Free Business Topics in Washington D.C.
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The Foundation of Leadership
Alex Simmons, Chief Executive Officer, ReStart Solutions Group, LLC
Knowing your purpose is the foundation of leadership. It’s the ground from which leadership grows. Knowing the “WHY” I am here, is the key to activating intrinsic motivations even the entrepreneurship mind set. MORE >
When you come to know your purpose, there’s an authority and power that comes with it. It enables you to move forward with confidence and clarity; no longer needing the approval or validation of others: Empowerment Solutions for Teenagers and Young Adult Males and Females. -
Communication Leadership
Robert Keiper, Independent Contractor
Leaders are those who create value in goods, services, and especially in behavior. But communicating those values takes more than simply presenting your ideas. Based on Robert Keiper’s 35 years’ experience as a presentation skills coach and workshop leader, this presentation provides step-by-step guides to help you capture audience attention and trust, set clearer goals, develop more compelling agendas and design unforgettable content and visuals. MORE >
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The Art of Overcoming the Confidence Gap
Catherine A. Wood, Founder & Head Coach, Unbounded Potential
A magical concept for some, highly desired by most in business and in life. What is the secret to confidence? In this interactive session, you will uncover the secret to confidence and walk away with 5 ways to get yours back. MORE >
We will explore and discuss what creates confidence and what gets in the way of yours. We will look at what you can take on and who you can be to bust up the myth that you're not confident. You'll walk away from the workshop with the inspiration and time tested tools to confidence creation. -
The Power of Facebook Live, How to Build Credibility and Sales in 3 Minutes
Jean Kuhn, Business Strategist / Consultant, Bounce Solutions Jean Kuhn
In this entertaining 45 minute presentation, Certified Master Speaker, Jean Kuhn, shows your audience how to go from ordinary business owner to “Expert/Celebrity” business owner and why that’s important to getting new customers. MORE >
Your audience will learn how to make content rich videos in a matter of minutes with their phone, tablet or desktop to create raving fans and buying customers. Something their competition is not doing... yet.Your audience will learn:
* How to increase their customer reach
* How to retain clients that stay longer and spend more money
* How to get over 1000 views from their videos
* How to create instant credibility
* Hear real-life statistics that Jean and her clients are getting as they are building their businesses and getting new clients from video
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Sailing the Leader Ship Effectively and Efficiently
Ukpeme Okon, Charismatic Speaker, Creative Author, Ambassador for Peace
Leadership can be challenging. Despite good intentions, many good leaders encounter setbacks. This topic will address some of the issues leaders face, and are likely to face in the course of leadership. From personal experience, I will inspire participants to overcome leadership problems and sail their leader ship effectively and efficiently.
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7 ways to not lose your best employees
Dawn Shuler, CEO and Founder, The Shuler Group, LLC
Your employees and staff are the lifeblood of your organization. If you're losing good employees and/or you have a revolving door of people leaving your company, you're sacrificing profit, customer retention, and morale if you don't get a handle on this problem.
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- The #1 reason employees voluntarily leave a position
- How to identify your best employees
- 7 strategies to employ (pun intended) to retain your employees - 6 of which you can put in place today -
Frame for Change
Shayanna Whitaker, CEO, The Institute for Dynamic Leaders
Organizations are in a constant state of change, but employee competency and communication styles get in the way of the best experience of change. As a result of this talk, the audience are enabled to organically find common ground with teams and grow in conversations with clear intentions in favor of organizational change.
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Proven ways to overcome change resistance under the most challenging of circumstances
Robert Smith, PhD, Author, Selling Change, The Change Shop, LLC
Change Management discussion will cover case studies and success stories for proven techniques to achieve organizational transformation and revitalization; case studies of leaders and organizations who have overcome years of entrenched organizational cultures and mindsets to generate profitability and reignite engaged teams; leadership styles that engender change commitment and transformation success. MORE >
Ways to engage and motivate people to make a difference in bottom-line business results; the case for engaged talent in sales and customer service; the role of human resources in achieving business goals -
Do You Have Rockstars or Rocks on Your Team?
Dawn Shuler, CEO and Founder, The Shuler Group, LLC
A player employees outperform B players by 3 to 1. B players outperform C players by 3 to 1 again.
Do the math… that means A players (your rockstars) are worth NINE C players (the rocks). MORE >
How can you tell if you have rockstars or rocks on your team? How do you hire rockstars? Can you train rockstars? Do you need all rockstars only? Is there a place for the rocks?In this session, we'll cover:
- What makes someone a rockstar, and what makes someone a rock
- What to look for to hire rockstars over rocks
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Exploring Cultural Assumptions: Way Beyond Diversity 101
Dr. Mallary Tytel, President, Healthy Workplaces
We live and work in a complex world and every day we must work effectively and smartly with diverse populations in a fair, balanced, and collaborative manner. While many of us have been taught to overlook differences around us, particularly in power, privilege and hierarchy, bias and discrimination are still embedded patterns in our lives. These are called perspective, and along with it comes myriad assumptions about the world. MORE >
Now more than ever we need to examine our own patterns, beliefs, and connections. What exactly are the nature of differences; the concepts of power and influence; and daily expectations for interaction and relationships? This timely presentation will challenge participants to new ways of seeing, understanding, and influencing the culture around them.