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Redefining "The 'B' Word":
Getting What You Want Out of Life and Work — Guilt Free!
Julie grew her IT company to multi-millions in revenues while raising her two young children. What she found along the way was that the word 'balance' is deceiving. The concept of balance, as it is currently defined, is unattainable, which is why she calls it "The 'B' Word". Striving for it under conventional doctrine causes serious stress, guilt, and angst. And if you're talking or even thinking about The “B” Word , you must not be serious about your job.
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Business Lessons from Home:
What Parenting Teaches About Business Success
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.
NOTE: This presentation / workshop can be geared towards entrepreneurs OR corporations.
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Managing in a Balanced Workplace
The landscape is changing for American corporations. More and more employees – parents trying to balance their work and home responsibilities and Generation Y's who see work life balance as a given - are demanding flexibility. This includes flex-time, the ability to work from home, and utilizing more contractors, both domestic and abroad. This can wreak havoc in a workplace where old-school management techniques are applied to this new environment. They just don't work.
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REAL Entrepreneurship :
Taking Control of Your Future!
What is an entrepreneur? There are a lot of definitions, but a broad term suggests an entrepreneur is anyone who takes an idea or a concept and turns it into a reality. While that can involve starting your own business, there are also entrepreneurs within big companies, in non-profits, and education. The common thread through all of this is taking control of your future. In that sense, I've created a concept called a R.E.A.L. Entrepreneur and where …
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Beware the Bobblehead:
Toxic 'Yeses' That Can Keep Your Business From Thriving
We've been trained to get to 'yes'. We feel good when people agree with us. Unfortunately, building a business around the wrong 'yeses' can be the kiss of death. In this presentation, Julie shares her experiences with toxic 'yeses', the ones that can be harmful - even deadly — and provides tips to help you recognize, avoid and overcome them to make your business THRIVE!
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The Making of a Million Dollar Business
Less than 5% of businesses created ever realize annual revenues over $1M. What is required to build a business that surpasses the million dollar mark? Julie knows – she's done that - and in this presentation she shares her top secrets. While revealing the critical success factors she's discovered...
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Some of Julie's previous speaking engagements include:
- Southwest Airlines, Workshop
- Ladies Who Launch Live! Featured Speaker
- eWomenNetwork International Conference
- World Bank (Family Network)
- Technology Transfer Society of DC
- Fairfax County Public Schools, Keynote, DECA Leadership Breakfast
- University
of Maryland Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, Keynote,
Women Entrepreneurs Event
- Panelist,
2006 Maryland Governor's Women and Technology Forum,
Global Trends in Technology: Propelling Women into Leadership
- University
of Maryland Baltimore County's Alex. Brown Center For Entrepreneurship
Speaker Series
- National
Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) regional
leadership retreat
- Rockville
Economic Development, Inc. (REDI) Business plan writing
seminars
- Women
in Business Conference, Keynote on "Talking Business"
- Washington
Business Radio, Women in Business Interview
- George
Washington University, Entrepreneurship panel
- Department
of Labor's Flex-Options program, speaker for inaugural
teleconference
- Pet
Food Industry Conference, requested speaker 4 years
in a row
- Pet
Food Industry International Conference, requested speaker
3 years in a row
- National
Women's Leadership Summit, moderator for session on
Entrepreneurship
- Darden
School at University of Virginia, Graduate Women in
Business Conference, panelist
- Tomorrow's
Business Radio Show, Interview for winning the Stevie
Award
- APICS
International conference speaker
(2x) as well as various local chapters and regional conferences
