The Annual Management Society Leadership Conference is coming up on 30 September -1 October 2010. All chapter presidents and board members are invited to attend. The theme for this year’s conference is “Entrepreneurial Leadership.”  We have many great speakers and events planned around this theme. The keynote speakers are Mark Eaton—former all-star with the Utah Jazz; Chester Elton—author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, “The Carrot Principle”; and Gary Cornia—Dean of the BYU Marriott School of Management.

New events this year include an optional workshop on entrepreneurship for early arrivers and an optional spouse/guest tour at the BYU Museum of Art. As usual, this conference will be held at Aspen Grove and Brigham Young University’s Provo campus.  We are very excited about this year’s conference and hope all chapter leaders will attend! To learn more about the conference and to register, please visit http://marriottschool.byu.edu/conferences/mgtsoc .

Within the next 12 months we will grow the BYU Management Society into an international business association with over 5,000 paid, active members & 65 chapters worldwide.  Our primary aim is to extend the values & influence of moral and ethical leadership, the Marriott School & BYU, for the development of management & business leaders around the world.  To do so we will focus our efforts, meet purposefully, grow people, act professionally, think globally, align with BYU & the Marriott School & live the vision.

Mission

Growing Moral and Ethical Leadership Around the World

Objectives

·    1-Achieve 5,000 dues paying members by 9/30/09 – Troy

·    2-Create 5 new chapters by 9/30/09 – Chet

·    3-50 of our 59 chapters will have active executive committees by 9/30/09 – Brian Dixon

·    4-Raise $350K in scholarship funds by 9/30/09 – Lance

·    5-8 of 10 reg. reps will host monthly regional/Intl. conference calls  – Sonny

·    6-30 of our chapters will do a significant service project by 9/30/09 – Lance

7-15 of our chapters will host a training workshop by 9/30/09 – Brian Dixon

Strategies

·    1-Become known in the LDS community for growing moral and ethical leadership.

·    2-Core offerings: Monthly events with business speakers aligned to our mission.

·    3-Recognize businesses with moral and ethical leaders.

·    4-Help create and maintain effective boards to ensure active chapters.

·    5-Use strategic alliances with BYU, the NAC and other universities.

·    6-Use the BYU website to reduce workloads & demonstrate professionalism.

·    7-Enhance credibility and attendance by using a 12 month calendar of events.

·    8-Establish cultural beliefs through regular blog postings/social networking resource.

·    9-Improve communications with BYU Societies, Pub Affairs, LDS Emp, Wards & Stakes.

Action Plans

·    1-Develop & implement a reporting system that covers all major success metrics -Rixa

·    2-Conduct a major membership drive by 9/30/09-Troy

·    3-Dev/Imp a promo strategy 2 convince chapters 2 utilize MS/Website by 9/30/09-Joel

·    4-Design & produce a highly successful European & US leadership conference in 09-Bill

·    5-Strategize/implement a sys 4 using social networking with members by 9/30/09-Robert

·    6-Design and launch a recognition program for quality chapters by 9/30/09-Helena

·    7-Develop & execute a strategic alliance with LDS Employment by 9/30/09-Gustavo

·    8-Design and launch a program to provide internships for BYU students by 9/30/09-Ron

·    9-Dev/imp program 2 support int’l chapters thru US sister chapters by 9/30/09-HH/CH

Due to popular demand we are once again offering a series of live training webinars for chapter leaders to create  One Page Business Plans for their chapters.  And with increased webinar capabilities we can now offer this opportunity to an unlimited number of chapter members as well.  Our hope is that every chapter develops a One Page Business Plan to accelerate and focus their achievements for the upcoming year. 

 This training can also be applied to our member’s businesses and work environments.  Wouldn’t you like to have a One Page Business Plan for your company, department or profession?  It’s just one more benefit of membership.  To learn more about the One Page Business Plan visit their web site at www.OnePageBusinessPlan.com  Joel Deceuster, a member of the Marriott School NAC and our International Steering Committee is one of the nation’s  leading OPBP consultants and will lead the training program in support of one of our committee’s key objectives for 2009.  

Training Dates (It’s the same training material being presented on three different dates)

• Friday, April 24, 2009                8:00 AM PST – 9:30 AM PST
• Thursday, May 7, 2009              8:00 AM PST – 9:30 AM PST
• Wednesday, May 20, 2009        8:00 AM PST – 9:30 AM PST

How To Register

It’s easy and it’s free to register for the webinar at our website.  The Silicon Valley Chapter uses the website provided by the Marriott School for all management chapters.  So, you’ll go to our web site at  http://ms.byu.edu/siliconvalley and select the events calendar on the top navigation bar.  Simply look for the date of the event you’d like to attend and click it to be led to registration.  You may register for yourself and an unlimited number of guests.    See how easy it is to organize your chapter events and manage registration when you use the Marriott School website?  I set up these events in less than five minutes – it’s that easy! 

Two days prior to each event I’ll email the call-in instructions to all those who have registered.  We’ll be using GoToMeeting.com as our online meeting platform.  Instructions for connecting to GoToMeeting.com will also be included.  You’ll be able to listen, ask questions and see the presentation from my desktop on your very own computer.  It’s way too easy to participate and learn this amazing strategic planning process and accountability system. 

Attached is the Steering Committee’s One Page Business Plan for 2009.  We hope all of you will align your chapter plans to support it.  Joel

If you have any quesitons contact Joel Deceuster at Joel@FocusYourBusinessNow.com 

 But that’s just the start.  Do you want to know the real secret sauce for productivity?  Setting  goals is the easy part.  The hard part is executing them.  If you can execute, you can realize the results you want most in your life and business.  So, without further delay here’s my three-step system for getting things done.

The One, Two, Three of Getting Things Done

1.  Use monthly goals to achieve your annual goals.  That’s right, chunk those annual mountains into monthly hills.  By plotting out a monthly implementation plan for each annual goal you’ll always see what comes next.  And, as long as you know what comes next you’ll know what to do.  No anlysis paralysis, no delays.  Just take action on what comes next month by month.  List each goal and directly next to each create a list of monthly milestones that need to be achieved in order of priority.  It’s much less daunting to look at what’s next versus the whole enchilada all at once.  You can see yourself walking up a hill more easily than scaling a mountainside in one fell swoop. 

2.  Weekly planning every day.  What?  Does that make sense?  In my world it sure does.  I’m a big believer that you MUST create a strategic weekly plan at the start of each and every week.  And then, you must review that weekly plan each and every day.  Without such a plan and review you are vulnerable to the whims and wills of others and worst of all to circumstances that you think are beyond your control.  But a weekly plan is not just a list of apointments and tasks.  To be truly strategic I suggest you add the following components to your plan:  1) Your TOP THREE RESULTS to produce this week; 2)Your TOP 20 PHONE CALLS or connections that will produce revenue or move your business forward this week; 3) Your TOP TEN STRATEGIC PROJECTS for the week; 4) Your WEEKLY ACHIEVEMENT LOG where you list your weekly achievements so you can celebrate them at week’s end.  The last component to record on your weekly plan is the next step listed below. 

3.  Do your dials daily!  That’s right, do the things that you know will lead you to success each and every day.  Everyone’s dials differ from one another but at the end of the day everyone has a list of 3 to 5 “things” that need to be done on a daily basis in order to fill the pipeline, stay in business, produce revenue or futher the cause.  If you pay attention and measure your progress with these dials every day you’ll be doing what it takes to keep your annual plan fueled and flourishing.  Just as an airplane pilot focuses on 3 to 5 dials in his cockpit to stay on course, so you must also if you want to land your goals according to plan. 

There you have it.  The one, two, three of productivity.  Now, get busy!   

Joel Deceuster  (Chapter Trainer for the One Page Business Plan)

a.       At least 3 Executive Committee Members – with president elect

b.      Executive Committee meets at least quarterly – including conference calls

c.       Hold at least quarterly chapter events

d.      At least one attendee at Annual Leadership Conference

e.      One service event/program/project annually (community, to MS, scholarships)

f.        Participation in regional conference calls (at least one)

g.       Submit annual reports (surveys): financial/membership/activity

h.      Enter activities on website calendar

i.        Active up-to-date homepage

j.        Provide networking and employment  resources for members

Please post comments on what you think of the above.

It’s about what a small firm that has faced a natural disaster should do to bounce back but applies to any company at any time. You can find it on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxSBbsvQZno