SEMINARS FOR BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS

WEEKLY

Meet each Tuesday morning for an hour and focus on one chapter of a current, cutting edge, business book.  Books are selected that have chapters that stand on their own.  This means you can join anytime -- whether we are on chapter one or chapter five.  It also means you don't have to cram and scramble to catch up or keep up. 

It's not just about information, it's about integration.

During our hour meeting, we will discuss core concepts from the chapter and then move right into group coaching around those concepts.  Each week you can expect to develop a game plan based on the concepts we discuss.  Group size is limited to 8 so you can expect a lot of individual attention and focused conversation.

Its work.  (That's why it is scheduled during the work day).  But its also fun.

Current Text (through January 2008):  Business Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't, by Ram Charan

Details:

We meet at 10:00 am each Tuesday at Borders Books in West Lebanon, NH.  Borders has a stock of these books, so you don't have to scramble to buy one.  (As a Business Know How participant you can get the text at 20% off at Borders). 

Investment:

Chamber Members receive a 25% discount.

For more information and to find out how to register call the Business and Entrepreneur Network at 802-280-2242 or Business Coach Scott Graham  at 802-380-1026.

ONE-DAY SEMINARS

Increasing your Effectiveness with Others

This Seminar focuses on helping participants increase their effectiveness with those they work with and/or supervise through understanding their behavior patterns as well as those others on their clinical team using the DiSC Dimensions of Behavior.

With greater understanding of the differences in individual personality and behavior preferences many of the challenges of working on a multi-disciplinary team  -- as well as many of the frustrations and impasses in supervision -- can not only be overcome but the true value of each member of the team can be realized. 

Note: participants will complete Inscape's DiSC Classic 2.0 Profile as part of this 7 hour Seminar. Over 40 million people have taken various forms of the DiSC profile internationally. DiSC explores four opposing -- but at the same time symbiotic -- behavioral tendencies in individuals. The profile is quick and easy to complete but the information and insight generated is exciting and surprisingly accurate. 

Highlights

• Respect, appreciate, understand, and value individual differences
• Enhance strategies for working together to increase productivity
• Increase effectiveness by improving relationships with others
• Supervisors will understand their behavioral tendencies and develop an understanding of how their behavior effects others

Date: Friday October 12 2007

Time: 8:30 AM—5:00 PM

Location:  Community College of Vermont Upper Valley Site, Wilder, Vermont

Directions

From I-91: Take Exit 13 (Norwich/Hanover exit) to Route 5 South. Travel south approximately 1.7 miles and turn left onto Billings Farm Rd, opposite the Dotham Brook Elementary School. Turn right at the first driveway, just 1/10 of a mile. CCV is the large yellow building ahead of you.

Investment:

• Seminar Fee (includes continental breakfast):  $10 for BEN members. $60 others.
• DiSC Profile: $31 includes online assessment and 23-page personal report.  To preview a sample DiSC Profile Report, click here.  To view a research report documenting validity and reliability of the DiSC Classic, click here.

For more information and to find out how to register call the Business and Entrepreneur Network at 802-280-2242 or Business Coach Scott Graham  at 802-380-1026.

Achieving Balance

The holiday's are the most stress-filled time for people.  Give yourself the gift of a stress-free holiday.

This Seminar helps participants gain critical insight into how stress in one area of life affects other areas (Personal, Work, Couple, and Family). Participants will examine how coping resources in one area can be used to decrease stress in another and explore the relationship among stress, coping resources, and overall satisfaction.

Other stress-management approaches focus primarily on using personal coping resources such as exercise, nutrition, and building self-esteem to deal with stress. This information is presented in 1-directional format (in other words: do these things). This Seminar uses a self-directed assessment that provides personal insight and direction, 2-way strategizing around stressors and focuses on relationship coping resources as the most effective and consistent response to stressors identified in all four life areas.

Note: participants will complete Inscape's Coping and Stress Profile® as part of this 6 hour Seminar. The Coping & Stress Profile is a 32-page learning instrument that helps people explore coping and stress in four life areas: Personal, Work, Couple, and Family.

Highlights

• Discover stress issues in each life area and capitalize on coping strengths to manage stress
• Learn to minimize or eliminate common daily stressors
• Identify areas for coping-skills improvement
• Develop flexibility in responding to change
• Communicate more effectively to improve problem-solving
• Build mutually supportive relationships

Date: Friday November 30 2007

Time: 9:00 AM—4:30 PM

Location:  Community College of Vermont Upper Valley Site, Wilder, Vermont

Directions

From I-91: Take Exit 13 (Norwich/Hanover exit) to Route 5 South. Travel south approximately 1.7 miles and turn left onto Billings Farm Rd, opposite the Dotham Brook Elementary School. Turn right at the first driveway, just 1/10 of a mile. CCV is the large yellow building ahead of you.

Investment:

• Seminar Fee (includes continental breakfast):  $10 for BEN members. $60 others.
• Coping and Stress Profile: $22.50 includes 32-page self-directed assessment with action-planning worksheets. To view a research report documenting validity and reliability of the Coping and Stress Profile, click here.

For more information and to find out how to register call the Business and Entrepreneur Network at 802-280-2242 or Business Coach Scott Graham  at 802-380-1026.

Bridges to Understanding

Diversity awareness is a critical issue for businesses -- large or small. 

This Seminar focuses on helping participants increase their ability in recognizing, appreciating, valuing, and utilizing the unique talents and contributions of all individuals.

Note: prior to the Seminar, participants will complete an online assessment exploring current attitudes about diversity. Inscape's Discovering Diversity Profile® helps participants understand how their viewpoints and behaviors affect others. They’ll get specific suggestions on how to limit the influence of stereotypes, reduce conflict, and embrace diversity as a source of organizational strength.

Highlights

Participants will:

• Discover their personal comfort level with people who are different from themselves
• Understand the impact of their behavior on others
• Limit the influence of stereotypes
• Reduce conflict
• Transform knowledge into acceptance and empathy
• Embrace diversity as a source of strength

Date: Friday December 14 2007

Time: 9:00 AM—4:30 PM

Location:  Community College of Vermont Upper Valley Site, Wilder, Vermont

Directions

From I-91: Take Exit 13 (Norwich/Hanover exit) to Route 5 South. Travel south approximately 1.7 miles and turn left onto Billings Farm Rd, opposite the Dotham Brook Elementary School. Turn right at the first driveway, just 1/10 of a mile. CCV is the large yellow building ahead of you.

Investment:

Seminar Fee (includes continental breakfast):  $10 for BEN members. $60 others.

Diversity Profile: $31 includes online assessment and 20 page report with individualized recommendations.  To preview a sample Diversity Profile Report, click here.  To view a research report documenting validity and reliability of the Diversity Profile, click here.

For more information and to find out how to register call the Business and Entrepreneur Network at 802-280-2242 or Business Coach Scott Graham  at 802-380-1026.

Time Mastery

Start the New Year right by optimizing your time-management skills!

The advantages of efficient time management go beyond squeezing more tasks into the work day. In companies with successful time-management strategies, teams meet project deadlines more often and managers spend more time pursuing opportunities — and less time struggling with paperwork or attending unproductive meetings. These organizations serve more customers without adding staff, equipment, and office space.

Did you know if you could reduce your wasted time by just five minutes every hour, productivity would jump 8.3 percent?

Through a Skills Gap Analysis, participants rate their skill in each Time Mastery category as well as its importance to his or her job. This data helps participants quickly determine where to focus their time-management efforts for greater personal and professional success.

Note: participants will complete Inscape's Time Mastery Profile as part of this 6 hour Seminar. 

Highlights

• Examine how you manage your time during the day
• Identify ways that you use time effectively and ineffectively
• Determine specific ways you can improve your time management
• Learn how to increase your productivity on the job and at home
• Discover how to enhance the quality of your work with less stress

Date: Friday January 18 2008

Time: 9:00 AM—4:30 PM

Location:  Community College of Vermont Upper Valley Site, Wilder, Vermont

Directions

From I-91: Take Exit 13 (Norwich/Hanover exit) to Route 5 South. Travel south approximately 1.7 miles and turn left onto Billings Farm Rd, opposite the Dotham Brook Elementary School. Turn right at the first driveway, just 1/10 of a mile. CCV is the large yellow building ahead of you.

Investment:

• Seminar Fee (includes continental breakfast):  $10 for BEN members. $60 others.
• Time Mastery Profile: $31 includes online assessment and a 32-page report with a gap analysis,  individualized recommendations. and action planning worksheets.  To preview a sample Time Mastery Profile Report, click here.

For more information and to find out how to register call the Business and Entrepreneur Network at 802-280-2242 or Business Coach Scott Graham  at 802-380-1026.

Positive Listening

Listening is more than hearing. It is the ability to receive, attend to, interpret, and respond to verbal messages and other cues, like body language, in ways that are appropriate to the purpose. 

This Seminar focuses on helping participants increase their communication effectiveness by identifying their natural listening approach, then understanding when their most natural listening  approach may not be appropriate, and how to adopt another approach for more successful communication.

Note: participants will complete Inscape's Personal Listening Profile as part of this 6 hour Seminar.

Highlights

• Understand the importance of effective listening skills.
• Determine which “communication killers” are hampering your listening effectiveness.
• Describe five Listening Approaches, including the focus, motivation, and behavioral indicators of each approach.
• Discover your natural Listening Approach.
• Identify appropriate uses of each of the five Listening Approaches.
• Practice techniques that will enhance your listening skills and improve your communications.

Date: Friday March 28 2008

Time: 9:00 AM—4:30 PM

Location:  Community College of Vermont Upper Valley Site, Wilder, Vermont

Directions

From I-91: Take Exit 13 (Norwich/Hanover exit) to Route 5 South. Travel south approximately 1.7 miles and turn left onto Billings Farm Rd, opposite the Dotham Brook Elementary School. Turn right at the first driveway, just 1/10 of a mile. CCV is the large yellow building ahead of you.

Investment:

• Seminar Fee (includes continental breakfast):  $10 for BEN members. $60 others.
• Listening Profile: $31 includes online assessment and 16-page report with individualized recommendations.  To preview a sample Listening Profile Report, click here.  To view a research report documenting validity and reliability of the Listening Profile, click here.

For more information and to find out how to register call the Business and Entrepreneur Network at 802-280-2242 or Business Coach Scott Graham  at 802-380-1026.