Thriving Under Pressure
By attending this session, you will walk away with an action plan to reduce stress and anxiety in your life in the upcoming months. Here is how; stress is a fact of life. There is no way to escape it, but you can learn to use stress to your advantage. In this session, participants will learn the physiology of anxiety and how it differs from stress. You will also learn how to harness the energy provided by tension-filled situations and turn them into solutions that will lower your anxiety. At the beginning of the session, you will list the three most stressful situations you face. By the end of it, you will design solutions to those problems that will lower your anxiety and help you become more effective.
M.J. Clark, MA, APR, Fellow PRSA - Integrated Leadership Systems
Revenue Growth In a New Business Paradigm
New technologies have disrupted Small to Medium-Sized Metal fabricator (SMM) businesses that relied on traditional models to generate future success. Although new productivity tools like automation, IIoT, and cloud-based services can streamline how business is done, SMM’s struggle to capitalize on these powerful tools. We are in a new paradigm where traditional thinking and outdated tools will not solve current and evolving business challenges. We will explain how focusing on maximizing sales first, then on profits will enable you to maintain and grow your business and how this sequenced approach is superior to a profit-first mentality. We will present a comprehensive list of impediments to revenue growth and how the root cause of each can be traced to one single cause. A list of successfully applied innovative solutions will demonstrate how addressing this root cause and empowering your most valuable resource, your employees, can mitigate growth obstacles.
Rahul Sarkar, MS, PE - Clarity Manufacturing Consulting