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About Connie Podesta - Keynote Speaker on Sales, Leadership and Change:

Connie Podesta is a top-rated professional keynote speaker,executive career/life coach and one of the industry’s leading experts in sales strategies, leadership development, customer relationships, and change.

Using her talents as an author, board certified therapist,comedienne and TV/radio personality, Connie delivers customized high-energy presentations that creatively combine laugh-out-loud humor and compelling insight with real-world strategies and standout solutions.

Connie has inspired millions of people to increase sales, attract and keep more customers, build longer-lasting, healthier relationships, strengthen their leadership skills and become more profitable and successful that they ever thought possible.

If you are looking for a speaker with both substance and style at your next event, Connie is the right choice with the right message at the right time.

What Connie Podesta Talks About:

Stand Out From the Crowd - How to Out-Think and Out-Perform the Competition
Business as usual is no longer enough. The game has changed, and the competition is closing in with new strategies daily. If you want to STAND OUT and succeed in an environment where dramatic change happens at the click of a mouse, then you will have to out-shine past performance, out-think old ideas and out-maneuver anyone who says it can't be done.

What do you bring to the table that is so memorable and essential that people would CHOOSE to be your customer, colleague, employee, leader, or partner instead of turning elsewhere?

Your success depends upon your ability and determination to be recognized as a unique, vital, one-of-a-kind brand that consistently delivers more than expected in the areas of added value, creative thinking, managing expectations, leadership and amazing, proactive service to both internal and external customers. Entertaining, yet insightful and refreshingly candid, Connie has the answers you need to accelerate past your competition and truly STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD!

Stand Out Sales - How to Out-Smart and Out-Sell the Competition
Selling as usual won’t close the deal anymore. Prices, products and services have begun to look alike in the eyes of your customers, and the competition is cutting deals. If you want to STAND OUT and succeed in sales today, you must set yourself apart and be recognized as a unique, essential and one-of-a-kind. You must also recognize that sales isn't just about selling a product or service. You must also have the ability to sell yourself to others and convince them that doing business with YOU is worth their time, energy, reputation and money.

What do you offer in the way of added value, extraordinary customer service, knowledge, experience and creative business consulting that would cause a customer to CHOOSE to buy a product or service from you rather than your competition?

With wit, wisdom and captivating insight into the mind of both the buyer and the seller, Connie will show you how to stand out from the crowd and look at SALES from a whole new perspective. Get ready to sell like you’ve never sold before—and enjoy a flood of new customers and bankable profitability!

Stand Out Leadership - How to Achieve Success By Influencing Others to be Successful
No matter what your position, title or job description, your ability to effectively lead others in a positive direction is a crucial part of your future success. How you CHOOSE to live your life is a visual reflection of your personality, beliefs, character, values and intent. Your leadership is shown to others through your choices, words, and actions which then have the potential to INFLUENCE the thoughts, behaviors, attitudes and lives of the people around you. Good leadership is both a privilege and a responsibility.

How successful could you and those around you be if you consistently modeled the kind of life others would choose to imitate, value and respect, both personally and professionally?

Do you stand out from the crowd because of your strong leadership skills? Are you the kind of person other people respect? Do your strengths, talents, ethics, positive attitudes and expertise show through in everything you do? With humor, insight and her no-nonsense style, Connie will show you how to achieve the health, wealth, success and satisfaction you want and deserve when you focus on helping others succeed.

Life Would Be Easy If It Weren’t For Other People - Understanding the Complexity of Human Behavior
Successful personal and professional growth hinges on your ability to learn as much as possible about yourself and others, including why people do what they do and say what they say – so that you can ACT rather than REACT to whatever life throws your way. A key strategy to your future success is learning to make good decisions about the people you CHOOSE to be your friends, colleagues, leaders, salespeople, partners and employees.

How much more could you accomplish if you were able to decode the mystery of human behavior and use it as a powerful tool to help build healthier, more successful relationships in every area of your life?

Connie's funny and right-on-target presentation will reveal the secrets to dealing effectively with every type of personality-- including the ones who drive you crazy--so you can enjoy a whole new level of health, wealth, success, happiness and satisfaction at work and at home.

Achieving Balance in a 24/7 World - How to Stay Sane When There is Just Too Much to Do!
Contrary to popular belief, balance is NOT about making everything equal in terms of time. Rather it's about an overall feeling of well-being based on your worthwhile accomplishments, good decisions, healthy relationships, feeling of satisfaction, and sense of security, respect and gratitude in every area of your life!

How much could you more could you accomplish if you were able to meet and manage the demands of employers, customers, co-workers, family, and friends, while also taking care of yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally?

Connie Podesta, an expert in the psychology of human behavior, helps people do just that in a world where seemingly no one sleeps, and even sane people are turning into the workaholic they promised they would never become. Connie deftly combines laugh-out-loud humor, inspired insight, and a realistic take on life to help people re-assess what is important, re-align their priorities, and re-adjust their thinking so they can enjoy the life they work so hard to achieve.