It is hard to imagine that only one year ago many company executives were planning to continue to take advantage of the accelerated financial growth that everyone hoped would never end.

Since then, due to the global economic tsunami, businesses have been caught off guard without time to fully grasp the possible financial repercussions.

It is apparent that even plans made three months ago have become obsolete. This financial unpredictability is holding the majority of local, provincial, national and international businesses hostage.

Jan Eden, for more than 20 years under the branding of CEO in Training, Reality MBA, and Sales Experts in Training, has been instrumental in developing the executive leadership skills of hundreds of successful CEOs, business owners and senior executives locally, nationally and internationally.

Jan Eden, centre, and the team of experts at The Eden Group can help companies survive and grow in the economic tsunami.

As the founder of The Eden Group, Jan invited David Caul, owner of Biz IQ Inc., Louise Watt, owner of Mirastar Consulting, and Gordon Travis, owner of Liberty Advisors - all highly respected and successful financial consultants offering CFO services and business-transformation expertise - to merge their practices to become principal owners under the Eden Group brand, offering "group" expertise. In addition to the four principals, The Eden Group has joined forces with other successful and experienced entrepreneurs, CFOs, COOs and CEOs.

Specializing in corporate sustainability, they all see this change in financial direction as an outstanding opportunity for all companies to separate the wheat from the chaff in order to become fully accountable and growth ready. The Eden Group positions clients to be poised to take their respective business to a new profitable level when the global economy decides to turn around.

The Eden Group also knows that there isn't a book written or a current case study that can guide businesses to confidently, strategically and creatively weather the fallout of this economic tsunami. Every business is unique and, therefore, cannot be standardized in any way. This corporate uniqueness requires experienced and specialized direction. The Eden Group is conscious of this uniqueness and delivers custom-designed, measurable and sustainable solutions to all their clients.

The Eden Group believes it is prudent now more than ever that corporate executives hire outside professional objectivity and perspective that focuses on financial, operational and business sustainability.

This level of experienced business intelligence and specialized expertise is difficult to find. The cost to hire this experience and expertise is miniscule in comparison to the strategic positioning and revenue advantages the client will gain.

What is also cost effective is that The Eden Group, based on its knowledge, experience and expertise, is able to "cut to the chase with respect to delivering, implementing and executing on exactly what the client wants and requires."

The Eden Group specializes in CEO, COO, CFO and CIO services; Executive Leadership Coaching; Financing; Strategic Planning; Seamless Succession Planning; Sales and Marketing Expertise; Business Development; Turning Ailing Companies Around; and M & A Integration.

The Eden Group offers emotionally detached professional objectivity and perspective. Working with this level of expertise will open new doors of creative thought. Creative and positive thought shifts perspective. The shift in perspective creates realistic, innovative, proactive and sustainable solutions. This business-intelligent process isn't required only in down times, but at all times in order to reverse the typical reactive business momentum to becoming proactively engaged.

Being proactively engaged eliminates doubt and the fear of loss. The Eden Group encourages those responsible for the success of the company to always look ahead, so that decisions made today will position the company for sustainable growth and success tomorrow.

Executives may find themselves up against a wall, wondering what to do next, if they have not experienced this level of operational and financial stress before. The "been-there-done-that" experience The Eden Group offers will quickly scope out and prioritize the elements that need immediate attention and teach executives how to overcome these temporary stresses. Measures taken by The Eden Group in other recessionary times offer clients a valuable competitive advantage.

Economically and financially, time is of the essence. For more information, visit the website at www.edengroup.ca. Call Jan at 403-206-4708 or email info@edengroup.ca today to set up a time to engage a team of exceptional executives in a complimentary Corporate Sustainability Evaluation provided exclusively by The Eden Group.