David Benjatschek is “Your Man with the Plan for Better Teams and Better Results!”. Based out of Calgary, Alberta he is the author of “5 Choices to Effective Leadership” and is known for a rare combination: Passion and Practicality. David uses the metaphor of building a house to inspire emerging leaders with a a solid action plan for supervisory & leadership success.
Cheri Valentine is the author of “Secrets to Passionate Partnership,” and a relationship speaker from Hampton, NH. She is available for keynotes and training workshops, throughout the US. Cheri is known for sharing her expertise and offering you many tools and opportunities to develop thriving, healthy relationships in all areas of your life.
Guest Blog Post by Brian Biro 2/5/12
Have you ever looked up into a brilliant blue sky and spotted a brightly colored hot-air balloon floating on the breeze? Once when I stood enjoying such a scene, the thought struck me that fresh, exciting relationships are like those beautiful balloons. They are light, vibrant, and colorful. Filled with energy, they soar effortlessly. They are lighter than air! That’s just the way we feel when we fall in love, welcome our children into the world, join a new team, or make a new friend. It feels so easy and natural to thank our buddies when we’re in the “glow.”
Ernest Chen is the author of one of Singapore’s public speaking bestsellers- Earnestly Speaking and a highly sought after presentation skill speaker from Singapore. He conducts various public speaking courses that help individuals overcome their public speaking fears, become a more effective Master of Ceremonies and in writing engaging and entertaining speeches throughout Asia. Ernest is also well-known for his dynamic public speaking coaching programs that constantly pushes its participants out of their comfort zone in order to help them realize their full potential in public speaking.
Green/environmental marketing expert Shel Horowitz, multiple-award-winning author of 8 books including Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green, shows how ethics and green principles are keys to business success. Shel’s lively programs help businesses from top corporations to solopreneurs go green effectively and affordably, and then market that green commitment. Based in Hadley, Massachusetts, Shel travels to US speeches from Hartford, and to international events from New York or Boston.
Jeannine Clontz, co-author of Entrepreneurial Freedom, and a business and Internet Marketing speaker from St. Louis, Missouri, is available for keynotes, workshops and trainings throughout North America and Europe. Jeannine is known not only as the ‘Business Ethics Queen’, but for providing easy to understand and implement instruction, information and resources providing incredible take aways from all her presentations. Her broad and focused business knowledge allows her to customize presentations to meet specific client goals and provide action steps attendees can immediately apply to their own needs.
Guest Blog Post by Hank Moore 2/1/12
1. Core Operations. Reflect carefully upon what business you are really in. Sell obsolete inventory. Determine which equipment is worth keeping, repairing, updating or replacing. Re-tool obsolete production processes.
2. Administration. Determine what can be automated, outsourced or dispensed with. Make judicious cuts at all levels. Determine who pulls their weight. Cut those who do not respond to retraining or perform according to the new organizational approach. Commit to an ongoing Re-engineering program, in concert with and directed by a Visioning program.