The Alternative Board TAB^® Business Advisors

TAB Facilitators / Business Advisors in the Indianapolis Area are Phil Yeager, Jeff Norkin and Pete Philhower

PHIL YEAGER

Phil Yeager is President of Peloton Business Group, Inc., an independent consulting firm based in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.  He specializes in services to families in business; assisting owners to proactively plan for the future and solve problems unique to family and privately held companies.  Phil works with executives of growing small and mid-size businesses with revenues from $300 thousand - $25 million. 

Prior to forming his consulting firm, Phil held executive positions with two leading NYSE organizations in the staffing and for-profit education sectors, the last of which reported profits for the past 30 quarters and has been one of the leaders and top performers in the for-profit education sector with over 87 schools in over 33 states.

The other NYSE organization is one of the leading contingency search organizations in the world with over 1200 offices in over 38 countries. 

Phil Yeager is the only consultant in the area to combine strategic and succession planning experience, real world management and team building and intergenerational family systems expertise.  Phil guides business leaders as they examine their organizations: looking at internal strengths and weaknesses and external threats and opportunities.  He assists as they revisit and clarify their personal and business visions for the future and helps them translate these visions into specific strategies and practical short and mid-term goals.  This allows each executive to better align their employees with the company’s vision and engage key reports in constructing action steps to grow the business and ultimately improve the bottom-line.

Phil leverages his family systems expertise to assist owners of family and closely held companies in recognizing and understanding the personal and family issues that may be negatively impacting their business and, when warranted, to initiate corrective action.  This frequently clears the way for owners to effectively design and implement comprehensive succession strategies, including the development of next generation managers.

Phil has also been involved with advising and facilitating senior executives and business owners in the areas of staffing, time and change management, and organizational development.  

Phil brings over 15 years of experience to each engagement.  He has an undergraduate degree from Purdue University and a Master of Science in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University.  He is also a member of NACE – The National Association of Colleges and Employers.

TAB Offices at Peloton Business Group, Inc.                                      Phone: 317-577-8882

7649 Meadow Ridge Drive                                                               Email philyeager@sbcglobal.net

Fishers, IN 46038                                                                                  

JEFF NORKIN

Mr. Norkin’s management experience spans more than 30 years in operating, administrative and advisory positions in businesses with revenues ranging from $500 thousand to over $500 million.  He is experienced in general management, business and manufacturing operations, distribution and logistics, strategic planning, finance, human resources and information systems and has a keen interest in helping companies and their managers grow and prosper.

For the last seven years he has been working with small businesses in the Greater Indianapolis Area and facilitating TAB President Boards.  Jeff came to Indianapolis in 1994 as Vice President and General Manager for the Creative Expressions Group, a part of the James River Corporation.  After turning around and selling that business, he founded The Alternative Board TAB^® in Indianapolis and formed Norkin & Company, Inc., an Indianapolis-based consulting firm.  He is co-owner of Essential Tools for Business Success^SM, planning, management, hiring and selling tools for growing companies.

Prior to Jeff’s moving to Indianapolis he served as General Manager of five James River Corporation businesses.  He also served as a Vice President of the Dixie Products Business and of Container Corporation of America, a packaging company.  Through his experiences he has been in positions of increasing responsibility in field and operating units, corporate headquarters and as the operating head of businesses.   Jeff is as comfortable working on the plant floor as in the office or boardroom.  He is a Certified TAB Facilitator and TTI TriMetrix™ System Certified.  Jeff received his BS in Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his MBA from the University of Chicago.  He served in the Pentagon as a First Lieutenant in the U. S. Army.     

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PETE PHILHOWER

Mr. Philhower’s management experience spans over 30 years in positions of increasing responsibility in four manufacturing firms with annual revenues from $10 Million to $500 Million.  He has been involved in public, private, and family-owned businesses and has experience in acquisitions, administration, profit and loss responsibility, strategic planning, budget development and implementation, customer relations, competitive analysis, new product development and introduction, and sales and marketing management through agents, direct employees, manufacturer’s representatives and distributors. 

Pete is President of Philhower Management Consultants, Carmel, Indiana, and is co-owner of Essential Tools for Business Success^SM, planning, management, hiring and selling tools for growing companies.  His company specializes in business and strategy planning and product planning, development and marketing.  For the last six years Pete has been assisting small business owners in Indianapolis and facilitating TAB President’s Boards.  In 2000 he started Sales Up!sm a monthly subscription seminar for sales professionals to help them sharpen their skills and increase their motivation.   Prior to founding his company, he served as a vice president, general manager, or member of the board of directors of The Trane Company, Simplex Time Recorder Company, Bayley Fans, and Modernfold, Inc., capital goods manufacturing companies.  He is comfortable in the board room on the shop floor, in a customer’s office, in the classroom, or on a construction site.

He holds a Masters of Business Administration degree, a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, and has completed many business training programs including Crosby Quality Improvement Process training, Indiana Business Modernization and Technology High Impact Assessment training, and The Alternative Board TAB® Certified Facilitator training.  He served as a line officer in the U. S. Navy.

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