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Unleash Your Business Potential: The Transformed Course for Presidents

Brent Welborn2025-05-02T09:22:43-04:00Aileron News, Business Structure, Culture, Leadership, Organizational Performance, People Development, Strategy|

Aileron’s flagship program, Course for Presidents®, teaches you fundamental skills to direct, operate, and control your business. Key areas of focus include leadership, strategy, people development, business structure, organizational performance, and culture. This in-person program offers a hands-on learning experience that's been transforming businesses for more than 25 years. We’re excited to share we’ve been enhancing and refining the [ Read More ]

Considering Course for Presidents? Here’s what to expect.

Brent Welborn2025-05-02T09:22:52-04:00Business Structure, Culture, Leadership, Organizational Performance, People Development, Strategy|

Our Course for Presidents alumni have consistently told us over the years that this program is a life-changing experience for the private business owner. It delivers insight and knowledge from people who get it, and everyday tools that impact their professional and personal lives alike. But, taking two days away from your business to work on your business can [ Read More ]

Leading a High Performing Board: The Relationship Between Business Owner And Outside Board

Brent Welborn2025-05-02T09:23:12-04:00Business Structure, Leadership, Organizational Performance|

Having an outside board for your business is one of the wisest decisions you can make for your company. This small group of professionals lends their time and expertise to support your company’s vision and help you grow. They can be key to a company’s sustainability. The benefits of working with an outside board are wide-ranging. You can [ Read More ]

What is a High Performing Board?

Brent Welborn2023-04-04T14:51:25-04:00Business Structure, Leadership, Organizational Performance|

Wisdom. Constructive accountability. Professional resources. A business owner should expect to receive these benefits, and more, from their outside board. Being a CEO or President can feel lonely and heavy with responsibility—but the support and feedback from a high performing board enables a business to reach its goals and grow sustainably. What Do Outside Boards Do for Private [ Read More ]

Dear Business Owner: Don’t Go It Alone

Brent Welborn2025-05-02T09:23:22-04:00Leadership, Organizational Performance, People Development|

A commonly held limiting belief in the private business community is that business ownership is a lonely, solitary journey. We often hear people say, “being a president is an inherently isolating role,” or “if you really want something done right, you just have to do it yourself.” We disagree completely. In fact, we see more often that the [ Read More ]

Professional Management is a Team Sport

Brent Welborn2025-05-02T09:23:57-04:00Leadership, Organizational Performance, People Development|

If you’re familiar with Aileron and the DOC System, you’ve likely heard first-hand accounts of the power of professional management — or experienced it yourself in your own organization. (If you haven’t, start here.) Professional management can transform a business, empower sustainable growth, alleviate stress, and improve the lives of every person in your organization. But if professional [ Read More ]

What is Systems Thinking?

Brent Welborn2025-05-02T09:25:38-04:00Leadership, Organizational Performance, Strategy|

Everything in a business – the people you hire, the vision you construct, the customers you serve, and more – is connected. Building a better understanding of the interrelated methods and processes at work is key to your ability to improve your business results. We call this approach “systems thinking.” The Aileron definition of systems thinking is: the [ Read More ]

What is Professional Management, and What Can it Do for Me and My Organization?

Brent Welborn2022-06-28T13:51:36-04:00Business Structure, Culture, Feature, Leadership, Organizational Performance, People Development, Strategy|

If you’ve spent more than a few minutes with an Aileron coach or community member, you’ve likely heard about professional management and how it can help you lead with confidence to build a sustainable, thriving organization. We define professional management as a systematic way to run a business. Specifically, we use the Aileron DOC System of Professional Management [ Read More ]

How We Did More With Less: The Value of Systems Mapping

Brent Welborn2025-05-02T09:26:18-04:00Organizational Performance|

We’ve all been there—stuck. We’re running fast, doing more, but not seeing the results. We’re making a lot of motion but seeing little progress. Sound familiar? It takes courage to step away from the rut and take a look at the whole system in question. But how do you take the first step? Recently, we sat down with Chuck [ Read More ]

How This Small Business Stopped the Finger Pointing

Brent Welborn2025-05-02T09:27:37-04:00Organizational Performance|

When a mistake or problem occurs in your organization, do team members usually blame a person? Or, do they take a step back and look at the system for answers? “Instead of anyone pointing a finger at a person if things go wrong, with a system’s view, we look at the system to uncover answers,” says [ Read More ]

Check the Pulse of Your Company Culture With These Questions

Samantha Johnson2025-05-02T09:28:30-04:00Business Structure, Organizational Performance|

In SnackNation’s early years, CEO Sean Kelly was afraid of hearing raw and honest feedback from his team. “Even though I cared massively about what people were feeling, and how they felt the organization was serving them, I was a little bit scared to get feedback in the most open and vulnerable way,” says Sean. SnackNation delivers healthy [ Read More ]

Run Your Business, Don’t Let it Run You

Samantha Johnson2025-05-02T09:29:40-04:00Business Structure, Culture, Leadership, Organizational Performance, People Development, Strategy|

Working long hours, not getting enough sleep, eating food based on what’s convenient, and missing out on time with your family… These and other stressors can be draining for a small business owner: physically, emotionally, and mentally. At times, it may even seem you have to keep sacrificing your health for the sake of your business. But health and [ Read More ]

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