About Us
ReadySmartGo helps small business owners become operationally resilient against business disruptions.
Our member businesses become stronger with preparedness as a competitive force.
Our Business Resilience Society membership ensures...
- Customers' security,
- Employees' safety
- Stakeholders' confidence.
Welcome to ReadySmartGo
Empowering Small Businesses to Thrive Through Disruption
At ReadySmartGo, we understand the challenges that small and micro businesses face in today's dynamic and unpredictable landscape. Founded with a vision to empower business owners to become ready for unexpected disruptions. We are dedicated to providing practical solutions and expert guidance to help members navigate through any obstacle.
Our Story
Behind ReadySmartGo
Driven by a passion for helping businesses thrive and succeed, ReadySmartGo was established by a team of seasoned professionals with diverse backgrounds in disaster management, business strategy, and training.
Our founders, Sherrie Szekalski and Mike Stoll, bring decades of combined experience in various industries, including healthcare, IT, and business strategy. Their shared vision of empowering small businesses to overcome challenges and achieve their dreams fuels everything we do at ReadySmartGo.
What We Believe
What Drives Us
At ReadySmartGo, we believe that every small business has the potential to thrive, even in the face of adversity. We believe in the power of preparation, resilience, and continuous readiness to drive sustainable growth and success.
Our Mission
To help small businesses to thrive through disaster
It is the mission and purpose of ReadySmartGo to help small businesses to "Be the Architect of Your Own Future" to help our customers understand that they have the power to shape their own future by making choices and taking actions that are aligned with their goals and values. ReadySmartGo is here to remind them that they have the power to overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams.
We help you become more competitive by developing a strategy to overcome "threats of external disruption" through business resilience planning. Your business is more competitive by...
- Showing your customers that you are prepared for hard times.
- Showing your employees that your business has a future for them no matter what the circumstance.
- Giving your stakeholders confidence that their investment in you is a sound investment.
How We Can Help
Expert Assistance
From strategic planning and disaster preparedness training to personalized coaching and expert guidance, we offer a range of services designed to meet your unique needs and challenges. Whether you're looking to create a comprehensive business continuity plan or enhance your team's readiness through specialized training, ReadySmartGo is here to support you every step of the way.
Our Vision
TRAINING AND COACHING
Small businesses to position themselves for competitive advantage during and following a disruption. Disruptions might be natural disasters, national emergencies, computer network failures, violence in the workplace, and other situations that may impact a business ability to perform their core functions.
We do this through training and coaching on a number of topics, including:
- Training for emergencies, such as Active Shooter Training
- Risk Assessment
- Business Impact Analysis
- Business Continuity Planning
- Creating and Performing Emergency Exercises
- Creating a Recovery Plan
- Doing a Final Review
Our goal is to provide virtual or in-person classroom training, and personalized coaching to help small businesses prepare for and survive disruptions.
Meet the Experts
Both Mike and Sherrie share a profound aspiration to empower small businesses in conquering the challenges presented by the 21st century
MIKE STOLL
Trainer
Mike, a seasoned expert in business strategy and a skilled professional trainer, boasts the achievement over a 30-year period of establishing two remarkably prosperous small enterprises. His extensive journey has also encompassed the facilitation of countless seminars and workshops across various landscapes. Notably, his ventures have led him to spend nights in 45 out of the 50 states, accumulating a wealth of firsthand experiences and insights.
Mike is also a survivor of a harrowing gunpoint robbery. It was a fateful evening in 1988 when he found himself on a Columbia, SC street corner, approached by two seemingly ordinary men. They casually requested a cigarette before abruptly brandishing a firearm, coercing him to surrender his wallet and all his funds.
Once Mike had complied with their demands, they instructed him to move down a dimly lit road that led to a railroad trestle. As he began to walk in that direction, a sudden determination to escape surged within him. Without hesitation, he broke into a sprint, zigzagging through the darkness. The armed assailant unleashed a barrage of gunfire in pursuit, managing to graze Mike's foot with one of the bullets, a chilling reminder of the danger he narrowly evaded.
SHERRIE SZEKALSKI
Coach
Sherrie has an accomplished history as the former Director of IT for Johns Hopkins Health Systems. A standout achievement in her career was her leadership of a pivotal 2-year project, overseeing the Y2K readiness initiative for the entire health system.
With a wealth of experience in the health care industry, Sherrie's expertise shines particularly in disaster management and recovery. Her professional journey has made her an expert in Business Continuity Planning.
Notably, Sherrie has dedicated a significant portion of her career to not-for-profit organizations, exemplified by her tenure at Johns Hopkins. Her conscious choice to forego potentially more lucrative opportunities in larger corporate entities underscores her commitment to making a tangible impact on people's lives within the realm of not-for-profit healthcare.
Hailing from a background of hard work, Sherrie's parents – her mother a dedicated waitress for over three decades and her father a bar owner and real estate broker – have contributed to her profound understanding of what it takes for a small business to thrive in the complexities of the modern world. This foundation adds a unique perspective to her professional repertoire.
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