person not authorized by the client or delegated representative, any information, data, result, report or proposal arising from the assignment, nor cause or allow confidential information to be misused or to be published in any way without the permission of the client;
7. Shall not use information acquired during any previous assignments which in any way could be detrimental to their former client;
8. Shall not receive any undisclosed material benefits other than normal emoluments from any recommendation made in the course of duty.