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ALLIED INSIGHTS
Welcome to Allied Insights. Each month we'll share relevant and timely insights, events, research, trends, benchmarks, and thought-provoking content geared at helping you run your business and life more efficiently and effectively and allow you to shorten your time-frame to your most important goals.  
This Month's Articles
Leadership tips for startups
By John P. Palen
If you are going to be an entrepreneur, be a smart one
I have worked with business owners for more than 30 years. There are three tried-and-true tenets that help startups become mature companies:

#1 Going completely solo is a myth
#2 Cash flow is king
#3 Passion is motivating

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Six Considerations for Your 2019 Business Resolutions
By Tom Vettel from Tom Vettel Advisory LLC

’Tis the season for setting & chasing new goals, dreams, and targets.  According to US News & World Report, 80% of resolutions fail before February.  While goals, especially in a business setting, tend to have more staying power than personal resolutions, it never hurts to run your new goals through the following stress test to improve your odds of staying with them through completion.

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Worth Re-Watching
Most leaders don't even know the game they are in
Trust and cooperation are not standard in our organizations and yet we know they should be. There are two attributes that every single leader has the opportunity to possess that will help them create the types of organizations we would be proud to call our own. Those two attributes are EMPATHY & PERSPECTIVE.

Simon Sinek's full keynote from John C. Maxell's Live2Lead event in Atlanta, Georgia, October 7, 2016.

UPCOMING EVENTS
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019 from 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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Wednesday, February 06, 2019 from 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Thursday, March 07, 2019 from 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
SAVE THE DATES: ALLIED EXECUTIVES EVENTS/ACTIVITIES
5/23/2019 – Private event: Casey Brown – Pricing as a Marketing Tool – 1PM – 6PM
6/7/2019 – Allied Activity: Allied Motorcycle Ride – 8AM – 3PM

Additional Activities in the Works
Additional information will be provided as dates and venues are confirmed.

June - Allied Activity: Golf Outing
July - Allied Activity: Saints Baseball Game
August - Allied Activity: Winery Tour
September/October – Annual Event: Business & Economic Outlook
November - Allied Retreat: Allied Member Retreat
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