	{"id":87866,"date":"2023-02-27T04:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T17:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=87866"},"modified":"2023-02-24T00:39:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T13:39:31","slug":"a-sharp-way-to-upskill-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/a-sharp-way-to-upskill-in-business\/","title":{"rendered":"A sharp way to upskill in business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A NEW business and professional development program will launch in Ballarat in March.<\/p>\n<p>Sales Shift and Sharp Accounting are partnering to deliver the local Sharp Summit Circle, which will aim to offer professionals a chance to learn, up-skill, network, and share their ideas about best practice.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative will be hosted by Glenn Sharp and Ewen Fletcher, with Sales Shift\u2019s Mike Boyd as facilitator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur program is based on a community approach,\u201d Mr Boyd said. \u201cIt revolves around a quarterly loop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a peer group session where members come together to gain insights, tools, learn case studies and scenarios, then they go away and implement that, and we support them with a coaching philosophy in between those sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an online portal, videos and a chat box so leaders in the Summit Circle community can chat amongst themselves about common issues. The process repeats four times a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Boyd said it\u2019s a unique program for the city, and one that would be ideal for diverse business owners, directors, and leaders of strategy who have a growth mindset, and are keen to help their team develop into the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA CEO said to me recently that being a CEO is often a really lonely place. They might be having resource and profit issues because of the economy, but who do they talk to for solutions without judgement?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key to our community is that we can offer a safe space with structure to talk about these things,\u201d Mr Boyd said.<\/p>\n<p>Five businesses and leaders are already signed up in Ballarat, from the agricultural sector to national brand sales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to put a mum and dad business and a global leader together, and watch them work together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ballarat program will launch on Wednesday, 1 March, 8am to 10am at The Goods Shed with guest speaker, professional cyclist Mark Renshaw, a member of Summit Circle in Bathurst.<\/p>\n<p>Summit Circle also operates in Toowoomba, Melbourne, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NEW business and professional development program will launch in Ballarat in March. 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