TERRANCE MOORE, HELLMUTH & JOHNSON: HOW TO PROFIT & PROFIT IN CRISIS
Let’s say your lawyer calls to say you’re being sued by your business partner – or some such calamity. What’s your next move?Terrance Moore says he has a system for responding to things like this, a system built after approximately 30 years practicing law and consulting with businesses. Terrance, now an attorney for the Hellmuth & Johnson law firm, maintains that you can not only prevent damage but indeed prosper or profit by using a three-step process to respond.
First, however, you need to know his three key life lessons: Be the pilot (realize that you may have to figure things out on your own); learn what you don’t know (be a lifelong learner); and figure out how to get it done (which is how to turn a crisis into opportunity).
Now, about that process that he calls the Turning the Tables System. To turn crisis into prosperity you need to:
1) clarify with precision (figure out what and who you’re dealing with); 2) control with prediction (know how other people react to conditions and circumstances) and 3) close with power (be confident in pressing for resolution).
1) clarify with precision (figure out what and who you’re dealing with); 2) control with prediction (know how other people react to conditions and circumstances) and 3) close with power (be confident in pressing for resolution).
Thank you, Terrance, for your suggestions on how to take on and resolve unexpected issues.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Judit, our foreign-exchange student from Spain, arrives at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 10; contact Jane McGinty or Suzanne Kutina if you can take our guest student on various activities that show off Eden Prairie or Minnesota. We heard from several other students who have been part of a short-term summer student exchange – Abby, who is back in Eden Prairie after spending a month in Spain, and Sarah, who is from Spain and is now spending a month with Abby’s family. Please mark your calendar for the Oct. 6 Vino Classico fundraising event, and stay tuned to know which ticket-selling team you’ve been assigned to.
SPOTLIGHT ON PG NARAYANAN
New member PG Narayanan, in his vocational, shared his journey from the family’s rice field in India to the corn fields of Minnesota. The son of a rice farmer, PG came to the United States as a young man, on the heels of his sister’s education at Harvard. Not able to speak English, he entered community college and would go on to earn undergraduate and graduate university degrees. He has called Minnesota home for about 20 years, working in several technology-related roles including at the former ADC headquarters in Eden Prairie. Overall, he’s been in the U.S. for 45 years, is married, and has two grown sons. He’s been active in Eden Prairie, including as current chair of the Eden Prairie Community Foundation’s board of directors. Welcome to the club, PG.
HAPPY FIVES
We’re happy and have the $5 to show it. Brad Aho is happy to announce his candidacy for Eden Prairie mayor on this first day that city candidates are able to file for office. Roger Jorgensen is happy about his son-in-law closing on the purchase of a dental practice in Scottsdale today.
VISITORS
Abby Schroeder - Rotary Youth Exchange
Nate Nyren - Rotary Youth Exchange
Amy Nyren - Rotary Youth Exchange
Jack Kuehn - Burnsville Rotary Club
Dan Bell - Sun City
Sarah - Rotary Youth Exchange
Margie - Rotary Youth Exchange
Noah Stuhr and Patrick Yang - Student Interns