Entreleadership Principles

On Friday about 40 people gathered at the Cardston Civic Center for the live Internet broadcast of Dave Ramsey's Entreleadership seminar. Attendees were mostly from the Cardston area, but since we were the only host location in Western Canada, we had people from as far away as Edmonton and Calgary. By all accounts it was a great success. A few commented that if they knew how good it was going to be, they would have brought their entire team from work.

The five and a half hours of instruction were a fire hose of profound business and leadership principles with a lot of laughs mixed in. I thought I would share some of the things we learned. I was impressed by the opening discussion about Entreleadership in general. Entreleadership is a word Dave Ramsey made up to describe principles of entrepreneurship and leadership, which go hand in hand for those running a business.

He defines a leader as a person who rules, guides, or inspires others, an entrepreneur as a person who organizes, operates, and assumes risk for a venture, and entreleadership as the process of leading to cause a venture to grow and prosper. He makes the point that organizations are never limited by their opportunities or their team. Rather, they are limited by their leader's capacity, intelligence, education, character, ability, and vision. John Maxwell in his book "21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" (a book I highly recommend) calls this the "leadership lid."

Leaders must continually improve themselves in these areas if they want their organization to grow and prosper. The seminar was geared toward business, but the principles apply to any kind of leader, including parents.

I've archived all of my past columns in a blog at http://dollarsandsense-dave.blogspot.com/. You may also join the "Dave Ramsey Fans of Southern Alberta" Facebook group by searching for the group name. If you have any comments or questions you can contact me directly at david.r.olsen@gmail.com.

Announcing Financial Peace University in Cardston!

We have just finalized dates for Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University (FPU) in Cardston. 

Free class preview: Thursday, January 13 from 7:30-8:00 pm at the Cardston Elementary School "Pit"
Dates and time: Once per week on Thursdays from January 27 through April 21 at 7:30 to 9:30 pm (13 classes)

Location: Cardston Elementary School "Pit"
Contact: Dave Olsen, david.r.olsen@gmail.com, 403-894-3741
Format: 1 hour of DVD instruction and 1 hour of class discussion
Cost: $125 per family (includes kids living at home) to Dave Olsen by January 14 (facilitator is volunteer position - cost includes audio CD's, book, and lifetime FPU membership)

Benefits: Over 750,000 families have taken the class in North America, and the average family pays off $5,300 in debt and saves $2,700 in the first 91 days. 
More information: www.daveramsey.com/fpu