FOCUSED Business Forums

Emerging Leaders

FOCUSED Forums for Emerging Leaders is a monthly Forum dedicated to leveraging individual and collective strengths to help each other navigate opportunities and challenges in today’s world.

Members continue to build on the characteristics of great leadership, develop and sustain cultures of excellence, tighten up company infrastructure and efficiencies, and remain resilient during challenging times.

Next Generation

We take the pressure off business owners by expediting the learning curve for their next generation of emerging leaders. Once a month, for 12 months, the next generation members come together to learn and grow.

Bringing the next generation into your business creates a wonderful opportunity for you to start planting the seeds of a long-term succession plan. In an ideal world, business owners would have the time and ability to teach and mentor these younger family or non-family members. But, time becomes a limiting factor and the budding leaders typically get bounced from one department to the next, without gaining a clear understanding of how all the pieces fit together.

The FOCUSED Forums deliverables:

  • Increased confidence.

  • Increased critical thinking and decision-making skills.

  • Increased leadership effectiveness.

  • Increased business acumen.

Emerging Leaders

A monthly experience dedicated to strengthening leadership skills, styles, behaviors and habits for the emerging and emerged leaders who have grown into partial or full equity roles in their respective companies.

Next Generation

FOCUSED Forums takes pressure off the business owner by expediting the learning curve for the next generation of emerging leaders. Once a month, for 12 months, the next generation members come together to learn and grow.

FOCUSED Forums for Emerging Leaders meet one-half day per month and learn through a variety of elements including:

 

  • Facilitated Discussions

    Topics chosen by members span all areas of business including culture, infrastructure, key initiatives, business and financial planning, goal setting, benchmarking, compensations, hiring, inspiring employee development, rewarding performance, innovation, and more.

  • Expert Speakers

    Successful and talented business leaders who speak openly with the group about their vision, opportunities and challenges, and how they navigate it all.

  • Leadership workshops

    Subjects of interest to the group like: building accountability at all levels, having crucial and more meaningful conversation, growing your bench, divergent and convergent thinking, and more.

FOCUSED Forums for Next Generation meet one half-day per month, for 12 months, to learn and grow. Every aspect of business is addressed:

 

  • Ethics in Leadership and Business

  • Hiring, training, compensating, leading and growing your employees.

    Human Resources

  • Culture, Branding, Accountability and Communications

  • Business Planning, Delegation, and Execution

  • Financial Reporting & Management

  • Legal Documents & Policies

What Our Clients Say

The Focused Forum has helped me develop my executive skill set and even more importantly has helped ETI become a better company. In addition to skills building, the group provides a trusted sounding board in a collaborative environment that is supportive and constructive. The challenges of running and growing a small business can be overwhelming. The resources made available through the group help its members face these challenges with greater confidence and resilience.
 
Gary M. Reggiani, President, ETI
The group is great. I am so glad that I got involved. Thanks for your persistence in bringing me into the Forum.”
“Even though I was quiet for much of the last session, my thoughts were provoked on many different levels. The group provides much needed balance and insight to run our businesses.
The Focused Forums has given me a new vision and new direction for my company.  The group lets me grow and challenge myself through the exchange of ideas that cannot be learned from reading a book or attending a class.

“In the speed of business today, consistent mentoring of potential leaders is a challenge.  Emerging Leaders expedited this process for me and took pressure off the owner.  In addition, sharing challenges and solutions in a confidential group of peers is an invaluable experience and can apply to any industry. Without the help from my Emerging Leaders group, I would not be as successful in my role today.”

“For me, hearing different opinions and learning different perspectives on numerous management issues has been great.  We learn from the pros and then we are able to discuss issues in confidence with our peers and gain valuable feedback.  It has also been valuable to have a forum to formulate and discuss personal and business goals while knowing the facilitator and other members will do their best to hold me accountable.”

“FOCUSED has helped me gain confidence in my role as the third generation working in the family business.  Now that I’m in management and am making key decisions on a daily basis, FOCUSED continually helps me to develop my career goals and fully comprehend all facets of the business.  As the group continues to develop both professionally and personally, the progress we continue to make both individually and as a whole has been remarkable.”

““Focused Forums is my sounding board. It’s great to be part of a group of business professionals, from all different industries, pulling together to strengthen each other.””
– Ron M. Bressler
President, Bressler’s, Inc.

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FOCUSED FORUMS FOR EMERGING LEADERS

Accelerate Leadership skills by learning how to articulate your vision, lead by example, inspire others, be a mentor, and demonstrate courage.

FOCUSED FORUMS FOR NEXT GENERATION

Educating the Next Generation of Emerging Leaders to the real world of business, growing beyond their academic experience.

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