Morning Session 2: Managing Your Business
How to stay ahead of the curve through communication, innovation and change
Sponsored by The Executive Suite
In today’s fast-paced business environment, owners and managers have no margin for error and no time to reinvent the wheel. Understanding economic conditions, utilizing the best management tools and applying relevant strategic measurements are all necessary to stay current and ahead of your competition.
Learn from business leaders and management experts how they use communication, innovation and change to drive their businesses forward.
Discover through personal stories and case studies the essential tools and strategies that can give your business a competitive edge.
Managing change:
• When is it time to delegate responsibility and trust? How to develop management teams.
• When do old solutions become today’s problems? Learn the steps for strategic planning
• How can you be bigger than your payroll? Outsourcing gives you what you need – only when you need it.
• How can you attract and retain the best talent? Learn how to promote flexibility.
Harnessing communication:
• It’s all about talent: When to coach, mentor, discipline or terminate.
• Seven simple tools to brand your company’s message: vision/mission statements, handbooks, newsletters, bulletin boards, e-mails, suggestion programs, problem-solving techniques.
• Making sure talent gets rewarded: Get peak performance thorough job descriptions, feedback and appraisals.
• Can you hear me now? Use the right language to get your employees on the same page with a consistent message.
Innovative leadership:
• Are you responsible for energizing your employees or putting them to sleep? How to bring out the best in your people.
• Five training programs to motivate your managers: interviewing, 360 feedback, supervising subordinates, building effective teams, leadership development.
• How to use selection tools to find your ideal employee. Adding three criteria to your selection process can increase your hiring success more than 30 percent.
• Listening to employees: Brainstorming techniques and team-building programs that can lead to collaborative problem solving.
Business Leadership Panel:
• Dick Fairbanks, CEO of Orleans Auto Supply, Automotive Retail Distribution, wholesale distributor and retailer of automotive parts and supplies
• Brian Drake, Partner, Drake, Saunders & Diwinsky financial services
• Neil Ringler, DDS, Ringler Dental Practice, and CEO, Duffy Health Care
• Patrick Butler, Esq., Partner, Nutter McClennen & Fish
The Executive Suite Management Consulting Panel:
• Gary Kenefick, specialist in change management and human resources
• Diane Driscoll, specialist in human resources, selection strategies and organizational development
• Christine Richardson, specialist in counseling and personality tools
• Moderator: Elizabeth Harris-Moritz, CEO, The Executive Suite, management and human resources consultants
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