Forward Looking Business Training

  Travel, like meetings, can be either productive or ineffective depending on the how and why; this has been an issue long before, and will continue long after the Pandemic. While touch base discussions and information sharing on video is quick, effective, and efficient, events such as strategic planning, team building, and leadership development are far more effective when in person. I have experienced these types of situations both on video and in person, and can say for certain many critical issues were resolved during physical presence, and some during the hours after the office was closed. I believe we will return to times of physical presence, but with a better appreciation of the how and why. What do you think?

  During one of my marketing classes in 1995, the professor insisted the Customer was always King. However, over the years I have seen cases where this did not hold true; and today, you will find with more oligopolies, the supplier is in the driver’s seat. Comment and share your experience with this.

  Do you believe you are not a Leader? Do you think Leadership development is just for the boss' favourite? We are all Leaders, but some of us just don't know it! Regardless of whether we are a supervisor or not, we all play a Leadership role one way or another:  a teacher leads his students, a psychologist leads her patients, an accountant leads his clients, and a rookie policewoman leads the people she attends to. If formal Leadership experience is something you require to take that next step, consider volunteer work! Coaching sports, leading a scout troop, and guiding an excursion are all Leading! En excerpt from our Forward Looking Guide: Lead by Example:  Amazon.com: Daniel W Elliot CPA CGA: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle ‘You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss and failure into success.’ (Napoleón Bonaparte)   Leaders must be able to look forward, envision potential opportunities, anticipate challenges, and develop strategies to en...

  Are your employees surprised by their performance evaluation? If so, you may need to reconsider your orientation process. Setting written objectives, providing training, continuous feed-back, and warning of consequences are critical steps to ensuring your time and money were appropriately invested… as well as theirs! Whether it be an employee or practicum student, we should go into the relationship with the intention of succeeding. Forward Looking Solutions offers Operational Guides on Amazon Kindle, as well as on-line courses at Udemy. We are also available to work directly with you to help you Look Forward and find the solution. Excerpt from our Forward Looking Guide: Select for Success: Redirection There will be occasions where an employee is not meeting expectations and needs redirection; this could be in the form of additional training and support or may require other measures such as behavioural adjustment. It is paramount that you provide the necessary actions immediately ...

 Do you have something you need to learn and are struggling with it? Videos and books are fine, but sometimes you just need to have a conversation. In addition to our on-line courses and books, we are available to have the conversation.  We are availiable in person and on-line through video platforms to help you with operational and administrative challenges. Write to us at forwardlookingsolutions@gmail.com and we can set up a time and place to talk.