Doug Smart

Consulting, Executive Coaching, Keynotes, Assessment Tools

Doug Smart is President of Grow Your Sales, LLC. He is a consultant and speaker who has presented over 1,500 paid speaking engagements around the world. He is the author/co-author of 15 books, including Grow Your Sales by Selling Smarter Not Harder , Magnetic Leadership, Fantastic Customer Service, and 303 Solutions for Developing the Leader in You. He is a Certified Behavioral Analyst and uses scientifically designed assessment instruments to help organizations select, develop, and retain exceptional people who are passionate about their work. In 1998 the National Speakers Association awarded Doug their highest earned designation, Certified Speaking Professional, an honor held by less than 9% of the 4,000 members. For 3 years Doug was host of the motivational radio show Smarter by the Minute. He and his team work with a wide variety of selling organizations.

Manuel Diotte

Consulting, Sales Coaching, Keynotes, Assessment Tools

Overcome any adversity. Manny Diotte is a survivor who will show you and your team how to thrive. He is uniquely qualified to teach you strategies for pushing forward to reach “impossible” goals. At age 7, doctors gave him 6 months to live following a cancer diagnosis that has required 30 surgeries. At age 18 he stunned the Texas real estate community by racking up over a million dollars in sales as a real estate agent despite his youth. Now in his 30s, Manny challenges sales teams to ditch mediocrity and reach for greatness. One national client recently acknowledged his coaching contributed significantly to a $21 million increase in sales. Manny is the founder of the Dare to Dream Institute, an organization that promotes high self-esteem in children. He is the author of the popular motivational book, Happiness Is a Pair of Shorts, which has a forward written by master sales trainer and life coach, Zig Ziglar. Manny is a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Survivors Soul. He has spoken to millions via radio and TV.

Rene Godefroy

Sales Motivation

Enlist Rene Godefroy’s expertise to super-charge the motivation of your sales team. He teaches salespeople the philosophy that in good markets and bad, “no condition is permanent” and to dig deep to discover the fire within for building your personal success. By applying proven principles for success, his personal rags-to-riches journey has taken him from an impoverished childhood in Haiti to speaking from the main stage at conventions of the world’s best selling organizations. CBS's 60 Minutes interviewed Rene for a segment about reenergizing people’s belief in the American Dream. Rene will teach your salespeople how to stay self-motivated for achieving outstanding goals. He is the author of the book No Condition is Permanent.

Susan Greathead

Consulting, Organizational Development, Training, Strengthening Sales Cultures

With Susan Greathead’s expert assistance, you can have intelligent new systems for taking your team to maximum performance. Susan’s expertise is in getting to the heart of what is not working well and developing solutions for dramatic improvement. She has designed sales manuals and successful new training systems for organizations as diverse as NAPA Auto parts, Delta Airlines, and Regions Bank. In 2003 she won the Excellence in Practice award, one of only five professional awards given by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the 77,000-member professional organization for trainers. Susan has an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a masters in education from Syracuse University . Applying her education, skills, and a wealth of practical experience, Susan applies successful human dynamics to skills such as performance management, leadership, conflict reduction and consultative selling. In 2002 she served as the president of the Atlanta Chapter of ASTD.

Max Howard

Keynotes, Training

Max is an Emmy award-winning actor, author, keynoter and trainer who has spoken at over 500 sales rallies, conventions, conferences, seminars, and events. He works with organizations and individuals who want to increase productivity by returning authenticity to their personal and professional lives. Max’s unique talent is the ability to get your front line people excited all over again about who they are and what they do and to motivate them to give their best performance everyday. Max teaches, All business is show business. To keep customers coming back, every day you have to give a wining performance. Max is the author of Creating Great Relationships from A to Z.

Martha Lanier

Executive Coach, Assessment Tools

If you are a top producer, business owner, or a sales manager with an entrepreneur’s mindset, than you will love Martha Lanier’s performance coaching. "From day one,” wrote one of her clients, “[you] emphasized to me that the key to success in any new endeavor is unwavering commitment, disciplined training and most of all, a positive attitude.  As my personal coach, you have helped me to further develop these traits and have inspired me to maximize my potential.” Martha’s practical tools and tips get results. Major media have interviewed her for common-sense advice, including CBS-TV, Atlanta Journal Constitution, and Women’s Day. She has presented impactful training programs for Deloitte & Touche, Edward Jones, and the American Business Women’s Association. Martha is the co-author of the book 303 Solutions for Accomplishing More in Less Time.

Mark Mayberry

Strategic Planning, Training, Keynotes

Is your organization experiencing rapid change? Mark Mayberry can show you how to navigate the choppy waters of change as you build a dream workforce. Mark is the co-author of the book, Building the Dream Workforce: How To Make Good People Great and Great People Even Better! He is an expert at showing sales managers and smart teams how to think big, take risks worth taking, focus on customers, and enjoy it all. As a strategic planner, he knows what it takes to build a successful business. As president of a start-up retail business, he took sales from zero to $7 million in only five years. Mark has worked with clients in a wide variety of industries, including Marriott, H&R Block, Nordstrom, and Gatorade.

Richard Reid

Executive Coach, Consulting, Keynotes, Sales Leadership Training

Richard Reid coaches sales executives on developing high performance teams. His 30 years’ experience in the global communications networking industry -- as president and senior executive of a billion dollar-plus business within a global corporation – will help you deliver record improvements in revenue, earnings, market share and customer and employee satisfaction. From the inside out, Richard understands marketing, sales, and leadership. While working in the United States , Europe and Canada , he has led high performance teams through major shifts in organization and strategy, as well as business creation and consolidation. He introduced one of the most successful products in the history of the company. He grew a business by 25% to $1.5 billion and record profits. He consistently raised employee and customer loyalty. In Europe , Richard led a turnaround in business from a multi-million dollar loss to substantial profits in only 15 months.

Kim Robinson

Sales Training, Assessment Tools

Kim Robinson rose up the corporate ladder from a door-to-door product salesman to a senior vice president of sales and marketing for one of America ’s premier internet access companies. Working in a rural territory, he led his team to build a customer base that zoomed from zero to 50,000 paid subscribers. He accomplished this on the strength of what he calls ‘good communication skills and common sense.’ He can train your salespeople how to generate more business and close more sales, too. His specialty is helping professionals and business owners get more clients and make more money. His leadership and training sessions have improved the performance of sales teams with Viacom, GTE, Verizon, Sprint, Lighthouse Communications, Procom Services and many others. Kim is a co-author of the book Communicate Clearly, Confidently, and Credibly.

Marcia Steele

Strategic Planning, Leadership Development

Growth comes from the top. Marcia Steele facilitates sales and performance improvement in industries from manufacturing and distribution to consumer goods and utilities, as well as in non-profit organizations. Working on four continents with leaders like 3M, General Electric, Coca Cola and Procter & Gamble, Marcia has helped organizations improve their people, profits, and market share. Under Marcia’s vision and leadership, one client increased sales by 21% nationwide, 45% regionally, and achieved a bottom line impact of an additional $30 million in revenues over a 12-month period. She is the author of the book Making It in America. “ America ,” she says, “is where ambition meets the free enterprise system.” She shows that with dreams, beliefs and actions, anything is possible.