“Verne’s principles have had a dramatic positive impact on our company. Over the past three years, his tools have helped propel our company to the Inc. 500 list (#17).” MARK HOLLAND, PRESIDENT AND CEO, ASCEND HR SOLUTION SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
“Verne has helped me grow my business [through Birthing of Giants and “Mastering the Rockefeller Habits”] up 27% from last year. Up TWENTY-SEVEN PERCENT! Vern helped me understand what measurements I needed to know and how to implement them. My profits DOUBLED from last year!” JOE PAPALIA, PRESIDENT, MUNICH WELDING LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
“I have integrated these principles into my organization and as a result, we have significantly strengthened our contribution to our employees, clients, investors and community. The bonus is that I have become a better leader, too.” CYNTHIA B. KAYE, PRESIDENT & CEO, LOGICAL CHOICE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. DULUTH, GEORGIA
“Verne is THE guru of fast growth companies. Those who listen GROW and SUCCEED...so listen...or read!” TOM PETERS
	BB&T cordially invites you to see for yourself what all this ‘buzz’ is about. Please come to:
		The Rockefeller Habits Workshop Presented by Verne Harnish June 6^th, 2007 Registration and Continental Breakfast at 7:15am Seminar begins at 8:00am, ends at 12:00pm
	At University of Louisville Business School Cost is $195 per executive No cost to Entrepreneur Organization members http://www.eonetwork.org Refreshments available during break
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP: Click here to register if you are an EO member (Download PDF and fax as per instructions). Click here if you wish to attend the workshop and are NOT an EO member (Download PDF and fax as per instructions). Contact Amy Leffert at 812-989-7811 or Kirk Hilbrecht at 502-314-2783 for registration details or questions. Click here if you wish to learn more about EO and potentially qualify to be a member (click here to see if you qualify).
	The workshop is organized around the highly regarded One-Page Strategic Plan document and one-page Rockefeller Habits Checklist. Topics covered include: • Cash Model – how to double your operating cash flow in twelve months • Market Intelligence – how leading firms “learn faster” to remain ahead of their competitors and to drive priority setting • People – how to select and hire A players and then avoid demotivating them • BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) – aligning it with your business fundamentals • Brand Promise – the key strategic decision that differentiates you from competitors i.e. “if you can’t state your strategy in a sentence, you don’t get it!” • Annual and Quarterly Focus – the most critical short term decisions an executive team can make to drive alignment and performance For more information about the Workshop, Directions and Verne Harnish, click on the links below: Directions Workshop Verne Harnish Biography Sponsored by: BB&T, University of Louisville Business School  and Entrepreneur’s Organization (Louisville Chapter)

Directions

Parking is available at the Speed Art Museum parking lot. Cost is roughly $5.
2035 S 3rd St
Louisville KY
40208-1812

~back to top~

Workshop Specifics

~back to top~

Verne Harnish

Verne C. Harnish

Gazelles, Inc.

21246 Dubois Court

Ashburn, VA  20147

703-858-2400, 703-858-2401 Fax

vharnish@gazelles.com., www.gazelles.com

Married to Julie and the father of three children Cameron, Cole, and Jade, Verne is the founder of two world-renowned entrepreneurship organizations, the Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization (YEO) and the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs (ACE), Verne is presently founder and CEO of Gazelles, Inc., which serves as an outsourced corporate university for mid-size firms and hosts a faculty of well-known business experts including Jim Collins, Geoff Smart, Jack Stack, Neil Rackham, Seth Godin, and Pat Lencioni and sponsors best practices trips to GE, Southwest Airlines, Microsoft, and Dell. 

The “Growth Guy” columnist for several publications and a contributing editor for Fortune Small Business magazine, Verne is the author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Fast-Growth Firm, which was released in April 2002 and has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.  Named one of the “Top 10 Minds in Small Business” by Fortune Small Business Magazine (FSB), he appeared on the cover of the Dec/Jan 2002 issue of the magazine. 

Verne chairs the renowned “Birthing of Giants” entrepreneurship leadership program at MIT and the MIT/WEO “Advanced Business Program”.  He also chaired for many years the leadership program for the Canada’s prestigious “Top 40 Under 40” program and is going into his sixth year leading an executive program in Malaysia entitled “Taipan, the Making of Asian Giants.”  He’s currently designing a similar program for Ireland to be held in 2007.

Given his expertise in the field of entrepreneurship, he has appeared on several national television and radio programs including Smart Money, CBS News, and Nation’s Business Today; and appeared in stories in over one hundred magazines and newspapers including Forbes, Inc., and The Wall Street Journal.

Verne has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Wichita State University. Hobbies include piano, tennis, and magic as a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.  Honors include National Leader of the Year for Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership honorary organization) and one of the first two recipients of the National Laureate Award for Leadership by Tau Beta Pi (Engineering honorary organization).

~back to top~