Wed., Sept. 14, 2011

Your First, Second and Third Acts: Making Your Expert Business Work for You as the Years Roll On!
featuring Andy Birol

Your firm may be in its infancy, adolescence, golden years or rebirth. What are the lessons learned, warning signs and preventative actions to take as your business prevails throughout the years? This presentation will explore the key milestones and best practices for ensuring your business continues to work for you. Specifically, Andy Birol will cover the following areas through group exercises and participation:

1. The three eras of your practice and what to look for in each one
2. The three key activities needed to grow your business
3. How to focus on your Best and Highest UseŽ
4. Looking forward, looking ahead to manage your business, your Best and Highest Use, and your lifestyle.

Earning rave reviews and high scores at the Pittsburgh Consulting Association, this presentation is for any independent services provider, coach or consultant who makes a living by selling their own brand.

This 60 minute presentation uses a variety of hands-on learning techniques including individual exercises, and audience participation to help owners assess and evaluate their challenges, opportunities and next steps. Attendee take-aways include several relevant and practical processes as well as a call to action you can implement immediately.

About Andy Birol
Andy Birol, owner of Birol Growth Consulting (BGC), is an international business growth consultant, author, keynote speaker and business coach. Andy focuses on helping small and mid-sized businesses and their owners create profitable and sustainable growth. Known for his creativity and his candor, Andy's approach, which is based on empowering an owner's Best and Highest UseŽ, provides clients and audiences with renewed passion, new potential and profitable results. With twenty years of management experience, Andy started BGC in 1997, helping over 450 firms introduce new products, enter markets and develop new distribution channels. Andy has also designed new pricing, compensation and sales incentive plans as well as restructured and staffed marketing, sales and customer service organizations. The media has turned to Andy for his expertise in small business growth. He has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN's Dollar Signs, Entrepreneur, Business Week, and Inc. Magazine. He has published over 300 articles and is the author of five books, including The Five Catalysts of Seven Figure Growth (CareerPress, 2006). BCG has won four Weatherhead 100 Awards as Northeast Ohio's fastest growing single-employee business and 34th fastest growing company of any size and was also recognized by Inside Business Magazine and Team NEO which awarded him the NEO Success Award in 2005, 2007 and 2008.

All are welcome to attend this important event. Please join us by registering as soon as possible.

Sept. 14: PCA Monthly Meeting presents "Your First, Second and Third Acts: Making Your Expert Business Work for You as the Years Roll On!" at Highland Country Club; 11:15 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Sept. 22: PCA Happy Hour Event; Location Buca di Beppo at Robinson Town Center; 5 - 7 p.m.

Oct. 4 & 5: Visit our booth at the PHRA Conference at Cranberry Regional Center

Oct. 12: PCA Monthly Meeting presents Contextual Intelligence for Leadership Development at Highland Country Club; 11:15 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Nov. 9: "Make PCA Work for You" - a free session for new and current PCA members to learn more about our organization at Highland Country Club; 10 - 11 a.m.

Nov. 9: PCA Monthly Meeting presents a demonstration of coaching methods featuring MCC Coaches at Highland Country Club; 11:15 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Nov. 16: COACHING WORKS workshop at Highland Country Club; 1 - 5 p.m.

Dec. 14: PCA Monthly Meeting and Holiday Party at Highland Country Club; 11:15 a.m. - 1 p.m.

The PCA is delighted to welcome the following new members!

Greg Coticchia
Brenda DeCroo
Smitty Boros
Eric Kulikowski
Rebecca Lamperski
Frederick Geiger
Kelly Haywiser

On Saturday, September 10 from 3 - 5 p.m., The Maryland Chapter of ICF is hosting "The Art of Masterful Coaching", taught by MCC Julio Olalla, Founder of Newfield Network. For over 30 years, he has helped to shape methodology, ICF guidelines, and students worldwide and is considered to be a founding father of the Coaching Profession. Having just returned from keynoting at the ICF Global Conference in Madrid, it is a rare opportunity for him to do an event on the east coast. The session will be held at BWC Mission Center, 11711 East Market Place, Fulton, Maryland.

The International Coach Federation (ICF) had commissioned a global survey on coaching.

We invite experienced coaches, as well as those new to the profession, to join the Pittsburgh Coaches Association (PCA).

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