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How to Write the Management Team Section of a Business Plan + Examples

Written by Dave Lavinsky

Over the last 20+ years, we’ve written business plans for over 4,000 companies and hundreds of thousands of others have used the best business plan template and our other business planning materials.

From this vast experience, we’ve gained valuable insights on how to write a business plan effectively , specifically in the management section.

What is a Management Team Business Plan?

A management team business plan is a section in a comprehensive business plan that introduces and highlights the key members of the company’s management team. This part provides essential details about the individuals responsible for leading and running the business, including their backgrounds, skills, and experience.

It’s crucial for potential investors and stakeholders to evaluate the management team’s competence and qualifications, as a strong team can instill confidence in the company’s ability to succeed.

Why is the Management Team Section of a Business Plan Important?

Your management team plan has 3 goals:

To prove to you that you have the right team to execute on the opportunity you have defined, and if not, to identify who you must hire to round out your current team
To convince lenders and investors (e.g., angel investors, venture capitalists) to fund your company (if needed)
To document how your Board (if applicable) can best help your team succeed

What to Include in Your Management Team Section

There are two key elements to include in your management team business plan as follows:

Management Team Members

For each key member of your team, document their name, title, and background.

Their backgrounds are most important in telling you and investors they are qualified to execute. Describe what positions each member has held in the past and what they accomplished in those positions. For example, if your VP of Sales was formerly the VP of Sales for another company in which they grew sales from zero to $10 million, that would be an important and compelling accomplishment to document.

Importantly, try to relate your team members’ past job experience with what you need them to accomplish at your company. For example, if a former high school principal was on your team, you could state that their vast experience working with both teenagers and their parents will help them succeed in their current position (particularly if the current position required them to work with both customer segments).

This is true for a management team for a small business, a medium-sized or large business.

Management Team Gaps

In this section, detail if your management team currently has any gaps or missing individuals. Not having a complete team at the time you develop your business plan. But, you must show your plan to complete your team.

As such, describe what positions are missing and who will fill the positions. For example, if you know you need to hire a VP of Marketing, state this. Further, state the job description of this person. For example, you might say that this hire will have 10 years of experience managing a marketing team, establishing new accounts, working with social media marketing, have startup experience, etc.

To give you a “checklist” of the employees you might want to include in your Management Team Members and/or Gaps sections, below are the most common management titles at a growing startup (note that many are specific to tech startups):

Founder, CEO, and/or President
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Financial Officer
VP of Sales
VP of Marketing
VP of Web Development and/or Engineering
UX Designer/Manager
Product Manager
Digital Marketing Manager
Business Development Manager
Account Management/Customer Service Manager
Sales Managers/Sales Staff
Board Members

If you have a Board of Directors or Board of Advisors, you would include the bios of the members of your board in this section.

A Board of Directors is a paid group of individuals who help guide your company. Typically startups do not have such a board until they raise VC funding.

If your company is not at this stage, consider forming a Board of Advisors. Such a board is ideal particularly if your team is missing expertise and/or experience in certain areas. An advisory board includes 2 to 8 individuals who act as mentors to your business. Usually, you meet with them monthly or quarterly and they help answer questions and provide strategic guidance. You typically do not pay advisory board members with cash, but offering them options in your company is a best practice as it allows you to attract better board members and better motivate them.

Management Team Business Plan Example

Below are examples of how to include your management section in your business plan.

Key Team Members

Jim Smith, Founder & CEO

Jim has 15 years of experience in online software development, having co-founded two previous successful online businesses. His first company specialized in developing workflow automation software for government agencies and was sold to a public company in 2003. Jim’s second company developed a mobile app for parents to manage their children’s activities, which was sold to a large public company in 2014. Jim has a B.S. in computer science from MIT and an M.B.A from the University of Chicago

Bill Jones, COO

Bill has 20 years of sales and business development experience from working with several startups that he helped grow into large businesses. He has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from M.I.T., where he also played Division I lacrosse for four years.

We currently have no gaps in our management team, but we plan to expand our team by hiring a Vice President of Marketing to be responsible for all digital marketing efforts.

Vance Williamson, Founder & CEO

Prior to founding GoDoIt, Vance was the CIO of a major corporation with more than 100 retail locations. He oversaw all IT initiatives including software development, sales technology, mobile apps for customers and employees, security systems, customer databases/CRM platforms, etc. He has a B.S in computer science and an MBA in operations management from UCLA.

We currently have two gaps in our Management Team:

A VP of Sales with 10 years of experience managing sales teams, overseeing sales processes, working with manufacturers, establishing new accounts, working with digital marketing/advertising agencies to build brand awareness, etc.

In addition, we need to hire a VP of Marketing with experience creating online marketing campaigns that attract new customers to our site.

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How to Write Management Team Section in a Business Plan

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May 1, 2024

A business is as efficient as its team and its management. Therefore, it becomes important for business owners to build a structured management team that achieves the objectives and goals set by the organization.

Andrew Carnegie, an American steel magnate, beautifully summarized it –

“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives.”

A business management plan helps build an efficient team and formalizes business operations. This helps businesses streamline strategies to achieve their goals.

So, if you are a business owner who is looking to formalize their business structure and write the management team section in their business plans, this guide is for you.

Here’s a sneak peek into what you’ll learn:

Sounds good? Let’s dive in.

What is the Management Section of a Business Plan?

The management section of a business plan is an in-depth description of a business’s team, its structure, and the owners of a business.

The section discusses ‌who is on the management team—internal and external, their skill sets, experiences, and how meaningfully they would contribute to an organization’s mission statement and goals.

Now that we have defined what the management section of a business plan is, let’s understand why it is so important.

Importance of a Business Plan Management Section

The management section helps you to

Showcase leadership: The management team section helps you showcase how qualified and experienced team you have.
Clarify team roles: It outlines who does what in your team, ensuring everyone knows their key performance areas and works together towards the same goals.
Attract investors: Present your team in the best possible way, as it is one of the key factors in making the final investment decision.

What to include in the Management Section of a Business Plan?

Now that you know why exactly a management section in the business plan is necessary, let’s move ahead with what to include in it:

1. The Management Team

An organization’s entire management team can be divided into parts — the internal team and the external team. Let us see those in detail:

The Internal Management Team

A business team consists of several departments. The most common departments are—marketing, sales, IT, customer service, operations, finance, and HR.

These departments depend on the nature and functioning of your business. For example, a dental clinic may not require a sales department per se.

The entire management team is distinguished according to their responsibility. This helps the business owners and investors be aware of the roles, benefits, ESOPs (if applicable), profit sharing (for sales), work contracts, NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements), and Non-Competition Agreements of the entire team.

It is recommended that business owners collect and document the following information about their team:

Educational Background
Work Experience
Accomplishments

For example, your present VP of Marketing helped their previous company grow its bottom line from $3 million to $10 million over 18 months.

The External Management Team

The external management team is usually composed of—advisory board members and professional services.

Advisory board members help by:

Bringing their industry expertise, experience, and knowledge to the table.
Offering strategic advice and helping the business develop long-term goals with future considerations in mind.
Having a lot more contacts than any other individual can help businesses grow.

Credible advisory board members show great commitment to a company’s growth. Therefore, it becomes important to mention their experience and specialization in the business management plan.

The advisory board members can help give valuable advice that internal team members need or lack.

Usually, board members meet quarterly or monthly to provide strategic guidance in place of stock options in your company. This helps attract the best advisors and motivates them to invest in your business.

On the other hand, professional service helps by

Offering highly specialized advice and sharing knowledge.
Helping through the implementation process of strategies.

Such services help businesses leverage skills that would be difficult to build and acquire over a short period.

Examples of such professional services are:

IT Consultants
Business coaches and consultants

After a brief overview of the management team, let’s move forward.

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2. The Management Team Gaps

The management team gap is an important part of the management section. Primarily because it helps document if your management team currently has gaps or missing skills.

Your team may lack a few required skills while starting. The management team gaps help you to be aware and make efforts to close this gap.

As a business owner, you must document what positions are missing and who ought to fill those positions or take responsibility.

For example, if you need a VP of Sales, clearly document this in the section.

Also, write down the job description and key responsibilities to be undertaken. For example—you might mention that the role requires 10 years of experience in the sales domain. The applicant must have experience handling a sales team, closing new accounts, and working in tandem with the marketing team.

Be as detailed as possible. This will help you build a checklist while interviewing the right candidate and also win investor confidence in your managerial skills.

Here are a few key positions you would want to include in your management team business plan:

Founder and/or CEO
Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
Head of Product Management (PM)
VP of Sales
VP of Marketing
Business Development Manager
Customer Service Manager
Sales Managers/Sales Staff
Human Resources Manager
Advisory Board Members

3. The Management Structure

The management structure defines how a business organizes its management hierarchy. A hierarchy helps determine all team members’ roles, positions, power, and responsibilities.

The management structure also depends upon the type of business ownership. Business ownership can be—a sole proprietorship, partnership, or LLC.

Following is a sample management structure of an organization.

Now that we understand what details we need to document in business management plans, let’s have a look at the example.

Example of a Management Section Plan

[management section of a hotel], [management team], internal team members.

Name: Charles Fargo Role: Owner Responsibility: Formulating key strategies, defining budgets, and building a business plan Experience: 35 years of owning multiple hotels in Las Vegas Educational Background: B.Sc in Hospitality Management from South Dakota State University.

Name: Michael Clark Role: General Manager Responsibility: Overall hotel operations – guest interactions, revenue management, brand ambassador of the hotel, customer satisfaction, and experience, leadership to all departments Experience: 25 years working with several technology hotels as the general manager. Educational Background: MBA from Wharton School

Name: George Trump Role: Department Manager Responsibility: Manage employees, smooth coordination amongst employees, plan daily affairs of the department, strategize, prepare reports, and deal with complaints and suggestions. Lead team members to function as a team Experience: 15 years working as a department manager Educational Background: BSc in Hotel Management from Texas University

Note: There can be multiple Department Managers depending on the nature of your business. In the case of hotels, departments can include – housekeeping, logistics, security, food, and banquets.

Name: Donald Clooney Role: Marketing and Sales Manager Responsibility: Increase occupancy and generate revenue. Position the hotel as an option for leisure activities, relaxation, and holidays. Experience: 11 years working as the marketing and sales manager for hotels Educational Background: MBA in Tourism and Hospitality from Midway University

Name: Oprah Williams Role: Human Resources Manager Responsibility: Recruit and train hotel staff, maintain smooth onboarding process for new recruits, train, counsel, and coach staff, resolve conflicts, and conduct performance reviews Experience: 9 years working as human resources manager for hotels Educational Background: MBA in Human Resources Management from California University

External Team Members

Advisory Board Member

#1 Richard Branson Responsibility: Strategic advisory for sustainable growth and expansion Experience: Founder of Virgin Group

Professional Services

#1 Digital Marketing Agency – Neil Patel – Help market and sell our product using digital mediums – blog, website, YouTube, and social media.

[Management Structure]

There is a gap in one key position in our startup.

#1 Chief Finance Officer (CFO) Responsibilities: Finance, Accounting, Tracking Profit and Loss, and overseeing FP&A (Financial Planning and Analysis)

So, that’s it for today! Now that you know how to write a management team section, make sure you write the best one by mentioning all the necessary details.

If you are still confused about writing the management team sections, then you can visit various sample business plans to know more. You can even use smart business planning software to smooth your business planning process.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What tone should i use when writing the management team section.

When writing about your management team in your business plan, use a tone that’s confident, professional, and positive. This shows investors that your team is experienced, qualified, and able to lead your company to success.

Who should be included in the management team's business plan?

In the management team of a business plan, you should include all the key members of the company:

Top management
Founder/CEO
VP of sales

Do I need to include personal information about team members?

In a business plan, it’s not necessary to include personal information about team members unless it directly relates to their role in the business. The focus should be on professional qualifications, experience, and skills that are relevant to their position.

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The more far-flung your organization is, the more your people need software to help them communicate and collaborate. It's easy enough to roll your own collaboration platform by deploying office apps such as Slack for company chat and a video conferencing apps like Zoom or WebEx for meetings and webinars. If you've leaped headfirst into the Google ecosystem, you've got GSuite and Google Meet at your disposal.

For organizations that have been using Zoom as their primary videoconferencing functionality, the case for switching starts with Zoom's well-documented security and privacy problems, which were serious enough to require the company to freeze new feature development while it worked on the issues . (The company signed a wide-ranging settlement with the New York State Attorney General's office agreeing to "a comprehensive data security program [and] enhanced privacy controls.")

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Assuming Zoom can assuage customers' security concerns, it has some significant advantages over Teams, including far better name recognition and a more mature feature set. For online classrooms and other settings where you need more talking heads than the nine that Teams offers, Zoom is a better choice.

But for organizations that have already settled comfortably into Microsoft's family of apps and services -- Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Exchange Online, SharePoint, and the rest of the Microsoft 365 family -- the obvious contender to bring your organization together is Microsoft Teams.

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Teams integrates a collection of Microsoft 365 online services, making it possible for members of your organization to talk face to face, chat, hold virtual meetings, share files, and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and other projects in real time. The chat capabilities cover the same ground as those found in Slack, while the meeting and video conferencing features compare favorably with those available in Zoom and other videoconferencing tools. And the killer feature for Microsoft Teams is that it supports a robust API for add-ins, which means you can extend its capabilities with the help of hundreds of third-party apps. Insider Risk is a Data Protection Problem

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If you're already managing a Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) subscription, deploying Teams is as simple as flipping a few switches in your admin portal. If you're not a Microsoft 365 subscriber, you have options that start at free, as we explain in the next section.

Setting up Teams in your organization

Microsoft Teams is available in free and paid editions.

Microsoft Teams free includes the same core features as the paid editions: individual and group chat; audio and video calls (1:1 and group), a total of 10 GB of file sharing storage; group meetings in a channel; and screen sharing. The maximum membership for an organization using a free Teams account is 500,000, and guest access is allowed.

To sign up for a Microsoft Teams Free account, you need to use an email account that is not already a part of Azure Active Directory. If your organization has an active Office 365 subscription, for example, they control your ability to use Teams with the email address associated with that deployment. You can still set up your own free Teams account, but you'll have to use an alternate email address to do so.

Email accounts associated with schools and other academic institutions are not eligible for this plan but can instead use a free edition of Microsoft 365 that includes the full version of Microsoft Teams. Similarly, accounts associated with U.S. Government agencies are ineligible for the free Teams version. For details about both restrictions, see this Microsoft Support article: 'd="" like="" to="" sign="" up="" for="" teams="" free,="" but="" i="" can't.="" why?""="">

The full version of Microsoft Teams cannot be purchased as a separate plan but is instead included as part of a Microsoft 365 Business or Enterprise subscription.

Microsoft Teams plans that are part of a paid Microsoft 365 or Office 365 subscription include the following additional features:

At least 1 TB of OneDrive for Business storage per user for file attachments in chat

1 TB of shared file storage per organization, plus 10 GB per licensed user

Online and video conferencing meetings for up to 250 people

Online events for up to 10,000 attendees

The ability to schedule meetings and to record meetings using Microsoft Stream

Multi-factor authentication support

24/7 support via phone and web

Administrators of Microsoft 365 and Office 365 accounts can use the Microsoft Teams Admin Center to manage users and connected apps. They can also access usage reports and configure user settings and policies from this online portal. For example, guest access on paid accounts is disabled by default and must be enabled using the instructions on this checklist .

The Teams Admin Center includes a huge number of policy settings, including these industry-specific policy packages

The least expensive paid plan that includes Microsoft Teams is Microsoft 365 Business Basic, at $5 per user per month; this plan does not include the Microsoft Office desktop apps, which are available in the Microsoft 365 Business Standard plan for $12.50 per user per month. Both plans can be used with the Microsoft 365 Business Voice service to support inbound and outbound calling and audio conferencing. The Office 365 E3 plan, at $20 per user per month, includes an array of enterprise-related features, such as deployment support, the ability to integrate with on-premises Exchange and SharePoint servers, and the option to integrate with third-party digital phone systems.

The Microsoft 365 Business plans are limited to 300 users, whereas Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Enterprise plans allow an unlimited number of users.

For full details about which features are in free and paid editions, see this Microsoft 365 feature comparison and a separate support document: ""="">

Using Teams to communicate and collaborate

At the highest level, Microsoft Teams is built around the members of your organization, based on each person's identity in Azure Active Directory. For a business that has an Office 365 subscription, those identities are already established, and you can manage them using the same Azure AD management tools your admins are already familiar with. Using Azure AD-based roles, for example, you can designate some people as Teams service admins, allowing you to share the management load.

To manage Teams users, go to the Azure Active Directory Admin Center, which is part of every Microsoft 365 business subscription

To manage Teams users, go to the Azure Active Directory Admin Center, which is part of every Microsoft 365 business subscription.

If you're setting up a new Teams free account, your management options are far more limited: You can invite new members, promote one or more members to Admin, decide whether to allow members to invite outsiders to join the group, and create a public link that nonmembers can click to request admission. These features are most appropriate for informal organizations that aren't defined by a company and a domain name. You're a candidate for this kind of setup if, for example, you regularly manage projects with the help of a loose confederation of freelance contributors and contractors.

The members of your organization work with Teams services through the Teams web interface (at https://teams.microsoft.com ) or using the Teams app , which is available for Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android. (There's also a new Linux client; details on how to get it are here .)

Each app follows the user interface conventions of its platform, but they all organize Teams features using a group of tabs, available via a navigation bar on the left (desktop apps) or on the bottom (mobile apps).

The Teams app has a similar look and feel on every platform (shown here: Windows 10).

Teams and channels

Much of the appeal of Microsoft Teams is that its features allow the members of your organization to divide themselves into smaller groups, called teams, which typically bring together groups of people working on the same project or as part of the same group (HR or accounting, for example). Teams can be private, invitation-only groups, or they can be public groups, open to everyone in the organization.

On the back end, every new team you create gets the following resources, dedicated exclusively to the members of that team:

An Office 365 group

A SharePoint Online site and document library to store team files

An Exchange Online shared mailbox and calendar

A shared OneNote notebook

If your organization uses other Office 365 apps, such as Planner and Power BI, the new team can link to those apps as well. Within each team, channels are sections that keep conversations organized, so that team members working on a piece of a larger project can collaborate without bringing in the entire team. Within a channel, you can chat, share files, hold meetings, and share screens. Like teams, channels can be private or public. Conversations, files, and notes across channels are visible only to team members with permission to participate in those channels.

By default, all users have permissions to create a team. Team owners can manage settings for a team and its channels, including the ability to assign moderators to keep discussions on topic.

The Chat tab is where people talk to each other, without regard to projects and functional groups. All of the conversations that take place here are outside the context of Channels, which are associated with groups.

Chats can be one-to-one conversations or can bring together multiple people into informal groups that don't require the structure and overhead of their own team or channel. The chat window starts with a simple message box, with options to format text, attach files, and add emoji, GIFs, and stickers. (If you're tempted to crack down on those "fun" elements, you might want to think twice, as research shows they drive engagement and help your team members, especially the less technical ones, feel less intimidated by the software.)

With the click of a button, any member of the organization can transform a text-based chat into a voice or video call. They can also attach files, share screens, and schedule meetings for informal collaboration scenarios.

Chats are saved, and participants can pick up where the left off at any time. The contents of each chat are also available for search by anyone who was involved in the chat, making it possible to jog your memory about the contents of a conversation -- especially one that contains valuable information about a project. The Chat window can also be customized: Users can rename conversations, for example, to make their contents easier to find after the fact, and they can hide chats that are no longer needed.

When you join a video call, you can see the video streams from up to nine other people in the meeting, arranged in a 3 by 3 grid.

Audio and video calls

You can make 1:1 and group calls to people in your organization directly from your chat list, by clicking the Video Call or Audio Call buttons. If your organization has connected Teams to a phone system, you can also make audio calls to people outside your organization.

Up to 20 people can be on a video call. When you join a video call, you can see the video streams from up to nine other people in the meeting, arranged in a 3 by 3 grid. The streams shown in this grid are prioritized for people who have video turned on and those who are speaking.

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What do the Investors look for in the Management Team?

Investors will be particularly interested to obtain answers to the following questions about the management team:

Does the team know its weaknesses?
Does each team member have a defined role to play?
Are there any previous working relationships within the team?
Is there a common objective for all team members?
Is there relevant experience relating to the business idea in the team?
What are the business ownership arrangements?
Is the team fully committed?

Business Plan Management Team Presentation

There is no set style for the presentation of the management team information in a business plan, but we suggest a simple format similar to that shown below. Full details and complete CV’s can be included in an appendix or submitted later if requested.

For each individual, the format shows details of their name, title and role in the business, and a brief biography of the person. The biography should have particular emphasis on the following characteristics and skills and show how they link back to the business idea discussed in elevator pitch section of the business plan contents article.

Past successes and failures.
Education and professional training.
Management and work experience.
Special skills related to the business idea.
Business reputation.

This is part of the financial projections and Contents of a Business Plan Guide a series of posts on what each section of a simple business plan should include. The next post in this series is defining the customer problem .

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Chartered accountant Michael Brown is the founder and CEO of Plan Projections. He has worked as an accountant and consultant for more than 25 years and has built financial models for all types of industries. He has been the CFO or controller of both small and medium sized companies and has run small businesses of his own. He has been a manager and an auditor with Deloitte, a big 4 accountancy firm, and holds a degree from Loughborough University.

How to Write the Management Team Section to Your Business Plan Think you've got an all-star lineup? These are the key characteristics to showcase.

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This is part 2 / 9 of Write Your Business Plan: Section 3: Selling Your Product and Team series.

One crucial aspect of any business plan is the management team slide, which outlines the key employees in the organization. Here are some things to keep in mind when putting together your all-star lineup.

Put Yourself First

Don't be modest. If you're the head of the business, you should feature yourself first. After all, you are the entrepreneur behind the business venture, and you will have to put your neck on the line, answer the hard questions, and take the criticism— as well as the praise and acclaim, should there be some.

If you want to impress people with your management team, it's essential to let your readers know who is at the helm and who is selecting the management team. Explain your background, including your vision, your credentials, and why you chose the management team you did.

A business follows the lead of the founder, and as such, you need to briefly explain what is expected of this management team and the role you see it, as a group, playing in the future of this business.

Related: Does Your Team Have the Right Stuff to Attract Venture Capital?

Highlight These Characteristics

Identifying your managers is about presenting what they bring to the table. You can provide this by describing them in terms of the following characteristics:

Education Impressive educational credentials among company managers provide strong reasons for an investor or other plan reader to feel good about your company. Use your judgment in deciding what educational background to include and how to emphasize it. If you're starting a fine restaurant, for example, and your chef graduated at the top of her class from the Culinary Institute of America, play that front and center. If you're starting a courier service and your partner has an anthropology degree from a little-known school, mention it, but don't make a big deal out of it.

Employment Prior work experience in a related field is something many investors look for. If you've spent ten years in management in the retail men's apparel business before opening a tuxedo outlet, an investor can feel confident that you know what you're doing. Likewise, you'll want to explain your team members' key, appropriate positions. Describe any relevant jobs in terms of job title, years of experience, names of employers, and so on. But remember, this isn't a resume. You can feel free to skim over or omit any irrelevant experience. You do not have to provide exact dates of employment.

Related: How to Craft a Business Plan That Will Turn Investors' Heads

Skills A title is one thing, but what you learn while holding it is another. In addition to pointing out that you were a district sales manager for a stereo equipment wholesaler, you should describe your responsibilities and the skills you honed while fulfilling them. Again, list your management team's skills that pertain to this business. A great cook may have incredible accounting skills, but that doesn't matter in the new restaurant's kitchen.

Each time you mention skills that you or a management team member has spent years acquiring at another company, it will be another reason for an investor to believe you can do it at your own company.

Accomplishments Dust off your plaques and trot out your calculator for this one. If you or one of your team members has been awarded patents, achieved record sales gains, or once opened an unbelievable number of new stores in the space of a year, now's the time to talk about it. Don't brag. Just be factual and remember to quantify. If, for example, you have twelve patents, your sales manager had five years of thirty percent annual sales gains, and you oversaw the grand openings of forty-two stores in eleven months, this is the stuff investors and others reading your business plan will want to see. Investors are looking to back impressive winners, and quantifiable results speak strongly to businesspeople of all stripes.

Personal information Investors want to know with whom they're dealing in terms of the personal side. Personal information on each member of your management team may include age, city of residence, notable charitable or community activities, and, last but not least, personal motivation for joining the company. Investors like to see vigorous, committed, and involved people in the companies they back. Mentioning one or two of the relevant personal details of your key managers may help investors feel they know what they're getting into, especially in today's increasingly transparent business climate.

Related: How to Evaluate Your Startup Like a VC

Who to Include in Your Plan

Should you mention everyone in your organization down to shop foremen or stop with the people on your executive committee? The answer is probably neither. Instead, think about your managers in terms of the crucial functions of your business.

In deciding the scope of the management section of your plan, consider the following business functions, and make sure you've explained who will handle those that are important to your enterprise:

Advertising
Distribution
Human Resources
Technical Operations

Related: How To Build a Team of Outside Experts for Your Business

What Does Each Person Do?

There's more to a job than a title. A director in one organization is a high and mighty individual, whereas a director is practically nobody in another company. Many industries have unique job titles, such as managing editor, creative director, and junior accountant level II, with no counterparts in other industries.

In a longer plan, when you give your management team's background and describe their titles, don't stop there. Go on and tell the reader exactly what each management team member will be expected to do in the company. This may be especially important in a startup, where not every position is filled. If the CFO will handle your marketing work until you get further down the road, let readers know this upfront. You certainly can't expect them to figure that out on their own.

In a shorter business plan, or mini-plan , choose those people most vital to your business. If you are opening a martial arts studio, the instructors, or lead instructors, are significant, as is the software developer in a new software company. While you have room to describe these people in more detail in a longer plan, in the shorter miniplans, use one defining sentence for your top five people.

Related: 6 Tips for Making a Winning Business Presentation

Future Hires

If you do have significant holes in your management team, you'll want to describe your plans for filling them. You may say, for example, "Marketing duties are being handled temporarily by the vice president for finance. Once sales have reached the $500,000 per month level, approximately six months after startup, a dedicated vice president of marketing will be retained to fulfill that function."

In some cases, particularly if you're in a really shaky startup and need solid talent, you may have to describe in some detail your plans for luring a hotshot industry expert to your fledgling enterprise. Then, briefly describe your ideal candidate. For a mini-plan, you may write, "We plan to hire a marketing VP who excels in reaching our 20–29 target market."

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Of course, they'll read the market analysis section – and you can expect them to linger over the financial projections section. But if there's one section of a business plan that may carry the greatest weight with lenders, investors and potential strategic partners, it's the management team section. This is where you provide details about the education, qualifications and experience that you and your management team bring to your small business. Written in a crisp and focused manner, the management team section should help those third parties recognize what sets your business apart from others. And it should give meaning to that oft-repeated business maxim: “I don't invest in ideas; I invest in people.”

Gather Key Information

Before you put pen to paper – or your fingers to the keyboard – gather the information you need on your management team. At the least, you should have their resumes handy – and include them in the appendix of your business plan.

Also, be prepared to speak with members of your management team to fill in any blanks. Structure the management team section to include:

An organizational chart of your small business, including departments, department managers and employees. Biographical information about you, the owner, and any other owners. Specify your ownership percentage and exactly what your day-to-day responsibilities will be. Biographical information on your management team.* The credentials of any advisers who will be at your side providing expert advice, such as an accountant and a lawyer.

One Paragraph Poses One Big Challenge

Like many small-business owners, you may not think of yourself as a writer. So you may be relieved to know that you should devote only about one paragraph to each person you profile in the management section. But in the end, that should be one substantive paragraph, and it will require some finesse to pull it off.

As many writers will attest, being verbose isn't difficult; being concise yet enlightening can be a challenge. Put another way, you want to include only the most relevant and insightful information about your management team – and you want to be quick about it. So be prepared to edit your words ruthlessly as you structure the paragraph to include the team members' info:

Name and title. Education and professional credentials and some personal information. Primary responsibilities at your small business.

Expand the Second Component

Providing names and titles should be the easy part. The most robust part of your paragraph should proceed with ease if you include:

Education credentials, including college and major, and any relevant certifications. Employment highlights. Pick the last or last two titles and company affiliations unless there is something truly stellar in someone's past worth mentioning. Skills or specialties, meaning those things that someone truly excels at or is known for.* Notable accomplishments, which can serve as a subliminal message that they can be repeated at your small business.
Personal insights, which may include anything from community involvement to someone's rationale for joining your company. You have a lot of latitude here, so try to think in terms of what conveys the mark of a can-do, energetic person. If you're impressed by it, chances are someone reading your business plan will be too.

Spell Out the Third Component

Because you opened the paragraph with the person's name and title, you want to close it with a summation of the contributions you expect the person to make. Discretion here is important; you want to demonstrate to people reading your business plan that you've hired accomplished people, but you don't want to stray into the realm of hyperbole, either.

This said, after spelling out so many numbers and analytics in your business plan, the management section is your chance to expose the human side of your business. A good balance can be found in this paragraph:

Thomas Cole, Director of Marketing A mass communication graduate of Illinois State University, Tom brings to us nearly 20 years of marketing experience and a proven ability to integrate best practices into emerging businesses. Websites, smartphones and digital marketing all came of age as the proud redbird worked as a district marketing manager for ABC Media and then marketing manager for XYZ Newspaper Group, both in Chicago. Tom helped these companies navigate sea changes in the newspaper industry and return to profitability by developing imaginative and synergistic marketing campaigns. We expect him to replicate these efforts at Write-On Marketing, at least when he's not busy critiquing the latest creations at his family's award-winning Illinois winery.

Assuming that you believe people are your greatest asset, write your management section like the proud small-business owner you are – your instincts should serve you well.

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Microsoft provides complete Private Branch Exchange (PBX) capabilities for your organization through Teams Phone System. However, to enable users to make calls outside your organization, you need to connect Phone System to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) by selecting a calling plan.

This article describes Phone System with Microsoft Calling Plan--Microsoft's all-in-the-cloud voice solution for Teams users. This solution is the simplest option that connects Phone System to the PSTN for external calling. With this option, Microsoft acts as your PSTN carrier.

To find out if Microsoft Calling Plans are available in your area, see Country and region availability .

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To decide which option is right for your organization, ask yourself the following:

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If some of my users don't make a significant number of outgoing calls, is the Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan the most economical option for them?

All users in the same country/region with the same Calling Plan share a pool of minutes. For example, if you have 100 users located in the same country/region with a 120 minutes Domestic Calling Plan assigned, they share a pool of 12,000 minutes. All calls exceeding these minutes are billed per minute. Pooling is only available on identical Calling Plans.

The country/region is based on the location of the user's license in the Microsoft 365 admin center > Active users and NOT the billing address listed under the Organization Profile in the Microsoft 365 admin center .

For more information about monthly minutes available in each country/region, see Country and region availability .

With the Domestic Calling Plan, licensed users can call out to numbers located in the country/region where they're assigned in Microsoft 365. Unlimited incoming minutes are included. Outgoing minutes are included based on the license purchased.

There are three Domestic Calling Plan options to choose from:

Domestic Calling Plan Zone-1 US : For users in the United States and Puerto Rico.

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Domestic Calling Plan Zone-2 : For users in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

The International Calling Plan includes both domestic and international minutes for outbound calls. Domestic minutes allow users to call numbers in the country or region where their Microsoft 365 license is assigned. International minutes allow users to call international numbers in 196 countries/regions . Unlimited incoming minutes are included. Outgoing minutes are included based on the license purchased.

With the Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan, licensed users can call out to numbers located in the country/region where their Microsoft 365 license is assigned to the user based on the user's location, and to international numbers in 196 countries/regions .

Unlimited incoming minutes are included. No outgoing minutes are included. All outgoing calls are charged based on the minutes used, either with Communication Credits or post-usage billing (for new commerce experience calling subscriptions only). Licenses are assigned to users based on their location.

To learn how to fund and use minutes for a Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan, see How to fund a Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan .

There are three Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan options to choose from:

Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan Zone 1 - US : For users in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan Zone 1 - UK & Canada : For users in the United Kingdom and Canada.

Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan Zone 2 : For users in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Zone 2 licenses aren't currently available for sale in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Mexico has its own Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan. It's not part of any zone. You must purchase the independent Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan for Mexico.

How to buy Calling Plans

You must first purchase a Phone System add-on license . To do that, sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center and choose Billing > Purchase services > Add-on subscriptions > Buy now .

Depending on your plan, you may need to buy more add-ons before you can buy Phone System licenses. To learn more, see Microsoft Teams add-on licensing .

After you buy Phone System licenses, you can buy a Calling Plan by signing in to the Microsoft 365 admin center and choose Billing > Purchase services > Add-on subscriptions , and then selecting Buy now .

You can buy and assign different Calling Plans to different users, depending on the needs of your organization. After you select the Calling Plan you need, proceed to checkout. You assign a plan to each user in the Microsoft 365 admin center. To learn how, see Assign Microsoft Teams add-on licenses .

How to fund a Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan

Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plans don't have a set number of outgoing call minutes like the Domestic or International Calling Plans. Instead, some admins may need to take additional steps to fund their Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan. Until the Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan is properly funded, users won't be able to make outgoing calls.

There are two ways you can fund and use minutes with a Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan:

Purchase the Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan through the new commerce experience (NCE)

Customers who purchased their calling plan through the new commerce experience are able to pay for the outgoing call minutes they used in the previous month. This is also called post-usage or post-consumption billing.
For instructions on purchasing a calling plan through the new commerce experience, see Enable pay-as-you-go for your subscription and New commerce overage for telco pay-as-you-go .

Purchase Communication Credits

This option is for customers who didn't purchase their calling plan through the new commerce experience (NCE). These customers need to purchase Communication Credits to fund their Pay-As-You-Go Calling Plan.
For instructions on how to purchase and assign Communication Credits, see Set up Communication Credits for your organization .

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