Food Industry

Programs

Speeding To Effective Time Mastery;
Working Smarter, Not Harder
With the complexities of the business world today, there never seems to be enough time to accomplish everything we need to do. Through this program participants will discover their own time management strengths and weaknesses leading to the development of a personal, effective time management strategy.

"Your presentation was outstanding. We have received nothing but glowing comments from everyone who was in attendance. You may be sure that your contribution to the conference helped make the experience most enjoyable for the attendees."

Patricia L. Shinko,
Director, Educational Conferences
Food Marketing Insititute

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.

Hiring, Placing and Motivating Excellent People
The key to success within any organization is hiring the right person for the job and keeping them properly motivated. Through this seminar, participants will gain tools that can be used to determine the strengths and weaknesses of a potential employee, as well as the ability to determine the most appropriate placement of that person within the organization and, finally, what steps can be taken to keep them motivated.

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.

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 other's 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.

"Thank you for the outstanding presentation! Our folks really enjoyed it, and talk around the stores is that they are using it and staying calmer. I know I certainly benefited from it."

William B. Stubbs, III,
Assistant Director of Human Resources
The Red Food Stores, Inc.

Managing Management Stress
Time pressures, people pressures, and bottom fine 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 and relaxation methods.

INDUSTRY LEADER'S COMMENTS

"Your participation was certainly the contributing factor to the overall success of this year's seminar program."
	Brian R. Jordan, President Retailers Association

"I believe your training will have a significant favorable impact on the overall productivity and success of our organization. Thanks for a wonderful job"
	Brian Ruder, President Heinz U.S.A. Retail Products

"Our sales group enjoyed your presentation and certainly came away with new insights into their own behaviors, and new ideas on how to effectively deal with stress."
	Norman E. Trapp, Vice President Sales and Marketing Maier's Bakery

"Thanks for providing such a fun, interactive keynote presentation. Our participants practiced their newly learned techniques on each other after your session and most of Friday morning. You were an excellent choice of speakers for our diner program."
	Kathleen N. Hensley, Manager, Training & Development Food Marketing Institute

"We are constantly looking for ways to motivate and strengthen our sales team. Your seminar hit a "bulls eye". The presentation kept everyone's interest because of how it relates to our daily business and personal interactions. Plain and simple, 'It was fun', fun to listen to and fun to participate."
	Jack Provenzano, Managing Partner Southeast Sales and Marketing

"It's speakers like yourself that help to make NAMA's conventions such a success."
	LyNae Schleyer, CW, Director Meeting Services, NAMA

"Thank you so much for your excellent presentation at our recent Training & Development Forum. As you can see from the enclosed Evaluation Tabulation it, unsurprisingly, rated as the #1 session!"
	Patricia A. Boyland, Manager, Education Food Marketing Insitute

COMMENTS FROM PARTICIPANTS

“Keep your mind open, it can change how you run a business.”
	Ronald Moreau, President & CEO Can Corporation of America Blandon, PA

“Terrific.”
	James Newman, Director of Purchases Knouse Foods Peach Glen, PA

“Unbelievable.”
	G. Bowman, President Bowman Apple Products Co., Inc. Mt. Jackson, VA

“Awesome.”
	Jodi Sawyer, Account Manager General Mills, Pembroke Pines, Florida

“Simplifies our own abilities to create success.”
	David Gum National Fruit Product Co., Inc. Winchester, VA

IMPACTFUL, ACTIONABLE INFORMATION
"Our attendees were truly blown away by your presentation. They moved from skepticism to belief, as they participated in your exercises and experienced the results for themselves. They found your information to be impactful and actionable. These days that is what they are looking for--things they can do or things they can change to directly and immediately improve their bottom line or their life. Your presentation delivered over and over again. They wanted more than 75 minutes." Sue Cantwell Director Education & Organizational Development Grocery Manufacturers of America
Additional Industry Leaders' Comments
COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW - THE PARTICIPANTS
“Fascinating program. You must experience it to believe it.” Dan Troup National Fruit Product Co. Winchester, VA
Additional Comments From Participants PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
Big M Supermarkets Food Marketing Institute Food Service and Packaging Institute Harris Teeter Heinz USA	Illinois Food Retailers Association Pentagram Corporation (Burger King) Southeast Sales and Marketing Wisconsin Grocers Association Wise Foods Distributors Association, Inc.
Additional Client List