Informed Decisions: Leadership Conversations and Q&A with Randall Craig (Video)

Getting the Most from Your Learning and Development Budget Part 1

New ideas on generating alignment while upskilling your team.
Topics include:
ROI: Getting the most out of your learning and development budget?
How to leverage (and improve the impact) of your team’s professional development.
What is the most efficient and effective approach: external trainer, internal dedicated resource, or other?

Getting the Most from an Advisory Board Part 2

More on how to set up an advisory board to successfully support organizational leaders. 
Topics include:
↳ Advisory board compensation: cash, or equity?
↳ Advisory board diversity vs “cohesive” culture?
↳ Building trust between board members (and with the leader).

Getting the Most from an Advisory Board Part 1

Many leaders don’t fully take advantage of their Advisory Board… or even know why they should have one.
Topics include:
↳ Key considerations when setting up an advisory board.
↳ Recruitment, engagement, and Setting the meeting agenda?
↳ Keeping it fresh: board succession planning (and how to off-board “stale” advisory board members?

Conference Planning Part 3

Wrapping up this three-parter on planning impactful conferences with a focus on lessons we can learn from our conference planning efforts. 
Topics for part 3 include:
↳ Reinvent the program anew or rinse and repeat what previously worked?
↳ How do we measure if a conference was a success?
↳ Conference post modems (and what if a conference falls flat…)

Conference Planning Part 1

You are planning a conference and want it to be as successful as possible. This episode will offer some fresh ideas and insider perspectives to help you create a truly memorable conference.
Gain insights about:
↳ Who does it best? Association events vs the corporate world
↳ How long?: The one-day summit vs the multi-day conference
↳ Building the agenda: Networking time vs content
↳ Free Speakers vs Paid Speakers: Why pay when so many will speak for free?

Driving Change, Impact, and Growth in Your Organization: Part 3

Wrapping up with part 3 on creating change that sticks. 
Topics include:
What is the appropriate timing and method of acknowledging the negative impact of a change?
Incremental changes vs transformative change?
Partner Dynamics: How can partners set up their relationship to avoid conflicts and allow for necessary change to roll out?

Driving Change, Impact, and Growth in Your Organization: Part 2

Continuing with part 2 of 3 on driving meaningful and sustainable change towards a more successful organization. C
Topics include:
↳ What happens to objectives and performance reviews when an organization pivots?
↳ Incremental changes vs transformative change?
↳ When and how should an organization communicate change?

Driving Change, Impact, and Growth in Your Organization: Part 1

How can we drive impact throughout the organization, and have it stick? Let’s go beyond traditional change management, and explore a number of additional concepts. 
Topics include:
↳ The impact and role of a multi-modal approach to change management: Communication/Coaching/Training/Monthly reinforcement/Events/etc.
↳ Internal vs external execution: When to use – and not use – external resources.
↳ Getting to neutral vs getting ahead: Using change management to drive competitive differentiation, impact, and growth.
 

Pricing Strategy for Service Businesses: Part 2

Does this sound like you: “Are my rates too low… or too high?” “Is it too soon to raise my fees?” “How do I justify my rates?…. And should I have to?”
Topics include:
↳ Pricing per participant
↳ Subcontracting
↳ The connection between pricing strategy and marketing strategy, and
↳ How to communicate that your organization is a high-end brand (and worth high-end pricing)

Pricing Strategy for Service Businesses: Part 1

Does this sound like you: “Are my rates too low… or too high?” “Is it too soon to raise my fees?” “How do I justify my rates?…. And should I have to?” 
Topics include:
↳ Demystify pricing strategies
↳ Explore the tactical parameters, and
↳ Getting clear on the value your organization offers