Masterminds Unleashed: Selling for Geniuses

PERHAPS THIS DESCRIBES YOU. You are an aging boomer or a mid-career professional. You have had a long career with a couple of different large companies, steadily climbing the corporate ladder. Maybe you had a few slips along the way. You have a mortgage, a family and a few dollars in investments. Not enough to retire on, but an okay sum. Life is good. You are actively engaged in playing the big company game, a little fat, dumb and happy. Four weeks of vacation, a great 401K, stock options?and then the word starts filtering through the ranks that your company is restructuring ...again! Change is good, you think to yourself. You call your boss and ask whom you are going to be reporting to this week. He responds, ?No one. You are getting the package.? Packages were always supposed to be a good thing, right? They are especially good when they are brightly wrapped under the Christmas tree or given on a birthday. However when the words ?you are getting the package? are aimed at you, those words take on a whole new meaning. Perhaps the words ?Thank God? slip from your lips. Perhaps the words are more like ?Oh my God!? You may feel happy, sad, excited, angry, concerned, relieved or all of the above. You have decisions to make, and your thoughts are whirring like a helicopter about to take off. And then it hits you. You don?t ever want to work for anyone else again! You can take your skills, experience and knowledge and go to work for yourself. Haven?t you been telling yourself for years that you can do it? If only you had the chance! Guess what? You now have the chance. You are free and clear. Some people aspire to self-employment; others have it thrust upon them. It has just been thrust upon you. Congratulations! You?ve just bought yourself a job.

Susan Nielsen, President of Leaderscapes, partners with organizations to help them behave their way to excellence. Using individual coaching and group facilitation, Susan helps her clients bridge the gap between current and desired personal and professional success.Lois Greisen, president and owner of Eagle Associates, is an executive coach, trainer and public speaker. She is a Certified Professional in InnerMetrix?s Attribute Analysis, and has been a Mastermind Member for Resource Associates Corp., based in Pennsylvania since 2002. In addition, she is a certified consultant for KeyneLink, providing a web based Strategy Execution system (Strexecution). She is a Certified Business Coach and works with CEOs and corporations across North America. Lois is also a LifeSuccess Coach working with Bob Proctor from the movie and book, The Secret. LeaderScopes, a monthly newsletter produced and written by Lois, is distributed broadly.Henry E. ?Chip? Scholz is Head Coach of Scholz and Associates and is an executive coach, columnist and a public speaker. He is a member of Target Training International?s Chairman?s Club and Resource Associates Corporation?s Senior Mastermind Group. He is a Certified Business Coach and works with CEOs, elected leaders, and decision makers across North America. ?The Scholz Report?, Chip?s monthly newsletter, is distributed broadly. His book, Do Eagles Just Wing It? is due to be published in 2009.David Emery Smith is a business coach, public speaker, and the president of Performance Dynamics Systems. Dave helps professional people get clarity on the improved results they desire in their personal and professional lives, and works with them to develop and implement an action plan to get those results. Dave is certified in a number of personal and organizational assessment tools. He does one-on-one coaching, group coaching, and strategic planning. Tracy Lunquist is a business advisor, leadership coach and professional facilitator, and the president of Working Magic. Tracy helps professional people use more of what they have to get more of what they want. By accurately diagnosing and addressing each client?s unique needs, Tracy is able to help the owners of growing businesses achieve their goals and improve their results. A few of the tools Tracy uses in her process include evaluation, strategic planning, leadership development and time management coaching. Andre Boykin has over twenty-five years? experience working with organizations to help them maximize their performance. His purpose in life is to help others use more of their potential in their daily lives. Andre is an accomplished speaker, lecturer, facilitator, and trainer and has the ability to reach his audience and move people to action.Coach Rick Kolster is a Certified Business Coach and Managing Director of Peak Performance Development. He and his company work with leaders and their organizations to increase their bottom line through personal and professional development.