Free Business Topics in Phoenix
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Passion + Purpose = Profit
Susan F. Moody & Leeanne Gardner, Co-Founders, StarshineAZ
Wouldn’t it be great if you could tap into what you really love and figure out what to do with that passion that would actually make you some money? Many of us, especially women, start our businesses as passion projects and end up creating a hobby and not a viable, sustainable business. MORE >
“Do what you love and the money will follow” is great in theory, but during this interactive talk participants will come away knowing the missing link between love and money and their next best step to creating a profit from their passion. -
Building YOUR Personal Board of Directors
Nichelle Robinson, Owner & Founder, Nichelle Robinson Consulting
Similar to any company, it's important to have a board of directors that can offer diverse perspective. A personal board would serve as the same purpose. The best part is it's intended to benefit YOU! In this session, we will discuss why having a personal board of directors is important, what role they play and how to be intentional about the people you select. MORE >
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5 Voices: How to Communicate Effectively with Everyone You Lead
Debbie Correa, Senior Associate, GiANT WORLDWIDE
5 Voices is the code for unlocking your capacity to have honest conversations and build deeper, more authentic relationships with your teams, your families and your friends. In order to lead others effectively, we need a true understanding of ourselves, our natural tendencies and patterns of behavior. MORE >
In learning what your leadership voice sounds like to others, you will discover what it feels like to be on the other side of your personality, as well as how to hear and value others' voices, namely the Pioneer, the Connector, the Creative, the Guardian, and the Nurturer. Once you understand your own leadership voice, you'll discover how best to communicate with each of the other voices, which will transform your communication at every level of relationship, both personal and professional.In mastering the 5 Voices of leadership, you will increase your emotional intelligence, allowing you to gain a competitive advantage as a leader. You will also be equipped with a simple, easy to remember vocabulary that, when shared, has a track record for decreasing the drama, misunderstanding and miscommunication in all spheres of influence.
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Challenging Your Top Performers
Rachel Weiss, Founder, Executive Consultant, The Human Manager
Most managers focus on the lower performers when it comes to performance management, and they need a lot of coaching time and energy. The employees you want to retain, your top performers, often get lost in the mix since they're doing good work already. But if you're not challenging them, they may leave to go somewhere they will get professional development. This can also be an interactive workshop. MORE >
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Stop the Sales Commodity Game Prospects Play!
Mike Toney, Founder and President, Conquest Training Systems
“But you are too expensive,” “I’ll get other bids,” “too busy right now,” are just some of the things prospects say when they play ‘Lets make you the Commodity’ game. In this session, Mike teaches audiences how to interrupt the thinking of the prospect to never compete on price or be treated like a sales pest instead of a sales person. MORE >
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An Employee Handbook: Do We Really Need One?
Lorie A. Birk, Esq, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Principal Consultant, HR Law Works, LLC
Many organizations struggle with keeping employee handbooks up to date and wonder at times do they really need one. During this session, we will discuss the pro’s and con’s of having an employee handbook. In addition, we will go over what policies every organization should have. Finally, we will go over some traps for the unwary. Participants will leave with best practices they can implement in their organizations. MORE >
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Did You SEE What That Person SAID? – Why Your Body Language is Important
Barbara Chatzkel, Coach and Author, The Body Language Pro
You only have one chance to make a first impression. Decisions about doing business with you, becoming your friend or trusting you are made in less than one second based on first impressions. Much of your day is spent giving and receiving information. But what First Impression and Ongoing Impression are you giving? MORE >
Business Body Language, nonverbal communication that transmits information, is comprised of 5 "broadcast centers."The interactive presentation workshop includes lecture, individual practice, small group work, and real life examples.
Leave the session with mastery of 9 new business body language skills.
The workshop agenda includes:
- The Power of First Impressions
- The Five Broadcast Centers of the Body
- Understanding the importance and key elements of each Broadcast Center
- Interpreting the body language that you are seeing in another person
- Sending the body language messages that you want to broadcast
- Making sure your interpretation of a body language message is the right one
- Mastering 9 Business Body Language skills to use today -
Risk Management in Today’s Increasingly Challenging World
Nancy Germond, MA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, President, True North Consultants, a Division of Insurance Writer, LLC
How to manage your organization's risk in today's workforce, including hiring, retention, loss prevention and claims management.
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Overcoming adversity in business
Mark Reinoso, Managing Partner / Owner, Desert State Fire, PM Contracting Team, Irvington House
You might think that there are too many barriers to being self employed. You might think its too hard to get a promotion. Perhaps you think that its because you don't look the part, are the wrong color...maybe you have emotional issues or have had a hard life. Maybe you are a single parent, and think you don't have the circumstances or time to reach out. MORE >
The problem is, everyone has issues. Everyone has limitations, everyone has a reason to quit. -
K.I.S.S. – Keep It Simple Silly
Angela Sticca Snyder, Founder & CEO, Taxanista
Overwhelmed with what you should be doing with your expenses & receipts? Best Practices for how to organize and save, in order to be audit ready.