ME, INC. asks the question what if individuals ran their lives like a top performing business? After all, the process by which struggling companies and struggling people make positive changes is very similar. Author Scott Ventrella has taken that initial concept and developed it into a personalized, individually customized improvement program–the Exceptional Living Plan that will enable you to move from the life you have now to the life you want. Just like successful companies do, you will set a plan forward to achieve your goals: Figure out what the life you want looks like. Determine who your most important customers are and gather feedback from them on how you can improve. Set priorities Collect data to determine how youre doing Make specific plans for implementing change. ME, INC. takes a highly proactive, no excuses approach to self-improvement. Whats more, this book doesnt offer a generic, one-size-fits-all plan. On the contrary, ME, INC. will give you the guidance and hands-on tools you need to develop a plan that you write, which is based on your values and priorities, and which works within the framework you determine, according to your timeline.
Book Details:
- Author: Scott W. Ventrella
- ISBN: 9780470117422
- Year Published: 2007
- Pages: 176
- BISAC: BUS060000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Small Business
About the Book and Topic:
ME, INC. asks the question what if individuals ran their lives like a top performing business? After all, the process by which struggling companies and struggling people make positive changes is very similar. Author Scott Ventrella has taken that initial concept and developed it into a personalized, individually customized improvement program–the Exceptional Living Plan that will enable you to move from the life you have now to the life you want. Just like successful companies do, you will set a plan forward to achieve your goals: Figure out what the life you want looks like. Determine who your most important customers are and gather feedback from them on how you can improve. Set priorities Collect data to determine how youre doing Make specific plans for implementing change. ME, INC. takes a highly proactive, no excuses approach to self-improvement. Whats more, this book doesnt offer a generic, one-size-fits-all plan. On the contrary, ME, INC. will give you the guidance and hands-on tools you need to develop a plan that you write, which is based on your values and priorities, and which works within the framework you determine, according to your timeline.
Author Platform: Scott Ventrella has made numerous media appearances, including on ABC News World This Morning, CNNfn, and over 70 radio programs. His plan was the focus of a feature in Elle magazines January 2005 issue about managing transition in your life the same way businesses do. He was also interviewed about ME, INC. by Cosmo magazine (May 2005) and the nationally syndicated radio show, “Leeza at Night” (December 2005). Consulting Activities: Ventrella will promote the book directly to corporations through his consulting business. He regularly delivers speeches to management groups and works with top-level executives at such major multinational companies as Starbucks, BMW, IBM, ExxonMobil, Mattel, and Amerada Hess. College Sales: Ventrella will sell the book to his students through the course he teaches at Fordham University, as well as to other colleges, universities, and graduate schools. Corporate Support: SAI Global plans to market his book through the companys extensive database (100,000+ companies and individuals). They have more than 7,500 total clients (organizations) representing more than 150,000 individuals and their clients include: BMW, BASF, Cisco Systems, Motorola, Verizon Wireless, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the US Food and Drug Administration. Direct Mail: SAI has an active mail list containing 60,000+ names. Once Me, Inc. is published, it will be promoted via the course calendar (3-part, four color foldout mailer) that is sent to the list two times per year. .
About the Author
Scott Ventrella (Ridgefield,CT) is a speaker, consultant and Executive Vice-President for SAI Global, an international consulting firm. He is an executive coach and lecturer at business and self-improvement seminars, and professor at Fordham Universitys Graduate School of Business. He has spent the last two decades developing his ideas into the unique, personalized improvement program that is at the core of ME, INC. He has counseled a wide range of clients, from senior executives at Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, BMW, and Starbucks to students enrolled in his courses at Fordham, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Columbia. He has also delivered seminars on the topic at a wide variety of professional, motivational, and business conferences.
