Free Business Topics in Indianapolis
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Talent Optimization
Brett Hodge, ACC, President, Organizational Effectiveness Consulting, Inc.
This topic discusses the following: 1. Use of people data to maximize production and minimize people costs. 2. Hiring for success. 3. Designing high performance teams. 4. Inspiring talent through behavioral alignment. 5. Diagnosing for success.
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Recruiting, Engaging and Retaining Volunteers
Renee Harlor, Founder, Greater Than Eight, Inc
So many non-profit organizations are started by passionate people who want to make the world a better place. Non-profits often operate on slim budgets and remain stagnant, or worse, fail. It isn't because of the lack of heart, dedication or passion. It's because of the lack of a strategic plan, goals and a solid team of volunteers. Let's talk about getting the right people in place and keeping them happy. MORE >
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Practical Ways to Manage Different Generations, Especially Those Millennials!
Brad Justus, Business Coach, Inspire Results Business Coaching
A lot’s been written about millennials—they’re tough to manage, entitled, self-interested, and even lazy. Age differences can create a lot of misunderstanding not only about Millennials but for all generations. Don’t rush to judgment. Motivations differ across generations. We’ll discuss the environmental factors that occurred during each generation’s upbringing, how it shaped their values and desires, and then we’ll share dozens of practical things you can do to create a culture where Millennials thrive. MORE >
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How To Make Sure Your Business Produces the Personal Outcomes You Want
Roger Engelau, Certified Business Coach and Owner, Inspire Results Business Coaching
Looking out 5, 10, 20 years, what kind of life do you want to be living? What properties, businesses, cash, cars do you want to have? What hobbies, investments, donations, achievements, vacations? What will you want to be DOING? World travel, summers in your lakehouse, charity work, spending time with grandchildren, paying for their private school, spinning off 3 other businesses? MORE >
In this presentation, Certified Business Coach Roger Engelau shows you how to align your business vision and strategies with your personal vision to insure that the business you’re building will produce your desired personal outcomes. This presentation can be customized to 20, 30, or 60 minutes and to your organization’s needs. -
Business Trends 2016
Mark A. Roger, Business Broker, FranNet MidAmerica | Indiana
A practical guide to business trends important to successful entrepreneurship in 2016. Mark will identify these trends and teach how to use them to your advantage as a business owner. Highlights include: MORE >
- identifying the state of entrepreneurship marketplace,
- evaluating the new business fundamentals and “profit models,”
- understanding the new strategies of business ownership,
- exploring the teachings of Shark Tank and The Profit, and
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Cultivating Culture: A playbook for decreasing turnover, increasing productivity, and improving employee engagement
Andrew Adeniyi, CEO, Co-Founder and Consultant, AAA Solutions LLC
This presentation takes the framework used in my book titled "The Circle of Leadership" and provides an entrepreneurial playbook on how to create and leverage culture to sustain a competitive advantage. This presentation can cover the following topics: MORE >
-Cultivating & Leveraging Culture
-Mission Statements
-Vision Statements
-Core Values
-Hiring
-Firing
-Accountability
-Training
-Delegation
-Diversity & Inclusion
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Connect & Succeed: A Communication Style to Engage and Motivate Your Employees
David Bennett, Owner, Common Ground Communication
Those in management are constantly seeking ways to relate to and work with their direct reports. This presentation, based on the book by the same name, provides managers with guidelines for developing a communication style that will enable them to engage and motivate those people with whom they work. MORE >
All people in management start with basic communication skills which they use as their default. Some of those skills work for them, some of them do not. A Connect & Succeed Communication Style helps managers to identify the communication skills that work for them and enhance those skills even further. This approach also helps those in management find common ground and connections with all of their employees/associates making the work more rewarding and productive for everyone. -
Discussing Undiscussables: Challenging, yet transformative conversations regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion
Andrew Adeniyi, CEO, Co-Founder and Consultant, AAA Solutions LLC
This presentation explores the uncomfortable yet important conversations that must take place in the workplace in order to foster a culture of inclusion while attracting and retaining diverse team members. This presentation can be used to explore topics such as: MORE >
-Unconscious/Implicit Bias
-Systemic Racism
-Police Brutality & Race
-How to increase diversity
-Fostering an environment of inclusion
-How to engage in challenging conversations
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8 Is Not Great
Renee Harlor, Founder, Greater Than Eight, Inc
When was the last time you couldn't wait to tell your friend all about your average experience? Customer service can cost you thousands of dollars or it can earn you more market share. Your clients, customers and guests don't remember average. They do remember awful and awesome. Most companies can't afford to employee a full time trainer, the problem, is most companies can't afford NOT to have a trainer. We break down the numbers when it comes to customer service in a fun and enlightening way. Average will cost you!
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