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About Alan Vengel - Speaker in Management Training and Organizational Development:

Alan Vengel is a prominent author, consultant and educator. Known internationally as an authority on influencing, negotiating and talent development, Alan is a dynamic and entertaining speaker. His presentations stimulate thinking and encourage participants to take action in their professional lives. Alan has spent years researching corporate strategies in Leadership Development and Best Practices in developing and engaging talent. His award winning program, 3-Leadership Conversations offers rich lessons on leadership in a practical easy to use approach. Often referred to as the Influence Coach, his engaging style of presentation is both practical and enjoyable.

Alan has worked with clients of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to small real estate and financial organizations. He has designed and implemented programs on Career Development, Mentoring, Coaching and Influence Skills for clients as diverse as Intel, Microsoft and Kraft Foods. He has been a featured speaker at ASTD national conventions and Linkage Leadership conferences. He has instructed Executive Development seminars at UCLA, USC and McGill Universities. He has also served on the staff of National Training Laboratories.

As a senior consultant, Alan has worked with Career Systems International, to refine and deliver talent development and retention programs. He helped many Fortune 500 companies in their Retention and Engagement strategies to bring their professionals to full productivity and success in their careers.

The author three books, Alan’s first book, The Influence Edge: How to Persuade Others to Help You Achieve Your Goals released in the fall of 2000 was nominated for a California Book Award. SPROUT!: Everything I Need to Know About Sales I Learned From My Garden, was nominated for Forward Magazine’s book of the year award. Alan’s latest book is 20 Minutes To a Top Performer.

Alan has an undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and an MA from the University of Arizona. He has studied Organizational Theory and Leadership Development at UCLA.

What Alan Vengel Talks About:

When professionals apply Alan’s methods, they’re able to get work done faster, form stronger alliances, reduce conflict, relieve stress, and negotiate their way through situations that would previously have stopped them dead in their tracks. Alan’s s strategies aren’t based on manipulation. Instead, they’re based on research, ethical standards and proven relationship-building principles.

Alan’s Most Requested Presentations:
How to Influence Without Authority

• Learn to sell your ideas
• Learn to create positive changes
• Learn to get results while building good working relationships

20-Minutes to a Top Performer

• Learn the 3 Leadership Conversations that every leader needs to develop and every employee wants
• Coaching for Performance, Motivating for Engagement, Mentoring for Development all in Fast, Effective 20-Minute Conversations

Five Keys to Successful Negotiations

• How to resolve Conflict and Build relationships
• How to Plan for Success
• How to create Win/Win outcomes