Career Development Enrichment Programs

Imagine a world where everybody is 100% accountable for their lives and there is no blame, finger pointing, excuses, procrastination, acting confused, playing helpless or doing just enough to get by. What a wonderful world that would be.

Accountability means more than just ‘doing life’, it’s an obligation to make things better, to pursue excellence and create ways that further your life, purpose and happiness.

This thought provoking program explores why 100% of organizations and employees fail to demonstrate this winning behavior and how you can use this to your competitive advantage.

You will also discover how accountability increases profitability, saves money, improves customer satisfaction and retains valuable employees. 

In addition, you will also gain an understanding of how to develop personal accountability, mentor others to build theirs and create an ‘accountability corporate culture’.

Being 100% Accountable™ works, an insurance company measured the impact of implementation and they increased profitability by 320%, employee retention by 27% and job satisfaction ratings by 41%!

• 4 reasons why it’s impossible to be accountable.
• The difference between responsibility and accountability and why the ‘buck stops with you’.
• Why incentives, hierarchy, supervision, quotas, policies, procedures and empowerment without authority prohibit accountability.
• How to treat accountability as a verb.
• How to rise above circumstances, including your roles, job description or fears, and do whatever it takes to make a positive difference in your life.  
  
• To be proactive and recognize issues and solve them in responsible, intelligent ways. It doesn't matter where the challenge comes from. It might be yours or it might be inherited. The crucial question is, "What am I going to do about it?" with the aim of seeing things through to a more positive outcome.
  
• Steps to create an accountability development plan for use by leaders, managers, employees, the organization and you.

eBook stands for electronic book, a downloadable file read or printed off compatible electronic devices such as computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), tablets, mobile phones or eBook specific readers such as the Apple iPad, Sony Reader and bestselling Kindle from Amazon.com. This practical workshop provides tips on writing, formatting and publishing your work in a secure eBook format. Learn how you can create a simple website for free which features your book and takes orders. Discover how you can distribute your eBook through your own site as well as hundreds of online distributors. You will also learn practical tips on marketing your site with a primary focus on what you do best – communicating. If you possess computer common sense and Internet knowhow then you can be part of the eBook evolution.

Participants gain the following knowledge.

• Introduction to eBooks and their growth in the marketplace.
• Publishing models – compare traditional publishing, self-publishing and eBook publishing.
• Writing your eBook – how to: identify a requirement in the market, analyze needs and problems, provide an eBook solution and market it.
• Packaging your eBook – tips to create a cover, suggestions on page formatting and learn about a range of packaging options from Microsoft Word to secure software.
• Website options to promote and sell your eBook.
• eBook marketing – product, price, distribution and promotion.

“Wow! What a great seminar. Congratulations on providing a great introduction to eBooks, websites and marketing, especially for providing all that information in a non-techie way. Your workshop is honestly the best I’ve ever been to.” Vicki Stanton, www.buzzwordsmagazine.com

“You handle questions extremely well - fabulous interaction and response. Great content and amusing!!  Catherine DeVrye, www.greatmotivation.com 

They soon discover what they really have is the equivalent of an online brochure that is not registering on their target market’s radar.

This comprehensive one-day seminar introduces current website owners, and those considering creating a site or blog, to basic Internet marketing techniques that drive visitors to a site with the aim of enhancing their online profile and product profitability.

Many of these strategies can easily be implemented for free by those with  basic Internet skills of surfing the web, downloading and using no-cost tools.

After completion of this seminar you should gain the following knowledge:

• Learn why Internet marketing is essential to promoting your online presence.

• Determine your current position on the web and assess progress after implementing learned strategies.

• Have access to essential Internet marketing tools.

• Understand and implement the following Internet marketing strategies:

• Website Essentials – pages and functionality you need on your website.
   
  o   Content is King – how to leverage your expertise and write articles, guest Blogs, create eBooks (electronic books), podcasts (online audios) and videocasts (online video) to feature your knowledge,  profit and drive visitors to your information or product website.
  
  o   Make a Connection with Keywords – keywords are the words people type into search engines such as Google and Bing to find information. Learn how to identify and use keywords to connect with your target market.
   
  o   Develop Rapport – start a mailing list to build a relationship with your target market and leverage product sales.
   
  o   Social Media – identify the best social media mix for your site, go beyond Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube to access prospects and customers.
  
  o   Backlinks – place your website link on other’s sites to drive visitors back to your site.
  
  o   Online Advertising – is it worth it?
   

• Have a comprehensive Internet marketing Game Plan outlining weekly and monthly activity to drive visitors to your website.

• FREE Bonus eBooks on Internet Marketing to expand your knowledge and support you in implementing your strategies.

Goals can get in the way of success by being too narrow, inflexible, taking the place of independent thinking and personal initiative. Madisen encourages participants to ditch goal setting and get the life they want today.

• Discover why SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, reasonable and time bound) goal setting is getting in the way of your success and happiness
• Learn how goals teach us to sacrifice today in the hope of a better tomorrow.
• Find out if you are a goal-aholic
• Consider the word ‘deadline’ – do you really want to experience something that’s ‘dead’ at the end of your hard work?
• Discover why most people fail at their goals – from business objectives to New Year’s resolutions
• How goals get in the way of your purpose
• Why passion, values and talent are more important than goals
• If you set only one goal in your life, discover what it should be – and it’s the same for everyone

When it comes to your finances do you prefer to put your head in the sand and hope they go away? Would you accurately be able to state your business’ financial position, or do you prefer to be in the dark? You can ignore reality for a while but let’s face it; it’s always in the back of your mind.
Many business owners see ‘money’ as the enemy; there’s never enough, they can’t manage it and they’re often afraid to ask for more.
Discover ‘why’ you’re not attracting the money you desire into your business and ‘how’ you can create prosperity and transform your relationship with money from ‘loathing’ to ‘loving’.

You get what you focus on, so if you’re thinking about bills, debt and problems that’s what you’re going to create more of in your business. Making money isn’t just about accounting, it’s about your beliefs, your expectations and the reason you got into business in the first place.
Practical discussion and exercises help you:

• discover if you’re damned by low expectations
• identify your  value and values, and
• determine if you’re buying into what the ‘success strippers’ have to say about you and your business.

Gain insight into some of the reasons money eludes you and start practicing the 3 Prosperity Principles to improve your situation.
How to practice 3 Prosperity Principles
The fundamental law of prosperity is – first in the mind and then in reality. Create an abundance of self, health and wealth – no matter what the economic climate
Discover three actions you can take right now to create abundance in your business by:

• letting go of what you don’t need so you can attract what you do
• using your imagination and imagery to manifest abundance, and
• being able to give and receive.