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Stephanie L.H. Calahan (www.Step
hanieCalahan.com) of Calahan
Solutions, Inc. is a dynamic entrepreneur,
nationally known exper and speaker, media
personality, author, publisher,
productivity/ organization consultant, &
business start-up coach. She focuses on
conducting presentations, personal
coaching, productivity assessments &
organizing services. She believes that
diversity of thought, communication
styles, backgrounds, & experiences lead to
more innovative, longer-lasting solutions.
Steph has worked with hundreds of clients,
and understands that every person is
unique & requires systems that work for
them. As such, she has been featured on/in
numerous venues (w
ww.calahansolutions.net)
She is an active member in many
professional organizations & is an active
community leader. As such, she has
received many awards recognizing her for
her contributions. Her corporate and small
business expertise as well as her Computer
Science & HR backgrounds give her a unique
perspective of what works at work. As a
wife & mother, she knows family & leisure
time is more important than ever.
Jack Greene is president of Jackson
Productivity Research Inc. He writes about
practical business actions which even in
today’s economy will control and reduce
costs; plant layout; time study;
motivation; productivity improvement;
capacity, constraints, and utilization;
merger and consolidation of facilities;
cost justified relocation within or into
the US.
Jack uses his experience in dozens of
productivity improvement, work
measurement, cost reduction, and layout
projects; for large and small companies,
US and international, as a basis to share
insights. He recognizes that a business
must continue to satisfy customers and
produce quality product even while
controlling costs. The articles address
all businesses because they deal with
people and the elements of work; with
efficient facilities, tools and equipment;
with successful management practices.
Mr. Greene established Jackson
Productivity Research in 1991, and
previously headed division or corporate
industrial engineering for three Fortune
250 companies; ITT, Abbott Labs, and
Bausch & Lomb.
Jack Greene Jackson Productivity Research:
Productivity is our Middle Name jack@jacksonproductivity.comjac
ksonproductivity.com
JAMES LADD B.A., C.H.R.P., C.P.I.R.
Life & Business Coach, author and speaker,
who has without a doubt been down the
"Road Less Traveled," having survived and
thrived after a double lung transplant in
August of 2003. Jim comes to this place in
his incredible life journey with a dynamic
combination of work and life experience.
Jim worked as an Organizational & Human
Resource Development Specialist for over
35 years in the private, public &
non-profit sectors and also managed a
provincial government employee assistance
program serving over 15,000 employees. He
has authored and facilitated a wide
variety of training programs covering such
diverse topics as; managing organizational
change, conflict resolution, performance
management, managing and/or coping with
stress, interviewing & counseling skills,
supervisory & management skills. His most
recent publication titled; "THE PERSONAL
TRANSFORMATION GUIDE: Raising Awareness of
Self to Slay the Dragon," is available
through his website. In the community he
became an award winning football coach
over the course of 25 years (Coach of the
Year 3M of Canada, Coach of the Year,
Developmental Category, Coaches Assoc. of
Manitoba
Productivity is my 'bag' ... it is what I
know about. I am President of the World
Confederation of Productivity Science -www.wcps.info
and Director of the National
Productivity Centre in the UK www.n
atprodcentre.com - go to this site for
some good free resources and some (paid
for but low price) e-learning on
productivity.
I also edit the International Journal of
Productivity & Performance Management.
My views on productivity and on learning
(which I think are related) are summarised
at www.johnhe
ap.net .... and current productivity
news and views are on my blog - w
ww.donotcomplicate.blogspot.com
Jim Stovall has been a national champion
Olympic weightlifter, the President of the
Emmy Award-winning Narrative Television
Network, and a highly sought after author
and platform speaker. He is the author of
the best selling book, The Ultimate Gift,
which is now a major motion picture
starring James Garner and Abigail Breslin.
Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes
magazine, says, “Jim Stovall is one of the
most extraordinary men of our era.”
For his work in making television
accessible to our nation’s 13 million
blind and visually impaired people, The
President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity
selected Jim Stovall as the Entrepreneur
of the Year. He was also chosen as the
International Humanitarian of the Year,
joining Jimmy Carter, Nancy Reagan, and
Mother Teresa as recipients of this
honor.
info@jim
stovall.comwww.narrativet
v.comwww.u
ltimateproductivity.com
Josh is the Director of Marketing for
oDesk, the marketplace for online
workteams. oDesk
offers the best business model for both
buyers and providers with a unique
approach that guarantees that an hour paid
is an hour worked, while also guaranteeing
that an hour worked is an hour paid.
Dave Crenshaw is a business coach, author
and keynote speaker. Dave is the founder
of The Myth
of Multitasking: How ‘Doing it All’
Gets Nothing Done. For more information
about Dave, visit www.davecrenshaw.com.
Hello my name is Karen Parsons and I am
President and Founder of Successful
Solutions Life Coaching.
We are providers of Personal and Business
Transformation solutions; we teach our
Clients how to awaken to their Infinite
Potential for Greatness in Life and
Business!
Successful Solutions Life Coaching was
formed because of a deep concern I have.
Stress, unhappiness and lack of meaning in
the workplace has become an epidemic!
Organizations are paying a very high price
for this epidemic!
Statistics Canada tells us that
work-related stress directly affects
current and long-term productivity of
workers in terms of reduced work
activities, disability days, absenteeism
and turnover!
It is estimated that the replacement cost
of an entry-level employee is 30% of their
annual salary up to 400% of the annual
salary for a high-level employee!
Progressive companies know that providing
their employees with solutions for
reducing stress and finding meaning in
their work is no longer just a luxurious
option, but a necessity if they want to
improve Productivity and increase Employee
Retention!
Please visit our Website! www.successfulsolutionslifecoaching.
com
Joan Friedlander is the founder of
Lifework Business Partners, a coaching and
training company guiding creative
professionals to design profitable,
well-run businesses. A four pronged
approach offers just the right structure
without squashing creativity: Focus,
Automate, Simplify, Delegate. Visit ww
w.lifeworkpartners.com for programs,
services and products.
Andy Piper is the author of Enterprise
Readiness 101 and the founder of www.
enterprise-readiness.com. For over
ten years, he has worked with enterprise
companies. He has developed applications
and implemented solutions as a systems
engineer. He spent several years at
Microsoft as a sales engineer and is
credited for helping redefine the
Citrix/Microsoft relationship. Since
2004, Andy has been a product manager for
different start up organizations such as
Ardence and most recently Casenet.
At Celtic Guru our Mission is to make your
life easier and more fullfilling. By
Increasing your productivity, enhancing
your leadership skills and ultimately
making you more efficient and effective.
Coaching, training, workshops and
seminars. Celtic Guru can be contacted by
emailing con
tactus@celticguru.comwww.celticguru.
com
Gurutej Kaur Khalsa is the founder of The
Energy Gurus. Her background includes 38
years in creating and directing conscious
communities and businesses in Toronto and
Los Angeles. Gurutej is a well known
master teacher of yoga and health
techniques to thousands of individuals in
the Los Angeles area.
She is currently consulting with
businesses, organizations and corporations
to bring practical knowledge and exercises
into the workplace. She assists business
owners in a process of increasing
productivity through supporting people
with techniques to regain their energy,
enthusiasm and productivity
Gurutej’s mission is to sustain, support,
and uplift humanity through individual
practices that create awareness, energy,
and productivity in the home, workplace,
and community
www.gurutej.comwww.theener
gygurus.com
Doherty Employer Services
As one of the Midwest's largest Human
Resource Outsourcing organizations,
Doherty Employer Services provides human
resource, benefits, risk
management, safety and workers'
compensation and payroll services to
employees in 48 states. Accredited by the
Employer Services Assurance
Corporation (www.esacorp.org)<
/a> and a member of the National
Association
of Professional Employer Organizations (www.napeo.org), Doherty is
nationally known as an innovative
employment services and staffing firm.
Shiftwork Solutions is the international
leader in solving shift work and shift
schedule problems faced by organizations
with multiple shift coverage requirements.
With offices in the United States and
Australia, we have helped shiftworkers and
shift work managers in service and
manufacturing industries worldwide.
Cyclope Series tools aim to provide IT
specialists and managers the necessary
information in evaluating employee productivity and the
use of IT infrastructure within their
companies.
Director of !nnovaBiz:
We work with businesses to provide cost
effective internet marketing strategies
and personal/ team productivity
solutions.
We make extensive use of Mindmapping in
all our work to allow creative
visualization of ideas, solutions,
strategies and projects. We use
innovative, scientifically developed
systems customized to each client's
particular situation.
I am passionate about helping people in
business achieve amazing results and
create greater success through innovation
in marketing, customer experience creation
and using systems to improve
productivity.
During my 25 year career in the corporate
world, I gained extensive experience in
people management, marketing, product and
brand management, technical and business
project management, development of new
products, customer relationship
management, strategic planning, team
building, creative thinking, sales
service, technical service and research
(chemical and photographic) and the
development of business systems and
processes.
further details see www.in
novabiz.com.au
Michael Pilling is the lead consultant at
HighProductivity.ca. Specializing in
business software implementations, wikis,
groupware and productivity tools,
HighProductivity serves groups and
companies across North America.
Michael is the regional president of the
Columbus office of Leadership Management
Institute, an international leadership
development firm.
Michael’s experience includes:
· Over 25 years of experience as an
executive with:
o GM
o EDS
o McQuay International
o WLR Foods
o RR Donnelley & Sons
· Business Strategist for a $1B business.
· Facilitated growth strategies for
small, midsize and large enterprises
leading to documented performance
results.
· Written numerous articles for business
periodicals including BizJournals and the
LMI Journal.
· Speaks before hundreds of CEOs,
presidents, owners and other professionals
John Cousineau is Founder and President of
innovative information inc. For over 30
years, he's helped companies improve their
performance through innovative uses of
information and technology in their
business processes. A 'systems thinker'
skilled in finding ways to help smart
people work smarter, often with new
information that makes their choices
clearer. Product visionary for Amacus, an
advanced sales productivity tool for Sales
Reps, patents pending.
As the Founder & General Manager of
Organized Assistant, Janet Barclay
enhances the productivity of small
business clients by taking on tasks and
projects which they lack the time or
skills to complete.
She has a wide range of administrative,
supervisory, and front-line experience
from a variety of sectors, including
manufacturing, financial services, social
services, and government.
A former Silver Leaf Member of
Professional Organizers in Canada who
spent three years on their National Board
of Directors, Janet has been recognized as
a productivity expert in The Globe and
Mail, The Star Tribune, OfficePRO and
other publications.
Her particular areas of interest are using
technology to maximize productivity, and
applying her knowledge of personality type
to help individuals develop time
management and organizing strategies that
meet their unique needs.
Kelly L. Holm
(visit Kelly’s website, www.Coa
chKelly.com)
Kelly is a certified executive coach and
award-winning leader with over 22 years of
business experience working with a diverse
combination of senior leaders, leadership
teams and “high potentials” spanning
small, medium and large, private,
employee-owned and public companies in
over 30 industries. The result is an
effective blend of experience and insight
for coaching diverse individuals, teams
and organizations to clarify, align,
achieve and sustain leadership excellence.
Rodney Burutsa is an Internet business and
marketing consultant and owner of the Internet Business
and Marketing site. IBAM is a
resources directory and web portal with articles, blogs,
forums, chat rooms, and
a monthly newsletter. You
can find everything you need to start,
build and grow your business online.
The guiding principle behind the writings
on www.nickpagan.co
m is that if you are emotionally
well-balanced, then you naturally want to
engage in carrying out useful and
productive activities. If not, then you
will struggle against yourself to get
things done. This reduces your efficiency
and your effectiveness and, at times, it
leaves you immobilized and unable to get
anything done on important, yet difficult
issues.
There are four key topics that remove the
resistance to getting things done:
Understanding how the mind works, so that
objectives are designed and managed to be
easy to carry out.
Understanding the process of problem
solving, so that practical difficulties
can be overcome.
Understanding how learning and skill
development occurs, so that the
capabilities needed to fulfill objectives
can be gained quickly.
Applying enhanced productivity techniques,
so that work is carried out more
efficiently and effectively.
When you combine these elements together,
you get free-flowing, highly leveraged,
and deeply satisfying progress.
www.nickpagan.co
m
Business Imaging is a business development
firm specializing in fostering “Individual
Effectiveness & Productivity”. We believe
that effective interactions are obtained
when individuals tap into their innate
qualities and leverage the same when
interacting with others. This process
leads to a higher probability of achieving
desired outcomes.
Our client services include a full range
of business development services including
one-on-one & team coaching, training
development & facilitation, process &
project management services, small group
seminars as well as speaking engagements
upon request. We provide our clients with
the tools they require to improve results,
achieve goals, and get more out of each
interaction.
The firm is led by Cheryl McDuffie James,
Managing Director, with over twenty years
of experience in the areas of Finance,
Marketing, Sales, Consulting, and Process
Management. Her experiences were achieved
in several industries including,
Telecommunications,
Pharmaceuticals/Biotech, Restaurant, and
Consumer Foods. Ms. James has a BS in
Accounting and a MBA. She is also a
recipient of multiple sales and leadership
awards.
www
.businessimaging.org
Fred Patterson has been involved with
guiding companies through technology
development into commercialization for
over forty years, including having worked
with the SBIR Program and all of its
aspects virtually since its inception.
Currently enjoying a well-recognized
nationwide consulting practice as “The
SBIR Coach”, Fred teaches his dozens of
client companies the SBIR “ropes” and
guides them in the process of producing
clearly articulated and reviewer-focused
proposals, effectively doubling their
chances of obtaining funding.
In addition to SBIR and other Federal
government sponsored funding programs,
Fred also works with several State
sponsored technology accelerator
initiatives, as well as with many Angel,
Venture Capital, and other private sector
investment sources to continually refine
its trademarked “Funding Readiness Level
(FRL)®” index (a combination of Technology
Readiness, Business Readiness, and
DealsmanshipTM) that the company uses to
help its clients prepare for the
challenges of seeking, securing, and
managing funding for commercialization and
growth.
Rob Rutherford is a partner and the
technical director at QuoStar Solutions, a
leading provider of IT services and
consultancy.
Rob has been delivering business enhancing
IT solutions on a global scale for over 10
years, working with large international
businesses through to those with ten
employees. He has a genuine and deep
passion for providing technical solutions
to business issues, which are measurable
and make a real impact to a business’s
operations and bottom line.
Favourite Quote:-
"Any suitable advanced technology
is indistinguishable from magic."
- Arthur C. Clarke
Rob can be contacted on robert.rutherford@quostar.com and
his main company website address is www.quostar
.com
Deb is an online marketing professional,
presently working with Quality Web
Solutions. It is one of the leading web
design and development companies that has
been offering website design, graphic and logo
design, web content writing, offshore
staffing and search engine optimization
services all over the world.
Considered an "Eventual Productivity
Expert" and "The Stephen Colbert of
Personal Productivity", Mike Vardy is a
writer/satirist who created the
anti-productivity system known as Effing
The Dog (EffTD for short), which falls
under the larger philosophy of Eventualism
Now. Mike has studied GTD and
productivity for 7 years, having tried
virtually every system out there. Through
his experience, he is able to both
satirize and educate in the ways of
"getting things done."
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Accessible Business Consultants
Dave Turkin, President, of Accessible Business Consultants is a full service business consultant that has over 32 years of experience working with small-medium size businesses. Dave has designed and implemented numerous business and marketing plans, designed internal programs for accounting and operational procedures. He has analyzed businesses and prepared strategic plans setting budgets for growth, expansion and business restructuring.
He currently sits on the Board of Directors of various corporations as an advisor. For many years he has been the Business Coach to many executives offering advice and guidance from old and established companies as well as new companies just getting started.
Dave has the ability to analyze a business quickly and get a strong indication as to the necessary steps to improve operations, productivity and profitability. - Visit Accessible Business Consultants's Website
George Ludwig
George Ludwig is a recognized authority on sales strategy and peak performance psychology. An international speaker, trainer, and corporate consultant, he helps clients like Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Laboratories, Northwestern Mutual, CIGNA, and numerous others improve sales force effectiveness and performance.
Though it's George's strategies and processes that help corporations increase productivity and performance, it's his tremendous energy and dynamism that spark the transformation. Again and again, clients remark on his amazing ability to unleash human capacity and inspire men and women to break out of their comfort zones. The result is a whole new type of salesperson.
His customized presentations teach achievers to make stunning advances in their lives. From helping salespeople realize cherished dreams to helping corporations exponentially accelerate revenue streams, George Ludwig leaves audiences and individuals empowered, emboldened, and clamoring for more.
George is the best-selling author of Power Selling: Seven Strategies for Cracking the Sales Code and Wise Moves: 60 Quick Tips to Improve Your Position in Life & Business. - Visit George Ludwig's Website
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Michael D. Diercks Video - Michael D. Diercks - The Total Leader Concept is a new paradigm for 21st century leaders. As global competition heats up, change accelerates to breakneck speed and customer demands escalate, the need for effective leaders is reaching epidemic levels.
The Toyota Production System has been a roaring success at Toyota, but much less effective in other locations. Several qualified sources explain this disconnect.
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