Joe Girouard is an influential businessman who has exceptional leadership abilities. He strongly believes that one asset that differentiates good leaders from the bad ones is the consistency and effectiveness of their leadership planning. According to Joe, converting obstacles into effective leadership plans is a 7-step process which includes

1. Determining and examining the obstacles
2. Considering viable options as well as alternatives
3. Developing a strategic plan
4. Motivating and inspiring the stakeholders
5. Articulating a call to action and getting your team involved
6. Developing a quality inner circle
7. Perceiving, conceiving, creating, and implementing a relevant action plan

Over the years, Joe Girouard has spent a lot of his time identifying, qualifying, training, and consulting thousands of potential leaders. He has observed that effective leaders look at obstacles as challenges to overcome while the others see everything as a debilitating problem. He is quite convinced that putting the 7 steps mentioned above into practice can help the potential leaders go a long way.

About Joe Girouard

Known as one of the most influential businessmen in the Greater Boston Area in today’s date, Joe Girouard had recognized the CBD industry and its potential as early as in the year 2013. Before he extended his hand into the industry in 2020 by acquiring 1/3rd ownership of the Vangarde Group Hemp Farm, he spent several years overseeing manufacturing and wholesale operations for a variety of CBD brands.

Joe has also founded Accelegreen: a logistics technology company focused on proprietary hemp-drying techniques.