Almost everyone agrees that the people (vs. bricks and mortar) are an organization’s most valuable asset. In addition, most acknowledge that the average person uses only between 3%-25% of their capability or potential on a day-to-day basis.

Personal Leadership Development

A leader combines the vision and curiosity of a dreamer with the practical engineering of a builder. Personal leadership is the ability to achieve ones goals and get the desired results on a consistent basis.

A leader is goal directed, looking forward with anticipation toward the attainment of goals. Goals give meaning and purpose to life and serve as a continuous source of motivation in the pursuit of all activities.

While volumes have been written about leadership, for many it remains a misunderstood and elusive quality. The capacity for leadership exists in everyone, but most never take the time to develop it. Leadership calls for determination, courage, confidence and the ability to view a situation and respond to it.

The core of Business Concepts Personal Leadership Development process is outlined below. In order to best meet your needs while you are continuing to "run the business" on a day-to-day basis, this process is designed to be extremely flexible. This means the decisions about the frequency and duration of the implementation sessions are reached jointly.

The components employed to help both the individual executive and the organization accomplish the desired results include:

• Written materials that ensure that everyone has the opportunity to start out with the same level of knowledge.
• Audio materials that are effective to help the subject matter become "internalized" through reinforcement and spaced repetition.
• A Workbook that both challenges and helps distill thought processes.
• A high degree of interaction among participants, in order to develop both consensus and commitment.
• A facilitator who will act as an "equal opportunity harasser" in order to maximize the beneficial outcome of the implementation.

Executive and Individual Coaching

As a direct result of a client request back in 1993, we began working with individuals on a one-to-one basis. Coaching is a direct, highly interactive way for individuals at all levels to take advantage of assistance in developing their own abilities to their fullest potential. It puts action behind the belief that people are the most valuable asset of a business.

Through coaching, Business Concepts offers services that can help any individual both identify and achieve their goals and attain their desired results on a consistent basis, both for their own success and for the success of the organization.

We provide coaching services that can enhance your success in a variety of circumstances.

• An external ear: Sometimes our clients are chief executives who are looking for an objective third ear to assist them while they work through those "mentally messy situations" that they aren't comfortable discussing with other members of the senior management team.
• Flexible development program: Many entrepreneurs and self-directed executives are looking for ways to enhance their own sales or leadership skills on a timetable that needs to flex around their work and travel schedules.
• Fast track: Individuals who are being groomed for additional responsibility and who have been identified by their organizations as being on a "fast track” take advantage of coaching services to help accelerate this process
• Overcoming obstacles: Sometimes individuals are struggling under their current job responsibilities, yet the organization values them and prefers to help them develop their potential rather than let them go.

Coaching provides an interaction of encouragement and support, with honest and constructive feedback, on a regular basis. It leads you through a personal self-evaluation, helps you to recognize and understand your strengths and weaknesses, your attitudes and habits, and your motivations. It assists you to set the right short-term and long-term goals, create an action plan, and measure your progress. It helps you improve your time management, productivity, communication abilities, decision-making and problem solving.

Effective coaching typically encompasses the personal realm as well as the professional. It supports you in an examination of your personal values and beliefs and their impact on your performance and, in turn, helps you enhance your personal and professional success.

Time Management Strategies

There have probably been as many books and articles written about time management as almost any other subject in the personal and professional development field.

Business Concepts has been in the personal and professional improvement field since 1993. Almost everyone knows that you should prioritize your activities. Almost everyone knows that you should complete your urgent/important/critical tasks each day. Almost everyone knows that planning your day makes more sense than letting others do your planning for you.

Everyone knows, but very few do. Why? That's finally what fascinated us. The answers to our questions are why our approach and content were developed.

Introduction to Time Strategies - includes evaluating current behavior, creating a strong foundation, getting organized, values, visualization.

Goal Setting - includes investing your time, stress management, overcoming procrastination.

Improving Your Skills - includes planning and priorities, when to plan, to do list, planning for interruptions, handling the telephone.

Establishing a Positive Direction - includes attitudes, learning to say no, developing time-conscious attitudes, finding what will work for you.

Annual Personal and Professional Goals Tune-Up

Many leaders of progressive organizations have recognized the importance of both keeping the momentum going from year to year and stepping back to take a fresh look at issues and priorities for the year ahead.

Business Concepts offers a half-day process for individuals to refresh their personal and professional goals. Each participant is led through a process to examine and re-evaluate their individual values, current behaviors, and personal priorities as a precursor to setting new goals. They are then taken through a process to think through what contribution they expect from themselves in the achievement of organizational goals.