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Southwestern Family Reunion in London
The United Kingdom Southwestern Family of Companies Family Reunion was ‘a smashing good time.’ We had Southwestern Alumni from all over the UK join together in London for companionship and sharing how working with Southwestern positively impacted their life and what they are doing now. One of the many inspiring Southwestern Alumni success stories from last night was Wall of Greats winner Elizabeth Garvey who shared that after developing her entrepreneurial skills at Southwestern, she went on to successfully start a growing chiropractic practice. Elizabeth said that her lessons learned from Southwestern about self-talk, creating and sticking to a winning schedule, understanding how to have persistence through obstacles and challenges, and never giving up have helped her have the confidence and skills she needed to succeed in business. This event in London was the 4th Southwestern Family of Companies sponsored “Southwestern Family Reunion” in 2019. These global SW family reunion events (two in the US and two in Europe) have been a highlight of the year. We are all a sum of our parts. The foundation that all of the 200,000+ Southwestern Family Alumni have created is the track for the Southwestern Family of Companies to run on. Without the […] Read More
January 1, 2020
Southwestern Coaching Focuses on Recruiting
We are pleased to announce that Dave Brown and Ron Alford have been promoted to Vice President of Recruiting for Southwestern Coaching, a division of Southwestern Consulting. In their roles, they will be responsible for creating and overseeing the daily recruiting activity of the company. They are also Senior Partners with Southwestern Consulting. In the history of Southwestern Coaching, there are only two people, Dave and Ron, who have earned the prestigious Trifecta Award for leadership through personal top-level sales, recruiting, and team production. Ron Alford has been with Southwestern Family of Companies for 20 years – six of those years with Southwestern Consulting. Whether speaking, coaching, selling, or leading, Ron’s all-in approach has resulted in incredible results for his sales, team, and clients. Ron is the co-author of the upcoming book Redefining Possible: Proven Strategies to Break Belief Barriers and Create Your New Normal. He currently holds Coaching sales records for personally generating the most lives changed (new clients) and the highest revenue. Ron lives in Seattle, WA with his wife Desiree and their three children, Van, P.K. and Hartley. Dave Brown has been with the Southwestern Family of Companies for 19 years – 13 of those years with […] Read More
January 1, 2020
Southwestern Speakers Promotes Emmie Brown to President
We are pleased to announce that Dave Brown and Ron Alford have been promoted to Vice President of Recruiting for Southwestern Coaching, a division of Southwestern Consulting. Read More
December 31, 2019
Five Steps to World-Class Customer Experience
Watch here or read below: Congratulations on continuing to the five steps. You’re a student of the game and one of the few people who really want to know how to improve. Here are five steps of world-class customer experience: 1: Be a Customer A good place to start is to be a customer of the things we sell. Ask yourself if you personally use the products your team is promoting and selling. If not, start there. BE a customer. 2: Watch What the Best Do Pay attention. Read case studies. I look at some of the largest and best companies in the world, such as Zappos, Apple, Tesla, and Google. What are they doing to overdeliver? 3: Get Feedback Talk to your customers. Create a customer review panel. No matter what your position is within the company, create a committee and ask your closest customers to give feedback. What did they like about what you did? What did they not like? How did you overdeliver? How did you underdeliver? 4: Find Ways to Overdeliver How can we overdeliver and exceed our customers’ expectations this year? What are the little things we can do to […] Read More
December 31, 2019
2020 Vision
Watch here or read below: 2020 Vision Happy New Year! We wanted to be the first people to welcome you to 2020! I know many of you are reflecting on 2019. Some of you had an awesome year, and some of you are saying, “Thank God 2020 is here!” Welcome to a new year and to unlimited possibilities. You can make 2020 whatever you want it to be. As you’re thinking about 2020, what is your vision? We’ve been reflecting on this at Southwestern Family of Companies. A good number of our 30 businesses had their best years ever. Some companies were re-tooled and re-fitted, so as we’ve thought about 2020 as a family of companies, we’ve come up with two themes for our vision for 2020. Theme #1: Recruiting A great leader is a great recruiter. Regardless of your position, you can be part of the attraction of joining Southwestern Family of Companies to make your job more fun, work with friends, and have the best people in the world partnered with you in our mission to make an impact worldwide. Theme #2: Customer Experience Over the past 160 years, we’ve heard, “Southwestern is the best at recruiting, […] Read More
December 31, 2019
CEO Corner: Finish Strong
It's not how you start, it's how you finish that defines you. Finishing strong is a habit. The winners of life all know how to finish strong.
There are three benefits why it should become a habit and focus. Read More
December 2, 2019
Family Member Spotlight: Southwestern Speakers 2020 Vision Showcase
Southwestern Speakers hosted a private speaker showcase for event planners in the surrounding Nashville area. The showcase featured speakers including Gigi Butler—founder of Gigi’s Cupcakes—Mark Brown, Brian Biro, Dr. Rhea Seddon and other thought leaders who spoke on relevant and trending topics related to Vision in 2020. Read More
December 2, 2019
Company News: ThinkingAhead is Poised for Continued Growth as Demand Rises in Executive Search
Often companies try to recruit and make offers on their own, but they end up with a 50% offer-to-acceptance rate. A big pain point is the ability to readily find quality candidates on their own and getting offers closed. That’s where ThinkingAhead, a member of our Southwestern Family of Companies and a top-rated Executive Search, comes in. Read More
December 2, 2019
Southwestern Alumni: Southwestern Family Reunion – Seattle
Southwestern Family of Companies hosted the Southwestern Advantage Family Reunion for alumnis in Seattle, Washington on November 14th. It was a night filled with people who shared how Southwestern has helped to positively impact their lives, and how they in turn have impacted the lives of people they have recruited and families who have purchased books. Read More
December 2, 2019
News
Southwestern Family Reunion in London
The United Kingdom Southwestern Family of Companies Family Reunion was ‘a smashing good time.’ We had Southwestern A Read More
Southwestern Coaching Focuses on Recruiting
We are pleased to announce that Dave Brown and Ron Alford have been promoted to Vice President of Recruiting for Southwe Read More
Southwestern Speakers Promotes Emmie Brown to President
We are pleased to announce that Dave Brown and Ron Alford have been promoted to Vice President of Recruiting for Southwe Read More
