The Entrepreneurial Conspiracy Six Management Behaviors that Plot Against Your Company

For years we've listened as business experts have told us that we need to work ON our businesses rather than work IN them. That’s good advice. But it doesn’t go far enough. With the speed of change in today's business environment, it is necessary to go beyond simply working ON your business. It's time to work ON YOURSELF.

The fact is many of the problems in a company are actually symptoms of the personal behaviors the owner brings to his business. Addressing a business problem without addressing the behavior that causes it is like trying to correct a pet urine problem by spraying a deodorizer only on top of the carpet. Any improvement you get is temporary. The cause of the problem is still there, and will eventually resurface. And the next time you see it, the problem is usually bigger and more costly to repair.

Chuck Violand uses this insightful presentation to help his listeners expose behaviors they may subconsciously bring to their businesses—behaviors that limit growth, undermine effectiveness, and keep them from realizing the dreams they went into business to pursue.

Chuck begins by revealing six plots that entrepreneurs devise against their own companies:

Plot #1: Blurred Vision
Plot #2: No Accountability
Plot #3: Heroic Managing
Plot #4: E Drift
Plot #5: Hiding Out
Plot #6: Swollen Ego

These plots undermine businesses of all sizes. They have been uncovered in companies doing $50,000 in sales, $500,000 in sales, and $5,000,000 in sales. They have been detected in the owner of the business, as well as in members of a management team. Rarely does one behavior stand alone. More often than not the presence of one of these behaviors signals the presence of another.

After helping his audience recognize the hidden behaviors in themselves, Chuck discloses methods they can use to avoid falling into such destructive traps and finally become effective leaders.

Requirements:

• 60 minutes for presentation; 90 minutes with Q&A session
• Projection screen
• Flip chart or white board, and markers
  
  

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