Better Business Results

Seizing the Upside of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

On this episode of "Accelerating Progress," I interview Gary W. Patterson, widely known as The FiscalDoctor®. Gary has more than 30 years of top management experience with companies in supply chain, technology, service and distribution sectors for companies ranging from startup to middle market to Fortune 500. Several reached 10x compounded annual growth in revenue. Gary holds an MBA in Finance and Operations from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a BA in Accounting from the University of Mississippi, and is a Big 4 CPA.

Patterson is the author of Stick Out Your Balance Sheet and Cough: Best Practices for Long-Term Business Health, helps leaders unlock value with operational assessments or from risk management programs, and speaks on enterprise risk management, risk analysis, corporate governance, leadership, and the bottom-line impact of going green.

Accelerating Progress - Pam Harper Interviews Gary W. Patterson

How to Create An Effective Internet Strategy

In this episode of "Accelerating Progress" I interview Chad Barr, President of CB Software Systems and The Chad Barr Group, a Web, Internet and software development firms. Chad’s main focus has been in helping and consulting his clients to implement innovative web solutions, combined with practical marketing concepts while leveraging effective strategies. The company focuses on helping consultants, speakers, authors, entrepreneurs, small and medium size corporations leverage technologies and the Internet to dramatically grow their business. Chad and his innovative team create these dramatic results by developing web sites, blogs, e-commerce and e-business solutions, online communities - forum technologies, surveys, newsletters as well as consulting their clients on many areas and including the use of social media platforms. Chad has attracted clients from all over the globe such as: Pam Harper of Business Advancement Inc., Telarc International, Alan Weiss of Summit Consulting Group, State Restaurant Equipment, Suzanne Bates of Bates Communications, Patricia Fripp and many more. He devotes most of his time to writing, coaching, consulting, speaking, running his company and pursuing its vision. You may find him on his blog: www.ChadBarr.com or his web site: www.cbsoftware.com What do you do to synchronize your business and Internet objectives and what do you find to be effective? Please use the comment option below to let us know what you think. Thanks, Pam.

Accelerating Progress - Pam Harper Interviews Chad Barr

Getting Change Right: Creating Rapid Widespread Engagement

  In this episode of “Accelerating Progress,” I interview Seth Kahan, a Change Leadership specialist and award-winning blogger for Fast Company magazine where he writes, Leading Change (http://tinyurl.com/sethfast).

Seth worked at the World Bank for 13 years. Since 2002 he has consulted with leaders in over 50 world-class organizations that include Shell, Peace Corps, Marriott, Prudential, American Society of Association Executives, International Bridge Tunnel and Turnpike Association, Project Management Institute, and NASA.

Seth is a keynote speaker, delivering presentations to over 25,000 professionals every year. He is the founder of Seth Kahan’s CEO Forum, a community of CEOs working together to innovate through the current recession. His next book, Getting Change Right: Creating Rapid Widespread Engagement will be published in spring 2010. You can reach him at Seth@VisionaryLeadership.com.

Accelerating Progress - Pam Harper Interviews Seth Kahan

Five Steps to Sponsorship Success

In this episode of "Accelerating Progress," I interview Gail Bower, president of Bower & Co. Consulting LLC. Her firm assists clients with dramatically raising their visibility, revenue, and impact. Gail is a professional consultant, writer, and speaker, with nearly 25 years of experience managing some of the country’s most important events, festivals, and sponsorships and implementing marketing programs for clients. Launched in 1987, today Bower & Co. improves the effectiveness and results of clients’ marketing strategies, events, and corporate sponsorship programs.

A regular speaker about sponsorship, marketing, and events, Gail is also a trusted source for the media, quoted in Time, Meeting Professional International’s One+ magazine, Direct Marketing News, and online at The Chronicle of Philanthropy, among others. She’s the author of a guidebook for sponsorship sellers, titled How to Jump-start Your Sponsorship Strategy in Tough Times. Learn more at: GailBower.com.

Accelerating Progress - Pam Harper Interviews Gail Bower

How to Survive the Crisis of Entrepreneurial Adolescence

In this episode of “Accelerating Progress,” I interview Phil Symchych CA, MBA of Symchych Consulting, Inc. Phil is known as the The Entrepreneur’s Architect ™, and has over 20 years experience helping entrepreneurs in a variety of industries to grow their businesses and improve the quality of their lives. He consults, coaches, speaks and writes about entrepreneurial success.

Phil has has been published or quoted in the National Post, Globe and Mail, Leader Post, Star Phoenix and Western Producer. Phil’s holds a Bachelor of Commerce and M.B.A. degrees. He is a Chartered Accountant and Certified Management Consultant.

Most recently, Phil was nominated to the Million Dollar Consultan® Hall of Fame for his contributions to the profession and his client results. He is one of only 20 consultants in the world to hold this designation. He also won the timed slalom competition at BMW’s Advanced Driving Program.

Accelerating Progress - Pam Harper Interviews Phil Symchych

Marketing in a Recession

Shattering the Myths About What Works and What Doesn't
In this episode of "Accelerating Progress," I interview Linda J. Popky. Recently named one of the top women of influence in Silicon Valley, Linda is the founder and president of L2M Associates, Inc., a strategic marketing company that helps organizations dramatically improve their bottom line by more effectively leveraging their investments in marketing programs, processes, and people.

L2M enables a wide range of organizations from startups and small business to Fortune 500 companies to use their existing marketing resources as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Linda is a member of the Million Dollar Consultant ® Hall of Fame, as well as president of Women in Consulting (WIC), a collaborative organization of more than 400 seasoned business professionals in more than 30 consulting specialties.  She is a consultant, speaker, and educator, as well as the author of Marketing Your Career: Positioning, Packaging, and Promoting Yourself for Success  and the host of the Marketing Thought Leadership.

Accelerating Progress - Pam Harper Interviews Linda Popky

How to Stop Firefighting in Your Company

In my experiences consulting to companies that are going through extraordinary growth and/or upheaval, chronic “firefighting” (juggling a series of unexpected and urgent issues) is an issue that almost always comes up.

In this 3-minute audio clip, I provide guidelines for addressing for extinguish “fires” so your company can achieve even better results on a sustained basis.

Accelerating Progress - How to Stop Firefighting

How to Build a Product Development Portfolio in Tough Economic Times

Announcing Pam Harper’s New Podcast Series – “Accelerating Progress”

Tune in on a monthly basis as I interview some of the top thought leaders in the world on issues related to strategy, leadership, organizational growth, and business performance.  Podcasts can be accessed on iTunes, as well as through Pam’s Blog.

My first guest is product development expert Katherine Radeka of Whittier Consulting. We discuss "How to Build a Product Development Portfolio in Tough Economic Times".

Accelerating Progress - Pam Harper Interviews Katherine Radeka