UToledo Family Business Center

In a fast-paced world, most business owners lack the systems necessary for their organizations to thrive and go to the next level. The UToledo Family Business Center has partnered with Aileron to offer their custom-designed Course for Presidents, a game-changing approach to run your small business and raise your quality of life.  The Course for Presidents will teach you how to utilize Aileron’s proven Professional Management System so that you can confidently lead your company to meet your business and life goals. 

Introduction

To introduce participants to Aileron, their peers, and professional management.

• Welcome
• Who’s in the room?
• Your core thought
• Professional Management today 

Strategy

To equip participants with the courage and desire to understand the direction of the organization and the process to develop it.

• Strategic planning process
• Envision the future desired state
• Analyze the environment
• Establish strategies and objectives
• Plan for and review strategy execution
• Prepare for strategic planning 

Business Structure

To equip participants with the courage and desire to understand the high-level structure of the organization and the value they provide to customers.

• Generate a profit
• Attract, manage, and serve your customer
• Design the organizational structure and individual roles
• Improving your business structure

People Development

To equip participants with the courage and desire to grow themselves and other individuals within the organization.

• The need for development
• People development process
• Apply the people development process
• Development of your leadership team
• People development next steps 

Culture

To equip participants with the courage and desire to evaluate the environment, behaviors, and activities that bring the organizational beliefs and values to life.

• What is culture
• Culture definition
• Culture design process
• Culture alignment
• Culture monitoring
• Envisioning the future culture 

Organizational Performance

To equip participants with the courage and desire to visualize and improve systems and processes.

• The Red Bead experiment
• Develop a systems view
• A system to improve
• Measure the right amount
• Your organization’s system 

Leadership

To equip participants with the courage and desire to continually know and develop themselves. 

• Areas for leadership development.
• Emotional intelligence
• Effective communication
• Business acumen
• Maximizing personal performance
• Develop self 

Reflection

To encourage participants to process their experiences and provide feedback.

• Information overload.
• Professional Management tomorrow
• Feedback
• Your first step

Wes Gipe, Aileron Business Advisor, Facilitator and Leadership Coach
Wes Gipe works with business owners and their teams as a trusted facilitator, business advisor and coach. Known for his enthusiasm and high-energy approach, Wes’s willingness to boldly approach tough issues and go the extra mile have gained him loyal clients who look to him for help with strategic planning, leadership and culture development and conflict resolution.

What Participants Say:

“It has taken over 5 years, but I am now at the point that I do very little work ‘in’ the business and work almost entirely ‘on’ the business.” 

 “The impact we have seen though is fantastic and undeniable – higher employee engagement; increased profitability; leadership growth for not only the owners but the Leadership Team as a whole; a strong culture.”