You might look into attending Dave Ramsey's event on May 2nd in Kansas City. If you aren't familiar with him, he is a Christian personal money management expert. If anyone can help, it's Dave Ramsey. I know that it's a 3-4 hour drive for you, but maybe you can make a fun middle of the winter overnight trip out of it.
Here is an exerpt from his website about the event.
http://www.daveramsey.com/hope/events/
About the Event
Dave took his business from a card table in his living room to a national business generating tens of millions of dollars a year! Through the years as he was getting his nose bloodied by learning what it takes to be successful, he plotted out what God was showing him on how to run a business the right way. Dave learned not just how to make something and sell it, but all aspects of running a business, so that he wouldn’t just end up a statistic in someone’s book on failure. He learned what it means to hire and keep champions that are as passionate about the business as he is, and why neglecting administrative tasks will ruin growth. Dave is a practitioner in the area of business. This is the way he runs his company. He has been where you are and knows how to get your business going and growing.
Dale Carnegie Award
Dave has received The Dale Carnegie Leadership Award of which there are only 10 in the world given out each year.
Best Place to Work Award
Dave’s office was also voted Nashville Business Journal’s Best places to work award for 2006 and 2007.
Schedule
Goal Setting & Time Management techniques
Financial Peace Principles for Business
Hiring the right people and firing the wrong ones
Delegation
Recognition and Inspiration
Benefits
How to hire and keep champions that are passionate about what you do.
How to communicate and delegate the way top leaders do.
How to create a strong team culture within your organization, and inspire them to maintain that culture.
How to keep your business profitable from month to month and increase those profits continually
With each registration you will receive a collection of books that will help you as an owner or leader get a head start on improving your business. These books have been hand-picked by Dave and have a value of over $70.
Who should attend?
Anyone wanting to grow a business! If you or someone on your team is in a place of making decisions or helping to make decisions, then they need to be at this event. It is not industry specific…it is all business-applicable.