As a New Thought business leader, Tricia applies universal principles to run her company and counsel clients and colleagues. She is a coach, speaker, workshop leader and freelance journalist who has written more than a hundred business profiles and stories for newspapers and magazines. 

Mary Elizabeth Murphy is Managing Director and owner of S.T.A.R. Resources, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. (S.T.A.R is a powerful acronym for Strategic Teams Achieving Results.) She is an expert at teaching individuals the skills to earn more, achieve more and organizations to produce more. She inspires, teaches, molds and guides groups within corporations, small business, government, law enforcement agencies and non-profit organizations to personal and professional performance success. 

• that 75% to 80% of the best jobs are never advertised;
  they are filled through referrals and networking.
• that we must create our own work futures;
  our skills, abilities, knowledge, experiences and networking resources
  will bring us the jobs and the business we want.
• that men are born with networks to rely on and women must build their own.

Founded in 1992, Atlanta Women in Business provides networking and educational opportunities for business, career and professional women. "If women don't support women in the workplace, who will . . . .?" 

Sorano, who was born, grew up and was educated in The Netherlands, lived in England and Scotland before immigrating to the United States. When not managing the Atlanta Women in Business organization and preparing for the upcoming Crossing Bridges 2006 event, Sorano helps clients with marketing and media relations projects. Or, as a Certified Georgia Master Gardener, she can be found in her garden in Braselton, or writing her gardening column for the Barrow-Jackson Journal.

Did you know...The more employees say they don't feel praised,developed and valued, the more likely they are to be disengaged.

NANCY is a leading motivational/inspirational speaker, trainer, consultant, and author. She is the president of Progressive Techniques, Inc. based in Fayetteville, Georgia where the theme of her organization is "Developing a Better YOU!" She earned a M.S. degree from Georgia State University in Urban and Public Affairs with a concentration in Human Resources. She is a business professional with 20 years experience in training. Nancy works with organizations that want to grow their people and with people who want more impact in their lives and careers.

Laura is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach through the Coaches Training Institute, a Certified Facilitator, through both The Artist's Way At Work and The Institute of Conscious Expression, as well as a Certified Strategic Attraction Coach. She holds Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Music (Vocal Performance) from Rice University. In addition to being founder of True Voices, Inc., she is co-founder of Corner Office Coaching, and The Coaching Connection.

For more than 25 years, Michael has been developing marketing and sales operations across the world. He has held leadership positions with Compaq and Xerox, owned multiple companies and consulted with hundreds of others. Mr. Makropoulos holds a BA from the University of Redlands. He is well known and respected throughout the industry and served in the past as the elected President of the International Business Forum, a group of Silicon Valley International Sales and Marketing professionals. In addition to being nationally published, Michael participates, speaks, and panels for the World Computer Law Congress, the Software Publishers Association, the Department of Commerce and other organizations. He has been featured in Fortune and Entrepreneur magazines.

James Wanless, Ph.D., is a former political science professor and creator of the best-selling Voyager Tarot. A popular keynote speaker and seminar leader, Wanless travels throughout the US. Europe, and Australia educating attendees in creativity, intuition and leadership.

Barb and her guests: Michael Halbert, Vice President of Sales, Northridge Systems Inc. and Johan Jensen, President, Norintel, Inc. will discuss the primary benefits of management access to quality data, which allows executives at all levels make more informed, real time business decisions. Listen in to learn more about current data trends, such as:

• More than two thirds of companies admit that potential revenue is lost through missed business opportunities from not profiling customer and prospect databases as well as due to data quality issues.
  
• A significant number of private companies, as well as public sector companies, believe that inaccurate and incomplete data costs them money. 
  
• Despite organizations stated desire for clean data, few, if any, claim to have customer and prospect databases which are 100% accurate.
  
• The main barriers to maintaining accurate databases include lack of time and internal resources, keeping track of a transient customer or prospect base, and available budget.

Productivity, customer satisfaction, growth, and better opportunities to up-sell and cross-sell across the customer base are the primary benefits of improved address data quality. Listen in to learn more!

The net result, of course, is a successful organization, whether you measure it in profits, productivity or employee retention. 

Listen in as Barb and her guest, Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, Ph.D., the founder and owner of AboutYOU, Inc., talk about ways to work more effectively with generations at all levels in your company. Each generation views the workplace through slightly different lenses and all bring a richness and diverse flavor of their own that benefits business overall.

Successful companies know that the ability to relate effectively to all types of people is one of today's essential leadership skills.If you want to understand how to work more effectively with workers of all ages, we're certain you'll find our discussion on Generations At Work an important one. 

• Passion
• Discipline
• Enhanced quality of life
• Stronger leaders, profit and performance
• Enhanced sphere of influence
• Fun - enhanced connection to yourself and
  your sphere of influence
• Your life plan - your destiny