• 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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Call Michael: 713.201.5559

• Startup Ventures – How to fly an unfinished airplane
• Capital Funding – You want how much & you want it when?!
• Exit Strategies – How does your flight end?
• Market Strategy Ecosystems – Forming teams, even when you’re all by yourself
• Business Development Costs – Calculating the time, money, & performance of client acquisition
• Being Dispassionate About Your Passion – How to objectively evaluate your own performance
• Graceful Closings – How not to suffer a catastrophic end
• Risk Management – How to increase your odds against the flip of a coin

Javier Hernandez is a veteran entrepreneur having built 8 ventures of his own with 6 successful liquidity events and 2 that – let’s just say – taught him some extraordinary lessons about life and business.

Next to his family, his deepest passion is guiding other entrepreneurs to build their visions into viable and successful businesses while helping them avoid the myriad pitfalls.

He has worked globally in 72 countries across 4 continents and 50 states, helping more than 250 client companies and not-for-profits. His expertise ranges from product development and management, sales force management and market strategies, operational efficiencies, fundraising, and facilitating investment capital, mergers, acquisitions, and IPO’s.

Most recently, Javier radically transformed his company of more than 10 years, Business Rising, from a fee-for-service management-consulting model into a risk management firm with zero out-of-pocket costs to clients.

Call Javier 469-939-8829

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• 5 Steps to Business Freedom – How to go from Irrelevance to Freedom 
• The Profit Equation – How to exponentially multiply your profits
• We Really Should Meet – Doing great Business Networking 1-on-1’s

With a BS in Finance and an MBA in Marketing, Roger has over 17 years as a successful business leader, working with companies such as Shell Oil Company, YUM! Brands (Kentucky Fried Chicken), and Joes Crab Shack. He has executive experience in finance, marketing, team leadership, people planning, process improvement, M&A, and management. As an Advicoach, He helps business owners make MORE MONEY (AT LEAST 68% per year profit improvement) and spend less time in their business!

Call Roger 281-937-7196

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• Fraud detection and prevention – recognize and act to reduce your exposure to fraud
• Strategic planning – develop a viable, productive, real-time plan to move your business where it needs to go
• Process mapping – find ways to make dramatic and meaningful changes 
• Performance measurement and management – establish coherent “SMART” performance goals AND to achieve them
• Communications and presentations – lead with strength, the strength of Total Communications 
• Leadership and management development – grow your own leaders and managers without fear 
• Change management – improve your organization without trauma 
• Conflict management – when conflict occurs, manage it instead of letting it manage you

Ronald P. Fory is an international management consultant, lecturer and author. A Distinguished Toastmaster, his professional certifications include Certified Management Consultant, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, and Certified Financial Manager. For the past 5 years, his company, Fory Group LLC, has provided management consulting and custom corporate training for companies such as Chevron Texaco, Hewlett Packard, Thomson Financial, and the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol. 

Mr. Fory served for 21 years in the United States Army, and has served for the past 25 years in industries ranging from not-for-profit to financial services, manufacturing and distribution. He wrote the cover article, “The Art of Leadership,” for the inaugural issue of the international business and finance journal Capital, and has contributed to other international publications. He regularly presents to local and national audiences on fraud, accountability, and management and leadership topics.

He is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants, the Institute of Management Accountants, Toastmasters International, and the Civil Air Patrol. He serves as a director of the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants, and as the Assistant Finance Director for the Southwest Region Civil Air Patrol.

Email Ron

Ron’s Web Site

817.312.3059

• High Powered Sales Secrets Revealed – From single moms to the Fortune 500, anybody can do it, in any economy.
• Integrity Is Not Sexy – But without it, nothing works.
• If It Is Not My Genius, It Is Not My Job – The first person to hire after yourself is a coach.
• Defying Gravity - The first and last person in your way is YOU!
• The Three Laws of Performance - From Book to Practice

Kenda-Le Pernin is a World Class Consultant specializing in Operational Performance bringing Impeccable Integrity and Concise Communication to Organizational teams. Kenda-Le has been consulting for over 12 years bringing rigor and extraordinary results to their bottom line. She has worked with companies in retail, oil and gas, health and wellness, legal, manufacturing, and publishing.

Email Kenda-Le

972-517-8313

What Mom and Dad forgot to tell you about owning and running a business - this humorous and challenging talk provides a brief overview of some of the most important things people need to think about and focus on when considering owning their own business.
The 4 Keys to Resolving the People Issues in your Business – this talk focuses on the four key things that can eliminate 95% of all people issues in organizations.
Finding the Hidden Referral sources in your business - this talk focuses on identifying the places where referrals hide in your organization. We will uncover those places and expose ways to grow your number of referrals and potential customers.
15 Magic Minutes a Day to Double Your Productivity – Learn a 15 minute process to manage and allocate your time in ways that will lead to greater productivity and improved performance.
Playing BusinessBall - Learn how to make your business fun and exciting and something that you enjoy playing every day.
The Total Practice Makeover – How do you turn your low producing healthcare practice into a vibrant, well run money-making machine.

Mike Mirau is recognized nationally as one of the top business coaches in the US. He works with business leaders all over the world to help them improve their results, gain clarity of purpose and create accountability structures that help leaders achieve their objectives.
Mike has an extensive background as a senior executive in organizations such as E-Systems, J.C. Penney, Interstate Batteries and eFANshop.com. For the last 8 years, Mike has provided consulting and coaching services to business leaders worldwide. He has worked in over 60 different industries and specializes in helping health care organizations transform their culture and processes to improve performance. He also works with franchise organizations (Zors and Zees) to improve their performance, customer services and relationships inside and outside their organizations.
Some of Mike’s clients include Microsoft, The Dallas Morning News, NewsCorp, Frito Lay, EDS, Baylor Health Systems, Presbyterian Health Systems, Fresh Coat, Interstate Batteries, Creative Tutors, and many local organizations.
Mike also serves as the chairman of Amor Ministries. Amor is a non-profit organization based in San Diego, California, that takes 25,000 young people annually into Mexico and South Africa to build houses for people who don’t have one.

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Call Mike 972-437-0977

• Making It Happen: Secrets to Generating Powerful Results – Women don’t often take enough time to focus on what will bring them the success and balance they want. This interactive, dynamic workshop developed for women leaders offers the strategies and tools needed to create effective goals and action plans. Participants will leave with written goals, focus and passion to generate results.
• Take Charge Of Your Life (And Your Business): Create the Future Your REALLY Dream Of – Is it time to commit to yourself? To go all out to see what you could do if you really gave yourself a chance? Leave your excuses at the door. If you are running on empty, it’s time to put life back into your focus. Take charge and envision a bold new future for yourself and your company. You have a safe space to create it in this powerful workshop.
• Beyond Positive Thinking – Positive Living: Why positive thinking is more than just a trend – It’s a lifestyle. – Leave your fears and concerns at the door. Come into Kathy’s world and discover the career, health and life benefits of generating positive thoughts and creating more positive energy in your life. Affect your work environment, lead your children and family, be an example in the community. Surprise people, start a movement. Change your life.

Looking for a speaker who can leave your audience inspired, energized and ready to act?

Kathy Garland says Yes! to women business owners so they can say Yes! to themselves, too. She is deeply committed and passionate about WAKING UP the women leaders who want to change their lives and make a difference in the lives of others. Kathy creates  unique experiences with women business leaders at all levels to help ignite their imaginations to create a future worth living.

For more than two decades, Kathy has spoken to audience sizes as intimate as 20 and as large as 1,000. At home with audiences from corporate settings to member organizations, Kathy offers power?packed, thoughtful presentations that allow participants to interact and react for positive change.

Kathy’s dedicated to meeting planners and corporate Executives. She works diligently to customize and tailor presentations to serve both participants and host organizations that offer the presentations. Her win?win?win thinking creates big wins for all involved! Kathy delivers thought?provoking programs that deliver rave reviews and requests to come back!

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Call Kathy: 972.529.6744

Small Business Owners: 10 Costly Mistakes to Avoid – Taxes and debt are a small business owner’s biggest problems.  How many small business owners are looking for money-saving ideas and strategies to improve their cash flow?  Taxes are one of the small business owner’s largest expenses.  Federal taxes are bad enough, but self employment taxes just compound the grief.  So why not take advantage of every possible tax deduction allowed in the IRS code? How much money you need to retire? Can you afford to retire when and where you want? Do you know what you want to do in retirement? Have you taken the time to 

Savvy Social Security Planning:  What Baby Boomers Need to Know to Maximize Retirement Income -  Have You Considered . . . Here are some of the questions this presentation addresses:

-          Will social security be there for me?

-          How much can I expect to receive?

-          When should I apply for social security?

-          How can I maximize my benefits?

Will social security be enough to live on in retirement?

Making Your Retirement a Reality
Have You Considered . . .
How much money you need to retire? Can you afford to retire when and where you want? Do you know what you want to do in retirement? Have you taken the time to envision your retirement? Why Plan now? A goal without a plan is just a wish. Let’s look at how to get started.

Funding Education/Retirement – Without Going Broke
Let’s consider the education/retirement dilemma: how old will you be when your last child graduates from college? Will you have time to fund retirement after college? How can you fund both? This discussion will help you find unique ideas on how to solve the dilemma of financing college without spending your retirement $$.

Marketing Your Student Athlete
This presentation can help you learn how to get your student athlete recruited by the
college of his/her choice, how to maximize scholarship offers, and how to pay the balance of college expenses.

Women Money & Power
An educational presentation on financial management designed especially for women.

Shirley White-Stevens is a Certified Financial Planner and Certified College Planning Specialist. Her goal is to help families who do not qualify for need-based financial aid to reduce the overall costs of private school and college and to ultimately be able to save more money for retirement. She also specializes in comprehensive financial planning, insurance planning and the needs of the entrepreneurial and professional woman.
Shirley has been a keynote speaker at numerous meetings and workshops for businesses, credit unions, churches and professional organizations in the Dallas area. She has authored numerous articles on educational funding, and serves as a registered advisor for the NICCP and savingforcollege.com. Shirley is one of a select few who have earned the honor to be named as one of Americaâ„¢s Top Financial Planners by the Consumerâ„¢s Research Council of America.
Involved in her community, Shirley was awarded the Collin County ABWA Woman of the Year in 2003 and served as Minister of Music and Arts at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church in Allen, TX for 15 years. She holds degrees from Ursinus College and has done graduate work at Temple Medical School and the University of North Texas. Shirley White-Stevens is a Certified Financial Planner and Certified College Planning Specialist. Her goal is to help families who do not qualify for need-based financial aid to reduce the overall costs of private school and college and to ultimately be able to save more money for retirement. She also specializes in comprehensive financial planning, insurance planning and the needs of the entrepreneurial and professional woman. Shirley has been a keynote speaker at numerous meetings and workshops for businesses, credit unions, churches and professional organizations in the Dallas area. She has authored numerous articles on educational funding, and serves as a registered advisor for the NICCP and savingforcollege.com. Shirley is one of a select few who have earned the honor to be named as one of by the Consumerâ„¢s Research Council of America. Involved in her community, Shirley was awarded the Collin County ABWA Woman of the Year in 2003 and served as Minister of Music and Arts at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church in Allen, TX for 15 years. She holds degrees from Ursinus College and has done graduate work at Temple Medical School and the University of North Texas.Contact Shirley 214-495-9993 Shirley White-Stevens is a Certified Financial Planner and Certified College Planning Specialist. Her goal is to help families who do not qualify for need-based financial aid to reduce the overall costs of private school and college and to ultimately be able to save more money for retirement. She also specializes in comprehensive financial planning, insurance planning and the needs of the entrepreneurial and professional woman. Shirley has been a keynote speaker at numerous meetings and workshops for businesses, credit unions, churches and professional organizations in the Dallas area. She has authored numerous articles on educational funding, and serves as a registered advisor for the NICCP and savingforcollege.com. Shirley is one of a select few who have earned the honor to be named as one of by the Consumerâ„¢s Research Council of America. Involved in her community, Shirley was awarded the Collin County ABWA Woman of the Year in 2003 and served as Minister of Music and Arts at Christ the Servant Lutheran Church in Allen, TX for 15 years. She holds degrees from Ursinus College and has done graduate work at Temple Medical School and the University of North Texas.Contact Shirley

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www.swhitestevens.com

• Got Stress? Get Me Time! 5 minutes to nirvana! (really)
• Stress Relief Book Camp without breaking a sweat!
• ABWA – What is it anyway?
• Energizing Your Networking Attitude to Market Your Business and Yourself in 5 Easy Steps!
• The 3 keys to Direct Sales Success!
• Starting a Home Based Business
• Trade Show Know How: Don’t just sit there!
• What do I want to be when I grow up? – Pinpoint a profitable marketing focus for you and your business with a simple 4 step process.
• Professional Polish – The image you need to get the results you want!

Laura Morlando ~ The Stress Commando empowers men & women to de-stress and erase the signs of stress by teaching them how to create their 5 minute me time in their day to recharge their mind, and renew their personal image. As an accomplished 14-year sales veteran, servant leader and businesswoman, Laura understands the challenge and stress associated with balancing a career and home life. Having endured the bust of the High Tech Bubble, successfully re-inventing her career, then making the transition from corporate America to home based business entrepreneur, Laura also recognizes the obstacles professionals face marketing themselves and their business in a constant changing environment. Laura is also, all too familiar with the many life happens moments that can derail a person personally and professionally. Especially when they happen all at once! Laura is passionate about helping individuals and businesses find simple solutions to the common every day stresses and equip them with the quick tips to manage those unexpected moments. Life can be overwhelming but living can be simple. Laura’s clients include individuals, groups, corporations and National Organizations.
Laura serves as the Speaker Repository Coordinator for the Dallas Area Council of ABWA (American Business Womenâ„¢s Association), 2008 National Chairperson for the ABWA Nominating Committee and Vice President of the Swim Plus Foundation Executive Board. Laura has also served as Formation Co-Chair and President of the ABWA Outlook Positive Express Network (OPEN) for 2004-2007 and was on the Office Depot Event Council for their one day conference in February 2007. Most recently, Laura was chosen 2007 Woman of the Year for ABWA OPEN and ranked 1^st for sales and recruiting in her BeautiControl Team for 2006/2007.

Email Laura

214-926-4497