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The 2025 Violand
Executive Summit

July 23-24, 2025
Canton, OH
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  • $990 Per Person

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The Violand Executive Summit Experience

Choose 2 intensive sessions from 12 course options designed to provide you with tools you can use immediately to improve your business and professional skills.

Seize the opportunity to interact with other top industry professionals. Participate in informal get-togethers to share best practices and interact with other industry owners who play to win.

Real-world, hard-hitting discussions and lessons about topics specific to management and ownership of direct labor service small businesses.

Potential to spend one-on-one time with leading business development advisors in the direct labor service industries talking specifically about your individual company.

Choose from a variety of courses so the material covered is specific to your current business needs.

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The Courses

Owners and managers of restoration, plumbing, hvac, and other direct labor service companies will be able to expand their abilities relevant to leading their small businesses. During the 2-day program, you can take high-level training courses in 4 categories.

 

Leadership

Growing yourself, understanding relationships, high-level courses, change.

Human Resources

Organizational development, team building, creating culture, hiring/developing, performance assessment.

Sales and Marketing

Communicating the value and building awareness of your services to your customers.

Finance

The process of providing funds for business activities, making purchases, or investing.

The Certificate

You have the opportunity to receive a certificate in small business management.

To graduate with a certificate in small business management, you must complete one course from each of the categories plus four electives of your choice. You are welcome to fill your elective options from whichever category, or combination of categories, you choose.

Leadership

1/1
100%

Finance

1/1
100%

Sales And Marketing

1/1
100%

Human Resources

1/1
100%

Electives

4/4
100%
Custom Built for Direct Small Businesses in the Trades

University-Level Professional Development Program

Since 2005, Violand Management Associates has developed the Violand Executive Summit, the only university-level professional development curriculum specifically for leadership and management of small businesses in the restoration, plumbing, HVAC, and other direct labor service industries. The Violand Executive Summit is modeled after business retreats used by Fortune 500 companies for developing the leadership characteristics and the skills required for innovative management in the 21st century. The event is hosted at Kent State University – Stark.

By attending The Violand Executive Summit, owners and managers of businesses in the trades will be able to expand their abilities relevant to leading their small businesses. These include high-level training in sales and marketing, profitability, leadership training in today’s work climate, hiring top-level employees, increasing and understanding the value of emotional intelligence, and innovative ways to overcome challenges specific to our industries.

Our team of facilitators includes highly respected leaders and nationally recognized business experts that provide you with practical, actionable concepts and skills to create a learning experience that directly benefits the bottom line of your business.

Elevate Your Skills and Unlock Your Potential

The 2025 Violand Executive Summit

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7026 Mears Gate Dr NW
North Canton, OH 44720
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