SPEAKERS:	Alan Beaulieu and Brian Beaulieu
WHEN:	Friday, December 18 11:00 a.m. PST (1:00 p.m. CT / 2:00 p.m. EST)
DURATION:	60 minutes

The road to recovery may seem unclear to many business leaders. Before committing to a new business cycle’s rising trend, you need to have reasons to think it's going to be there.

With a keen eye on leading indicators and the many variables giving shape to the new economy, this Webinar will outline clear answers for leadership. Taking not only the direction and strength of trends into account, Brian Beaulieu and Alan Beaulieu will define solid reasons to commit to this future with appropriate planning.

The concerns of a double-dip downturn are real and well understood — now is the time to see into the future. Vistage Economic Advisor Brian Beaulieu and his brother, Alan Beaulieu, share a forecast based on up-to-the-minute economic indicators, so the business decisions you make now can be grounded on a clear view of the future.


• What economic leading indicators to count on for the forthcoming upturn
• Affects of health care policy reform on business
• How to maximize your profit potential for the coming business cycle


Corporate leadership and strategic planning teams



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E-mail webinars@vistage.com now for the Q&A portion of the program.


Alan Beaulieu has been an economist with the Institute for Trend Research (ITR) since 1990. At the Institute, he has been engaged in applied research regarding business cycle trend analysis, growth cycle trend analysis, and the utilization of cyclical analysis at a practical business level. The applied research conducted by the Institute includes domestic and international economic issues. Alan is a featured speaker at corporate and trade association meetings both in the U.S. and overseas.

Prior to joining ITR, Alan was a principal in several firms, including structural steel fabrication and computer systems development and implementation. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from New Hampshire College.

Brian Beaulieu has been an economist with the Institute for Trend Research since 1982, serving as its executive director since 1987. At the Institute, he has been primarily engaged in applied research regarding business cycle trend analysis, growth cycle trend analysis, and the utilization of cyclical analysis at a practical business level. The applied research conducted by the Institute includes domestic and international economic issues. Brian is also engaged in fundamental research focused on long-range quantitative forecasting of basic industrial and financial trends.

Brian's views have appeared in: the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron’s, USA Today, Knight Ridder News Services, Reuters, The Washington Times, CBS Radio and numerous other outlets. He is a regular columnist and contributing economist to national trade associations and publications, and also serves as chief economist for the Vistage CEO Confidence Index survey. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Republican Congressional Committee Leadership Award.