Building a Company of Winners
(keynote, half-day and full day format)

Explore the tremendous advantages of open-book management for your organization. Participants will learn how other companies have harnessed the enormous potential of their people by educating them in all aspects of their business and giving them a stake in the outcomes.

• Why open-book management now?
• Why keeping closed books decreases productivity
• Making a game of your business’s key result areas
• Keeping score, communicating who’s winning and why
• Giving associates a stake in the results of your organization
• Creating a company of business people
• Hands-on workshop to start creating your own games

• Make your organization a company of winners
• Involve your people and have them start thinking as owners of your business
• Get out of the blame cycle common to many organizations
• Open your books to help your people without hurting your confidentiality
• Unlock the vast potential of your people and keep them enthusiastic everyday

Survival and Beyond
(half-day format)

With the increasing rate of change these days, it’s harder than ever to predict or plan for the future. That’s exactly why it’s more important than ever before to build and execute a long-term strategy. In this session, participants will learn the who, what, when, where and why of strategic planning and come away prepared to begin their own process of putting the future on paper.

• Why strategic planning makes sense for your organization
• Eight key components of a sound strategic planning process
• Putting a "stranger" in your midst to facilitate the planning
• Accountability systems for plan implementation
• Dollars and sense in planning for the plan
• Long-range vs. short-range: Which one gets the nod?

• Assemble a long-range plan that is both ambitious and realistic
• Choose the right person to help you create your plan
• Include the critical elements in your plan to insure long-term success
• Select the people from your organization most likely to contribute extensively to the plan and its execution
• Save both time and money in the actual planning process
• Understand the difference between a functional plan and a pretty one