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Lead Your Growing Business to Success

The leadership skills needed to launch a business are not necessarily the same skills required to lead a company to — and through — high growth. — Mike Laddin, President, LeaderPoint "It will take me much longer to explain the process than to just do it myself." "Its my business, so I should know how to do everybodys job." "I think its important that I be involved in all the hiring and firing decisions." Chances are, if youve ever uttered even one of those phrases, youre keeping your business from growing to its full potential. Thats because, to effectively grow a business today, you need skills beyond those you relied upon to get your company off the ground. You need to move beyond doing everything yourself to leading people to do the work as well as — or even better than — you can ... so that you can concentrate on building, growing, profiting. Youll learn those essential leadership skills during a provocative, 75minute phone conference on Wednesday, Sept. 28, with Mike Laddin. Mike is president of LeaderPoint, a growing leadership training company that focuses on accelerating the leadership development of highpotential executives and managers. In just 75 minutes and from the comfort of your own office, Mike will show you how to overcome the pitfalls that plague so many CEOs and senior managers of entrepreneurial businesses. Mikes agenda will include: Developing a growth mindset. How to stop doing it all yourself … and why you must. Differentiating real business opportunities from costly diversions. Transitioning from working "in" the business to working "on" the business. Encouraging your people to think and act like business owners. Having the courage to be clear about what needs to be accomplished. Answering your questions. Who should attend? CEOs, executives and senior managers of entrepreneurial companies About the Speaker: Mike Laddin is president and senior partner of LeaderPoint, a Mission, Kan.based executivedevelopment firm that focuses on accelerating the leadership development of highpotential managers and technical specialists. Since 1998, LeaderPoint has partnered with more than 600 companies operating nationally and globally to develop business leaders and provide them with a practical, effective approach to management. Mike has more than 15 years of senior management experience and, for the past 10 years, has been involved with an ongoing national research project whose entire focus is defining the specific skills and abilities required to lead and manage and developing a learning curriculum around those defined skills. The American Psychological Association and the American Management Association have published Mikes research. He has been the keynote speaker for corporate retreats and national conferences including ADP, The American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Champion International Paper Co., CPC International, Scoular Company, American Bar Association, 3Com, Texaco, SBC and the Association of National Advertisers. Mike has a BS in psychology and chemistry, an MS in clinical psychology and an MBA from Rockhurst University. He currently serves on the board of directors for Kansas City Public Television, KCPT 19.

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