Keynote and Breakout Topics
- Family Business Communications
- Leadership Transition
- Delegation Strategies for Over-worked Entrepreneurs and Leaders
- Management Succession
- Family Business Succession Planning
- Sales and Human Behavior
- Increasing Emotional Maturity and Self-awareness
- Reducing Drama, Gossip and Interpersonal Squabbles
- Effective Sales Strategies for Small Businesses
- Understanding Personality and Behavioral Styles
- Preparing for Estate Planning
- Navigating Difficult Business Transitions
- Conflict Resolution and Restoring Relationships
- How to Have Difficult Conversations in the Moment
- Adding a New Enterprise to an Existing Business
- 10 Common Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs
- Leadership Development for Current and Future Generations
- Developing Core Values, Vision and Mission using an Efficient, Productive Process
- Organizational Strategies for Family Businesses
- Time Management
- Developing and Maintaining Efficient, Effective Meetings
- Improving Retention of Our Best Employees
- Servant Leadership Strategies for Families
- Five Keys to Great Teamwork
- Increasing Accountability
- Strategic Planning
- Reaching Challenging Production Goals (Going from Good to Great)
- Leadership vs. Management
- Managing Across Multiple Generations
- Reducing Turnover
- Onboarding and Training New Employees
- Improving Company Culture
Format
Even though I do like to entertain my audiences, I don’t put in lots of jokes and stories just to make them laugh. Any anecdote, joke, example, story, etc. is included for a specific reason. They may remember the funny elements of the presentation, but they’ll remember the key lesson as well.
As much as possible, I avoid the problem that most speakers have today, "Death by PowerPoint!" Most others use far too many slides with content in tiny print that only the front row can read.
Engagement is key. I ask a lot of questions of the audience, get them thinking about how to apply the information immediately on their return home, break them into small discussion groups and end with a list of what they learned that they will apply.
In most cases, the attendees of a conference or training session get almost as much from the networking and interaction with other business owners and leaders as they do from the speakers. I help them meet others in the group with similar issues by having them go into small groups and discuss strategy, techniques, solutions, etc. on exactly what we are discussing. They sometimes make life-long friends!
Objectives
My main objective is to fulfill the expectations of the sponsoring company and the audience they want to support.
We do this through a conversation about the current needs of your audience, factors affecting their business and markets, current challenges in your industry and the specific techniques and strategies that provide them with actions they can put in place as soon as they return to the business.
Uniqueness
I make it personal. Let’s talk about what the key issues truly are in your business and dig deep - past the superficial answers.
The feedback from participants and organizers consistently shows that they most appreciate the fact that I take complex situations and provide easy to implement, common sense, practical solutions that they feel comfortable being able to implement.
In 30+ years of management coaching, and 16 years of business management prior to that, I've always been able to help clients work through their toughest issues. It’s not theory or something that’s derived from the latest management guru’s book, these solutions have been implemented and proven effective.