Business Growth Workshop Aims to Help Mid-Market CEOs Overcome Obstacles to Achieving Sales Goals

GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (March 1) - Leaders of mid-market businesses focused on achieving rapid sales increases will find ideas for scaling up their business growth during a one-day workshop March 15 in Lombard.

David Baney, founder of 55 Questions LLC, and Ed Breclaw, CEO of Illinois Growth Advisors, will conduct the workshop, with content drawn from business author Verne Harnish's books, Scaling Up and Mastering the Rockefeller Habits. Attendees will learn the empowering benefits of attracting and keeping the right people, creating a differentiated business strategy, driving flawless execution and preserving cash to get through difficult economic conditions.

Registration fee is $595 for one or two attendees from the same company, $495 for groups of three or four attendees from the same company, and $395 for groups of five or more attendees from the same company. Doors open at 7:30a.m., with workshop sessions scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Workshop fees include breakfast and lunch.

For details or to preregister, contact David Baney at 312-752-0134 or dbaney@55questions.com. For online registration, visit www.cvent.com/d/0fqzcb. The Scaling Up Business Growth Workshop will be presented at the Lindner Conference Center, 610 East Butterfield Rd., Lombard, Ill. 60148.

"Leaders of mid-market growth companies will find new answers for organizational alignment and accountability when they attend the Scaling Up Business Growth Workshop," said Breclaw. "Workshop sessions also will provide guidance for accelerating business growth through competitive positioning and brand differentiation."

About the presenters

Dave Baney founded 55 Questions LLC to work with entrepreneurs and leaders of growth companies implement the "Scaling Up" process created by Verne Harnish, author and founder of the Gazelles International business coaching network. Baney has more than 30 years of executive experience at two Fortune 500 companies. More recently, he has helped more than 50 companies reach and exceed their growth objectives.

Ed Breclaw, CEO of Illinois Growth Advisors, is a certified Gazelles International coach who works with mid-market CEOs and entrepreneurs to help them overcome barriers to achieve profitable growth. A long career of corporate leadership has helped Ed develop a knack for listening to clients and asking the crucial questions to help them achieve their goals.