Business Keynote 

The Productivity Trap

Are you a business owner who knows you could be more successful? Whether you’re sweating payroll or planning for growth, committing one or more of The Seven Deadly Sins of Business Owners and Executives could be holding you back. Julia S. Demkowski, CMC MBA has been guiding business owners and executives through strategic planning, financial and business analysis, and organizational policy and procedure development for over 30 years–she’s seen it all.

Based upon her forthcoming book, Julia will break down The Seven Deadly Sins business owners and executives commit the most (often unknowingly), and show you how overcoming them can make your business more productive, efficient, and profitable.

Key Takeaway: Identify, understand, and navigate The Seven Deadly Sins of Business Owners and Executives, and learn how to be more productive, efficient, and profitable.

Workshops

Success by Design

How smart leaders create a plan to reach the 4th level.

QUICK SUMMARY

Is your business heading in the right direction? Are you productive, efficient, and profitable (PEP)? Many business owners are busy building or sustaining a positive bottom line. However, most would benefit in sharpening their focus on planning; planning for growth!

Success is rarely an accident. Most often it is the result of executing a carefully crafted set of objectives and strategies. Participants will learn how to use strategy to put a little PEP in their step!

  • Understand What Strategy and Strategic Planning Mean for Your Company
  • The 5 Most Important Questions Needed for Creating Effective Strategic Plans
  • Strategic Alignment: Identify Ways to Align Your Strategy with Organizational Goals
  • Implementation: Put Your Plan into Action and Keep It Alive

This seminar is designed for business owners who want to better understand the impact of strategy on their organization’s success. Participants will expand their strategic planning and implementation skills and learn how to create effective plans that drive positive results.

Grow by Numbers

How you can increase profit without selling more.

QUICK SUMMARY

As businesses owners, we know the importance of making a profit. But how many of us have a little fear of our financials?

Julia will give your audience tools for protecting our profit.

  1. The dramatic impact of reducing costs
  2. How to listen to your financials
  3. Keep your profit in your pocket
  4. Productivity. Efficiency. Profitability.

After completing this session, participants will have learned the importance of managing by the numbers, controlling costs and how to protect profit. Combining the information and tools will create more comfort in dealing with financials.

Follow the Leader

How business owners create an inspired vision and get their people behind a common goal.

Are you a manager who can’t lead? Or maybe a leader who can’t manage? Let’s face it, we have all encountered both during our career. The question is, what did you learn from each to develop your own leadership skills?

You own the responsibility of your company’s performance, so you must be the visionary, strategist, communicator, coach, and mentor to lead your team to success. You are the one who must wear all the hats while continuing to focus on the big picture. This seminar will help you develop competencies of effective executive leadership and recognize where you need to make improvements.

  • Leadership in the 21st Century
  • The Strategic Leader- know where you are going!
  • Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
  • Leadership: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly!

This seminar is designed to provide executive level leadership training for business owners and executives who lead others with managerial responsibility. Participants will learn how to build an executive leadership style that creates trust, sets a clear vision, and then motivates their team to increase productivity, efficiency, and profitability.

“This workshop gave me some much-needed time, attention, and guidance to plan my focus for the new year, so I can reach the goals I have for business growth. Thank you!”

Andrea D.

Consulting