Brief Description: 
Would you like your business to be more prosperous?  Would you also like a more harmonious work environment that both invigorate and supports you and the people that you work with?  Would you like to think more clearly and be more productive. Join the multitude of businesses in this country that have been embraced a three thousand year old ancient practice that helps to create a peaceful, successful and profitable space at work and at home.  Learn to use the flow of energy to improve yourself and your business.  

Tracy Green
Green Team Realty
www.GreenTmRealty.com

701-306-9521
ND Lic #6998

Finding capital…from the entrepreneur’s perspective

A continuation of the first session focusing on the process for finding capital, this session will focus on raising the right capital from a lender’s perspective.

During this 30-minute presentation, Judy will share tips for business owners (or for those considering making the move) on how to enhance the “circle of life” by being a small business owner.

Learn how the mindset and the financial tools can enhance the quality of, not only your life, but those around you.

Learn little-known deductions (like long-term care) and commonly-used ones (like phone, travel etc.)

Learn how to best employ your spouse and/or kids to help pay for college or retirement.

Learn how to make a balanced life for yourself, your family and our community, with the financial tools available for business owners.

15 minute Q/A will follow the presentation.

This discussion is about the most important element of selling a company to a new owner or transferring a family business to a family member: the leadership transition. David’s talk applies to successful business owners who are beginning to think about retirement, accomplished family business owners preparing the next generation, as well as business owners planning succession for key leadership roles.

David Dietz, CSP, President and CEO of Preference Employment Solutions, a local employee-owned employment company, has worked at Preference for 25 years with the last five as CEO.

With in-the-trenches experience succeeding two parents in a family business, helping his parents sell their company to an ESOP Trust, and leading a vibrant, growing employee-owned company through dramatic changes, he understands the complexities that business owners—both family and non-family—face when preparing to sell or transfer their business.

David’s talk will summarize the seven key steps to a successful leadership transition, authored by him in the white paper: “The Most Important Element of a Business Succession Plan: The Leadership Transition.”

Leaders as Coaches

The research is clear: A leader’s ability to engage and coach employees is the single greatest factor in realizing a team’s potential. Coaching, at its core, is about helping others perform at a higher level. It can contribute to correcting underperformance, improving existing skills, or developing entirely new skills.

Effective leaders at all levels recognize the need to develop the employees they supervise. By helping others expand their capabilities and improve their performance, leaders drive bottom-line contributions to their departments and organizations. This is why coaching is one of the most critical leadership competencies. Leaders who coach significantly increase commitment, engagement, and performance. 

Join Mike for a conversation about leveraging coaching to help your team win bigger and more often.

Small businesses need good I.T. just as much as big businesses, probably even more. Yet most small business I.T. falls short of the mark and isn’t as effective as it could and should be.

Ineffective I.T. costs your business money, wastes your staff’s time, makes your business less agile, and puts your data and your business at risk. Risk you shouldn’t have to take. Risks you don’t have to take if your I.T. has the right plan to follow.

Intended for business owners, this presentation gives you the questions to ask and the answers you need to get your business I.T. on track.

If you feel like your I.T. is a liability instead of an asset like it should be, this presentation is for you.

Have you always wondered if a franchise is right for you?

Let me run you through my 20 years of franchising experience to help with that question. I will explain the pros and cons of signing a franchise agreement, and how it is similar to a marriage, which can be good or bad at times.

Join me, and let’s have an active discussion of this popular business arrangement.

Barry Maring, Owner

Right at Home

Description:

We will answer leasing questions previously submitted by area business owners, discuss the new tax implications for commercial leasing, and delve into the many benefits of leasing for your business.