Construction & Building Industry

JERRY V. Teplitz, JD, Ph.D.
Certified Speaking Professional

"Your four sessions were very popular and our members are still talking about your presentations. Your unique message and practical application gets people what they want....immediate results. I hope more ABC chapters take advantage of your program." Stephen L. Stone, President ABC Wisconsin Chapter
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COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW - THE PARTICIPANTS
"I honestly think this seminar will change the way I live my life. I can't wait to share his teachings with everyone I know." Jaclyn Fredericks, Executive Assistant ABC – Indianapolis Chapter
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Associated Builders and Contractors Associated General Contractors of America Electrical Contractors Association	National Association of Home Builders National Roofing Contractors Association National Utility Contractors Association
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Programs

Your Management Success Formula
With the increase in competition and changes in the workplace, the key to good management practices now requires a clear understanding of human behavior. Through this program managers will learn their own behavior style while they also receive a picture of the style of the people they have to manage. This information will allow them to better relate to and motivate their subordinates and is also valuable in team building, hiring, and the correct placement of personnel.

"Thank you for being our keynote speaker. Your presentation was enjoyed thoroughly by our members and I am receiving many evaluations saying "best yet", and "keep speakers like that coming". Thank you so much for bringing the great tips on high energy and sales success."

Barb Bestrom
Assistant Executive Vice President
Home & Building Association of Greater Grand Rapids

Working Together: Effective Ways To Build Successful Teams
This is a fast-moving training program designed to increase productivity and promote teambuilding by helping your people learn more about their own and each others' overall goals and work styles. They'll discover practical strategies that foster cooperation in both the business environment and their personal lives. And they'll learn how people with different work styles can resolve incompatibilities and interact more effectively as a team.

How to Persuade Effectively
People call it the art of persuasion, but is it really an art? Or are there actually systematic approaches which can be used to better understand our own motivation and that of those you are trying to persuade? The session explores this question and offers participants a proven way to read their clients' behavior styles, which enables them to be even more successful persuaders.

Increasing Your Management Power To New Levels of Excellence
Research shows that we use less than 10% of our brain power. Imagine the difference if your managers could access more of this hidden potential. This session gives participants actual methods for achieving their own management power. The program results in increased creativity and productivity and gives participants techniques that have practical value.

Hiring and Placing Excellent People
This is a fast-moving training program designed to increase productivity and promote teambuilding by helping your people learn more about their own and others' work styles and overall goals. They'll discover practical strategies that foster cooperation in both the business environment and their personal lives. And they'll learn how people with different work styles can resolve incompatibilities and interact more effectively as a team.

"Friday's event was a wonderful success due, in large, part to your talent for educating the masses in a most delightful manner! The information you shared was a real eye opener!"

Robyn Reals
Director of Events
Washington Metropolitan Sales & Marketing Council

Managing the Stress of Change
Time pressures, people pressures, and bottom line pressures all add to the level of stress managers have to deal with today. This program focuses on giving managers the techniques and abilities to take charge of the stressful situations they encounter in the workplace. Techniques include quick energizing, relaxation and a 1 1/2 minute headache relief method.

INDUSTRY LEADER'S COMMENTS

"People were absolutely amazed at the powerful information you shared with them."
	Kay W. Hurley, Director of Membership Services & Special Councils Tidewater Builders Assn

"I wanted to drop you an note expressing my appreciation and that of all of our members for an outstanding presentation. Your presentation of "Increasing Your Management Power to New Levels of Excellence" was perfect for our members. It was certainly something they needed to hear."
	Jim Lee, President/CEO Floor Installation Association

"We have received great comments on your presentations and were glad to see the evaluation forms. You do such a wonderful job for us. "
	Marilyn E. Lawrence, Executive Director and Conference Manager IMSA

"Our people found your programs very enlightening and valuable. I would recommend your programs without reservation to any CEO in pursuit of the artful leadership of their troops."
	John Rakolta Jr., Chairman & CEO Walbridge Aldinger

"Those goals all were met by your informative and entertaining presentation."
	Stuart Beattie, Executive Vice President Roth Corporation

"All comments seem to be that this is the best convention we have ever had and I know your session contributed largely to this success."
	Peggie Woodard, Assistant Executive Directive National Utility Contractors Association

“Your programs were truly enlightening…. Our attendees were particularly pleased with your innovative approaches to time-management and motivation.… As a whole, your ratings on the evaluations were superior.”
	Jeff Lambert Program Manager National Association of Home Builders

"Choosing you to deliver the closing keynote was one of the best decisions we could have make. Our members were thrilled with the information and energized to go back to their associations. Without a doubt, your keynote was the highlight of the seminar."
	Melissa Leighton Assistant Director, Executive Officers Council National Association of Home Builders

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COMMENTS FROM PARTICIPANTS

“This is probably the most life changing seminar I've been to in a long time.”
	Sue Rodi Baines Real Estate, Inc GMAC

“Wow! The time flew while he was on stage and left us wanting more. The program really hit home with our members. Almost 70% percent of the members thought the program was EXCELLENT and the remaining gave the program a GOOD rating. I would say you definitely made an impact.”
	Leslie Hope, Meeting Planner Carolinas AGC Chapter

“Most awesome program I've been to in years.”
	Michael Shober Shober Training & Development

“This is the best session I've attended at the Leadership Institute."
	Ruth Ann Miller-Jones, Membership Director ABC – Georgia Chapter

“It enlightened me to things I was unaware of!!"
	Kent Duronberger Mid-States Mechanical Services

“I'm a skeptic but absolutely came out a believer."
	Sandra Rodriguez, Membership Coordinator ABC Los Angeles/Ventura Chapter

“I would not have believed it unless I was there."
	Jay Edwards, Senior Project Manager Cuyler Associates

“I will be able to use what I learned tonight to make a positive impact at work and home for the rest of my life.”
	John Garner Center for Family-Owned Business

“Jerry's program leaves you wanting to become a better person in managing time.”
	Scott Gerberich Frey Lutz Corp

“Covered a lot of information in a short period of time. Gave us material to take and use.”
	Heidi Bianco Wohlsen

"A very understandable presentation that you can put into practice immediately to make better personnel choices."
	Greg Beerman ABC MA Chapter

“Helped me look at things in a completely new way.”
	Warren B. Hardy, President ABC Southern Nevada

"A very unique and useable presentation."
	Greg Beeman, President ABC MA Chapter

“Great Seminar! Very useful and enjoyable.”
	Rusty Fulmer Taylor Mortgage

“I plan to use Dr. Jerry’s techniques to take stress out of my life.”
	Judy Downing Century 21 – Bob Capes Realtors

“Very different from what I expected; not the same tired concepts."
	Lelah Campo, President CT ABC

“Jerry was an outstanding presenter and has a great program."
	Steve Cona Jr., President ABC, Florida Gulf Coast Chapter

“Most informative 2 hours I have spent on any endeavor over the past year.”
	Bob Duker ARI

“This program was fun from start to finish.”
	Barbara Hicks Mungo Homes, Inc.

“Learning to identify and interpret other’s profiles will greatly enhance my business skills.”
	Debby Nalhone Russell & Jeffcoat Realtors

“Amazing innovative ideas!”
	Charlene Epps Manager Bigelow Homes

“Jerry is one of the most entertaining, and enthusiastic speakers that I have ever seen!”
	Gina Marasco Sales Associate Bigelow Homes

“I am truly inspired. I can’t wait to work with these techniques.”
	Regina Castle Senior Sales Manager Kirk Homes

“Interesting and provocative - applicable across almost every facet of my organization.”
	Jesse Livesay Dayton Area Board of Realtors

“I saw Jerry's program 8-10 years ago and I'm still amazed at the way his teachings worked then and now.”
	Elda Marshall HBA of Greater Cincinnati

“Jerry's seminar on mind power and the affects of positive thoughts was amazing.”
	Greg Beeman, President ABC MA Chapter

“I am truly inspired. I can’t wait to work with these techniques.”
	Jim Hilz BIA of Central Ohio
"The program really hit home with our members. Almost 70% percent of the members thought the program was EXCELLENT and the remaining gave the program a GOOD rating. I would say you definitely made an impact"
	Leslie Hope Meeting Planner Carolinas AGC