KEYGroup  is a management consulting and training firm in Pittsburgh, PA. It’s group of professionals include Fortune 500 executives, health care administrators, manufacturing managers, government/military supervisors, and community leaders who consult and train in the areas of performance management, employee development, and leadership. The two principals are Dr. Joanne Sujansky and Dr. Jan-Ferri Reed. Joanne is author of The Power of Partnering: Vision Commitment and Action (Pfeiffer and Company, 1991) and co-author of Training Games for Managing Change (McGraw Hill 1999). Jan has been designing and delivering customized management training programs for the firm since 1984 and serves as KEYGroup’s President.
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John Amatt has made presentations to over 1,800 corporate and professional audiences representing well in excess of 800,000 people in 44 countries around the world. Building on his lifetime of adventure and entrepreneurship, including as a leader and climber on Canada’s first successful Mt. Everest expedition, John uses the adventure metaphor to inspire and motivate audiences. His most popular presentation topics include No Mountain Too High: Challenging Change with the Adventure Attitude™, and Climbing Your Own Everest: What It Takes to Get to the Top.
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Arden Bercovitz, PH.D., CSP. Arden’s niche as an entertaining, inspiring, and informative professional speaker in the guise of Dr. Albert Einstein helps his audiences to learn new ways of thinking and recognize new windows of opportunity. He skillfully weaves stories and quotes from Einstein’s life with the challenges currently facing each group, challenges such as change management, innovation, creative thinking, and professional development. Titles of presentations include, Intelligent Change…The Einstein Way!, Change Your Thinking Today…The Einstein Way!, Discover Opportunities in Diversity…The Einstein Way! and Strudel for the Noodle. Arden's portrayal of Einstein has been featured in Success Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, The San Diego Business Journal and numerous trade journals. His client list includes Fortune 500 corporations, government groups, and professional associations in a wide range of industries.
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Sheila Murray Bethel, PH.D., CSP, CPAE is a globally acclaimed keynote and special events speaker who gets the results her clients want. Sheila delivers a powerful combination of expertise, substance, humor and inspiration with every presentation. Sheila brings a unique depth of sensitivity to her specialties of change, leadership, customer service and personal excellence. In the course of delivering 2,500 presentations in 11 nations, she has spoken to over one million people. Her client list reads like a global “Who’s Who” of Business, Trade Associations, Education and Government. Sheila is author of Making a Difference: 12 Qualities That Make You A Leader.
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Art Cornwell is the president of The Boardroom, a Michigan-based consulting and training firm that specializes in showing business people how to improve their professional skills. Art has 30 years of experience, and has been a senior officer of five firms. An international speaker, and member of the National Speakers Association, Art has presented the principles contained in his book, Freeing the Corporate Mind: How to Spur Innovation in Business. One of his most popular workshop series is Leadership in the 21st Century, which covers eight different skill sets.
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Keith Harrell As president of Harrell Performance Systems, Keith has created a firm specializing in helping the corporate marketplace achieve and maintain its goals through the power of a positive attitude. Keith has shared his powerful message, Attitude Is Everything® with audiences around the world. Known across Corporate America for his energetic and innovative presentations, Keith counts IBM, Mattel, Aetna, Eli Lilly and Coca Cola among his repeat customers. His lively delivery compels participants to take a “fix-it” or “kick-it” approach toward desired changes in attitude, increased confidence, and productivity. In addition to his program, Attitude Is Everything, he has presented Making Performance Matter™, Embracing Change to Increase Effectiveness.
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Sue Hershkowitz-Coore has spoken to more than one million people in 49 states and seven international venues.  “Energetic,” “enthusiastic,” and “practical” are the words most often used to describe her programs.  Presentations, which range from 90-minute keynotes to 4-hour breakouts, include Customer Communications: Email or Enailed?, Communicating When Communication is Difficult and Demanding, Power Sales Writing™, and From Success to Significance: Moving from Indistinguishable to Indispensable.  Sue is the author of Power Sales Writing: What Every Sales Person Must Know to Turn Prospects Into Buyers.
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Michael Kipp formed his management consulting firm in 1989 and has helped more than 100 companies design and facilitate high impact work sessions that support corporate strategy, business innovation, organization design, new marketing initiatives, and the cultivation of more effective executive teams. As a former Chief Executive Officer, Mike has coached executives and their teams through market repositioning, corporate transformation, and personal growth. He regularly consults in a variety of operating environments, frequently in emergent or turnaround situations and plans and manages large group interventions. Mike presents regularly for business, trade and professional gatherings. His provocative leadership development keynotes include The Accidental Leader, Seven Lessons in Strategy, Self Inflicted Change and From Transaction to Consultation.
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Valerie Sokolosky is a Dallas-based management consultant who assists executives in reaching their full potential through coaching, strategic career planning, and the development of interpersonal skills including corporate protocol and image enhancement. Valerie has helped thousands worldwide reach their professional goals. She is a widely published author of five books, including Corporate Protocol and Seasons of Success. Corporate Protocol has been translated into Spanish and Indonesian and is marketed worldwide.
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Fran Solomon Senior Vice Empress of PLAYFAIR, Inc., is a highly popular motivational speaker who has been speaking to excited and enthusiastic audiences throughout the U.S. for over 15 years about the revitalizing effects of humor and play in the workplace. Her lighthearted, enlightened approach to work, life, and the community, “inoculates” organizations against typical workplace scourges: Chronic stress, lack of motivation, and uninspired customer service.
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Mark P. Steinberg  is president and founder of Steinberg and Associates, Human Resource Consultants. For over 15 years, he has designed and presented training programs and speeches that address the most critical issues associated with motivating workforces and increasing their productivity. Currently, Mark offers more than 30 different topics on leadership, customer service, communication, creativity and innovation, team building, business writing, and networking. Mark's programs are filled with business-relevant instruction conveyed in refreshing, inspirational ways. Clients cite his highly interactive presentations, creative audio/visual support, entertaining group exercises, and both conventional and unconventional instructional techniques.
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William Stieber, PH.D. CSP owner of InterPro Development, Inc., is a trainer, organization development consultant, and speaker. Dr. Stieber has over 20 years of experience working in the financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and consulting fields. His workshops include: leadership practices, quality measurements, customer service, problem solving tools, team building, project management, matrix management, time management, coaching skills, and Myers Briggs®. Bill’s most recent book is Teaming for Improvement – Getting Results in the Millennium. Other books include, Thriving on Change in Organizations, and The Anatomy of a Leader: 21 Tips for 21st Century Success.
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Alan Weiss, PH.D. is a consultant, speaker and author. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc. has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, Avon and over 300 other leading organizations. Alan is the author of 12 books, many of which have been on the curricula at Villanova, Temple University, and the Wharton School of Business and have been translated into German, Italian, Arabic, and Chinese. His hard-hitting, custom-designed presentations focus on practical techniques for improving performance, communications, productivity and teamwork and include such titles as Mastering Change: The Seven Keys to a World That Will Never be the Same, Making the Fourth Sale First: How to Build Winning Relationships, and Empowering the Customer: How to Allow the Buyer to Buy.
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Thomas J. Winninger, CSP, CPAE has been referred to by his peers as “America’s Business Coach!” Thom delivers programs on competition, marketing, leadership, team building, benchmarking, and the future. Author of the best selling book, Price Wars: How to Win The Battle For Your Customer! he has been featured on CNBC First Business, in BoardRoom Reports, Venture, and Success magazines. His varied background and client base has made him a valuable resource for marketing, sales, and management professionals nationwide.
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Alan R. Zimmerman, PH.D., CSP, CPAE is president of the Zimmerman Communi-Care Network. As a motivational speaker and trainer Dr. Zimmerman has a unique talent for achieving enthusiastic interaction wherever he speaks. His custom-designed Programs for Peak Performance embrace the subjects of motivation, team building, risk, burnout, listening, communication, and customer service. He has spoken to more than a million people throughout the world and over 90% of his clients engage him for subsequent events. Dr. Zimmerman is one of the few people named “Distinguished Faculty Member” year after year by the Institute for Management Services.
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