Malcolm Gladwell popularized the “10,000 hour rule” in his book, Outliers. The rule claims that a person requires 10,000 hours, or roughly ten years of practice, to become an expert.
Congratulations!
If you have 10 or more years in the biz, you're an expert.
Modern neurology supports Gladwell’s 10,000 hour rule and has found that patterns of behavior become ingrained and automatic after a similar length of time. This subconscious level of performance is touted as an advantage for the expert but…
What if those ingrained, automatic behaviors that come along with “expert” status are actually hindering your career or firm results?
Michael Porter, a leading authority on competitive strategy, claims that new entrants to a market have an advantage. He states “new positions that woo customers may not be obvious and require creativity and insight to develop them. Such creativity and insight is often lacking by established competitors and the opportunities are overlooked.”
As the expert, are you overlooking or ceding to new, more creative and insightful competitors?
We’ve all had the experience of spinning our wheels for hours on a problem or project, only to have the solution present itself after stepping away for some time. Or maybe a colleague walked over, looked at the problem and quickly pointed out the obvious. This may be what Buddhist’s refer to as “Beginners Mind”, or seeing something as if it were for the first time.
It is this new, entrepreneurial perspective that creates the curiosity, creativity, insight and innovation required to drive new positions, uncover solutions, and drive results!
The Entrepreneurial Edge
“Our minds are like parachutes. They work best when they are open.”
- Sir James Dewar
The Entrepreneurial Edge is an advanced facilitated workshop combined with a continuity and accountability kicker to help you achieve extreme results.
The Entrepreneurial Edge Workshop
Led by Brian Amann (My Story), The Entrepreneurial Edge workshop focuses on education and learning combined with the practical application of key concepts. The end result of the workshop will be a vetted plan of execution to take your firm or career to the next level.
Who Should Attend
CEOs, managing partners, firm leaders, practice leaders, managers, sole proprietors, and anyone seeking to take on one of these roles who are:
Frustrated that accountants work as hard or harder today to make the same amount of money as they did thirty years ago despite great advances in technology;
Passionate about making a positive impact on the profession, their firm, and the people around them;
Committed to growth -- personally and professionally;
Open to challenging the rules, and to being challenged by their peers; and
Committed to doing what it takes to achieve extreme results and program success.
This workshop is not for the faint of heart. We're not fulfilling CPE requirements here.
Investment
The financial investment for The Entrepreneurial Edge Workshop is $1,197.
Each exclusive workshop is limited to 10 participants. Participants will be selected based on information provided in the application. Only non-competing firms will be selected. If a conflict exists based on geography or specialization, selections will be based on the application responses. Earlier applicants will receive priority consideration. No payment is required at this time.