Let’s face it; you can do all the leadership development in the world, but if you aren’t leading leaders, there’s only so far you can go.  If you’re not leading leaders, you will consistently get sucked back into the minutia of your business or experience “upwards delegation”.

This workshop will help you identify which leadership blocks your team may be experiencing so that they can powerfully rise into the leaders you need leading your company.  In this session, you will dive deep into “the underbelly of growth” to unlock the next level of leadership for yourself and your team.  You will find the content of this session will dramatically improve your leadership not only in the business, but at home as well.

Speaker Kelly Clements will bring her concept of Omega Leadership to help you overcome power struggles and evolve from a team that’s surviving to a team that’s thriving. This is the perfect event to bring your key executives or your integrator to attend! Then join us for a social from 5pm to 6pm.

Open for all Members plus one guest, Spouses, Strategic Partners, Key Executive, and Prospective Members! Additional guests for $100. 

Who is Kelly Clements?

Kelly Clements specializes in helping her clients achieve greatness in their careers while fostering deep, meaningful connections with their significant others. Her professional journey, coupled with personal experiences, led her to understand the importance of maintaining work-life balance and honoring evolving relationship dynamics. Following her divorce, Kelly recognized the need for support tailored to partners of driven individuals, inspiring her to develop The Entreprenewer—a revolutionary approach that addresses the unique challenges faced by entrepreneurial couples. Through her work, Kelly empowers her clients to rediscover themselves and strengthen their relationships within a supportive, neutral environment.

Join us for a keynote from Colin Campbell, serial entrepreneur and author of the book "Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat: Serial Entrepreneurs' Secrets Revealed". Colin will discuss how the right mix of story, people, money and systems exponentially increases your company's revenue and profit. Learn the strategies that enable a select few to achieve monumental growth.

Also joining us for the event is Jesse Lipson -- EO Emeritus sponsor, Co-Founder of ShareFile (sold to Citrix) and Founder and CEO of Levitate -- who will briefly share with us the story of his entrepreneurial journey.

You're welcome to bring guests such as key executives or prospective members to this event for free! Then join us for a social afterward where we can connect and discuss our business aspirations.

Who is Colin Campbell?

Colin C. Campbell has been a serial entrepreneur for over 30 years and founded and scaled various internet companies that collectively have reached a valuation of almost $1 billion. Having successfully navigated the exits of companies like Tucows Interactive, Internet Direct Canada, Hostopia, GeeksForLess, and .CLUB Domains, Campbell has not only cemented his name as a start-up expert but has also collected an array of accolades – including spots on the Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000 rosters for several years in a row.

A sought-after speaker in the world of entrepreneurship, Campbell has spoken at several high-profile universities and events. He also leads Startup Club, with almost one million members continuing to share his experiences as he interviews experts, authors, and serial entrepreneurs.

Unlock the secrets to hiring success with Cyndi Gave and join us at Fullsteam RTP for an insightful journey into proven selection processes that enhance your ability to attract exceptional talent.

Event Highlights:

Interactive Learning Session (3:30 pm - 5:00 pm): In this fast-paced session, Cyndi will guide you through selection processes and techniques designed to improve your chances of hiring top performers. Engage in a hands-on executive hiring simulation, where you'll define needs, screen candidates, and objectively evaluate qualifications.

Social and Optional Beer Tasting (5:00 pm - 6:30 pm): Following the learning session, unwind during our social event with an optional beer tasting. Connect with fellow members, share insights, and continue the conversation on successful hiring practices.

Interactive Demonstrations Include:

• Specific job definition

• Candidate selection criteria

• Behavior-based candidate screening

• Candidate comparison analysis

Value to Participants:

• Acquire a powerful selection process that ensures you identify and hire top talent.

• Discover how your unique style, motivators, and personal skills can be leveraged for hiring success.

• Gain a better understanding of your team members, fostering enhanced team dynamics.

Don't miss this opportunity to revolutionize your hiring approach. Reserve your spot now for an afternoon of impactful learning and connection at Fullsteam RTP!

Secure your seat and elevate your hiring game! Register now.

Join us at The Umstead for an evening of camaraderie and anticipation as we bid farewell to this fiscal year and welcome the next, marking the transition of leadership within our board.  We will also be raising a glass to toast the remarkable achievements of our members through member-chosen awards.

This celebratory event offers a platform to connect with fellow EO members and strategic partners, reflecting on the accomplishments of the past year and looking forward to the exciting possibilities that the upcoming year holds. Live music, tempting hors d'oeuvres, and delightful desserts will create an atmosphere of celebration and community as we toast to the transformative journey from one fiscal year to the next.

Register yourself and your plus one to RSVP and be part of this memorable evening as we embark on a new fiscal year with enthusiasm and shared ambition for our EO chapter! 

Our Dine Arounds have been a resounding success because they provide a unique opportunity for EO members and spouses to step into the homes of other EOers and expand their networks beyond their forum. 

The goal is to bring together people who may not already know each other, fostering additional chapter connections that enrich our EO experience. So, get ready for an evening of friends, food, and fantastic company, and let's make new connections!

Hosts Needed! 

If you would like to be a Dine Around host for this event, please reach out to Amy ASAP at amy@eoraleigh.com!

This is sure to be a fun and delicious night!

Join us for an exhilarating learning experience with Matthew Pollard, renowned speaker and business growth expert. In this power-packed session at Drive Shack from 3pm to 5pm, Matthew will unveil the secrets to achieving rapid growth effortlessly. After the talk, enjoy connecting with other EO'ers over dinner and the chance to showcase your golf skills by hitting balls off the bays from 5pm to 7pm.

• Key Takeaways:

  • Systemize your Sales Process.

  • Differentiate, Simplify, and Unify your Message.

  • Uncover the secret to crafting laser-sharp true stories that make prospects say, “I want that!”

Matthew Pollard's insights draw from his vast experience, offering practical strategies that can transform your approach to business growth. Don't miss this opportunity to learn and network in a dynamic setting. Secure your spot now for an event that promises not just learning but also a fantastic evening of camaraderie and fun!

Who is Matthew Pollard?

Matthew Pollard, a true business luminary, conquered paralyzing introversion to emerge as the top sales performer in the largest sales and marketing company in the southern hemisphere. By the age of 30, he achieved the remarkable feat of spearheading five multi-million-dollar business success stories. His transformative touch extends to over 3500 client businesses across diverse industries, marking him as a standout figure in the international business arena.

As an award-winning sales and marketing blogger, Matthew's insights resonate globally. Notably, he is the visionary Founder and Executive Director of the Small Business Festival, recognized by Inc. as one of the top five business conferences in the nation. His journey is a testament to overcoming obstacles and achieving unparalleled success in the business world.

This Breaking Barriers Dinner can be best described as Forum for a night, on a specific topic. The topic for this event is Adopting a Progress versus Perfection Mindset, and our Emeritus Sponsor Chris Cashin will moderate this discussion at Transcend Leadership Center!

Have you wanted to get to know other EO members on a deeper level but don't have time to add an additional forum commitment? Do you find yourself focusing more on making progress and learning from mistakes, or are you fixated on achieving perfection and avoiding failure? Do you regularly set realistic goals and celebrate small victories along the way, or do you tend to get discouraged by setbacks and setbacks?

Take this evening to pause over dinner and drinks in a confidential space and explore these questions and more with your fellow EO'ers. Space is limited to 8 EO members to keep this as close to a forum experience as possible.

For this year's Signature Event, join us for a morning workshop on The Gift of Focus with Dandapani! We'll have a soft start with coffee and a light breakfast at 8:30 am followed by a workshop from 9 am to 12 pm. You and your guests will learn practical tools & insights to help you lead and sustain a purpose-focused life! Then stay for lunch and connect with other EO'ers until 1 pm.

From the mundane to the important, from the habitual to the occasional, all tasks have a purpose. So shouldn’t life have a purpose as well? When you are clear on your purpose in life, you can build your entire life around it. But in order to know our purpose in life we must have the ability to focus so we can sustain a state of self-reflection long enough to discover what it is we want out of life.

With clear definitions and practicable exercises, Dandapani turns learning how to focus into a simple part of your everyday routine, resulting in sustainable change.

Whether you are seeking better results as a parent, a leader, or even a listener, this workshop will illustrate how practicing the skill of focus can drastically improve productivity, relationships, mental health, and happiness and permanently lay to rest mental maladies such as anxiety, stress, worry, fear, and distraction. And ultimately gifting us the ability to direct awareness and energy toward achieving our life goals by living a purpose-focused life. He’s received rave reviews from around the world and it is an event you won’t want to miss.

EO Raleigh Durham members, SLPs, Prospective Members, and Strategic Partners may attend for free, and all other attendees may attend for just $100. Every participant will receive Dandapani's book.

Who is Dandapani?

Dandapani is a Hindu priest, entrepreneur, and a former monk of 10 years. After graduating from university with a degree in Electrical Engineering he left it all behind to become an ordained Hindu monk under the guidance of one of Hinduism’s foremost spiritual leaders of our time, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. For 10 years he lived a life of serious personal discipline and training at his guru’s cloistered monastery in Hawaii.

When his vows expired, he chose to venture out into the world making New York City his home. He works with entrepreneurs and some of the top athletes in the world in helping them understand and leverage their minds so that they can be the best at what they do. He does this by empowering them with tools and teachings that have been used by Hindu monks of his tradition for thousands of years. Among his clients are companies such as Fortress Investment Group, ICONIQ, McKinsey, AmericanExpress, Bloomberg LP, Sprinklr, Nike, Ribbit Capital, RedVentures, and more. 

His book, The Power of Unwavering Focus, published by Portfolio and Penguin Random House is being translated into 23 languages. And his TEDx talk has over 6.5 million views. He currently lives in Nosara, Costa Rica, where he and his wife are passionately creating a 33-acre Hinduspiritual sanctuary and botanical garden to further their mission.

Join us for an exclusive Tenured Member Dinner at the Bridge Club, home of Ashley Christensen's restaurant Death & Taxes!

We'll connect with our fellow EO'ers and enjoy hors d'oeuvres and a family style 3-course meal together. This is the perfect opportunity to connect with EO'ers who you may not have seen in a while.

5+ year members and emeritus sponsors are welcome to attend, and space is limited to 14 guests, so register today to RSVP!

Celebrate the Women of EO!

Join us for our Annual Women of EO event at The Umstead Hotel & Spa! This year, we will meet for lunch in Herons and, immediately following lunch in the private room, we will head to the Umstead Spa to treat ourselves to spa treatments*! Due to space limitations, this lunch is limited to 11 attendees.

Life as a female entrepreneur is tough, and we all deserve a bit of pampering. We'll also be able to enjoy the spa amenities, such as the steam room, sauna, and whirlpool while we chat about our businesses challenges and successes.

Join us for a romantic night at Mothers and Sons at 5:30pm. We'll socialize and enjoy light bites and wine until the workshop kicks off at 6pm. Then we'll have a family style dinner after the workshop at 7:45pm.

Each couple will have their own table during the workshop so they can have privacy as they talk through the 7 principles. This workshop is geared towards partners in long-term relationships, and if you would like to bring a close friend if your partner is unable to attend, you're welcome to do so.

Welcome to Date Night Discovery - an event that will refresh, and reconnect couples in a fun and entertaining way. Whether you’re dating, married for 30 years, or just getting off the newlywed train, this date night will light some sparks for you and your partner.

Great relationships don't just build themselves. Just like your business, you need to invest time and understanding to nurture and build your most important relationship.

What to Expect:

The session is filled with storytelling, short informational pieces, and fun exercises for couples. The focus is on deepening relationships and connecting couples in new ways. The 2-hour session is based on the #1 best selling relationship book (of all time) by Dr. John Gottman: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. We’ve top-graded this science backed book, and deliver the best parts in bite sized nuggets. This session was developed specifically for Entrepreneurs, who want to maximize their learning. We’ve been told it’s like getting a full marriage retreat in 2 hours.

Space is limited to 40 attendees, so RSVP today to reserve your space!

Get ready for a fabulous time at John and Melanie Hoy's beautiful home in Durham!

It's EO's biggest party of the year!

Picture cozy indoor and outdoor spaces, all set up to keep you comfy while you hang out with other EO members and their plus ones. We're serving up a wine tasting led by an expert, live piano music for a great atmosphere, and mouthwatering food.

Mark the date! You definitely don't want to miss this event!

Whether you're a cocktail enthusiast wanting to learn how to make your favorite drinks with your fellow EO'ers or would like to try a new skill, this holiday-themed mixology class is for you!

A certified mixologist will guide you in learning how to make drinks while you actively mix and make the cocktails yourself, and, of course, you then get to drink your tasty concoctions! All tools and ingredients are provided for you to craft your cocktails. You just show up, mix up, and sip up! Space is limited and you’re welcome to bring a guest, so register today!

Let's celebrate Women's Entrepreneurship Day together and learn all about The Fab 4! We'll kick off the morning with a light breakfast and mimosas in One City Center's top floor clubhouse. Then we'll hear 4th generation entrepreneur Jes Averhart talk about Unlocking the Keys to High Performing Teams. We'll have time for breakouts and Q&A. You'll leave feeling refreshed and excited to see how you fit into the puzzle of your business!

This is the perfect event to bring a potential female EO member to attend! You're welcome to bring one key executive for free and additional key executives for $50 per person.

Have you ever noticed that you find certain aspects of your role at work energizing… and other aspects absolutely exhausting? You look over at your coworker happily working away on the thing that makes you want to pour a stiff drink and wonder… How does she do it? Well, the logic puzzle might be simpler than you think.

Enter the Fab Four.

In this session, we'll take a look at high performing teams and the four key contributors that are necessary to support extraordinary results.At the end of the session, each participant will:

   1) Learn the four types of contributors essential for high performing teams.

   2) Identify which one of the four contributors they are and which key roles might 

      be missing.

   3) Better understand the key success drivers in each lane of influence.

Who is Jes Averhart?

Jes Averhart is a 4th generation entrepreneur, creator of Reinvention Road Trip® and 3x award-winning author. Over the last two decades, Jes has worked with a portfolio of Fortune 500 companies, public sector organizations and high-performing individuals interested in increased personal growth and greater professional impact.

As a master-certified life coach, Jes has two decades of cross-industry corporate engagement having worked with Research Triangle Park companies, Google for Startups, Amazon, Fidelity Labs, Cisco, Wells Fargo, Palo Alto Networks and Blue Cross Blue Shield to name a few.

In 2015, Jes co-founded Black Wall Street Homecoming, a nonprofit aimed at closing the funding gap for Black and Brown tech founders. While earlier in her career, she provided production management services for the likes of the Cincinnati Bengals & Cleveland Browns (NFL), Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), the Procter & Gamble Company and Pepsi Cola North America.

Join us for a learning event with our longtime member and past President Matt Zemon at Lulu Bang Bang from 4pm to 5:30pm! Then stay for a social from 5:30pm 7:00pm.

Matt Zemon doesn't believe everyone should take psychedelics, but he does believe that psychedelics are for everyone.

Psychedelics and entrepreneurs are a natural pairing for two reasons: one, entrepreneurs are generally risk-tolerant with a proclivity for experimentation, and two, probably more significantly, they are often in pain.

Many entrepreneurs experienced the phenomenon of "early promotion", meaning they were promoted into adulthood at an early age due to adversity of some sort. While the histories and wounds are different for every entrepreneur, redefining of purpose is a common unifier. In this interactive, humorous, and intimate session, Matt will share personal stories and medically-reviewed information on all aspects of psychedelics.

Objectives: 

• How psychedelics are being used for anxiety, depression, and optimization

• Microdosing

• The law

Entrepreneurs are in crisis. We know the stress we endure damages our minds and bodies. But what does it ultimately cost? During the Broken to Brilliant workshop, you’ll find the answer for yourself and learn from your peers. Chelsea Avery will show you how to use your personal health and performance as a superpower to become more successful using modern mental health science.

Join us for this 90-minute workshop geared towards entrepreneurs with tangible takeaways for your mental health. You'll find out if you're living in the performance zone and then we'll have time to connect at a social immediately following this workshop.

3 Takeaways:

• Understand how entrepreneurs’ minds are different.

• Know the five common pitfalls and how to avoid them.

• Unlock performance by improving health.

Due to the sensitive nature of the topics discussed, this event is for entrepreneurs and strategic partners only. Our members are welcome to bring a business partner or a prospective member to attend this event.

Who is Chelsea Avery?

Chelsea Avery is a social worker turned entrepreneur who knows our minds are the most powerful tool we have for creating our reality and experiencing life. She received her Master's Degree in Social Work and spent her early career in the nonprofit world. Chelsea began her entrepreneurial journey shortly after coaching her husband to become the youngest world champion of public speaking in history. They founded their communication consulting firm in 2012.

As someone who has lived with generalized anxiety disorder and depression since being diagnosed in her early teens, Chelsea deeply understands the cost of poor mental health and the effect it has on all facets of life. She is a transformational coach, speaker and writer, based in Colorado.

Chelsea and the team behind Founders First are passionate about helping entrepreneurs achieve their wildest goals, while preserving the excitement and energy they had when they first started their companies through the power of modern mental health science. The systems and science used within Founders First connects entrepreneurs with themselves, unlocking their true brilliance by protecting their minds so they can be healthy and happy as they grow their businesses and change the world.

Leading a high-trust, high-performance team that gets results is possible. It's also possible to do it blame-assigning without putting in more hours and working harder. Creating an ownership culture free of drama, victim mentalities, and blame-assigning helps leaders leverage their most valuable asset--their team members. This interactive workshop will give you the practical skills you need to eliminate all the excuses not only from your team but every relationship today.

We teach what we know, but we produce how we are, so the best way to coach the drama out of your team is to become a dream coach. Great coaches and leaders are not born; they are developed. That's good news. It means we can learn the tools we can use to draw out the best in our people. You can learn these secrets too, and it's not as hard as you think.

Learning Objectives:

• Discover the two trust-building skills necessary to create buy-in with your team Understand how to remove emotion from situations to facilitate change

• Master the art of coaching through the GPS MethodologyTM

• Develop the two skills for giving effective feedback that won't leave your employees feeling defensive

• Learn the coaching questions that are guaranteed to create ownership within your team and the one question to never ask

• Increase your ability to discern motives so you can skip the drama and get to the heart of issues faster

• Develop two core competencies guaranteed to help you build trust with anyone

Who is Dennis McIntee? 

Dennis McIntee is a Keynote Speaker, author and consultant. He travels across the United States, speaking at leadership summits, management training events, and conferences. Many people already know him as "The Drama Free Guy" because he understands that if you eliminate unhealthy drama in the workplace, your team will thrive and succeed. Dennis is the author of The 8 Qualities of Drama Free Teams, The Power of Pursuit, Drama Free Teams in Healthcare, Drama Free Productivity, and Drama Free Relationships. In addition to being a keynote speaker and author, he is a leadership consultant who is passionate about helping leaders create high-trusts, high-performance cultures.

Join us for breakfast with our Strategic Alliance Partners as we kick off our new EO year!

Our partners are experts in their fields and have a wealth of knowledge to share with our chapter.

We'll have time to socialize and will briefly hear about topics that each of our partners can present during the 4th hour of your forum in the coming year.

One day you may find yourself in a crisis for which you have no formal training. As the crisis unfolds the situation becomes increasingly dynamic and unpredictable with every passing moment:

Sitting in the passenger seat of a jet airliner have you ever wondered, if the situation presented itself, could you safely land the plane if no one else could? If you had help from another passenger, how would you work to solve a problem neither of you had the training to solve? 

We'll take you there in this challenging, fully immersive flight simulator experience!

We'll kick this event off with an introduction from Tom Armstrong, commercial pilot and owner of Aero Strategies Group, and then we'll have the opportunity to fly a 737 airplane simulator with a partner and compete to see who has the best landing.

Our attendees can watch the landings on screen while socializing and completing emergency landing scenarios with each other.

We'll have time to socialize while enjoying dinner and drinks and then will wrap up with key takeaways on how these crisis management techniques apply to business.

Key Takeaways:

• Fostering a “Take Charge” mindset to all members of a team 

• Aviation - Crew Resource Management (CRM) applied to business 

• Aviation - Threat Error Management (TEM) applied to business 

• Threat Mitigation to deter Risk Aversion 

• Planning Principles - Action versus Reaction

Who is Tom Armstrong?

Tom Armstrong is the founder and managing director of Aero Strategies Group (ASG), a Raleigh-Durham based aviation training center providing simulator training and leasing services to commercial airlines, corporate flight departments, flight schools, and general aviation. Additionally, Tom is a full-time airline pilot as a Boeing 767 captain with a global charter airline. Before entering the airline industry, Tom began his aviation career flying special mission aircraft for US government flight operations throughout the world. Prior to aviation, Tom served in the United States Marine Corps as a Recon Marine and Combatant Diver.

EO has a ton to offer at the local chapter level and beyond! New and even seasoned members are still working to “squeeze all the juice” out of EO. Come attend an event to listen to your local Chapter Members share how they have “Maximized Their EO Journey” in all they have experienced within our chapter, outside of our chapter and in leadership roles.

This will be a high value experience for both new and tenured members who want to get even more out of their EO experience. We hope to see you there!

This event will be held on the top floor of Wyrick Robbins' offices! Immediately following the panel discussion we'll have a boozy ice cream social with ice cream provided by our members at Andia's Ice Cream! We'll have alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink options available as well.

Here are the EO members who will share their experiences with our chapter:

• Dave Spannhake - Board experience, GLC, Nerve

• Karen Albright - Board experience

• Dave Hunt - Entrepreneurial Masters Program

• Joe Torres - Board experience, GLC

This Breaking Barriers Dinner can be best described as Forum for a night, on a specific topic. The topic for this event is Finding Your Why, and our longtime member Sharat Nagaraj will moderate this discussion at his office!

Have you wanted to get to know other EO members on a deeper level but don't have time to add an additional forum commitment? Are you feeling like you're going through the motions in your life and haven't taken time to re-evaluate your purpose recently? Are you wondering what is next for you, but don't know where to start?

Take this evening to pause over dinner and drinks in a confidential space and explore these questions and more with your fellow EO'ers. Space is limited to 8 EO members to keep this as close to a forum experience as possible.

You're invited to celebrate EO Raleigh Durham's 25th Anniversary! We'll kick the evening celebration off with a reception, and then we'll have a round table with Randy Nelson and other founding members of our chapter on how it all began.

Join us for dinner and a brief awards celebration to honor the David Fitchett Award Recipient of 2023. After the awards, we'll hear EO Talks on How EO Changed My Life. Select past and current members will share their story about how being a member of EO has impacted their personal trajectory and helped them find their passion.

EVENT AGENDA

• 6-6:30 PM: Reception/Open Bar

• 6:30-7:30 PM: How It All Began: Roundtable Facilitated by Randy Nelson; with Mike Malone, Fielding Miller, Chris Judy & more!

• 7:30-8:30 PM: Dinner & Awards Celebration

  • EO Economic Impact 25 years

  • David Fitchett Award 2023

  • SAP of the Year Award 2023

  • Tenured Member of the Year Award 2023

• 8:30-9:45 PM: EO Talks on How EO Changed My Life - Facilitated by Chris Cashin

  • Claude Pope

  • Jim Baker via recording

  • Greg Ferguson

  • Brooks Bell

  • Paul Levering

  • JiNan Glasgow

• 945-10PM: EO Emeritus – Facilitated by Bill Laughlin

• 10PM - ??? Head home or socialize with other EO'ers on your own

As a successful entrepreneur you aren’t exempt from burnout you are actually are a candidate for it! Yet there is a solution and that is found in the happiness rules. But how can you be happy when the high demands of running a thriving business can push you too far into a state of exhaustion and dissatisfaction.

If you leave it unaddressed, burnout can have profound effects on your personal and professional life.

The happiness rules are Dr. Manuel Astruc’s solution to designing a life in which you can flourish. He offers you practices developed using his knowledge of the mind and your motivations – all gathered from his decades of work as a psychiatrist. And these rules aren’t hypothetical; Manuel has used them himself to escape from the deepest reaches of burnout.

Who is Manuel Astruc, MD?

Manuel Astruc is a board-certified psychiatrist with over 20 years of experience and 50, 000 hours serving clients face to face. He works in his private practice and in the addiction field as the medical director of Saratoga County Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services. His own story of burnout inspired a better conversation about how to avoid or overcome the damaging effects of burnout.

Dr. Astruc started his coaching company Your Next Act to take the wisdom he’s learned and bring it to business owners and entrepreneurs to help them battle the stress and mental exhaustion high achievers can feel. Dr. Astruc helps others recognize how focusing on their mental illness translates into greater success, both in life and in business.

Dr. Astruc is also the author of the Amazon bestselling book, Happiness Rules: Beat Burnout, Embrace Happiness, Become A Better Entrepreneur.

Who's ready to get to know more EO'ers from our chapter?! One of the best ways is with Dine Arounds! This was one of our top-rated member engagement events last year, and we're excited to bring it back this year.

What is a Dine Around?

Dine Arounds are a celebration of friends, food and drinks in the form of simultaneous dinner parties in members' homes around the Triangle area.

Here's the fun part:

There will be 2-3 simultaneous dinner parties on the same night! You will be notified to which location you have been assigned a few days prior to the event. Your geographical preference will be taken into consideration but please keep an open mind as this night is designed to encourage getting to know members outside of your Forum-mates and close EO RDU peers.

Back Up Host Needed!

If you would like to be a Dine Around host if our registration sells out for this event, please reach out to Amy ASAP at amy@eoraleigh.com!

This is sure to be a fun and delicious night!

With an ever changing world we're finding it more difficult to find a consistent normal. If the last few years have taught us anything, we need to have a solid team behind us who can weather the storm. Take an afternoon with your key executives and/or significant other to pause and learn how you can recover from life's storms and rebuild to be a better person -- both now and in the future.

In this afternoon of learning we'll start with a workshop from top Duke professor Dr. Bryan Sexton on Bite-sized Wellbeing in Times of Uncertainty -- The Science of Wellness. Well-being has never been more important, and new evidence-based well-being resources have never been more impressive.

When our batteries are low, it means well-being tools have to be simple, quick and obviously effective (i.e., save yoga, meditation and weight-loss for another day). This session will enlighten and entertain, while demonstrating simple strategies to use during tense times. The tone is upbeat, the science of well-being is fascinating, and access to all of the tools is free. Why? Because we are still here and we earned it.

Then for our keynote talk, we'll hear the real-life, stranger than fiction story of Amanda Knox. Amanda was falsely convicted of murdering her roommate and was later exonerrated by the Italian Supreme Court. That victory didn't restore her damaged reputation, and she found herself forever battling a false image of her, her evil doppelganger, Foxy Knoxy. Every day since, she has fought to reclaim her identity, and to find meaning in those stolen years and unjust incarceration.

Now she is sharing the invaluable lessons she's learned by shedding light on the pervasive issues of wrongful conviction, public shaming, and our frequently imperfect methods of seeking truth. We'll even have time for you to ask Amanda questions about her experience.

After Amanda's talk, join us for a social with hors d'oeuvres and drinks!

Who is Amanda Knox?

• Amanda Knox is an exoneree, journalist, public speaker, author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Waiting to Be Heard, and co-host, with her partner Christopher Robinson, of the podcast Labyrinths. Between 2007 and 2015, she spent nearly four years in an Italian prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn’t commit. She has since become an advocate for criminal justice reform and media ethics. She sits on the board of the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice. After four years in prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn't commit, Amanda Knox was definitively acquitted by the Italian supreme court, but that victory didn't restore her damaged reputation, and she found herself forever battling a false image of her.
  

  Who is Dr. Bryan Sexton, PhD?

• Bryan Sexton, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Duke University School of Medicine and Director of Patient Safety Center in the Duke University Health System. Dr. Bryan Sexton has captured the wisdom of frontline workers through rigorous assessments of safety, culture, teamwork, and workforce resilience. With specializations in organizational assessment, teamwork, survey development, and quantitative methods, he spends his time teaching, mentoring, conducting research, and finding practical ways of getting busy people to do the right thing, by making it the easy thing to do. He has found that results across industries, work settings, shifts, professions, and countries highlight a great deal about reliability in high-risk environments – specifically, “you are better off changing the situation, than trying to change human nature.”

Join us at The Washington Duke Inn for our Annual Women of EO Tea. The women of EO will gather in an exclusive private room to enjoy a sumptuous afternoon tea, along with casual discussions on the concept of "wellness in the world of work”.

All parents strive to raise mentally healthy and happy children who achieve at high levels. But with today’s challenges, how do we provide our children and families the proper foundation and guidance to live productive, meaningful and fulfilling lives?Based on decades of consultation with families and organizations, Money, Families & Children provides you with specific principles and techniques on how to build a family with productive and loving individuals.

Learn how to instill a healthy work ethic, create intimate relationships and build a sense of self-respect. You will also learn what not to do, avoiding the likelihood of raising children with a sense of entitlement, a false identity or an inability to solve problems. In addition, you will learn how to develop your relationship with your significant other, so that building your family together becomes an effective and meaningful partnership.

Leading a family is one of the most challenging jobs you can have. Money, Families & Children provides you with advanced tools to use your leadership, experience and wealth to lead your family successfully.

You will learn to:

• Manage your money to encourage achievement and happiness in your children and family.

• Turn money into a positive influence and reduce the negative influence of money on children.

• Use gifting, trusts and estate management to produce mentally-healthy, achieving children.

Join us for a casino night at the Carolina Exotic Car Club! We'll have blackjack, roulette, craps and poker tables, and you'll have plenty of time to celebrate the holiday season with your fellow EO'ers. We will serve heavy hors d' eourves from the club's private chef and will have the whole car club to ourselves!

This is sure to be a night to remember, so register yourself and your plus one today!