Master of Ceremonies: Verne Harnish, the Growth Guy, CEO Gazelles Inc and Author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Fast Growth Firm

Excellence: Continuing the SearchTom Peters, Management Über-Guru and Author of The Little Big Things – 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence

The publication of In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Bob Waterman 30 years ago was a watershed in both business and publishing.

The book ushered in a management revolution, forever changing the way entrepreneurs and leaders viewed their relationships with their employees and customers. In this compelling presentation, Peters revisits these ideas and provides new insights for the contemporary business environment. The complete implementation of these ideas is arguably far more important today than it was 25 years ago, and the survival of your business may depend on it!

Leadership: Are You a Genius or a Genius Maker?Liz Wiseman, CEO of Wiseman Group, Former VP of Oracle University, Author of Multipliers – How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

In this highly engaging presentation, Liz Wiseman will share the research behind Multipliers and illustrate the resoundingly positive and profitable effect these Multipliers can have on organisations – enabling them to get more done with fewer resources, develop and attract talent, and cultivate new ideas and energy to drive organisational change and innovation. She’ll introduce the five disciplines that distinguish Multipliers from Diminishers. The good news is that these five disciplines are not based on innate talent; they are skills and practices that everyone can learn and apply. Just imagine what you could accomplish if you could harness all the energy and intelligence around you?

Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media and BlogsBrian Halligan, (LIVE via Satellite), CEO & Co-Founder of HubSpot

Brian Co-founded HubSpot, a marketing software company to help businesses transform the way they market their products by “getting found” on the internet. Since its founding, HubSpot has already accumulated over 2,900 customers. He is author of two books: Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs, which is in its fourth printing and has been translated into 6 languages. He also wrote Marketing Lessons From the Grateful Dead, published in July 2010. He is also an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at MIT.

Building Your Brand One Conversation at a TimeFrank Romano, International Sales Master and Sales Culture Development Specialist

In business, just as in life, conversational skills are vital. Conversations can win people over, impart information and create satisfaction. When you get the variables right – you have a Quality Conversation. Whether you are the CEO, head of your Department, in customer service, sales or both, you are the voice of the business. Get it right and success will follow. Get it wrong and you won’t have a call to answer. Frank will take you through the three key principles of quality conversations that your entire team in order to build the brand equity, increase customer satisfaction and take your sales to a new level.

Solving the People Puzzle – How to Attract and Engage Great PeoplePeter Rowe, Managing Director, Profitune and Author of Solving the People Puzzle

Are you responsible for staff and suffering from an Unsolved People Puzzle? In this dynamic presentation Peter will show you how to:

• Attract people with the potential to make your company great• Bring those people on board in a way that assures your mutual success• Allow each person on your team to reach their full potential• Hand over the reins and let your people drive your business – superbly; and• Craft a new role for yourself as the true “leader of your tribe“

DAY OnE: Preliminary Program

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DAY TWO: Concurrent Workshops

Please visit www.businessconnect.com.au for detailed workshop agendas

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11PLEASE CHOOSE OnE OF THE FOUR COnCURREnT WORkSHOPS. The workshops allow delegates to choose topics that are most critical to their business. The workshops will involve interaction, debate, discussion, and practical exercises.

Re-imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age Tom Peters, Management Über-Guru and Author of The Little Big Things - 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence.

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Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone SmarterLiz Wiseman is president of The Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development centre headquartered in Silicon Valley.

Precision Selling – Mastering the Mindset for Sales SuccessFrank Romano, internationally acclaimed award winning sales educator, and customer contact strategist. He has been instrumental in the design, implementation and training of management, sales and customer contact teams throughout the Asia Pacific Region, the Middle East, and the United States.

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Four key Decisions to Drive GrowthVerne Harnish, CEO of Gazelles, Inc, Founder of Young Entrepreneurs Organisation (YEO), Author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Fast Growth Firm

This workshop offers a rare opportunity to learn in an intimate and interactive setting with the world’s greatest management guru, Tom Peters who will cover:• Understanding the wildly altered global context

(technology, China-India, global terrorism) • Grasping the only answer: adaptive skills and bold-

breathtaking innovation (top-line focus rather than cost-cutting focus)

• How to race way, way up the value-added curve (implemented “game-altering solutions” rather than

“services,” “experiences” rather than “transactions,” and much more)

• In a Value-Added Exercise, pursue Ripe & Enormous “new” markets—Women, Boomers & Geezers

• Discover a “Roster” of Weird & Wondrous & Entrepreneurial “Talent” engaged in “Wow Projects”

• “Metabolic Leadership” (Passionate-Radical Leaders who instill a Discipline of Execution, a Quick Tempo-Adaptive Culture and an appetite to “Eat Radical Change for Breakfast”)

Workshop OutlineWe’ve all had experience with two dramatically different types of leaders. The first type drains intelligence, energy, and capability from the people around them and always needs to be the smartest person in the room. On the other end of the spectrum are leaders who use their intelligence to amplify the smarts and capabilities of the people around them. When these leaders walk into a room, light bulbs go off over people’s heads; ideas flow and problems get solved. These are the leaders who inspire employees to stretch themselves to deliver results that surpass expectations. These are the

Multipliers and the world needs more of them, especially now when leaders are expected to do more with less. The key outcomes in this highly interactive workshop are:• Introduce Multiplier leadership principles and the five

Multiplier disciplines to your management team• Build Multiplier leadership skills in one or more of the

five Multiplier Disciplines• Use Multiplier leadership to address a current challenge

or critical decision for your management team

In this revealing workshop , participants will learn how to make the leap from being just a typical salesperson, to a professional who is highly regarded and always welcomed by prospects and customers.• Understanding the conscious and unconscious patterns of

the buying process• Discovery and facilitation of the 7 buying strategies

• How to facilitate the customers motivation, decision and assurance to buy

• Discover the keys the buying and selling processes• Understanding your customer’s true motives and agenda• How to manage customer relationship expectations• Developing consultative expertise and understanding of

customer wants and needs

Workshop OutlineMost firms think they have a viable growth strategy, but they don’t. In this highly popular workshop, Verne will give you the fundamentals and ‘take away tools’ that drive sustainable growth, and take you step by step through his highly-regarded One Page Strategic Plan that previous attendees call “simple...brilliant...simply brilliant”.

The morning concentrates on assisting you in developing your own One-Page Strategic Plan document. Topics covered include: Cash Model, Market Intelligence, People, Core Ideology, BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal), Brand Promise, X Factor, Annual and Quarterly Focus. The afternoon centres on execution of strategic planning based upon the Rockefeller Habits checklist. Topics covered include: Rockefeller Habits Checklist, Meeting Rhythm, Metrics, Priorities, Organisational Structure and Themes.

ONLINE: www.growthsummit.com.au TEL: 1300 721 778 FAX: 1300 723 779 MAIL: Business Connect (Australia) Pty Ltd PO Box 2585, Strawberry Hills NSW 2010 Australia

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DatesNational Growth Summit ’11: Tuesday 15 February & Wednesday 16 February 2011

Growth Summit Workshops: Wednesday 16 February 2011

VenueSydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour

TimingDay One: 0830 – 1830

Day Two: 0900 – 1700

Summit Fees Include• Workbook and notes• Working lunch, morning &

afternoon tea• Cocktail party (Tuesday)• Networking Breakfast (Tuesday)

Earlybird OfferAll delegates who register and pay before 17 December 2010 will receive a $200 discount on the National Growth Summit fees. Become a member and receive a further $100 off. It’s FREE to join at www.businessconnect.com.au.

Group DiscountGroup Discounts are available for 6 registrations or more from the same business.

ConfirmationRegistration will only be accepted and confirmed once full payment has been received.

Cancellation Policy If you cancel before 17 December 2010, a $100 administration fee applies. After17 December 2010, tickets are strictly non-refundable. If, for any reason, you are unable to attend a substitute may attend in your place at no extra charge.

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