Speaking and workshops
Book Darrick Boyes to speak to your group.
Practical sessions for owners and leaders on building a business that runs without the owner. For chambers, boards of trade, associations, conferences and company teams.
Topics
Drawn from the 6 Steps to a Better Business.
Every session is built around your audience. Pick one topic, combine a few, or ask for the full 6 Steps.
The big picture
6 Steps to a Better Business
The full journey from an owner-dependent business to one that runs, grows and sells without you.
Step 1 · Mastery
Your time, your money, your plan
- Time management
- Money management
- Goal setting
- Building a strategic plan
- Be × Do = Have
Step 2 · Sales & Marketing
Sales and marketing that work together
- Sales and marketing
- The 5 Ways to grow your business
Step 3 · Leverage
Systems that run without you
- The four ways to leverage your business
- Nine steps to systemizing a business
- Delivery consistency management
Step 4 · Team
Teams and leadership
- Six keys to a winning team
- Management versus leadership
- Leadership
- Why motivating people does not work, and what does
- Hard things done right
Step 5 · Scale
Growing without breaking
- The 5 Disciplines of Exponential Growth
- Creating vision, mission and culture
Step 6 · Results
Value and exit
- Selling the business
- Building a business that is worth more
Making change stick
D × V + F > R
Dissatisfaction, vision and first steps: how owners and teams overcome resistance to change.
And much more. Have a topic that is not listed? Ask, and we will shape a session around it.
Formats
Built for your event.
Keynote
One big idea your audience can act on, built around your event theme.
Workshop
Hands-on. Owners work on their own business and leave with a first move.
Lunch and learn
A focused session for your members or your team over lunch.
Virtual
Live on Zoom, for groups anywhere in BC and beyond.
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