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One Morning. One Clear Outcome.
The Compensation Blueprint.
Your comp plan is costing you more than you think. It's time to tie it to something that matters.
June 25 I 9 AM - 11am CST I Virtual, Live, Interactive
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What to Expect
Storytime with Ryan
What is the Compensation Blueprint?
Working with Ryan has been revolutionary. I have more clarity and less anxiety regarding the financial health of my business. I’m so grateful that I can now use my new mindset, tools and knowledge to grow my company’s equity value.
Steve Schaffer
Owner, Schaffer Manufacturing
Clarity I couldn’t see day to day When you’re living in the day-to-day and just looking at your bank statement, you don’t see how it can ever happen. Working through the numbers showed me what was possible — hiring a COO, paying taxes, and still having confidence in my cash flow. That clarity changed everything.
MIchelle Stober
Owner/CEO, Senior Care Solutions
As a business owner, I sometimes get into a rhythm or maybe a rut and do things in a certain way, almost methodically. Ryan's workshop allowed me to intentionally disrupt the rhythm and look at things through a different lens.”
Jamie Gmach
Owner, Evolving Solutions
An invaluable lens for ownership decisions Working with Ryan helped me step out of day-to-day execution and think clearly about ownership decisions—capital allocation, risk, and long-term optionality. The framework brings clarity to complex tradeoffs and makes high-stakes decisions feel intentional instead of reactive.
Deron Keiter
Owner/CEO, Thermal Tech, Inc.
From overwhelmed to intentional This work helped me slow down and make decisions from clarity instead of pressure. I’m no longer reacting to the business—I’m intentionally designing how I spend my time and where the business is going.
Cindy Banchy
Owner/CEO, Vanguard Cleaning
“Ryan Tansom walks the talk. He is incredibly dedicated to helping business owners and leaders ‘grow the value of their business with an end in mind’. My Vistage Members, EOS Clients and Coaching Clients leverage Ryan’s tools, education, workshops, and podcasts. My only regret about Ryan, is that I did not meet him earlier in my professional career.”
Katina Koller
Vistage Chair and EOS© Implementor
Working with Ryan has been revolutionary. I have more clarity and less anxiety regarding the financial health of my business. I’m so grateful that I can now use my new mindset, tools and knowledge to grow my company’s equity value.
Steve Schaffer
Owner, Schaffer Manufacturing
Clarity I couldn’t see day to day When you’re living in the day-to-day and just looking at your bank statement, you don’t see how it can ever happen. Working through the numbers showed me what was possible — hiring a COO, paying taxes, and still having confidence in my cash flow. That clarity changed everything.
MIchelle Stober
Owner/CEO, Senior Care Solutions
As a business owner, I sometimes get into a rhythm or maybe a rut and do things in a certain way, almost methodically. Ryan's workshop allowed me to intentionally disrupt the rhythm and look at things through a different lens.”
Jamie Gmach
Owner, Evolving Solutions
An invaluable lens for ownership decisions Working with Ryan helped me step out of day-to-day execution and think clearly about ownership decisions—capital allocation, risk, and long-term optionality. The framework brings clarity to complex tradeoffs and makes high-stakes decisions feel intentional instead of reactive.
Deron Keiter
Owner/CEO, Thermal Tech, Inc.
From overwhelmed to intentional This work helped me slow down and make decisions from clarity instead of pressure. I’m no longer reacting to the business—I’m intentionally designing how I spend my time and where the business is going.
Cindy Banchy
Owner/CEO, Vanguard Cleaning
“Ryan Tansom walks the talk. He is incredibly dedicated to helping business owners and leaders ‘grow the value of their business with an end in mind’. My Vistage Members, EOS Clients and Coaching Clients leverage Ryan’s tools, education, workshops, and podcasts. My only regret about Ryan, is that I did not meet him earlier in my professional career.”
Katina Koller
Vistage Chair and EOS© Implementor

Who's in the Room
Two experts. Each one brings something specific to this workshop.
Ryan Tansom
Ryan built and sold a $21M business, then spent a decade figuring out what he'd do differently. He's designed executive compensation plans for dozens of owner‒operators — and made every mistake in the book with his own company first. 480+ podcast episodes interviewing owners, operators, and advisors. He built the iBD Ownership OS — the ownership framework behind this workshop. Ryan facilitates the session and walks you through the comp framework step by step.
Listen to the iBD Podcast
Kim Clark
Kim helps owner‒operators build predictable revenue engines that actually scale without the founder. She's built and managed sales comp plans across multiple industries and knows firsthand what happens when incentives point the team in the wrong direction. And, what it looks like when they finally get it right. Kim cohosts the session and brings the CRO perspective to the executive compensation design.

Listen to the iBD Podcast Episode with Kim
Build a Business That Gives You Options
Everything in this workshop — the bonus pool framework, the KPI structure, the phantom equity primer — is pointed at one outcome: getting your business to the point where it gives you freedom of time and money, whether you scale, step back, or sell.
We call it Independence Escape Velocity. The workshop is where you start aligning the people at the top with the ownership goals that matter.
Space to Think. A Plan When You Leave.
Most workshops hand you ideas and add to your to-do list. This one gives you something rare: protected time to actually think about how your people are compensated — and whether it's connected to where you're trying to go. You won't be asked to share your comp plans or financials with anyone in the room. Come with a rough sense of your revenue, margins, and what you're currently paying your leadership team. That's it.
We'll build the framework together.
June 25 I 9 AM - 11am CST I Virtual,Live, Interactive
Register Today!
3,500+ Owners Have Been Through This Workshop
"I came to understand our ownership KPIs"
Joan's family business is second-generation transitioning to third. She came looking for the KPIs they should be paying attention to and the things they hadn't thought about yet. She left with a load of notes and said she'd send the other partners so they're all on the same page.
Joan Siewert-Cardona
Partner & CFO/Sales, Ideal Printers
"Finally, clarity on where my future is headed"
Jimmy came in running day-to-day without clarity on what the future looked like. The workshop helped him tie revenue, profit, and cash flow together into one picture, then back into what his business needs to accomplish so he can decide where to spend his time and what to hire for next.
Jimmy Fritz
CEO/Owner of the Wedding Shoppe & Kennedy Blue
"It's all about the choices"
Dave's takeaway: the workshop shows you the next steps to position your company to have choices. Good financials, good advisors, and a clear view of what's in front of you. "It's all about the choices you can see in front of you. And if you have good financials and a good group of people advising you, you'll get there quicker."
Dave Hoeffel
Owner of Endurance Technologies
Frequently asked Questions
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It’s your moment to act
Limited access to our upcoming Workshop
Your comp plan isn't just an expense line — it's either pulling your business toward your five-year goal or pushing it away.
Every month with the wrong incentives is another month your best people wonder if the grass is greener, your mediocre people coast on autopilot, and your ownership goals collect dust on a shelf. The Compensation Blueprint gives you two hours to fix the alignment.
Show up, build the framework, and leave knowing your people are pointed at the same target you are.

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