Allied Executives Events for 2017

02 Nov

LOCATION:
Sheraton Minneapolis West Hotel
12201 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55305

Unravel the Marketing Mystery

Thursday, November 02, 2017 from 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM

How to Leverage Marketing to Generate Leads & Sales for YOUR Business:

If there is one area of the business that frustrates business owners, due to a lack of understanding, control, impact, and return it is marketing.  Join us for an afternoon to learn:

  • What you need to know BEFORE you make a marketing plan.
  • How to create market messaging the inspires your customers and prospects to choose YOU over your competition.
  • What to consider, how to choose, and how to work with the right tools and partners to help take your message to the right market and create measurable differences in your top line.

SPEAKERS: 

Tom Guetzke – Client Magnet
As the founder of Client Magnet, Tom has successfully grown businesses in the U.S. and 65 countries around the globe including PŪR Water Filters, Whirlpool Home Appliances, the U.S. Olympic Team, Williams- Sonoma and Disney. Tom has been featured in U.S. News & World Report and serves on the Small Business Advisory Board for Fortune and USA TODAY.

Kevin McArdle – McArdle Business Advisors
Kevin is the owner and founder of McArdle Business Advisors.  His firm helps emerging, mid-market and Fortune 500 companies thrive in competitive markets by building market share and creating profitable growth. Kevin shows companies what they need to do to differentiate and outperform their competition.

A panel discussion will follow the presentations to share leadership and business strategies with the audience.

PANELISTS:

  • Cameron Clark – August Ash, Marketing Director
  • Karen Feder - PARQA, VP of Digital Strategy
  • Darin Lynch – Irish Titan, President & CEO
  • Adam Proehl – NordicClick Interactive, Managing Partner
  • Gary Stockert – Modern Foundation, President

 

29 Aug

LOCATION:
Sheraton Minneapolis West Hotel
12201 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55305

Strategies for Building a High Growth Sales Organization

Tuesday, August 29, 2017 from 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM

SPEAKERS: Gary and Mike Braun, Pivotal Advisors 
Gary and Mike Braun are the Principal Owners of Pivotal Advisors, LLC, a national sales improvement firm dedicated to helping companies drive sales performance through implementation and reinforcement of systems, process tools and effective management.

Pivotal Advisors, LLC has found that the implementation of these core components drives accountability and increases the effectiveness of sales team members. Sales leaders that follow best practices for managing their sales teams outperform their peers consistently with 17% more in revenue and have 22% more of their team members achieve their goals. Many companies lack one or more fundamental components of a high-performing sales organization and Pivotal Advisors helps them determine how and where to make improvements. Their goal is to implement these best practices into your sales organization.  Simply put, they help sales leaders hire the right people, surround them with disciplined systems and processes, and implement them through strong sales leadership.  Pivotal Advisors helps to create teams that not only sell more, but sell profitably, predictably and effectively.

How to breakthrough and achieve your next level of sales growth.

  • Understand the most common sales growth challenges and solutions
  • Learn and understand the six segments of a strong sales system and which have the biggest impact
  • Become aware of how leaders hinder sales performance and what they can do to stop
  • Understand the three essential things that ultimately drive sales
  • Identify what you and your organization can do differently to change your sales outcomes
03 May

LOCATION:
Sheraton Minneapolis West Hotel
12201 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55305

Begin with the End in Mind: Take Control of Your Business Today to Ensure Your Best Options in the Future

Wednesday, May 03, 2017 from 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Gain awareness, clarity, and perspective on where you may be within your business today, where you are going, what you need to start paying attention to and what to start working on in order to set yourself up for growing real transferable value and creating as many future transition options as possible.

DATE:
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
from 1:30 PM till 5:30 PM
1:30 - 2:00 Registration & Networking
2:00 - 4:00 Presentations
4:00 - 5:30 Complimentary Hors d' oeuvres, & Networking

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Ryan Tansom - Solidity Financial
Ryan is the co-owner of Solidity Financial and creator and host of the Life After Business podcast. He became a business junkie early in life as he watched his father grow a small technology company into one of the market leaders in Minneapolis. In 2014, he and his dad sold their business to a local competitor. The exit process was unexpectedly difficult. The lessons learned have led him to his current passion to help others gain control of their business and avoid a similar experience to what he had.

PANELISTS:
Jodi Boldenow - Owner & President of Industrial Door Company, Inc.
Jodi is the CEO and co-owner of IDC-Automatic Garage Door in Coon Rapids. Jodi joined the business in 1996, transitioned into ownership along with her brother Jeremy in 2000, and together they have led the company to an annualized growth rate of 11 percent each year since.

Karin Gessner - CEO of Radia
Karin is the CEO President & CEO of Radia Products, a family business that engineers and manufacturers durable and reliable mixing products. Karin transitioned into leadership in 2002, and is responsible for the future direction and strategic growth of the organization.

Tim Keran - Former Owner of Western Graphics, Allied Executives Peer Group Director
Tim is the former owner of Western Graphics, a 50 employee, general commercial printing company in the Twin Cities. He focused on building a fun, rewarding and winning work culture. Tim sold the business in 2016 to a strategic buyer and is enjoying life after business as an advisor, board member, and Allied Executives Peer Group Director.

Tom Vettel - Former Owner of Twincorp, Inc., Allied Executives Peer Group Director
Tom started his first company at age 23 with his father, Joe. Together, they grew Twincorp Master Distributor, Inc. into the largest cleaning supplies wholesaler in the Midwest. They sold the business to a strategic buyer in 2000. Since that date, Tom has spent his time as a CEO, investor, advisor, and board member. He has advised on both sides of more than 10 M&A transactions. Tom recently joined the Allied Executives team as a Peer Group Director.

MODERATOR:
Kurt Theriault - President of Allied Executives

REGISTRATION:
Allied Executives Members - FREE
Non-members - $65
02 Mar

LOCATION:
Ramada Plaza Hotel
1330 Industrial Blvd. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413

The Bottom Line Impact of Trust

Thursday, March 02, 2017 from 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

In this interactive, working session, David Horsager, who has made it his life's work to uncover and teach organizations the secrets of building trust, will work you and your team through each of the 8 pillars that trust is built upon - and how you can implement them - to create a competitive advantage for you and your organization - the TRUST EDGE.

DATE:
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
from 1:30 PM till 5:30 PM
1:30 - 2:00 Registration & Networking
2:00 - 4:00 Presentations
4:00 - 5:30 Complimentary Hors d' oeuvres, & Networking
KEY NOTE SPEAKERS:
David Horsager - Trust Edge Leadership Institute

SPEAKER:
Doug Loon - Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
 

REGISTRATION:
Allied Executives Members - FREE
Non-members - $65
26 Jan

LOCATION:
Lake Monster Brewing Company
550 Vandalia Street
St. Paul, MN 55114

ALLIED CONNECT

Thursday, January 26, 2017 from 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

PRIVATE MEMBER ONLY:  We've reserved a private meeting room. Individual invitations will be sent for RSVP prior to event.