If you want people to get on board with your organization, business, or community and you want your to grow, you need to develop a culture with purpose. Create an entrepreneurial  board of directors.  #leadership #collaborativeleadership #culture #sparkplugs #entepreneurship

Having the right Board of Directors can make or break an organization, city, county, and even a business. Creating the right board that Thinks Like an Entrepreneur will build an environment around creativity, passion, and perseverance to grow your economy.  #boardofdirectors #leadership #sparkplug #organizationalmanagment

We all have "thinks" in our lives that are overdue for change - Ideas and processes that were great and revolutionary when new but need to be changed now. The time is now to increase your ability to feel uncomfortable. Time to take your mind where it doesn't ordinarily go and try to appreciate being unpopular.

Join us as we talk with Douglas L. Inman, Executive Director of the Portland Community Foundation in Portland, Indiana on the process of a Community Foundation becoming a  Sparkplug .   

Founded in 1951, The Portland Foundation is the second oldest community foundation in Indiana. It was created to enhance the quality of life for the people of Jay County, Indiana, now and for generations to come, by building community endowment, effecting significant impact through grantmaking and providing leadership on key community issues.   http://www.portlandfoundation.org/

Think like an entrepreneur - Popular thinking has often proved to be wrong and limiting. Questioning it isn't necessary hard, once you cultivate the habit. Challenging popular thinking requires a willingness to be unpopular and go outside of the norm. But when you do, you will see very different, and most likely, economically beneficial results.

When you think like an entrepreneur, you don't think like a popular thinker. Entrepreneurs are not popular thinkers. They take different paths. If you think like everyone else, you get what everyone gets.

Do you listen or do you just wait to talk? Join us as we talk with Bruce Feustel, former Senior Fellow with the National Conference of State Legislatures. He organized/ taught at committee chair and new legislator training seminars, produced CDs on “How to be an Effective Legislator,” as well as provide staff support the NCSL's Legislative Effectiveness Committee.

What does it take to create a creative thinking community? Can you teach a community how to think? Thinking like an entrepreneur requires a creative thinking environment. How does a community create one? Join us to find out.

Have you ever been wrong? Were you willing to admit you were wrong? What did you think of others that say you are wrong? They are ignorant; they are idiots; they are evil! Think Like an Entrepreneur - Become a Sparkplug for your community.

Sparkplugs and entrepreneurs take specific actions to get the results that they want. Success is a result of the right consistent actions. Learn what eight actions sparkplugs should take when generating that spark to move toward successful results.