Research shows that most owners or managers of small-to-medium sized businesses are concerned they lack not only the time and the broad range of skills and experience to be effective in all aspects of management, but also the contacts and resources required to maintain and grow their businesses.

The Institute for Independent Business addresses these fundamental needs by providing access to thousands of Executive Associates throughout the world, an incredible and exclusive network of talent, resources and contacts able to provide valuable support and practical advice that works.

These accredited Associates are senior executives from virtually every profession, background and industry imaginable. All are committed to supporting businesses and each other in accordance with the Institute’s Code of Ethics. As mature business people, they have typically been Chief Executives, Managing Directors or Executive Board Directors, and have personal experience of the pressures, stresses and joys of running a business. Having led some of the best-known businesses in the world, many have also started, run and sold their own small-to-medium businesses. Their accreditation by the Institute confirms their capability of providing hands-on support that is exactly right for each individual Business Leader, based on a well-proven model that has helped many thousands of independent businesses. It is like having a whole roomful of non-executive directors at the ready to bring results.

The Institute for Independent Business was established in 1984 as an international not-for-profit research, training and accreditation organisation. More information can be found by using the link to the Institute’s website.