This session is recommended for those in career transition, seeking to grow within their current employment environment or planning entrepreneurial ventures.

Many of us are indentified by our professional titles and status.  So it's natural that when going through career transitions, we may experience challenges with self-esteem and self worth.  Actually, transition is the best time to re-determine our career path.  Are we who we really want to be?  Are we doing what we love doing? Is our current path going to be able to provide for our future lifestyle and expenses?

This interactive workshop is presented in group or individual/couples format.  Talisa takes participants on a stroll into the future to envision the realities and possibilities for life 15 years down the road.  By seeing the assumed and desired future, participants are than guided back to the present reality to determine what life changes are possible and required now to better position them towards a brighter future.  Talisa’s experience in developing business plans and strategies helps bring your visions to life. You have to participate in this one to believe the life-changing benefits of personal re-branding!

Participants receive "My Personal Business Plan: A roadmay for professional success" -- a step by step worksheet to developing a personal business plan.

Individuals are invited to contact us at BrightIdeas@TheCEOnet.com to schedule a personal or couples session. 

Organizations can contact us to schedule a group session for staff or board members that will help participants refocus on the core mission, their contribution towards success and strategies for the future organizational growth.

Comments from participants:

"I walked away feeling empowered and more focused than I've ever been..."

"I have dreams again...and they ARE obtainable!"

"...miraculously encouraging.  I see myself in a whole new capable light. Thanks Talisa!"

"What an ingenious concept!"

A positive team is imperative to getting organizations through difficult times.  This seminar helps to ease the stress that accompanies living through economic uncertainly that every US citizen may be presently experiencing -- whether personally, professionally or both.

This seminar will help to put staff and volunteers at ease enabling them to rally behind your organization and help to champion it through this present economic challenges including:

1. Addressing basic questions regarding personal and professional economic impact
2. Sharing  a true case-study example of how staff and volunteers can have a significant impact on the organization's triumph over economic concerns
3. Developing an organizational plan for thriving in a challenging economy.

Participants will receive "The Economic Survival Guide: Ten Tips to Help Organizations Thrive in a Challenging Economy".

This seminar aims to develop a 'customer care' culture within your organization. 
With today's economic concerns, it is of the utmost importance to engage all staff in understanding the importance of exceptional service and its impact on retaining existing clients, members and customer and in gaining new ones by free word of mouth marketing.

Staff will learn:

1. To diffuse dissatisfied customers
2. To  be empowered to resolve issues
3. To recognize the difference between poor, fair and exceptional service
4. To evaluate the organization's present service culture -- the good, the bad and the ugly
5. To develop customized 'Standards for Exceptional Customer Service' and define measurements for success.

Included in the cost for this session is one follow-up meeting from the CEO six months post training to evaluate the organizations success and provide guidance for continued success.

Having trouble identifying the motivation for your members or customers?

Are you looking for new ways to engage Generation X?

How can you keep your retiring members and the knowledge base that they contribute, active in the organization?

How can you ensure the continuity of experience and expertise in your volunteer base or board?

This seminar takes a close look at generational characteristic in a fun but enlightening way.  Learn what motivates each generation and take-away time proven tips for keeping members engaged in the organization.

Every employee that has contact with members has the valuable opportunity to sell and cross-sell.

This seminar aims to train staff to be cross-marketing champions through the introduction of marketing methods that are easy and stress-free. Learn how to incentivize and encourage staff through fun techniques that teach:

1. How to relate and package products and service specific to core customer groups
2. Sale techniques that are customer-friendly
3. what to say when the customer says, "NO"
4. How to take the existng sales goals and turn them into 'Champion" goals by increasing the budgets bottom line!