For my assignment the enterprising manager that I will be studying for my portfolio is Benny O’Hanlon who is the founder and owner of Todd’s Leap. Benny and his wife Patricia opened Todd’s Leap in 1992. Benny has worked in many business sectors over his years, including; engineering, hospitality, agriculture, aviation, media, retail, training and tourism. Benny is a qualified in a number of different sectors such as a motor engineer, a LANTRA freelance instructor, a firearms technical officer, a former Irish off road racing champion, a peak performance coach, a deep sea diver, and he holds a purple belt in Judo. Benny has been married to Patricia for 36 years. Benny and Patricia have four children and they are also the proud grandparents to ten grandchildren. All of Benny and Patricia’s children work in the family business. Benny has very few regrets in life, but always acknowledges he threw away his opportunity for education in his youth but has done alright for himself with very little education by forming a very successful business. He has achieved many things because of two simple theories, he believed in himself and he never gave up when the going got tough. Benny is totally convinced that anyone can achieve anything they want in life if they believe that they can and are prepared to work for it. There’s no such thing as luck, just hard work and dedication. Todd’s Leap plays host to Stag & Hen parties, Corporate Teambuilding Days, Youth & School events and provide
Joe emerged his business by perusing his desire to run a business on his own. Together Joe and Larry took the risk and began Bannes-Shaughnessy Inc. in 1972 (Katz, 2011). Despite their prior experience and low amount of capital they began with, within five years they had received their first million dollar contract, proving their existence. From here on out their firm grew, so did their success, and in turn were helping the community. Joe was compassionate and his work and business reflected that. Their families were benefiting from their success as well as their own lives. They were perusing their dreams, and once Joe became the sole owner, he was able to take the business to the next level. It is as if he was beginning the growth stage again within his own company, he could now continue on focusing on the expansion and diversification of his
As the oldest of three daughters, she was the one who worked after school and on Saturday mornings in the store and on rare occasions in the lumber yard. Although her two sisters and cousin Donald (Douglas’s only child who was now a surgeon in Winnipeg) also helped out, it was Charlotte who was the mainstay among the siblings. However, taking over the operation of the business at this stage in her life was not a pleasant prospect to her and she resisted, arguing that her father should sell the business. He maintained that it was no time to sell with the business in such bad shape, and the risk of hiring another manager was too great. When he announced that he had no choice but to continue to manage the business himself, Charlotte realized that she had no choice but to assume the responsibility. Bradley started full time in January 1990. Gordon came in and worked with her for three months almost on a full time basis. In April he cut back to half time and then in July he and his wife took a vacation which turned out to be a return to his retirement. Before he left, Gordon transferred all the shares over to Charlotte as her share of his estate. His income from savings, plus his government pension cheques were sufficient to keep him and his wife comfortable. Giving Charlotte the shares now would help to motivate her and to reward her for her efforts in running the business.
The mark of a successful entrepreneur is a successful business, and Bakers Delight is the most successful bakery in Australia, putting Lesley and Roger Gillespie on the list of the most successful entrepreneurs. Obviously this didn’t happen overnight, and several steps were taken to get to that position, including, but not limited to: staying relevant, becoming a franchise, and producing quality products. Bakers Delight ticks all these boxes, and
Starting with Benny B. on page 9 it states that, “Polio had taken his legs but not his gall or heart.” This makes me think that Benny is a cheery child even though he has been struck with polio. Then on page 10, it says that Benny B’s special talent was “speed.” His spectacular goal is to create a name for himself when other normal kids don’t have the courage to.
Bernard was brought up knowing that hard work and effort will lead to success. With taking his father’s advice, Bernard makes sure that he is prepared for graduation. All of the time invested in school pays off when Bernard gains status as an important Lawyer later in life.
“Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” – famous comedian and writer, David Frost. The claim “It’s Not about You” written by David Brooks states that modern society has a prodigious advantage compared to previous generations when it comes to finding jobs and different styles of living after graduating from college. Of course Not only that, but young people today are exposed to several amounts of teachings and disciplines that are furnished by the elderly, in order to avoid the mistakes they made and fix the economic crisis they provoked. To finish off the argument, Frost gives the reader insight on why some people are more successful in life than others, by telling us that the path of success isn’t finding yourself and then following your dream, success is about finding what you want to do and then accomplishing what you want to do as an aid for society.
In the beginning of the story Benny is described as a quiet boy, who is likely to stay out of trouble, should he goes to war. He does go to war and when he returns apparently nothing has changed. Benny is still the quiet boy; short and skinny with a long narrow face, a pulpy mouth and soft black eyes. An important thing to notice is his hands. Later in the story
of fighting. Very few wore uniforms or were even formally in any army. In most cases it was
I believe everyone can be successful, if they put their mind to something. Sometimes in life people feel like they are not good at anything, but they don’t try to pursue anything. A lot of the problem is that they don’t practice. A person has to practice and work hard to get to a success level they want to be at.
After reading the chapter about Hanna Andersson, I noticed when the company discovered they had to continue to be competitive the Hanna Andersson company had to make a plan. Therefore, the company decided to promote from within to help lead the company (as cited in Principal of Management, Para 4). As well as, selling equity to gain capital in an effort to continue towards improving the business (para 5). Similarly, when having trouble staying competitive the Hanna Andersson company began selling product online (para 7). In addition, Hanna Andersson designed and implemented distribution through retail to facilitate the transformation of the company (para 7). While meeting the goals of the investors Hanna Andersson company held the same CEO that helped preserve the direction of the company that benefit the business goals and values (para 7). Ultimately, the planning when making changes or expanding to stay competitive helped Hanna Andersson reach a new goal without taking extraordinary risks.
and loaning money to him. Sometimes a group of friends come to a foreign place together and they may help each other while having problem. Besides, if a group of friends come from the same community, their relationships may overlaps with other circles of friends. With this overlaps, a newcomer can get help or assistance from his friend's friend who is living in U.S. As a result, the newcomer can migrate into foregin place successfully and assimilate into the place quickly.
Collins, J.C. & Porras, J.I., 1995, ‘Building a visionary company’, California Management Review, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 80-100.
Brick Assignment “You’ve got one go in life, so make the most of it,” is a quote said by Richard Branson. However, Richard originally heard this quote from his grandmother ever since he was young. These words meant so much to him as they go right to the heart if his belief in making it on your own. He struggled with dyslexia through school, but he stuck to his grandmothers’ advice and made the most of his life.
John Taylor and Marty Grayson had both always had the interest of being entrepreneurs and when they met eachother is when their search for a venture began. They only had a few criteria in deciding on what kind of company that they wanted to buy. The first criteria was that the business must have a high gross margin to allow from maximum benefits from building sales. They decided it
Bob, founder, CEO, and owner of a 20-year-old, closely-held business, hoped to groom his 30-year-old son, Jack to take over the business in the next five years. The firm was currently co-run by Betty, the COO and