People who create real value for a company regardless of their job or role - whom we call difference-maker - think and work differently than the average employee who just does their job. So, WHAT do the difference-maker do differently than the job-holders?

Better yet, HOW do they do differently?

Difference-maker strike a rare, powerful balance of being entrepreneurial in their view of the business, disciplined in the way they think and act, and, when making business decisions, open in the way they communicate and collaborate. But HOW do you give the job-holders the confidence and competence to become difference-maker? That’s the question we set out to answer. It’s not about motivating the unmotivated—it’s about tapping into what the job-holders already want but can’t seem to get.

think fast - think

• Make effective business decisions using an easy-to-use, mobile approach that increases success on a day-to-day basis.
• Think strategically and critically about ideas and take into account the financial impact of any decision.

talk straight - collaborate

• Get people to collaborate and stay open when solving crucial business problems.
• Being egoless in collaboration so the best ideas win. Period.
• Get the undiscussable issues that waste time, money, and people on the table for discussion, and resolve them.

get relevant - make decisions

• Quickly build a realistic business case for ideas that deliver on the company’s strategy and economic drivers.
• Create a fast, open framework for establishing what is to be accomplished so people can move fast on good ideas without undue risk or wasted effort.

businessThink is a two-day work session that has a unique, single-minded focus: teach people how to lead with questions rather than answers, and to strike the rare balance of entrepreneurial thinking and business discipline in a way that hits real business issues and doesn’t cut corners—meeting by meeting, conversation by conversation, decision by decision, project by project...not just in “seminarland.”

If you want to create value for yourself and your organization, master the 6 rules that separate business-thinkers from job-holders in the coming businessThink workshop. Please check out our Program Calendar.

The Payoff
businessThink is the much needed revolution in business - it will cultivate a fundamentally new way of thinking, communicating, and decision-making.

Upsides for You
• People value your ideas and insights.
• You trust your intuition and business acumen.
• Colleagues trust your judgment and leadership.
• It opens the door to opportunities you value.
• Your talents are leveraged and utilized.
• Your creativity and perspective open up.
• You become highly influential and relevant.
• You create value.

Upsides for Your Company
• You always evaluate costs against a value proposition.
• Opportunities are seized.
• Problems are prevented early and often, and those that do arise are solved quickly and accurately.
• Shareholders and stakeholders gain confidence.
• Proposed ideas and change meet with optimism.
• Collaboration thrives.
• The company creates and maintains product and service relevance.

Master the businessThink Skills
• How to identify and deal with ego, and why.
• How to encourage curiosity and reap its benefits.
• How to evaluate proposals and identify real solutions.
• How to obtain evidence to evaluate a problem or opportunity.
• How to establish the financial impact of any problem or new result.
• How to manage problems and solutions in the context of the big picture.
• How to identify and overcome barriers to effective thinking.
• How to identify and act on real issues, not just the symptoms.

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