The event’s learning program will give you valuable insight into how to excel in your chapter board position and in your business. The Learning program will include:
Keynote Session:The One Minute Entrepreneur For years, mega-bestselling author Ken Blanchard has been a global leader in workplace learning and leadership effectiveness solutions. He has helped thousands of companies improve their performance, productivity and bottom-line results.
Now Blanchard has teamed up with celebrated business leader Don Hutson and Prosper Learning CEO Ethan Willis to transform the lives of American small business owners with an inspiring story from his book, “The One Minute Entrepreneur.” The story will reveal the secrets to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Throughout the book, real-life entrepreneurs and thinkers such as Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, Peter Drucker and Michael Gerber lend their advice, which is organized into one-minute insights. We are in the midst of the largest entrepreneurial surge in US history, yet four out of five small businesses fail. This book offers every business person and would-be entrepreneur a treasure trove of wisdom on how to think, act and live passionately, no matter their industry.
Biography Ken Blanchard has had an extraordinary impact on the day-to-day management of millions of people and companies. He is the author of several bestselling books, including the blockbuster, international bestseller, “The One Minute Manager ®” and the giant, business bestsellers, “ Leadership and the One Minute Manager,” “Raving Fans” and “Gung Ho!”
Combined, Ken’s books have sold more than 18 million copies and have been translated in more than 25 languages. In 2005, Ken was inducted into Amazon’s hall of fame as one of the “Top 25 Bestselling Authors of All Time.” Ken is the founder and chief spiritual officer ofThe Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm. He and his wife, Margie, live in San Diego, California, USA, and work with their son, Scott, and daughter, Debbie.
Elective Session
Real Life Habits for Success® Strengthen Your Leadership - Jeffrey Benjamin
It’s not what you know that matters, it’s what you do that counts! The ability to lead others is critical to productivity. This unforgettable, hands-on program is guaranteed to test and evaluate your leadership skill set. The program will challenge you to take action to be your best as an EO board member. Jeffrey Benjamin is the author of five personal development books, including the bestselling book series, “Real Life Habits for Success®.” For 20 years, he has been sharing career and personal achievement strategies with individuals, small business entrepreneurs and multimillion dollar Fortune 500 companies. Jeffrey is the founder of Breakthrough Training™ and a peak performance trainer energizing thousands of people every week. Jeffrey received a rating of 9.21 out of 10 for his session at the 2007 EO Las Vegas University.
Innovation on Demand - Mark Levy
In this must-attend breakout session, positioning and ideation expert Mark Levy will teach innovation methods that participants can start applying to their chapters and businesses immediately. By the time the session concludes, you’ll have created a number of intriguing ideas that could make a substantial impact in your chapter and business. Even more important, you’ll have techniques that you can use when a problem must be solved or a new idea has to be hatched. Among other things, you will learn how you and your board can engage in “thinking campaigns” and improve your group brainstorming by multiples. Mark is the founder of Levy Innovation, a marketing strategy and ideation firm that helps consultants and entrepreneurial companies increase their fees by up to 2,000 percent. Mark has written for the New York Times, has authored or co-created four books, including “Accidental Genius: Revolutionize Your Thinking Through Private Writing,” and has taught persuasive business writing (and entrepreneurial strategy) at Rutgers University.
Building a Performance-Based Culture – Bob Prosen
During this presentation, Bob Prosen will show you how to increase accountability so you get the results you need, develop trust within your team, handle performance problems without conflict, increase your odds of hiring the right people, assess your ability to lead for results versus to be liked, communicate more effectively to dramatically increase results and reward performance while penalizing non-performance. Bob applies his powerful system for getting results across all industry sectors— from financial services to technology to retail, healthcare, not-for-profit, education and professional services. His speaking, workshop and problem-solving engagements take him around the world and into companies that are committed to achieving extraordinary operating results.
The Golden Circle - Simon Sinek
There isn’t a single company that makes something your customers can’t buy from someone else for roughly the same price, quality and service. If that’s true, then why are your customers your customers? And if you don’t know why your customers are your customers, how do you know what to do to attract more of them? Simon Sinek will share a simple business idea, based on the biology of how customers make choices, to show you why your customers buy from you and how you can adjust the way you think, act and communicate to attract more loyal customers. Simon will share with you the same ideas he has taught other entrepreneurs, FORTUNE 50 companies, members of the US Congress, ambassadors, leaders of the Air Force, government and executives in various industries. Simon is the CEO and founder of SinekPartners, Corporate Refocusing. He is helping pioneer the corporate refocusing industry. His unorthodox approach of applying tried and tested marketing techniques to all parts of a company’s operations is having a significant, positive impact on the cultures and bottom lines of a diverse group of organizations.
Visionary Thinking vs. Problem Solving – Marcia Wieder A visionary has a vision, and he or she articulates it with clarity so people “get it”— they do this with passion so others want to be part of it. Also, a visionary is masterful at inspiring others to join them. Valuable for your chapter and business, this is a powerful opportunity to experience firsthand (with the woman who created it) a proven process for achieving big dreams. It’s never been a more important time for leaders to step forward and for your vision to be expressed. Marcia is CEO and Founder of Dream University® and is leading a Dream Movement. With more than 20 years of coaching, training and speaking experience, her inspiring message, style and wit has touched audiences from 50 to 5,000 at companies such as AT&T, The Gap and American Express. Whether teaching at the Stanford Business School, speaking to executives in China or addressing young women at Girl Scout Camp, her riveting style
impacts audiences worldwide.
