Gene Gerke, Gerke & Associates, has been a management consultant for more than 40 years. His clients have included start-up companies, high growth enterprises, substantial family-owned firms, major business trade associations, not-for-profit agencies, academic institutions, and several Fortune 100 companies. He focuses on strategic and business planning, executive consultation, succession planning, and benchmarking and profit improvement. Gene's consulting work has taken him all over North America and to Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Central America, and Asia. His work with so many different people, organizations, and cultures provides a unique perspective on the world of enterprise success. Hence the mission of Gerke & Associates is simply to Create Client Success. Gene's recent focus has been strategic growth planning for enterprises that are, or have the potential to be, high-growth organizations.