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About the Consultant's CornerThe Birmingham Chapter of ASTD is pleased to showcase its member consultants and business owners for informational purposes. The Birmingham Chapter of ASTD does not endorse these businesses. Consultants are listed in alphabetical order. If you are a member consultant and are interested in being included in the Consultant's corner, please click here to obtain an application (Microsoft Word required), complete it, and return it to our Vice President - Communications. |
| Pete Blank / ATLAS (Alabama Training, Leadership And Strategy) |
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Pete received his Masters in Human Resources from Rollins College in Florida, and he is qualified to deliver multiple leadership and communication profiles including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), DiSC, and the LifeStyles Inventory (LSI). Pete is the co-author of YES You Can! Reaching your Potential while achieving Greatness with Dr. Warren Bennis and Jim Rohn. It is due out in 2010. Affiliations/Contributions regarding the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD
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| Tim Brunson / Transformation Technologies |
Tim Brunson, PhD / Transformation Technologies Areas of Specialty/Service Description Dr. Tim Brunson has over 30 years of training experience, including having taught on the faculty of two universities, serving as the head of a four state transportation school, having provided instructors to 23 universities, and working for the U.S. government as a head of training for eight Southeastern states. Additionally, his training and clinical experience as a doctor of clinical hypnotherapy and as NLP trainer have given him unique insights into communication, training, and the human mind. He facilitates and coaches individuals, organizations, and corporations who are seeking to excel through transformation. Also, he produces clearly superior Master Trainers and Communicators who employ powerful and entertaining techniques designed to achieve unheard of results. His specialties include presentation and communication skills and corporate, professional, and personal transformation. Dr. Brunson gives numerous speeches and conducts workshops at meetings and conferences. His audiences have included business and civic leaders, university faculties, human resource managers, and medical professionals. His presentations are entertaining and highly informative, leaving you with the feeling of being enlightened, inspired, and educated. Affiliations/Contributions regarding the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD
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| Dr. David Dyson / Life Leaders |
Dr. David Dyson Areas of Specialty/Service Description To help individuals, teams, and organizations PLAN and LEAD in LIFE. Professional Roles and Services
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| Joe Fehrmann / Organizational Effectiveness Consulting |
Areas of Specialty/Service Description Joe Fehrmann helps his clients achieve business and personal success by building strength in business development, leadership skills, personal career direction, and workplace culture. His services include training and coaching in personal marketing, leadership, and teaming skills, as well as consulting in succession planning, organizational change initiatives, teambuilding, strategic planning, and employee engagement. Joe brings more than twenty years of experience to his Organizational Effectiveness Consulting practice. His background includes management and consulting roles in the construction, public utilities, manufacturing, professional services, and defense industries, as well as teaching business and human resources courses at the university level. Joe combines an engaging, classroom facilitation style with a goal-directed, structured coaching style. He challenges and supports his clients in achieving their goals in personal skill improvement, practice development, and business strategy. Joe is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, the Organization Development Network, and the American Society for Training and Development. He is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). He is co-author of several training activity guides published by American Media and HRD Press. He makes his home in Birmingham, Alabama. Affiliations/Contributions regarding the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD
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| Craig Huggart |
Professional Speaker Who Helps People Get More Rest Through Technology
Then invite me to speak to your group (business or religious). Organizations I have spoken to include: ARMA, ASTD, IPSA, Rotary International, and STC. Are you in Email Hell? Know someone who is? Then my speech, Escape From Email Hell (based on the book) is for you. Through entertaining stories featuring Ed and his encounters with the Email Angel, your group will learn the secrets that lead to Email Heaven. The average person in your organization gets over 20,000 emails per year. Be the one who brings this program to your group. Don't delay, contact me via email: craighuggart@gmail.com. Also, check out my website: http://www.craighuggart.com/ Affiliations/Contributions regarding the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD
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| Mike Laus, Ph.D. / The MDL Consulting Group |
Areas of Specialty/Service Description Mike Laus, Ph.D., is an organizational development consultant who has a passion for helping systems prosper by meeting the opportunities of change. Dr. Laus has a unique combination of strong academic credentials coupled with a successful 25 year track record of practical experience and competence in: Leading Change Processes
Team Building
Training
Facilitation
Dr. Laus has worked effectively with many culturally diverse clients: financial organizations; university health system hospitals; mid-size as well as rural hospitals; the American Indian Health Service; the Veterans Affairs; the Alabama Mental Health Department; Jamaican hospital administrators; hospital administrators in The Peoples Republic of China; and the Maniilaq Association in Kotzebue, Alaska. Affiliations/Contributions regarding the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD
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| Karen Sladick / Organize 4 Results |
Karen Sladick Organize 4 Results 538 Durham Drive Homewood, AL 35209 Phone: 205.907.5170 E-mail: Karen@organize4results.com Web Site: www.Organize4Results.com Areas of Specialty/Service Description Karen Sladick is the founder of Organize 4 Results and specializes in conducting seminars and giving presentations to businesses and business owners that want to help their employees become more organized, focused and productive. She has extensive experience researching and studying both the mental and physical aspects of being organized. Her seminars will provide you with simple, specific and effective solutions that offer quick relief to workplace stress, frustration and anxiety. They will help you:
Her presentation style is entertaining and full of high energy. Her participants stay engaged, motivated and leave eager to implement the ideas discussed. She has a reputation for teaching people ideas and techniques that can easily be put into action in their day-to-day-lives. Karen is an approved instructor for continuing education courses for the Alabama Real Estate Commission, Alabama Board of Nursing, Alabama State Bar and the Alabama Board of Public Accountancy. In addition, she is an approved instructor for continuing education for the Georgia State Bar, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and the State of Mississippi Judiciary.
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| Dallas Teague Snider / Make Your Best Impression |
America's Impression Engineer Dallas Teague Snider is the Founder of Make Your Best Impression - a consulting service that offers seminars, workshops and professional coaching in regard to etiquette and protocol intelligence skills. These skills provide a cutting edge difference in today’s competitive business arena. Etiquette is the art of how you respond in a given situation and also covers customer service, civility and corporate social responsibility. There are several ways to invest in your future but learning these skills will be an investment that will last a lifetime. Our goal at Make Your Best Impression is to help companies, organizations and individuals make their first impression their best impression. An investment in these skills is a guaranteed return. Some of topics include:
"Dallas delivered razor-sharp business etiquette training that gave me a feeling of empowerment. This class is a MUST for all business professionals, who desire to take their career to the next level." ~Elma Bell, Employment & Training Manager "Proper business etiquette should come as naturally to all as it does to Dallas! Tips from her seminar have already proven to be an invaluable resource." Tim Hallman Dallas Teague Snider is certified by the Protocol School of Washington® and is an experienced hospitality and sales marketing consultant. Dallas is the author of the soon to be released book "Professionally Polished, Business Etiquette Savvy for Today's Competitive Market". Her articles appear in the Birmingham Business Journal and sister publications as well as Rejuvenate Magazine. Dallas is also a regular contributor to the Mobile Bay Business Journal (www.mobilebaybusinessjournal) "Ask Dallas" column. She has been a member of the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD since 2008. Affiliations/Contributions regarding the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD
For more information, please visit http://www.makeyourbestimpression.com/ |
| Lana Guess Thompson |
Areas of Specialty/Service Description Lana Guess Thompson is a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA) who is an independent organizational consultant, training designer and facilitator, and personal effectiveness coach. Lana has worked with over 100 local, national and international clients to improve personal and organizational effectiveness, HR processes, teamwork, communications, leadership, respect for differences, customer service, work/life balance, career development, conflict management and more. She develops and facilitates customized workshops, teambuilding and strategic planning sessions to set common goals, solve problems and improve productivity and effectiveness. Lana also provides individual coaching to those who want or need to improve their effectiveness beyond what a workshop or teambuilding can do. Affiliations/Contributions regarding the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD:
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Pete Blank, President of ATLAS, provides leadership training, employee development and keynote speeches to businesses and organizations that are looking to create a highly engaged workforce. Pete’s 15+ years of experience includes time with The Walt Disney Company, WBMG-TV 42 (CBS) in Birmingham and local government.
Joe Fehrmann
The MDL Consulting Group
Lana Guess Thompson