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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 Past President. |
| Dr. David Dyson / Dyson Leadership Institute |
Professional Mission To help individuals, teams, and organizations PLAN and LEAD in LIFE to fulfill your callings. Results
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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
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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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| Michele Morgan, Instructional Designer |
With over six year's experience and a Master's Degree in Instructional Systems Design from Florida State University, Michele is a dedicated professional committed to creating learning that is effective, engaging, and interactive. Having developed both eLearning and print-based instruction for two major financial institutions and a high-tech medical device company, Michele has the knowledge and skills to design and develop top quality training products to meet your business needs. Her services include:
In addition, she is available to provide on-site Instructional Design Workshops covering ISD theory, current trends in e-Learning, tips on layout, and practical advice for instructional design departments who are looking to grow toward creating consistent, professional training products. Affiliations/Contributions regarding the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD
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| John O'Malley / Strategic Visions, Inc. |
Areas of Specialty/Service Description Strategic Visions is a business development consulting service that offers a wide selection of consulting, training, and coaching services design to help growth oriented individuals and companies succeed at what they do or want to do. You will find we excel at executive development, strategic planning, reengineering corporate cultures, effecting change, improving employee satisfaction and loyalty, and the acquisition, retention, and cultivation of customers. Our proprietary sales consulting, coaching, and training services are based on "Catalyst Selling" an interest/emotional based philosophy; and can be embedded into any current approach to sales. One of our specialties is creating value-added employees and employee business units to improve company wide performance, productivity, and profitability. Creative thinking is our hallmark, especially pertaining to solving difficult problems associated with business development, marketing, customer relations, and crisis management. John O'Malley is an experienced consultant, coach, facilitator, motivational speaker, and prolific writer on the subjects he consults and trains others on. John has authored over 15 books and hundreds of articles, his articles appear in the Birmingham Business Journal and the Hoover Chamber newsletter. He is an expert witness, and appears on radio and television. We're unique because our material is self-developed and not off the shelf material. Affiliations/Contributions regarding the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD
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| Salena W. Stalker, PHR / One Source Business Solutions, LLC |
Areas of Specialty/Service Description One Source Business Solutions is a woman-owned consultancy that provides training, development, and coaching in the areas of policies and procedures, management training, leadership, personal, and career development, customer service, teambuilding and more. Founder and President, Salena Whalen-Stalker is a certified professional in human resource management who possesses a degree specializing in HRM and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in HRM. OSBS is proud to be a WBENC certified woman-owned business that offers a wide variety of training and development solutions to our clients. Setting us apart from other consultancies, our organization is especially equipped to focus on small business coaching and development. Industries that we have served include financial and mortgage, hospitality, manufacturing, and service. Our network clients include Blue Cross, IBM, MasterCard, and the U.S. Military, to name a few. We offer both public and on-site workshops including state of the art technology to support in-house delivery of training solutions to our clients. With an international network of consultants and speakers, we can provide you with the tools to succeed in your work and personal life. No matter the size of your organization, One Source has a solution to help you achieve your goals. Affiliations/Contributions regarding the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD:
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| 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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| Cathy C. Urquhart RN, MS, MSN / Performance Health |
Areas of Specialty/Service Description Cathy founded Performance Health after successful work in clinical, academic, and corporate healthcare settings. The firm's name reflects her passion for organizational performance and addressing important health issues in the corporate setting. With more than 30 years in primary care, corporate management and management training, and academics, Cathy brings a wealth of practical knowledge and experience to training and coaching. Performance Health goes beyond wellness programs to help find and start eliminating the root causes of stress at work. Since stress contributes to most illnesses, reducing stress can reduce healthcare costs and associated absenteeism, employee turnover, worker’s compensation, and litigation costs. Using an innovative “Field Guide to Performance,” Cathy helps identify the sources of stress, measure their affect on your bottom line, and develop training and coaching programs to eliminate the causes and reduce associated costs. Cathy is a Registered Nurse, and holds Masters Degrees in Psychology and Nursing. She is an Alabama Board of Nursing CEU Provider and holds the Lead Associate Faculty position for Healthcare and Human Services at the University of Phoenix, Birmingham, Alabama campus. Cathy has been trained as a performance management trainer, a Certified Developmental Dimensions International trainer, and an Inscape Publishing (DiSC, Indra) Facilitator. Affiliations/Contributions regarding the Birmingham Chapter of ASTD
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The MDL Consulting Group
Michele Morgan, Instructional Designer
John O'Malley/Strategic Visions, Inc.
Salena W. Stalker, PHR
Lana Guess Thompson
Cathy C. Urquhart RN, MS, MSN