{"id":22,"date":"2022-03-22T23:49:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T23:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strategicexdev.wpengine.com\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:15:43","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/es\/","title":{"rendered":"Excepciones estrat\u00e9gicas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t\tDriving Results through People and Processes\t<\/h1>\n\t<h2>Leadership Development \u2022 Business Development \u2022 Community Development<\/h2>\n\t<p>Strategic Exceptions Professional Consulting, Inc. is an education and training company that utilizes effective and efficient strategies to support corporations, small businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and individuals. We are also the former operators of the Illinois MBDA Business Center and founders of Lewis Simmons Foundation, a nonprofit organization.<\/p>\n<p>We deliver exceptional service standards with quantitative results to our clients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New or established small businesses that want to grow their bottom line and operate efficiently<\/li>\n<li>Not-for-profit organizations that want to grow and access grant funding.<\/li>\n<li>Corporations that want to up-level their team and leadership, bottom line, and customer retention.<\/li>\n<li>Individuals who are looking to grow professionally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/people-icon.png\" alt=\"People icon\" height=\"339\" width=\"512\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>Business Strategy Development<\/p>\n\t<p>We assess your business needs and identify business strategies that increase your bottom line and customer retention and create performance-based processes in as little as 90 days!<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/strategy-dev-icon-final.png\" alt=\"strategy icon\" height=\"410\" width=\"357\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>Training and <br \/>Workshops<\/p>\n\t<p>We train individuals and teams, so you have a professionally developed, empowered, and engaged leadership and team who work together to increase your bottom line and deliver &#8220;WOW&#8221; customer experience.<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strategicexceptions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/certificate-final-icon.png\" alt=\"certificate icon\" height=\"379\" width=\"300\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>Nonprofit Strategy and Grant Writing<\/p>\n\t<p>We work with nonprofit organizations to develop growth strategies and apply for local, state, and federal grants that are best suited for them. 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