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Les Brown To Speak at Business Excellence Forum

March 16th, 2011 by stevezog

Les Brown is one of the top motivational speakers in the world and we are very excited he will be offering his wisdom Saturday, August 19, 2011 at the Business Excellence Forum at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida.

Brown’s life story is one of perseverance, to say the least. As a baby, he and his twin were abandoned by their mother. They were adopted when they were six weeks old, but that was just the first challenge Brown faced head-on.

As he grew up, Brown was labeled a slow learner and developmentally challenged until a former teacher convinced him to not live down to the expectations of others.

Self-education led to growth and, eventually, he found the greatness that was inside of him. Soon he was a community leader then a political commentator and then a three-term state legislator.

From there he moved on to make his greatest impact on the world as a keynote speaker and trainer, helping thousands of people reach their potential.

Brown is also a best- selling author, having written It’s Not Over Until You Win and Live Your Dreams.

He delivers his message eloquently and with passion, so don’t miss him at the Business Excellence Forum.

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Are You Attending the Business Excellence Forum?

March 14th, 2011 by stevezog

Will you be at the Business Excellence Forum? It will be held at the world famous Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida on August 19 and 20. Without a doubt, it promises to be one of the most exciting global initiatives ActionCOACH has taken on.

The Business Excellence Forum will be a great way for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want to learn from and network with, successful business people, connect. And it will take place in one of the most beautiful hotels in the world.

The Business Excellence Awards Ceremony will take place on August 20. This ceremony will honor some of the best companies and entrepreneurs in the world of small business today.

The Business Excellence Forum promises to be a powerful event for any small business owner, entrepreneur or Business Coach.

Anyone who is involved in a small business will get tremendous value from the training, workshops and speakers scheduled for the Business Excellence Forum.

For more information on the 2011 Business Excellence Forum, just click here.

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Going to Miami

February 7th, 2011 by stevezog

We are going to Miami, so pack the sunscreen and get ready for some fun in the sun on South Beach at the end of August. The ActionCOACH 2011 Global Conference will take place from August 21 through 26 at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, Florida.

Every Conference, both Global and Regional, are important to the ActionCOACH community, but the Global Conference is always a unique event because it brings together the best Business Coaches from all over the world.

What makes this year’s Conference even more impressive is the list of featured speakers who will take part. From the world of leadership and management, best- selling author Stedman Graham will speak on Monday August 22.

Graham has authored ten books, including two New York Times bestsellers, “You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success” and “Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps to Success. Build Your Own Life Brand!”

Graham has also taught courses in management at some of the top universities in the United States, including the University of Illinois-Chicago and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He also founded and directed George Washington University’s Forum for Sport and Event Management and Marketing.

On Tuesday August 23, Dr. Ivan Misner, the Founder and Chairman of BNI will be the featured speaker. Dr. Misner has been called the “Father of Modern Networking” by CNN and the “Networking Guru” by Entrepreneur magazine.

He is considered one of the world’s leading experts on business networking. He has been featured in the L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times, as well as numerous TV and radio shows including CNN, CNBC, and the BBC in London.

The following day, legendary motivational speaker Les Brown will be the featured speaker. Brown is the author of “Live Your Dreams” and “It’s Not Over Until You Win”, two of the most inspirational books on the market today.

Brown is a self-educated man who has faced both good and bad times straight on. Through life experience and constant self-education he has built an impressive career motivating people to accomplish more than they thought possible.

With this terrific lineup, the beautiful setting of the Fontainebleau Hotel and myriad events and experiences to be had, the ActionCOACH 2011 Global Conference is one that can’t be missed.

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The Strength of a System

September 20th, 2010 by stevezog
College football season is almost here, and some teams might use the spread offense.

College football season is almost here, and some teams might use the spread offense.

College football season here, and that means the return of the spread offense.

If you follow college football, you should recognize the term “spread offense.” It’s an offensive system that is very difficult to beat according to many college football coaches.

Note the term “system.”

Because of this system, many college football teams have run the offense to tremendous success, including the Houston Cougars in 1989, Georgia Southern in 2000, West Virginia in 2005, Hawaii in 2006 and Florida Gators in 2008.

In 2008, Florida won its second national title in three years – and is looking at another chance this season, with the same offense and many of the same players returning to run it.

The spread offense works by spreading out the offense across the field, taking advantages of mis-matches on the defense. For example, the ball could be passed to a wide receiver, who is defended by a heavier linebacker.

The system puts pressure on the defense to make every tackle count – a very difficult thing to do.

Since the offensive players are spread out everywhere, there isn’t a sure-fire way to defend against system, which might explain the correlation between teams who use it and teams who win a championship.

Because the system is adaptable, a variety of coaches have used it, with different teams, in different parts of the country. But they have achieved the same results.

The same is true in business and in business coaching.

The goal of using systems in a business is to save time and energy and to achieve consistent results.

For example, The 5 Ways – a system with five factors that are guaranteed to multiply profit – is the system Brad Sugars and his team of business coaches have developed and apply to all of their coaching clients.

Even though each client runs a vastly different business, in the end, the system works.

It doesn’t matter who the “players” are, or what the business is, the 5 Ways always delivers results.

Interested in learning more? Click here to find out how your business could benefit from a free business coaching session.

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Even Cemeteries Are on Twitter!

July 29th, 2010 by stevezog
If a cemetery can generate business with Twitter, so can other businesses.

If a cemetery can generate business with Twitter, so can other businesses.

What’s the least likely business to send Tweets?

How about a cemetery?

In Orlando, Florida, the Greenwood Cemetery is tweeting to people on a daily basis, and creating a lot of buzz in the process.

The Greenwood Cemetery is one of the oldest in the Orlando area and has set up a Twitter account that Tweets interesting facts about Orlando and the people who made the city’s history.

But that isn’t the only way the Greenwood Cemetery is creating new customers. They also conduct Moonlight Walking Tours about 10 times a year.

So what can small businesses learn from Greenwood Cemetery?

First of all, social marketing is a tremendous way to create buzz around your business, even for a business like a cemetery, which really doesn’t have too many repeat customers.

Second, because a cemetery doesn’t get repeat customers, the owners of the cemetery found other ways to create revenue for their company by taking advantage of the resources that are available to them – like their nighttime tours of the 130-year-old cemetery.

By staying connected on Twitter and finding their niche, the Greenwood Cemetery is a great example of the right way to grow any business.

What do you think about the Greenwood Cemetery’s unique take on their business? For more ideas on how to creatively market your business, see what a business coach can do, and try a free business coaching session.

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Franchises CAN Outlast Their Parent Company

February 1st, 2010 by stevezog
What's the fate of Fat Burger?

What's the fate of Fat Burger?

The idea that some franchises can be left hanging after a parent company experiences financial trouble is a scary thought. But it can happen, and it’s happened a lot more in this economy.

Some franchises, like Dial-A-Mattress and Fatburger are left in limbo while their companies decide what they should do. Dial-A-Mattress was sold to the highest bidder, Sleepy’s Mattress, for $25 million, and franchisees are waiting to hear if they’ll be kept or not. Similarly, Fatburger Restaurants of California and Fatburger Restaurants of Nevada, subsidiaries of Fatburger Corp., filed for Chapter 11 in April, and its 90 franchisees are waiting to hear their fate.

However, some franchisees are able to pull through. Take Cork and Olive in Tampa, Florida. Franchise owners didn’t even realize they’d filed for Chapter 11 until a laid-off employee of a company-owned store applied for a job at a franchise.

However, they’ve managed to stay alive, and all the franchisees meet regularly to discuss how to keep their brand alive and well – without their parent company.  It just takes good planning and focus on business fundamentals.

This is exactly what ActionCOACH specializes in – helping small businesses be successful, especially when something unplanned happens. Even if a parent company files for Chapter 11, a franchise may be able to remain successful.

As Brad Sugars has said, managing business processes and cashflow is key. Also, focusing on what differentiates the business can also be crucial in surviving.

ActionCOACH has several franchises all over the country, and just like other small businesses, how they manage their individual businesses is a key factor to their success.

All businesses should focus on controlling  their operations at all times. Sometimes a downturn gives businesses a “kick in the pants” to help them realize what they need to do in order to survive – and in all cases, it’s about getting back to the basics.

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Is the Recession Really Over?

January 19th, 2010 by stevezog
Photos from BusinessWeek capture today's employment situation.

BusinessWeek's photo captures today's employment situation.

Just last week in Bloomberg Businessweek, job market statistics were published…and they may not be what you thought they were.

The U.S. unemployment rate hit a 26-year high in 2009 (but it still didn’t top the Great Depression’s unemployment rate of about 25%) and the magazine predicts that the U.S’ long-term unemployment average of 6% won’t come back until long after 2011. In fact, economists predict the unemployment rate will stay around 10% this year, and only decrease to 9.3% next year.

But there’s a glimmer – a tiny glimmer – of hope: health care professions (nurses, orderlies, home health aides), customer service professions, retail jobs, office clerks, accountants and auditors all top the list of jobs expected to grow most by 2018, and for the most part, they’re in high demand today.

That’s a tiny glimmer because, well, 2018 is a ways away right now.

Armed with these statistics, business coaches should be ready to take businesses in need of coaching by storm. The full article included a map which color-coded states’ unemployment rates; California, Nevada, Oregon, Michigan, South Carolina and Florida still have state unemployment rates of 11% or higher.

Businesses across the country have been affected by the recession, but small business coaching shouldn’t be overlooked, either. What can you do to help businesses in your area?

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Using Systems that Deliver Results

August 28th, 2009 by stevezog
College football season starts September 3.

College football season starts September 3.

College football season is coming up soon, and that means the return of the spread offense.

If you follow college football, you should recognize the term “spread offense.” It’s an offensive system that is very difficult to beat according to many college football coaches.

Note the term “system.”

Because of this system, many college football teams have run the offense to tremendous success, including the Houston Cougars in 1989, Georgia Southern in 2000, West Virginia in 2005, Hawaii in 2006 and Florida Gators in 2008.

Last year, Florida won its second national title in three years – and is looking at another chance this season, with the same offense and many of the same players returning to run it.

The spread offense works by spreading out the offense across the field, taking advantages of mis-matches on the defense. For example, the ball could be passed to a wide receiver, who is defended by a heavier linebacker.

The system puts pressure on the defense to make every tackle count – a very difficult thing to do.

Since the offensive players are spread out everywhere, there isn’t a sure-fire way to defend against system, which might explain the correlation between teams who use it and teams who win a championship.

Because the system is adaptable, a variety of coaches have used it, with different teams, in different parts of the country. But they have achieved the same results.

The same is true in business and in business coaching.

The goal of using systems in a business is to save time and energy and to achieve consistent results.

For example, The 5 Ways – a system with five factors that are guaranteed to multiply profit – is the system Brad Sugars and his team of Business Coaches have developed and apply to all of their coaching clients.

Even though each client runs a vastly different business, in the end, the system works.

It doesn’t matter who the “players” are, or what the business is, the 5 Ways always delivers results.

So maybe it’s time to “kick-off” better results in your own business. Take a look at how Brad describes the 5 Ways here.

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