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Small Biz Management Strategist ~ tailored service for your amazing venture
Let's get to work!


Hi, I'm Tara, Owner of TLC Consulting and I'm here to help you develop, manage, and grow your best business. Let's get to work!
"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in." - Bill Bradley
Small Businesses
"A small business is an amazing way to serve and leave an impact on the world you live in"
~Nicole Snow
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Every Small Business Entrepreneur has a deeply personal 'WHY' behind their business and realizing those 'why's' are rewards for jumping in!
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But! The idea of bringing those ideas to life, creating the strategies, systems, and actions that will get you to realizing your vision can be truly overwhelming!
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Through a strategic, balanced and tailored approach to developing, managing and growing
YOUR SMALL BUSINESS ~
Tara's passion, skills & experience will help you to chart a path that will take you from
stress to success
in developing, managing, or growing your venture. ​​​​​​​
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Let's get you the 'Why's' that got you here!
Not For Profits
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one"
~Mother Theresa
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Running a Not for Profit is an amazing commitment to community and the great hearts behind them bring amazing benefits to their benefactors.
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Today's world demands a lot from local service providers, and the business of operating can be a challenge with short capacity and limited time to realize opportunities and strategy and planning to ensure a thirving and sustainable NOT FOR PROFIT
can overwhelm both seasoned and new not for profit managers alike.
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With extensive experience in Business Development, Grant Application R&D, Program Development , Program Management and Training, Tara is here to support your organization with service tailored to your organizations needs.
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Let's help you feed that hundred =)



About our Services:
As a boutique consulting and coaching business, we are dedicated to supporting you, and your business ~ one to one ~ to take you from stress-preneur to success-preneur by discovering, creating and implementing operational systems that streamline your venture; building in effective and efficient processes for your small biz - leaving you more time and energy for the other pieces of your life.
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Sometimes it's just about getting sorted on your various ideas; identifying opportunities for your business growth. Other times you've got your business sailing but suddenly realize repetitive tasks and a lack of systems are taking you away from the parts of the business you love and you start feeling stretched and overwhelmed - wondering how you're going to get back to simply running your business...
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Tara has helped numerous entrepreneurs in getting back to basics by supporting owners in creating strategies and systems that are efficient, effective and in alignment with your goals in business, and life.
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TLC coaching and consulting programs are tailored specifically to YOU and YOUR business - rather than a one size fits all, or down-sized corporate plan. We'll work together to create customized strategies and planning with actionable work that turn your self employment venture into a business that supports itself, and you and your interests: simply, effectively, and efficiently.
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It's the difference between buying yourself a job, and creating a business for your future... adding value to your venture with serviceable, sustainable and sale-able systems.
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Connect with me to discuss how a tailored coaching and program with me can help you develop, manage and grow your amazing small business =)
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Trusted by Businesses and Communities Throughout B.C.
Organized and Efficient
As my role as a city councilor, I worked with Tara on many projects. She was always well informed on the needs of the project, did extensive research and always came up with well thought out solutions. She knows how to turn ideas into a reality.
Deb Haggard
City of Port Alberni
Creative & Resourceful
Tara and I have worked on numerous grass roots community centered projects and we have been making use of TL Consulting INC to support Indigo’s growth and new business development. Tara is efficient and highly professional and I feel my business needs are a priority when working with her.
Colleen Dykslag
Indigo Staffing Services LTD.
Solution Focused & Reliable
I worked with Tara in my role as Operations Manager with Canadian Red Cross, assisting people affected by the massive BC wildfires in 2017 and 2018. Tara excels at finding solutions for complicated and challenging situations. During our work together, Tara was leading the business recovery programs to provide assistance for impacted small businesses offering much needed support needed to rebuild communities.
Jon Jackson
Regional District Kootenay Boundary

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