Attend 3 workshops for the price of 2! Kick off open book implementation, or simply start applying tools to more effectively communicate your business goals.

In-Person Seminars

In-Person Seminars
APR 13-14, 2026

Open Book Management

Gain a practical understanding of Open Book Management – what it is, why it works, how Zingerman’s has adapted it, and how you can, too! 

In-Person Seminars

Open Seminar Seat

For the undecided, but ready to shop! Purchase open seminar seats alone, or bundle with other seminars to take advantage of our multi-seat discount.

Virtual Training

Virtual Training
Begins Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Open Book Mini-Series

Attend 3 workshops for the price of 2! Kick off open book implementation, or simply start applying tools to more effectively communicate your business goals.

Virtual Training
Begins Monday, Feb 9, 2026

Open Book Mini-Series

Attend 3 workshops for the price of 2! Kick off open book implementation, or simply start applying tools to more effectively communicate your business goals.

Virtual Training
JUN 3 - 1:00PM-3:30 PM (Eastern)

How to Have Exceptional Meetings

Transform the energy and effectiveness of your workplace by adopting a new approach to meetings that makes them both more productive and fun!

Virtual Training
FEB 23 - 1:00PM-3:30 PM (Eastern)

How to Have Exceptional Meetings

Transform the energy and effectiveness of your workplace by adopting a new approach to meetings that makes them both more productive and fun!

Virtual Training
MAY 20 - 1:00PM-3:30PM (Eastern)

Building an Annual Plan

Explore Zingerman’s time-tested annual planning process and learn how multiple businesses and departments can come together to document success for each year.

Virtual Training
MAY 6 - 1:00PM-4:30PM (Eastern)

Intro to Open Book Management

Get a breakdown of open book management and how it can help empower your team to take more thoughtful actions and drive greater success!

Virtual Training
MAR 9 - 1:00PM-3:30PM (Eastern)

Building an Annual Plan

Explore Zingerman’s time-tested annual planning process and learn how multiple businesses and departments can come together to document success for each year.

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Building a Sustainable Business

Over the past ten years, there’s been increasing support for sustainable agriculture in North America. While there’s a long way to go to get that approach to become an accepted day-to-day reality, many organizations are working in consciously and ecologically sound ways. Sustainability, though, exists in a broader sense, one that’s not limited to agriculture […]

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How to Get Open Book Management Going in Your Business

In prior installments in The Guide to Open Book Management posts, you learned what Open Book Management is, The Case for Open Book Management, whether Open Book is right for your business, the 3 Key Components of Open Book Management, and 5 Decisions to consider as you go Open Book. In this installment, the assumption […]

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5 Decisions to Make as You Implement Open Book Management

In prior installments in The Guide to Open Book Management posts, you learned what Open Book Management is, The Case for Open Book Management, whether Open Book is right for your business, and the 3 Key Components of Open Book Management. Next up, some decisions to consider before you launch Open Book Management. Given the […]

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The 3 Key Components of Open Book Management

In prior installments in The Guide to Open Book Management posts, you learned what Open Book Management is, The Case for Open Book Management, and if Open Book is right for your business. Next up, an overview of the key components of Open Book Management… Open Book Management is a system used to run the […]

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Is Open Book Management Right for My Business?

In Part I and Part II of The Guide to Open Book Management posts, you learned what Open Book Management is and Making Case for Open Book Management. Next up, helping you determine, is Open Book right for your business? In The Guide to Open Book Management, you’ve learned: 1. What is Open Book Management? […]

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Making the Case for Open Book Management

In Part II of our Guide to Open Book Management (you can read Part I to explore what Open Book is and where it came from here!), we invite you to consider why your business might want to consider Open Book Management (OBM) as a way to run the business. You’ll soon see that there’s […]

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Why Open Book Management is an excellent way to run a business!

Open Book Management is a business approach where a company shares its financial and key performance metrics so everyone in the organization takes responsibility for the effective operation of the business, financial and otherwise. Open Book is about all staff (or all employees) participating in running the business and working together to succeed. Read more […]

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Bottom Line Improvements Through Financial Training

If you were to ask your staff how much money your business makes each year, what would they say? I can tell you that when we first started asking our staff that question (about 15 years ago), we got answers that were all over the map — from figures that approximated our annual sales to […]