As a means to meet leadership training needs for Geauga County businesses, Geauga Growth Partnership and the Geauga Branch of SCORE are partnering to provide an in-depth, six-part training series for the emerging leaders in your businesses and organizations. SCORE is the small business-mentoring arm of the US Small Business Administration.
The Emerging Leaders Series presented by SCORE will be offered Fridays, September 11, 18, 25 and October 2, 9, 16, from 8 – 10 a.m. with an optional roundtable discussion to follow from 10 – 11 a.m. Each meeting will be held at Kent State University at Geauga, 14111 Claridon Troy Rd, Burton, OH.
Geauga Emerging Leader Series: Simple Steps for Growing Your Business (SSGBTM) was developed jointly by SCORE and American Express Business as a means to build management skills for new or potential leaders. The progressive training will begin with a Business Assessment questionnaire, completed prior to the first session, which will help you identify the areas of need in your business. Each Friday session will focus on a different aspect of business leadership, and will be led by different leaders in those areas of expertise.
Session 1: Business Assessment and Goal Setting – September 11
Session 2: Managing Your Time, People and Resources – September 18
Session 3: Marketing Your Business – September 25
Session 4: Growing Your Sales – October 2
Session 5: Financial Management – October 9
Session 6: Managing Operations – October 16
The cost for this series is $ 395.00 per registration, but GGP Members will only be charged $325.00. (A 10% discount is available for additional participants from the same company.) An early registration discount of $50 off the initial program fee will be given to those who are registered before August 11, 2015. To register, contact Geauga Growth at 440-465-1060 or info@geaugagrowth.com.
Session leaders from SCORE Geauga are:
Jon Slaybaugh, SCORE Mentor who has 37 years of experience in management, strategy development, product development, and operational execution in the Industrial Controls industry; Mr. Slaybaugh, who was President of Namco Controls Corporation, Mentor, Ohio, and President & CEO of Patriot Sensors & Controls, Inc., Detroit, MI. Patriot was privately owned, Mr. Slaybaugh being one owner, and sold to AMETEK , Inc. where he was Vice President and General Manager, Sensor Technology Division, until 2003.
Richard (Dick) Coyne, SCORE Mentor, retired in 2006 as General Manager of Jaco Products and Vice President of Operations for Capital Plastics. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of both Middlefield Banc Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary, The Middlefield Banking Company, where he had served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
Other Score Mentors from Lake County and Cleveland will assist. Also assisting are local Geauga County consultants to provide participants with the highest caliber training.
David Kraninger, President of Kraninger & Associates, is also the Geauga Growth Partnership Business Consultant, who provides consulting services to GGP members as needed. Consulting assignments include Organizational Development, Cost Structure and Analysis, Sales and Marketing, which include evaluating core competencies, improving product margins, and reorganizing businesses to reduce queue time and improve through put.
Bonnie Troyer, owner of HR Strategies and Solutions and Geauga Growth Partnership’s Workforce Development Director has almost 20 years of progressive and diverse HR leadership experience in large global manufacturing and small non-profit environments. Through her business, Ms. Troyer provides strategic, hands on and cost effective solutions and services to help meet the Human Resource needs of small and medium-sized businesses in Northeast Ohio.
Geauga Growth Partnership provides high-level educational opportunities for Geauga County businesses in areas of best practices, business law, finance, human resources, health care, and more. For more information visit www.geaugagrowthpartnership.com, contact info@geaugagrowth.com or call 440-564-1060.
