Strategies for Improving Your Business Performance

Doug Walker, MBA, CMC

About Cambium Leadership

Our Story

Located in sunny Sidney on Vancouver Island, Cambium Leadership serves clients throughout western Canada. Doug Walker, Cambium’s Principal, is a Certified Management Consultant and experienced business leader and advisor. For detailed information and testimonials, connect to Doug’s CMC Canada or LinkedIn profiles by clicking on the icons below, or call or email Doug directly.

Our offerings include such diverse topics as business structure, cash flow management, product launch, business process improvement, exit and succession, and leadership development. As well as advice, coaching, and training, Cambium Leadership provides contract executive services, helping business owners fill temporary leadership gaps or address strategic challenges through hands-on executive direction and leadership recruitment.

Our Mission

Cambium Leadership helps owners improve business performance through strategies, tools, and habits that are consistent with their goals.

Doug Walker,MBA,CMC Principal

About Doug

Doug is an accomplished business executive and Certified Management Consultant (CMC), with well-developed strategic leadership and operations management skills. He offers management advice and contract executive services to businesses, especially those in service sectors, based on over 30 years of business and consulting experience.

Doug is an inspirational leader respected for his vision and abilities to motivate others. He is particularly strong in leadership and ownership transition, including selecting and developing prospective leaders, facilitating negotiations between founders and successors, mentoring new leaders, and providing contract executive services. His diverse capabilities in operations improvement include internal structure and control systems, supervision and management skills development, communications, capital planning, new product and service marketing, strategic business planning, and cash flow management.

Doug's background also includes many years of teaching experience, in both university and mid-career settings. He maintains a strong interest in teaching business-related topics to mid-career professionals.

Specialties: Strategic and operational leadership, contract executive services, corporate development, leadership and ownership transition, operations improvement, governance

Passion leads to design, design leads to performance,
performance leads to success! Sean Themes, Developer Teams in Malaysia

Our Services

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Buy Now $1,500

Business Checkup

Overall review of company status and operations
Initial interview meeting and notes
Documents review
Report suggesting high-impact improvements
Duration 1 week

Buy Now $2,500

Operational Performance Improvement

Business Checkup, plus 3 follow-up sessions and notes
Monitor progress of high-impact improvements
Adjust recommendations as needed
Duration 2-3 months

Buy Now $7,500

New Product or Service Launch

Validate idea
Initiate competitive analysis
Refine positioning statement and value proposition
Develop product launch strategy
Duration 2-3 months

Buy Now $5,000

Exit Planning

Confirm exit objectives and timing
Review possible exit options
Assess company readiness
Recommend value improvements
Develop and document exit strategy
Duration variable

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Focussed Problem Solving

Participate in facilitated weekly discussion sessions of current challenges
Develop trusted relationships with other local business owners
Learn techniques for business performance improvement

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Business Owner Peer Support

Participate in facilitated weekly discussion sessions of current challenges
Develop trusted relationships with other local business owners
Learn techniques for business performance improvement

Contact Doug

Contract Executive

Temporarily fill an unexpected leadership vacancy
Recruit leaders
Refine governance
Establish Advisory Board and/or Board of Directors

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Director or Advisor

Ongoing retainer relationship with business owner
Membership on Board of Advisors or Board of Directors

Our Client Testimonials

Doug has been a great asset to our new technology solution startup for the construction industry. His strategic business and marketing insights have helped us fine-tune our business model, identify key stakeholders and decision-makers in the industry and refine our message to fit our target audience. His consultative approach, organized meeting frameworks, and pleasant personality are valuable resources to any new or growing organization.

— Hwayda Kater, Communication Designer & Digital Entrepreneur

Working with Doug was one of the amazing experience I had. He helped me to restructure my ideas into a real project. His focus, knowledge, network and, detailed work helped me in a short time to achieve my goals. He is a real an asset and, I am grateful to have been working with him on my project.

— Ayissi Nyemba, Founder & CEO of EMKAO FOODS INC

Doug has become an invaluable partner to our company. I truly appreciate all the great work you have done for Npower thus far. You have been profoundly honest, calm, and upfront, and we have developed a great working relationship, and that is something I sincerely hope to be able to continue doing in the future on other projects while taking our company to the next level.

— Chalan Ozmen, Co-Founder & CEO at NPower CleanTech Co. / Nutrient (Resource) Recovery & Re-use

Over the last year, Doug's strategic thinking and advising have been invaluable. As a solo entrepreneur, analyzing situations and making decisions is often difficult. Having a seasoned and smart advisor like Doug in my corner has bolstered my confidence to move forward with plans and decisions in a way that's proven to be effective and meaningful. I look forward to working with him in the future and I would highly recommend him to entrepreneurs of all walks.

— Turgay Birand, Serial Entrepreneur | Accredited Investor | Founder/CEO of EditionGuard

Doug did a great job preparing detailed go-to-market recommendations for a new market our company wanted to enter. During the engagement, he provided a strong balance of consultation and rolling up his sleeves, something we greatly appreciated. Looking forward to continuing to work with him!

— Harrison Brown, Co-Founder & CEO at HeadCheck Health

He's a joy to work with, knows his stuff, cuts to the chase quickly and effectively as well as he gives a helluva bang for the buck. Very impressed with Doug professionally but he is also a great friend and Mentor as well

— Doug Lockhart, President at Lockhart Ind. and Digi-Cool Industries Ltd.

Doug helped us through a very crucial time in the early stages of our company. His analytical thinking, reasoned judgment and experience were invaluable in helping us make the right decisions in a confident and structured manner.

— Stephanie Chan, Founder/Owner of Home to Home and CEO at myCareBase

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Doug Walker,MBA,CMC
(778) 533-1404 (Phone and Text)
doug@cambiumleadership.ca