Lessons from Home:
What Parenting Teaches About Business Success
This is the ParentPreneur Workshop!
This presentation / workshop isn't your typical business blah, blah, blah . Julie Lenzer Kirk provides a refreshing new twist on traditionally boring business training: the tips and lessons for executives, managers, and staff members parallel raising children. Excerpting from her book, “ The ParentPreneur Edge: What Parenting Teaches About Building a Successful Business ” (John Wiley & Sons, June 2007), Julie takes the audience on a humorous ride through her experiences of starting and growing a successful business.
By sharing elements of her journey with observations of the similarities of working and family life, parents and non-parents alike will gain valuable insight, ideas, and tips about forging their own successful business career. This wisdom is delivered through stories that illustrate lessons such as:
• The importance of good communication skills and why “ Because I told you so ” doesn't work any better at work than it does with a teenager or toddler.
• How encouraging the right type of conflict can propel your business while the wrong conflict model can tear it apart.
• Why refusing to train your replacement can keep you from being promoted.
• How recognizing and appreciating the different strengths of the people you work with can lead to a more harmonious and productive workplace.
Even for people who are not parents – they've been a child - and will be enlightened by these valuable tips and poignant – often humorous – anecdotes on building a successful career in business.
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