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We hope this website provides you information and links to useful resources. Often these are not enough. If you are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, you can also take advantage of our workshops.
These comprehensive sessions are offered on an individual or group basis. Individually, they consist of 3 1-hour meetings over 3 weeks at a DFW location or over the internet. Groups are 3 2-hour sessions at a company location or at the University of Texas Arlington - Division for Enterprise Development. Individual workshops are $1,000 and include one year hosting of a Personal Branding website on our cloud-based system. University pricing is $199 and you will need to obtain your own copy of Business Model YOU. If you wish to discuss your executive career transition with us in other ways, please use the Contact Us form. | Personal Business Model Workshops
Development of your own Personal Business Model is a necessary life skill in today's uncertain economy. Whether you are an entrepreneur or employee at some point your life plan will need to change. How do you do that? If you're young enough, experimentation works fine. As you get older, your risk profile changes and you need a plan to mitigate the risks. At some point you can no longer afford life lessons; you need to know who you are and what you're doing.
The Workshop that address those issues consist of 3 spaced sessions: Business Models The internationally recognized method for organizational reinvention, Business Model Generation, is introduced. The dynamic of reinvention are shown in an organizational setting and then the challenge of making this personal is discussed. Unlike an organization that can become whatever its market needs, YOU are who you are and individuals need to start with that reality, and not a (possibly imaginary) market. An "as is" Personal Business Model is developed and diagnostics are taught. Finally introspective exercises are given to allow participants to develop Key Resource knowledge of themselves over the week. Purpose Statements Building on the information learned during the week, Personal Key Resources and potential career environments are developed. Answering the question of "who are you" leads to the more important issue of "what is your purpose?" Purpose statement alternatives are created from life experiences and these are then applied back to the Personal Business Model to create potential career alternative plans. Personal Branding Websites are introduced as a method to extend on the basic framework of the Personal Business Model. Each participant is given a Personal Branding template website to use during the week to further refine their results. Reinvention Participants share their Personal Branding websites and the initial reactions to them. Up until now, everything discussed has been theory. Just ideas of what your viable career future might be. The Customer Discovery and Customer Validation processes are discussed as the method to test the validity of the models so far. Customer Validation of a new business idea leads to an early market. Customer Validation of an employee model leads to a job offer. Fundamentals of business opportunity types are reviewed to provide those with an entrepreneurial objectives a staring pad to launch. No obligation overviews You can attend a no cost, no obligation overview presentation of the Workshops. These are presented at UTA and other DFW location. Simply sign-up below. |