Vision, Values and Mission

What is Quorim?

Quorim is an executive forum for owners of training and education companies which have traditionally been in the IT training space.

Vision Statement

The vision of Quorim is to transform businesses into wildly successful and growing enterprises. Quorim helps companies develop a clear vision, comprehensive strategy and well defined business model. Quorim helps facilitate a process of growth and development. Quorim is focused on financial performance.

Mission Statement

Quorim is committed to facilitating a multi-faceted approach to helping its members achieve success in their businesses.

Mantra

Drive pre-tax

Tag Line

It's Not About Technology - It's About Business

Quorim Values

Quorim believes that each company defines their own vision of success.
Quorim believes that there are a generally accepted business methods and process that can help ensure success.
Quorim believes that there are myriad business models that can implemented within the training and education space
Quorim believes that the power of the group lies in the collective wisdom of the group, the group process within each meeting and education segments in the meetings.
Quorim is believes that mutual trust and respect is imperative, and pursues policies, procedures and practices that foster and promote trust among its members. Violations of trust will not be tolerated.
Quorim believes that only those that are committed to their own success and the success of their fellow members should be able to participate.
Quorim believes that an unconditional commitment to the tasks and work of the group between meetings is imperative.
Quorim believes in maintaining a healthful balance between acceptance of any members goals, objectives and business model, while at the same time challenging assumptions, providing new data and
Quorim believes in the unconditional maintenance of confidentiality and will ensure that all information provided or discussed within the Quorim meeting is to be held as confidential unless publicly available, or explicitly positioned as non-confidential.
Quorim believes that members in any perceived competitive situation is detrimental to the success and goals of the group and whenever they arise they will be resolved as equitably as possible.

Financial Review

The Financial Review is a critical component to the overall Quorim experience. Each executive submits quarterly financial information to the group facilitator who compiles the data into a comprehensive workbook showing comparative financial information company to company and also quarter to quarter. This comprehensive review allow each company to track not only their own financial performance but also their performance relative to the group.

Each quarterly submission is done using a standardized structure allowing line-by-line comparisons of both raw numbers and also percentages.

Educational Component

Many meetings will include an educational component. This is a formal presentation on a business topic of interest by a member of the group with specific expertise, an industry expert or a business consultant. While most presentations will be of a business nature, it is possible that technology issues might be addressed if there is consensus that such an issue would be of value to the group. These are not sales or marketing presentations, but rather substantive business issues. Examples might be personnel issues, legal issues, career issues, sales and marketing or financial issues. They could also be skill based presentations on topics such as negotiation, evaluation, strategic thinking, writing, etc. The members of the group are active participants in the design of these programs and the recruitment of specialists.

Focused Executive

The Focused Executive (or Hot Seat as it has become known by those who have participated in this experience" is a segment where a member makes a formal presentation to the group outlining the nature of their company, the focus and projects of IT and the major issues that are being dealt with. It normally includes the definition and presentation of a critical issue that the executive desires the groups feedback and the formation of potential solutions. In this exercise, the members of Quorim function as members of an outside board of directors. Each member has the opportunity to ask tough questions designed to understand the business and to uncover specific weaknesses. More importantly each board member then has the opportunity to provide the top 2-3 specific recommendations which have the potential to have the maximum impact on the Focused Executive's business.

Special Projects & Great Idea

Special Projects and Great Idea

Special Projects are identified by the group as something important to focus time and energy toward solving. They can be best practices, new products ideas, business research or any number of other things. The idea of the special project is to bring to bear the collective resources, energy and expertise of the group in developing innovative and creative solutions toward solving.

The Great Idea Exchange is an opportunity to come up with a idea that other members of the group can use to increase revenue, decrease expense or create competitive advantage. Each member presents their idea and then the group votes for the best. Each member puts in $50 to the pot and the winner takes the pot.

Round Table

Round Table Discussion

The Round Table Discussion is a time set aside to deal with issues of the day. They could involve any aspect of the business and can be either highly tactical or very strategic. Each member with a round table item makes a presentation to the group defining the issue, the business impact and provides any supporting information necessary. The entire group will then spend time focusing on clarifying issues, providing feedback, crafting potential solutions and helping to define a solution or a course of action. When there are critical issues that arise, the group not only provides immediate feedback and ideas, but there is future accountability that the group expects and follows through by getting updates at future meetings.