11.19.2013

Work Your Business Plan CEO Retreat

December is our Members Only ~ Work Your Business Plan CEO Retreat

WHEN: December 11th, 2013 
WHERE: Key Compounding Pharmacy; 530 South 336th Street, Federal Way, WA 98003.

The meeting will be held in the conference room.

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10.15.2013

The Impact of Family Dynamics on Your Business

NOVEMBER CEO WORKSHOP, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 13TH, 2013

Family dynamics often create difficulties in family businesses. For those without a family business, the same dynamics of anxiety that work in families are often at work in teams and other stakeholder groups.  Understanding and skillfully managing these dynamics is important for leaders in family businesses and for leaders who are running teams impacted by similar forces.

LUNCH:

All who are attending the morning workshop session are invited to join us for lunch.  Please let Lauren Owen or Michele Bosworth know if you are not able to attend.


 MEMBERS:

Member arrive at 7:30am for breakfast and check-in.  Please RSVP to Michele Bosworth by October 30th, 2013 if you will be bringing employee guests.



MEMBER CANDIDATES:

Member Candidates are invited to join us for the workshop and lunch from 9:00-12:00 with lunch immediately following from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm.  Please arrive by 8:50am as the workshop begins promptly at 9:00am.


EMPLOYEE GUESTS:

Employee Guests are invited to attend the workshop and lunch from 9:00am - 1:00pm.  The workshop is from 9:00-12:00 with lunch immediately following from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm.  Please arrive by 8:50am as the workshop begins promptly at 9:00am.  


HOST:

November is a shared member expense


WHERE WE WILL MEET:

Tacoma Goodwill Boardroom
Tacoma Goodwill-Milgard Work Opportunity Center 714 South 27th Street, Tacoma WA 98409

The meeting will be held on the 4th floor.

Parking- The Goodwill parking lot is on corner of 27th and G street.  Parking is free in the lot.  The parking lot does not have signage. 

Enter into the Goodwill Building on the 3rd floor- by the fountain and round-about.  Once inside the building take the elevator to the 4th floor.


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TITLE OF WORKSHOP:

The Impact of Family Dynamics on Your Business


AGENDA:

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QUESTIONS THE CEO SHOULD BE ASKING:

  • Families that are not prepared can ruin businesses that took a lifetime to build.
  •  In transitions, business issues can destroy family relationships – how can this be prevented?
  • Not all business owners will be able to sell – what is Plan B?
  • What can I, as a leader, do to get “ahead of the curve” to prevent family-dynamic issues from hurting my team?


TAKEAWAYS:

  • Identifying key sticking points around the typical hot button issues that affect business families (and teams) and the Best Practices used to address these.
  • Creating an Roadmap for stakeholder engagement in both family and non-family business situations – next steps
  • Identifying key partners to help in the process – next steps


PREPARATION:

  • If you have been through (or are going through) a family business succession, what worked and what didn’t?
  • If you have family in the business, identify 3 key concerns you have (either currently or for the future).
  • If you don’t have a family business – and are not likely to – what do you see as the key issues for people that do?
  • If you don’t have a family business – what are the family-like dynamics you see happening within your team and key stakeholder groups?


PRESENTER: Matthew Wesley




Matt leverages his 33 year professional career to help successful families generate transformative outcomes. His work develops the core competencies of families in ways that allow them to not only resolve the challenges of today but stand on their own to meet the challenges of tomorrow. This work secures the human, social and cultural wellbeing of families that in turn forms the basis for family success over time. Before establishing The Wesley Group, Matt was a respected estate planning attorney with over twenty-two years of experience in both Seattle and the Bay Area. For the last ten years he has worked with highly successful families doing inter-generational planning. His clients have included those who have established or maintained successful family businesses, those who generated significant wealth in public companies and those with inherited wealth. Matt lives near Seattle, Washington with his wife, Marcia. They have two grown children, Ian and Kiera. Matt holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a Masters of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary.



Contact Information:

Matthew Wesley 

425.647.6066


web:
www.thewesleygroup.com
email:
matt@thewesleygroup.com
linked-in:
www.linkedin.com/in/mattwesley
blog:
www.thewesleygroup.com/blog



9.11.2013

Work Your Business Plan CEO Retreat


SEPTEMBER 11th, 2013 CEO RETREAT

September is our Members Only ~ Work Your Business Plan CEO Retreat

We will meet at Fairchild Record Search
3400 Capitol Blvd SE, Suite 101
Tumwater WA 98501

Please come prepared to support and challenge each other on meeting your top three goals for the year and helping Members address their execution issues.

Click here for the Planning Powerpoint for the meeting. 

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Parking:  You can park anywhere in the lot.  It is also okay to park if it says  'Parking for Fairchild only'.

8.14.2013

Measure it, Understand it, Get it Done!


AUGUST CEO ROUNDTABLE, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14TH, 2013

As a leader, you know there are many things that you can measure in your business. Faced with so many possible metrics, it can be challenging to identify the most important things to track-things that will help you focus on the activities that lift business value.
We will be crafting a process for performance improvement for your own business using this route to success:

Measure what’s important: the key benchmarks and drivers of success.

Understand what the information is telling you about your business and the results of your activities.

Get it done! Take action to implement change to enhance your strengths and address critical weaknesses.

LUNCH:
All who are attending the morning workshop session are invited to join us for lunch. Please let Lauren Owen or Michele Bosworth know if you are not able to attend lunch.

MEMBERS:
Members arrive at 7:30am for breakfast and check-in. Please RSVP to Michele Bosworth by AUGUST 1st, 2013 if you will be bringing employee guests.

MEMBER CANDIDATES:
Member Candidates are invited to join us for the workshop and lunch from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.  The workshop is from 9:00-12:00 with lunch immediately following from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm.  Please arrive by 8:50am as the workshop begins promptly at 9:00am.

EMPLOYEE GUESTS:
Employee Guests are invited to attend the workshop and lunch from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.  The workshop is from 9:00-12:00 with lunch immediately following from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm.  Please arrive by 8:50am as the workshop begins promptly at 9:00am.  

HOST:
August is a shared member expense  

WHERE WE WILL MEET:
Key Bank in Tacoma; 1101 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma Washington 98402
When entering the building, you will be on the 1st floor. Elevators are located on the right-hand side in which you will need to take to get to the 2nd floor. From there, you will need to be buzzed in as there is a secured entrance. 

TITLE OF WORKSHOP:
Measure it, Understand it, Get it Done!

QUESTIONS THE CEO SHOULD BE ASKING:
  • How do my numbers look? How would I rather they look?
  • What are my financial trends, strengths and weaknesses?
  • What are the most important areas for attention at this time?
  • What are my financial goals?
  • What must I do different to achieve the outcomes I’m after?
  • What process or review, accountability and feedback will keep me and my team on track?

TAKEAWAYS:
  • A 3-year financial assessment of your organization
  • Improved intuition of the links between your actions and your financial results
  • A clear pathway forward to overcome your challenges and capitalize on opportunity

PRESENTER: Steve Ambercrombie

Steve Abercrombie brings passion and personality to company financial strategies. His life experiences as a banker, financial educator and business owner have shown him that having financial knowledge of your business an absolute key to success. Steve excels at taking the mystery out of the numbers with his common-sense approach and always-compassionate personal style.
He has a talent for rallying the troops behind improvement initiatives by organizing, understanding and appropriately communicating the financial story of the business to the management team and key staff. Then he integrates this connection to financial success with ongoing structure and support around company goals and strategic steps. With key players aligned and focused, everybody accomplishes more.
Steve has helped many clients prepare their businesses for the financial scrutiny of lenders and investors when financial restructuring or expansion is imminent. He understands the language of lending from his years in banking, where he has held roles from branch manager and lender to bank President and CEO.
For more information about Steve, visit www.profitsoup.com.