Rick Bahl selected to Facilitate HTG19

I am honored and proud to announce that yesterday, January 5, 2009 I was selected as the Facilitator for the newly formed HTG19 Peer group. HTG Peer Groups are comprised of technology industry resellers “who are serious about implementing a model for success in their own businesses through sharing and collaboration of best practices.” Each group consists of 12 member companies that are generally distributed across the country. There is also a group in Canada and the U.K. There are (or will be soon) 20 groups in total.

In addition to being the facilitator for HTG19, I represent Quality Systems Solutions, Inc. as a member of HTG13. QSS has found tremendous value in our membership and I am very excited about being able to share the experience and extend the value to 12 new partners.

We don’t often think of other business that do essentially the same thing that we do, as Partners. More often we view them as Competitors. That is one of the distinguishing features of HTG Peer Group Membership. Each member company is deeply committed to the group and the other member companies within the group. Each member acts as a “Virtual Board Member” for every other company in the group. Everyone is dedicated to ensuring the success of not only their own company but the other member companies.

The process is actually very simple and it is all driven by Execution and Accountability. We meet quarterly but are in contact via email and phone on a regular basis. We share “Best Practices.” We share our financial data. We share resources. We share key contacts. We share our Goals and Objectives by clearly communicating them to the group and we report on our progress at each meeting. But the key to success is that each company is driven to Execute and they are held Accountable for their commitments.

Our next quarterly meeting is the last week of this month, in Dallas. Check back for a report on both HTG13 and HTG19. I am certain that it will be very exciting and informative.