“Brian Brennan of Max Potential facilitated a customized instructional session for the Retail Sales and Customer Service teams at Gay Lea Foods. As the organizer of this session I was very pleased to see the feedback from the masses on approach and content of this session. “This was one of the most practical and most useful courses that I have ever participated in.” “Brian the instructor is one of the most personable, enthusiastic and engaging speakers I have ever listened to.”
Brian definitely spent many of hours customizing his program to cater to the needs of his audience at Gay Lea Foods and as result, the session was most informative, productive and according to my VP of Sales who also attended the session was most enjoyable. I have also included data from Brian's presentation to include in an instructional binder that will be presented to a new member of the Sales Team.
When I have another such training session for my personnel; I will certainly look to Brian to bring back the same energy to the Gay Lea family.”
Services
Business Mentoring
Sometimes you need a "soundboard" to hear out your thoughts and ideas to solve business problems or clarify some of your new ideas. The merits and possibilities are the focus. In the end we often generate new initiatives that might otherwise have been overlooked entirely.
We are seasoned professionals who have succeeded in many facets of running a business. We want to inspire higher levels of performance for you and your team to ensure that your dreams become a reality.
Mentoring assists you in making decisions concerning matters such as strategic direction, solving specific problems, optimizing personnel performance, ownership and management succession planning, overcoming family business issues etc.
We have a successful track record and we will share our perspectives and experiences with you.
You make the final decisions we help you make the best decisions possible for your business!
Executive Coaching
“Executives should seek coaching when they feel that a change in behavior – either for themselves or their team members - can make a significant difference in the long-term success of the organization.” Harvard Management Update.
Coaching is most often used to support top producers in an organization. It inspires faster development of interpersonal and leadership skills. Skills that are crucial for future success as organizational leaders.
In today's lean and fast moving business environment executives need a winning edge. Coaching can assist them not only with specific skills development but also assist them in working through specific situational challenges.
Our assistance is objective and focused on development of soft skills such as relationship development and effective communications as well as perspectives drawn from our own experiences. In situational discussions we offer a more comprehensive perspective of the issue at hand and a more complete discussion of the possible alternative solutions.
At MAX Potential we inspire better performance from the executives we coach and hold them accountable to deliver the expected results. Our role is to support their development – not to make decisions for them.
Expert Meeting Facilitation
Leaders often struggle with making meetings productive, engaging and focused. Many participants attend meetings with little or no preparation and as a result the meetings are not effective in helping you deliver tangible results. Valuable time is lost and overburdened executives become less effective that they should be.
This is not an uncommon scenario. It is often cited that people are too busy to plan their meetings well.
At MAX Potentialwe are experts at facilitating effective meetings and offering guidance to you and your personnel on how to be accountable for the results of your meetings.
Workshop Facilitation
Every business has unique requirements and challenges in their organization. It is virtually impossible to use a "cookie cutter" approach to learning and problem solving in your organization.
We have developed and delivered workshops covering many areas of Leadership and Communication.
Some examples of workshops that we have successfully developed and conducted include Personal Leadership Effectiveness, Team Building and Communication, Improving Customer Service, Professional Sales Development, Process Improvement and more. Your challenges are our business.
Our clients appreciate our ability and willingness to relate to their situation and address their needs without hesitation.
At MAX Potential we have tools that we prefer to use when appropriate such as the Insights Discovery® Personality Profile but we do not try to fit your problems into our solutions. Our only goal is to meet your unique learning and problem solving needs.
Inspired Team Performance
A senior executive is only as good as the team around them. We all know that this is true but developing and inspiring that team takes a lot of time, energy and expertise. A well developed team provides immediate and long term financial returns. Investment in developing your team is money well spent.
You do not have to develop your team alone. In fact, outside assistance is often preferred – that's where we can assist you.
Our focus is your success as a team.
Teamwork is much more than activities that you can do together. Real teamwork requires a deep understanding of each other at a personal level. Respect and trust development are key elements of the success of your team.
Team members need to be able to speak about difficult issues often in a conflicting environment to arrive at the best course of action for the company.
Identifying areas requiring attention, developing actionable priorities and executing identified initiatives is the process that we use at MAX Potential. We hold the team and individuals accountable for the delivery of agreed upon initiatives. Everyone needs to be held accountable for the delivery of expected results.
TEC Canada
TEC - The Executive Committee - is an international organization of more than 15,000 CEO's and Presidents of growth-oriented businesses.
It is the largest and longest established CEO membership organization represented in 16 countries around the world. Our network is extensive and easily accessed by members.
Our members meet monthly in small groups to share and explore ideas and information, share their experience and expertise and help each other tackle the challenges and opportunities of running their businesses.
TEC members ask to be held accountable for their decisions and actions. They get that from the other members and the Chair through the group and 1 to 1 meetings.
Knowing that you make the best possible decision is a challenge for any CEO. We provide the forum for CEO's to hear differing views form their own allowing them to reshape decisions based on feedback that they receive from fellow members. You might think of it as a partial cure for being "Lonely at the Top".
TEC members generally outperform competing organizations who are not members. Our approach to personal and professional growth of members contributes to them achieving the success that they seek.
Better Leaders – Better Decisions – Better Results