| |
Edie
Raether, M.S., CSP |
| |
 |
Internationally
Recognized Author on Innovative Thinking
Optimal Performance & Intuitive Intelligence
The
Other I.Q. |
|
Why Cats Don't Bark, Edie Raether's ground-breaking book, facilitates
change from the "insight out." Her refreshing approach
to leadership and life reveals that managing energy, not just
time, and developing the mind, not just skills, are key to optimal
performance and a positive ROI (return on investment) from your
intellectual capital. Edie's revolutionary concepts - MindShift,
FutureThink, LeaderShift and TeamThink - engage whole-brain thinking
for personal renewal, strategic positioning, and organizational
change.
A keynote speaker, trainer and performance coach, Edie has empowered
over 3,000 professional associations and Fortune 500 companies
such as IBM, General Motors, Marriott, S.C. Johnson, Oscar Mayer,
JC Penney and the United States Government. She is an expert resource
to the media such as Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today,
Selling Power, and Inc magazine. She has shared the platform with
Tom Brokaw, Bob Hope, Art Linkletter and Patch Adams. Edie integrates
her expertise in emotional intelligence, brain-based performance
and mind changing strategies with her thirty years of experience
as a human asset manager and psychotherapist. She has also been
a college professor and talk show host with ABC.
Edie is the recipient of the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional)
award, the highest earned award granted by the National Speakers
Association to fewer than eight percent of its membership.
|
| Keynotes:
Professional keynote speaker Edie Raether is
Known for her "total conference package". Edie's inspiring
and empowering keynotes consistently bring people to their feet
and make meeting planners proud.
KICK YOUR DREAM INTO ACTION
What would you be doing if you knew you couldn't fail? Overcome
emotional blocks and barriers to empower you to transform thoughts
into action and dreams into reality. Develop success strategies
which create vision, purpose and the power of belief. As your
own personal catalyst, you will become the change to which you
aspire.
UNLEASH YOUR POWERZONE: THE OTHER 90%
Ignite your intuitive and emotional intelligence to transform
the other 90% of untapped potential into peak performance. (Can
you afford not to?) It's not what you think, but how you think.
Discover how left-brain leverage and a right-brain advantage will
yield a positive ROI on your intellectual capital. Learn mind-empowering
strategies to reboot your brain and reprogram your mind for success.
From surviving to thriving and from stress to strength, learn
the price of negativity, the biology of hope and why optimism
is not optional. By getting "in sync" and developing
personal alignment, you will experience the optimal performance
resulting from focus and flow.
INNOVATE OR EVAPORATE
SOLUTION THINKING TO "EXCELERATE" YOUR SUCCESS
If you're not the lead dog, the scenery never changes. Maintain
the leading edge by developing a positive, powerful mindset which
will ignite creative forces for innovation and change. In our
global, "no longer the fifties" economy, where competition
is fierce and there are products and services galore, there is
only one thing that will make the difference….The U Factor!
More than your ability to innovate and create, it is your ability
to inspire your team to think "out of the box" as well,
but first they must know what box they are in! Identify your personal
strengths and learn how growth and business cycles create marketing
trends you must anticipate for competitive positioning in today's
marketplace.
Business
Seminars and Training -
LEADERSHIFT:
TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE FROM THE "INSIGHT" OUT
LeaderShift is an ever-evolving dynamic system of transformational
leadership which integrates creativity with innovative management
strategies. Develop a learning organization through effective
coaching to facilitate emotional intelligence, the "heart"
of change. Learn triggers and hot buttons to motivate the unmotivated
and maintain a high-performance work team by putting your company's
whole brain to work. When you lead…will they follow?
TEAMTHINK:
FROM DIVERSITY TO SYNERGY FOR A COMPASSIONATE CULTURE
Through hands-on, feet-first group exercises and trust-building
activities, you will assess and develop your collective or team
IQ. By developing our uniqueness and the "me" in "we,"
team diversity transforms into synergy through effective communications
and conflict management
skills. Beyond generational, gender and cultural differences,
learn to understand, respect and embrace various thinking styles
and all kinds of minds to create a more productive, high performance
work team and pluralistic work force.
FUTURE THINK MARKETING:
PARTNERING AND POSITIONING FOR A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Don't pitch products…penetrate prospects! Discover why traditional
marketing no longer works
in a society suffering from information overload and communication
saturation. Learn what works and what doesn't, how to avoid the
trend trap or "me too" marketing and develop a brand
or niche market without a Nike budget. Beyond networking, create
partnerships and discover the power of alliance.
STRATEGIC THINKING AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE:
A WHOLE BRAIN APPROACH
From facts to feedback and from ideas to implementation, this
innovative approach to strategic planning assesses each team member's
natural skills, strengths and thinking preferences for appropriate
task delegation to maximize team synergy. Discover how left brain
leverage and a right brain advantage can take you from traditional,
analytical decision making to creative problem solving essential
for competitive positioning and optimal performance and productivity.
Reduce resistance to change by selling problems, not solutions,
and learn to facilitate transitions, the real challenge of change,
by providing a compelling performance consequence.
MINDSHIFT:
THE DNA OF SELLING IN ANY ECONOMY
Stop selling and telling and start partnering and positioning.
Develop your intuition and the inner game of selling to become
a sales magnet and create a personal alignment and "connection"
with your customers. New opportunities emerge from economic changes,
but only for those who see and seize them. Develop an infopreneurial
mindset and learn more than your customer's needs, but their mindset
and their buying style. Quit playing follow the follower and create
a YOUnique selling proposition. Learn the seven mind-empowering
strategies that trigger the DNA of success.
CUSTOMER SERVICE:
CHASING CUSTOMERS IS LIKE HERDING CATS
You can't buy customers but you can sell service. Love your customers
& develop the soul of service: the art of being a servant.
Attract & keep good customers and learn strategies to realign
with them when getting out of sync. Court them, test drive &
try on your customers for a proper fit & stay in your niche
to avoid the ditch! Exceed expectations by learning the "oops"
in opportunity & develop recovery tactics to sustain &
strengthen customer relationships.
GETTING THE BEST:
HOW TO HIRE, EMPOWER, ENERGIZE & RETAIN THE BEST EMPLOYEES
Take the brakes off your business with proven strategies to not
just get the most, but the best
from your employees. Learn to hire by how they are wired. The
secret to a high performance
work team begins with the interview & synchronized task-talent
positioning. 80% of employees quit their boss, not their job.
Beyond recognition & rewards, this seminar also provides "the
boss" with a value & vision-driven system of motivation
as well as coaching and facilitation skills to develop the art
of influence rather than manipulation & coercion. Create a
"motivating organization" through personal ownership
& employee responsibility to prevent the workforce parasites
of absenteeism, burnout & low morale & the cost of employee
turnover & psychological drop-out: when people quit &
don't leave!
COMMUNICATE WITH POWER:
ADD PUNCH, PIZZAZZ & POLISH TO PRESENTATION SKILLS
"Think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do."
(Aristotle)
Whether you are delivering a formal presentation or wanting to
improve your interpersonal communications, the primary purpose
is to inform and/or inspire & to influence. The first step
in any group or individual interface is to bond & connect
to develop rapport by speaking their language & implement
the high impact skills of NLP -neurolinguistic programming. From
word power to voice control, learn this step-by-step program which
inspires idea generation, script development, humor, charisma
& a unique presentation style. Through mind-empowering strategies
& visualization you will create mental triggers to overcome
fears & anxieties, allowing you to perfect your performance.
( Inquire about Interpersonal Communications, Body Language &
Effective Listening Programs).
MASTERING THE ART OF NEGOTIATIONS:
PRINCIPLES OF POWER, LEVERAGE & INFLUENCE
Power is based on perception. If you think you've got it - you've
got it! The secret of walking on water is knowing where the stones
are! This program will give you the competitive edge where it
counts…at the bargaining table. Learn what works…what
won't, (egos don't). Avoid negotiations crimes & learn the
eight principles of power and how to implement the three crucial
variables: power, time & information. Identify pressure points
& hot buttons to gain leverage, while developing credibility,
confidence & competence. More than techniques, create your
own.
ON FIRE OR BURNED OUT:
SMART MOVES IN TOUGH TIMES
More than time, energy management & a program of physical,
emotional, mental & spiritual "tune-ups" will sustain
health, harmony & a work-life balance. Catch the "survivor
syndrome" by developing a personal resilience to social poisons
& negativity in the workplace. By triggering the biology of
hope & becoming a catalyst to optimism, you will learn the
art of emotional self-defense, converting stress into strength.
Learn how visualization & mind-body techniques can create
a mental immunity to life fatigue. Through self-empowerment, emotional
entitlement & a positive MindShift, you will proactively take
charge of change & liberate yourself from toxic relationships
& environments…just for the health of it!
|
RAVE
REVIEWS
"Amazing! Challenging... exhilarating. Very vibrant! Fantastic
energy and delivery. Fabulous! Really inspiring On a 5 point rating
scale, there were 10's!"
ASTD - American Society for Training and Development
"Incredible...! was amazed at the magnitude of your presentation.
You have a special gift to help others realize their goals and
reach their potential."
Felicia Grant - Merrill Lynch
"You promised a lot and delivered even more. You make
the difference!!"
Sandra McClaron - S.C. Johnson
"Edie Rocks! Your high energy and enthusiasm was absolutely
infectious and fun for all."
Jim Johnson - TN Business Travel Association
"Your energy and enthusiasm is only exceeded by your message."
John L. Touchett - The Newell Venture Group
|
|
