by Doug Baarman | Jun 10, 2014 | Industry News
Doug Baarman Receives Award for top performance and leadership for fourth consecutive year Doug Baarman, Senior Vice President of Sales was recognized for the fourth year in a row as ConferenceDirect’s Team Director of Year. He was honored at the ConferenceDirect...
by Doug Baarman | May 27, 2014 | Career Transition Tips
By Doug Baarman Those that follow my posts know that I lead an incredible team of independent meeting planners based around the United States and Canada. Most of them made the move from employee of a corporation or organization, so this was their first experience in...
by Doug Baarman | May 6, 2014 | Self-Improvement Tips
By Doug Baarman A few friends (and fellow entrepreneurs) along with our families recently vacationed together. It turned out to be one of my most educational experiences in many years…and all I did was listen. Prior to being around these successful individual business...
by Doug Baarman | Apr 11, 2014 | Self-Improvement Tips
By Doug Baarman It was the high school cheer banquet and my daughter had completed her fourth and final year on the squad earning the honor of team captain. All of the seniors are able to speak and it was her turn to take the podium. She took us back to the beginning...
by Doug Baarman | Apr 2, 2014 | Career Transition Tips
I left the corporate world in 2007 to pursue my dream of being an independent business owner in the hospitality industry. For me, it is the pursuit of my life-long dream which I refer to as my ‘reach the beach’ game plan. My goal has always been to live at the beach...