Kickoff Seminar, 10am-11am

PRE-SHOW KICKOFF SEMINAR - 10am-11am (Rooms 104-105)

FREE TO ATTEND

Plan Your Next 12 Months Like a Fortune 500 Company, Stop Drifting - Take Control

Most people spend their year reacting—putting out fires, chasing opportunities, and never taking control of their future. What if you could step out of your daily grind and design a year that actually works? In this high-energy session, you’ll learn the planning practices top companies use.      

Whether you’re a business owner, manager, or sales/professional looking to get ahead, you’ll learn how to:

-Turn a chaotic year into a clear, focused plan

-Align your time and energy for maximum impact

-Avoid the biggest planning mistakes that hold people back

-Create momentum that carries you through the entire year

Carpe' Annum - Seize the Year! 

Speaker: Karlos Bledsoe Sr..

Karlos Bledsoe Sr. is a FocalPoint business and executive coach.  He uses his 25+ years with large companies; Anheuser-Busch, Edward Jones, and BJC, where he wrapped up his time as Director of Strategy and Operations—to help companies overcome challenges, grow, and succeed.  

With strong and successful experience leading strategic planning, strategy execution, data warehousing, data analytics, project management, and lean-six sigma, he has led in IT, manufacturing, internal consulting/coaching, and sales training.

Karlos is a husband and the father of four sons, where he enjoyed the crazy fun of sports, band instruments, academics, and navigating this hurried world. He’s learned to balance professional and personal time, which is also part of his coaching.

Karlos is a founding member of the St. Louis chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM), the founder of the St. Louis Gateway to Innovation IT conference, served on the boards of City Academy School, and Great Circle – an organization dedicated to the treatment and care of emotionally disturbed children. Karlos is also an ordained minister at the First Baptist Church of Chesterfield.