Thursday, November 30, 2006

Great Day

Today, I had a great day. I joined Kirk Lowell, John Forshee, Phil Gilliland and Deb Peters (Four Rivers Development Corp, Beloit) at the Kansas Bankers Association Economic Summit.

The Keynote Speaker was Boomtown USA author Jack Schultz. Many of us read his Blog http://boomtownusa.blogspot.com/ regularly. It was good to see him give his presentation live about “The 7 ½ Keys to Big Success in Small Towns.” His message was POWERFUL! It was fun to watch the delivery too. There was energy and commitment in every breath. Wow.

Before the meting started, I introduced myself. As a subscriber of this Blog, he chided me for not writing as frequently as I have in the past. Chiding is noted and I will write more frequently.

Let me give you a summary of the 7 ½ steps

  1. Adopt a “can do” attitude

  2. Shape your vision

  3. Leverage your Resources

  4. Raise up Strong Leaders

  5. Encourage an Entrepreneurial Approach

  6. Maintain Local Control

  7. Build Your Brand

7 1/2 Embrace the Teeter-Totter Factor

This is a teaser. Read the book. There are several in the Community. All the Commissioners got one two years ago. Once you read it, you will see that Concordia is moving in the absolute right direction.