• 6 Steps to Building a Better Business – How to follow a simple plan to achieve business success.
• Everyone Communicates Few Connect – Utilizing simple communication skills to connect with any audience.

Michael says: I was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1965, and have been married to my wife Sharon since 2006. Our first child Cameron was born in May of 2011.

Since receiving my Master’s Degree in Aquatic Biology from Central Michigan University I have traveled the U.S. extensively as a corporate and private environmental consultant working on some of the largest natural gas pipelines constructed in the country. This experience allowed me to work closely with corporate executives, federal agencies, project design engineers and field construction staff.

As a corporate consultant for AECOM, The Louis Berger Group and 3D/International, I assisted companies such as Duke Energy, SoCal Edison/Edison Mission Energy, TransCanada Pipeline, Williams Gas Pipeline and Boardwalk Pipeline by ensuring environmental compliance on over 500 miles of Natural Gas Pipeline installation.

As an independent contractor I have worked with the Exxon Mobil, Williams Communications, Enbridge, Spectra Energy and Williams Pipelines. I have also been helped start up two inspection companies; the Wyatt Group and Sage Staffing Services.

Wanting a change, I began a career shift that has included working with Primerica Financial Services since 2003. In 2011, I continued my career shift and began working the #1 Business Coaching firm in the world and in Texas; ActionCOACH and N3Coaching. I also started training with the #1 leadership mentor in the world Dr. John C. Maxwell. I know that joining forces with the #1 Leadership Coaching Company and the #1 Business Coaching Company will help change the lives of so many people here in Houston.

Are you ready to embark upon journey to greatly improve your skills and beliefs, your income and your lifestyle –achieving the ambitions and dreams you went into the business for in the first place? If so, it’s time to get into ACTION. Call me now to arrange a free business diagnostic and together we will explore all the possibilities.

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• Get Personal to Get Ahead: How Your Social Style Determines Your Profits – Whether you work for “the man” or own the company, knowing the personality temperaments and social styles of yourself and the people around you will help you be more successful. Your timing, your focus and your credibility can all be improved by knowing how people are hardwired and how to hit their hot buttons.
• Get Personal to Get it Right: How Your Social Style Drives Your Relationships – It’s a losing battle to try to fix the people in your life. The best relationships between spouses, parents and children, family members and friends are cultivated when each person feels that they have been seen, heard and respected. You can bring out the best in yourself and others by tapping into everyone’s unique social style.
• Step by Step: The Long Journey Back to Myself – How could such a smart girl end up in such an abusive relationship, and stay there for three years? On my journey to find the answer, I learned how to rebuild a woman’s spirit, health and self-esteem when everything she knew about herself was stripped away.

Kim Schuld is a speaker and consultant helping individuals and business owners know themselves better in order to better understand their families, clients and prospects.

Kim spent more than 20 years in national politics working with corporations, trade associations and non-profits using her methods to help clients reach their audiences faster, and to make the most of their limited time in front of Congressmen, Senators, Governors and the media.

Kim Schuld is the author of the upcoming book, “The Promise of Someday,” about the emotional and intellectual shifts that takes place when individuals start to hope for a better “someday,” and the danger in NOT taking the steps to turn their “someday” into TODAY.

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• Your Face isn’t Finished until Your Lipstick is On: Rules of the Women’s Success Game – Somewhere along the way a man came up with yet another sports analogy and started calling success a game. And like any game there are rules for playing the game. Everyone knows that the rules for success are different for men and women. Monica gives straight forward Lipstick Lessons that empower women to make their own choices and bend or even break the rules where necessary on their journey to success.
• Let’s Talk! – The Secret of Powerful Communication Skills for Women – It’s a fact – women who are powerful, poised communicators are seen as more professional and are much more likely to achieve tremendous career success. In this workshop you’ll learn how to void the major communication mistakes that damage women’s careers and how to master confident and credible communication.
• How to Deliver Totally Awesome Training – Whether you are a new or seasoned trainer, this is the quickest and easiest way to learn the skills you need to become a more confident and dynamic trainer. Session topics include: presentation skills; using “openers” and “closers”; encouraging discussion; incorporating multi-media (or not); motivating adult learners; and developing your own training activities.
• Speak and Grow Clients – The Power of Public Speaking to Grow Your Business – If public speaking is not part of your sales and marketing plan, you’re missing out on the opportunity to reach a large number of people, who are interested in what you’re selling, in a short amount of time.  This workshop will help you target the opportunities, teach you techniques to get you in the door and on the platform, and presentation strategies that will get you clients and revenue.
• Get Connected – The Sizzle of Social Media – So you’ve heard of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others … but like many, you’re simply not sure what to do with this maze of social media. The good news is that networking through social media may prove to be the fastest, most efficient way to reach and connect with current and new clients. This workshop will get you up and running and generating new business with social networking in no time.
• How to Develop Totally Awesome Training Programs – In this workshop, participants will learn how to describe the process involved in developing a training needs analysis, identify different types of training needs, write measurable training objectives for a training program, and organize training content. We will also explore the four levels of evaluation of training and develop a training plan. Even if you’ve never developed a training seminar before, this workshop will equip you to design and implement programs that will fit the needs of your market.
• Totally Awesome Presentation Skills – Whether it’s speaking to a group of 1 or 500 – it’s not what you say – it’s what your audience hears that matters. Learn how to write, prepare, and deliver Totally Awesome Presentations that will earn you Perfect 10 reviews every time.
• Target Your Sweet Spot – This workshop provides an overview of marketing strategies for business owners. By the end of this workshop, participants will be better able to understand why a solid marketing plan is critical to your business’s success and gain a competitive advantage by uncovering the real benefits of their products. They will learn how to conduct a competitive analysis, recognize the importance of branding their company, and appreciate the payback of a solid sales and selling strategy.
• Simple Strategies for Success – This information packed session on simplified strategic planning is all about you! You will get the opportunity to reinforce principles you know and challenge yourself with new ideas. It is about asking yourself what you want, then committing yourself to get there. Is your success intentional or accidental? Do you know where you’re going, and how to get there? In this hands-on workshop, Monica will show you how to use a 10-point checklist to gauge your readiness for strategic planning, the 7 vision-killers to avoid, and how to diagram your goals and objectives into realistic action steps.

Monica Cornetti is the owner of EntrepreNow!, a business training and consulting firm. She has more than 20 years experience in the corporate, non-profit, and academic sectors with an expertise in bringing excellence to organizations through leadership and training.

A Senior Small Business Development Specialist, Monica is a highly sought after speaker and trainer. Her emphasis is always on fun and learning as she delivers high-energy, high-content training, along with a plan for application in the real world

Her client list includes: The Association of Small Business Development Centers, The International Association of Administrative Professionals, Infinisource, Proctor & Gamble, Severn Savings Bank, The Nature Conservancy, American Fidelity, FM Global, American Society of Women Accountants, National Seminars Group, SHRM, Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, North TX Region SBDC, UW-Madison SBDC, Kentucky SBDC, Pacific Island SBDC, South Carolina SBDC, MEED Center, Team Networking, and The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship.

Monica is a graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned a Masters Degree in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship. Her passion centers around helping entrepreneurs take their business to the next level of success and significance.

She’s a natural-born motivator, optimist and entertainer. Her presentations are inspirational, funny, and focused on helping her participants achieve results.

Monica is a published author, a top-notch speaker, a professional consultant and an accomplished leader known for being one of the best entrepreneurial training experts in the business. With loads of spunk and charm, her skills as a speaker have earned her Perfect 10 reviews from participants across the country.

Committed to excellence, Monica has dedicated her life to helping others reach and fulfill their dreams. She lives in Dallas, TX.

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• Houston, We Have a Problem – Reconnecting to YOUR Mission Control
• Your Life IS NOT a Soap Opera – Living in the No Drama Zone
• Earplugs or Hearing Aids? – Tools to Reconnect When The Important Voices Are Being Drowned Out
• Overwhelmed Much? – Paths to Empowerment
• The Millennial Mom – It’s Not Just Our Kids Who Have Changed
• Objects May Be Closer Than They Appear – Tools to Leave Work In The Rearview Mirror\

Sissy Grapes is an internationally recognized inspirational speaker, consultant, educator and Master Coach. 

She has been called a “Renaissance Woman,” because she is gifted with creativity, humor, and a deep insight. 

Sissy has a Master’s Degree from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, in Counseling, as well as certifications as an independent program evaluator and an NLP Trainer of Trainers. 

She is a member of Coachville, the International Coach Federation, and the National Speaker’s Association. 

Sissy’s mission is Helping humanity turn up the L.I.G.H.T.

L.I.G.H.T. stands for Laughter, Inspiration, Gratitude, Happiness and Transformation.

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• Are You Up for a RealTalk?: Slow Down, Sink In and Imagine a Positively Profound Shift in all of your Relationships at Home and at Work – Have you considered changing the way you communicate with your important clients, colleagues, employees, family members and friends to deepen those relationships? Have you had a conversation recently where you would like to have a Do-Over? Is there a conversation that you believe will be uncomfortable and so you have been avoiding it? Do you right now have someone with whom a heart to heart conversation is really needed?  Would you like to be more confident in having these kinds of conversations knowing that you will come out the other side feeling greater trust, respect, understanding, connection and influence? If you said yes to any of the above, RealTalk can help!

Rashmi Malhotra brings her 25 years corporate experience in leadership roles in marketing and business development to her role as RealTalk Ambassador. She understands the power of RealTalk as she leads her business and personal relationships using it. Inspired by Gandhi, Rashmi uses his words as her personal and professional blue print: Be the change you wish to see in the world.

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Call Rashmi:  214.632.7266

• Leadership principles from Dr. John C. Maxwell – 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Everyone Communicates, Few Connect, and much more. Master Mind Groups, Seminars, and Lunch & Learn Workshops. (Coaching is available as well.)
• Humorous life experience stories with a point! – Using the masterful gift of story- telling that took me to the World Championship, I will personally craft a message with humor and deep emotional connection that illustrates the point you need to make for your group.
• Live a More Excellent Life – Have you ever tried to paint a picture with a banana? Drive a nail with a champagne glass? Or mow the lawn with a spoon? Then why try to bring about the lasting change that leads to success with the same tools that have failed you in the past? Success should not be a secret.
• The Power of PDA – Learn the powerful impact appreciation could have on your clients, vendors, and employees.
• The 50 Day Excellent Life Challenge – 50 Days, 5 Real Challenges, 1 More Excellent Life – The mental equivalence of the Warrior Dash. You will work hard, get messy and have fun and in the end be very glad that you did it. 
• Finding Your Sweet Spot – Purpose, passion and plan. Life is so much sweeter when you are operating in your strengths, loving what you do and have a plan to make money doing it.

Tell It Like It Is, Inc.                       

J. Loren Norris is author of Live A More Excellent Life (available on amazon.com) and creator of More Excellent Life Challenge and The Power of PDA.

Loren says, “I am passionate about overcoming obstacles in life, both personal and professional and leading others to excellence.”
He is a Founding Team Member of the John Maxwell Team of Independent Certified Coaches, Speakers and Trainers.
He is also a full time Professional Entertainer and active member of Toastmasters International. He was a Semi Finalist in the 2011 World Championship of Public Speaking, a competition of over 30,000 contestants.

In 2010, Loren entertained at more than 175 events as a Speaker, MC, and Karaoke host. Loren sets himself apart by successfully engaging any crowd. Whether entertaining 21 seven-year-old girls for a birthday party, speaking to 500 college graduates, engaging 400 employees at a corporate Karaoke Team Building Event, or 30,000 muddy runners at the Warrior Dash, Loren creates an atmosphere that encourages group participation.

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Call Loren: 214.783.9854

• Balanced Like a RockStar: This speech focuses on living a fuller, richer life and enjoying the success you have created. We focuses on finding balance and fulfillment in your life.
• Headline Your Own Show: Learn to build success that starts where you are now and leads to your RockStar status. No matter where you start, you can always achieve it. This speech is based on the premise that everyone can grow and improve, that you are the star in the show of your life.
• A Beautiful Mind: Your mind is a beautiful and powerful thing. This speech focuses on using this phenomenal beauty and power to retrain yourself to live in faith and say “No!” to fear.
• The Ideal Life: This speech will help you learn to live the life you always wanted by harnessing the entrepreneurial spirit and creating it. You don’t have to start your own business; you just harness the strengths you already have – the strengths so evident in the most successful entrepreneurs – and create that Ideal Life.

Tim Gillette, the Rocker Life Coach, has more than 30 years of experience as a business entrepreneur. After a lifetime of growing businesses from the ground up as well as working through more standard corporate structures, he now works personally with clients to help them find the inner strength and perseverance to reach their own business and life goals. Drawing from life experiences that include everything from growing and selling his businesses to having to start over in a new state, Tim’s approach is one of developing personal strength and inner wisdom through goal-setting and systematic, step-by-step processes to become a RockStar in your world. Tim has written books and self-help courses devoted to the topic of personal growth and development; he speaks to groups across the country on topics as varied as job-finding, business development, and self-fulfillment. Tim’s unique perspective incorporates a motorcyclist’s lifestyle and features road trip seminars that couple exciting rides with full training sessions guaranteed to change your life! Tim offers personal coaching sessions live, via video-conference, telephone, and through email.

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• Loyalty Programs Vs Shopper Experience – How do we generate repeat shopping in the grocery industry? Are retailers actually using the data gathered through Loyalty programs.
• The 6 Senses of Grocery Shopping – How retailers use our senses to make us buy their products.
• Mental Health in the Corporate World – How companies deal with mental health and what is the role of HR in dealing with these issues.
• Finding My Shape – Living with Depression and how I have worked to remove the perceived stigma of mental health issues.
• Insanity: Living with Depression – My journey of how I have lived with depression and worked to remove the stigma of mental health issues.

After graduating with a BComm from the University of Witwaterand and working in accounting and auditing, Bruce emigrated from South Africa to Israel. In Israel he took an interest in Advertising and Marketing and completed the “Israel Advertisers Association” course planning on a career in advertising. He soon moved into the world of Professional Services in Information Technology in the banking and retail industries.

After 20 years in the corporate world Bruce has taken a new path into the world of Public Speaking. As Malcolm Gladwell writes in his book Outliers, “I have put in my 10,000 hours to enable me to be an overnight success.”

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• “Oh, By The Way…You’re Welcome!”: HOW TO TALK TO HUMAN BEINGS – Rooted in the art of improvisation and successful team comedy, Steph DeWaegeneer will lead participants through a series of interactive exercises that are designed to promote engaging spoken communication, building trust, uncovering confidence, and helping to stay connected with one another in the face of frustration, mistrust and conflict. 
• Behold the Power of “YES! And…” – How can the number one key to performing successful improvisational comedy on stage improve your professional image and communications? Learn the simple secret that instantly transforms the negative to positive, and the impossible to the extraordinary in this fun and interactive presentation.
• Remember My Name: F.A.M.E. – Fun, actionable tips to create and present a more impactful and memorable 30 or 60 second elevator speech. Get more value out of your networking, and create a vivid image in your referral circle.
• The Power of Improv – Engaging Your Audience – An interactive presentation teaching how to leave a lasting impression with any audience. We’ll show by doing through engaging, audience-participation exercises. This talk is ideal to overcome those after lunch droopers.

Steph DeWaegeneer has spent the majority of her professional life dedicated to enriching lives by embracing a positive attitude, humor, and the creative imagination of the human spirit.  She graduated from Sam Houston State University, with a BFA in Theatre. Since graduation she has performed improv comedy on numerous stages throughout the US & UK including: The Manchester Comedy Festival, and performances in Texas, Washington D.C., Illinois, Indiana, New York, Oregon, and North Carolina.  She was also crowned 2009 MS. Plus America. Presently, she is the record setting National Sales Director for ComedySportz™ and still manages to perform nearly every week with the Houston-based professional improve comedy troupe.

Call Steph 713.256.8722

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• Recreate the Honeymoon Tomorrow – In this marriage enrichment lecture I help couples to identify how they created those happiest times in their relationships and what steps they could take to recreate that experience immediately.
• The Solution Focused Approach to Increasing Motivation – In this lecture I teach attendees how to apply a solution focused perspective to their lives, making energy go up and accomplishing more goals.
• The Solution Focused Office – In this lecture I help change the perspective so that where once there were once just problems, now there are solutions, allowing for the office to transform from a place of low morale and productivity to a place of excitement and creative ideas.

Elliott Connie is a licensed professional counselor in the State of Texas who has spent his entire counseling career working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. After completing his Masters Degree in Professional Counseling, Elliott immediately began working in private practice as a solution focused practitioner. It was during this time that he noticed the lack of training programs available to people seeking to become more skilled with the solution focused approach so he founded the Solution Focused Training Institute along with a partner. Today, Elliott maintains a full private practice in Keller, TX along with being responsible for the day to day operations of the Solution Focused Training Institute which holds multiple trainings on the approach annually including a Spring Symposium, multiple day workshops and strategic planning with businesses. He is the co-editor of The Art of Solution Focused Therapy and currently tours the world conducting trainings and speaking at conferences about the solution focused approach.

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• Recreate the Honeymoon Tomorrow – Often couples have had a time in their marriage when things were working just as they should be, the honeymoon period. In this marriage enrichment lecture I help couples to identify how they created those happiest times in their relationships and what steps they could take to recreate that experience immediately.
• The Solution Focused Approach to Increasing Motivation – There are times in both our personal and professional lives when we have low energy and simply to get goals accomplished. In this lecture I teach attendees how to apply a solution focused perspective to their lives, making energy go up and accomplishing more goals.
• The Solution Focused Office – Negativity and too much of a problem focus can affect any professional work environment. Making the office a less enjoyable place to be and having a negative impact on the service or product of the company. In this lecture I help change the perspective so that where once there were once just problems, now there are solutions, allowing for the office to transform from a place of low morale and productivity to a place of excitement and creative ideas.