Title: How to Overcome Distraction and Gain Laser Focus

You’re at your desk intending to have a great day and you suddenly find yourself wondering how you ended up scrolling through social media. And what is it you’re actually WANTING to be working on anyway?

Evie will share her top 3 ways to avoid that scenario, stay focused, and cut out distractions.

Key Takeaways:

• Why your TEA (and its strength) is important
• Evie’s top tip for increasing your attention and energy
• The key to to-do lists that work for you

Recorded: April 7, 2022

About Evie:

Evie Burke helps women entrepreneurs put the plans and priorities behind their ideas and goals so they profit.

After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from North Central College, Evie worked as an Implementation Specialist supporting 100+ million-dollar companies. Evie’s now a Business Productivity Strategist, blogger, speaker, and the founder of One Insight Closer. Whether it’s project management, goal achieving, or those pesky to-do lists, Evie uses her analytical mind and calm presence to help others work less to accomplish more through private and group coaching.

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Title: How to grow mental muscle to thrive in challenging times

We all know the importance of physical fitness, but how many of you are exercising your brain to improve your MENTAL fitness? If you’re familiar with the loud inner critic voice telling you something like “you aren’t good enough, smart enough, worthy enough, etc…” then chances are, you could use some time at the mind gym. With the right tools, you can actually weaken these negative thoughts and create new neural pathways that reroute your thinking using the positive side of your brain. It’s science-backed and has been used by hundreds of CEOs and their executive teams, world-class athletes and over 500K participants in 50 countries.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn about the 3 core muscles you could be working RIGHT NOW to increase your happiness and success
• Get to know the 10 pesky “characters” who are sabotaging your thoughts and feeding you lies (take the Saboteur Assessment here if you’d like a sneak peak before the session)
• See how any outcome or circumstance can be turned into a gift or opportunity
• Experience how you can command your mind to quiet down, decreasing reactiveness in any situation

Recorded: December 9, 2021

About Julie:

Julie Bronsteatter, CPC, PHR is a certified professional coach who is passionate about partnering with leaders to confidently take charge of their personal and professional lives. For her last 5 ½ years in corporate, Julie worked as an HR leader, executive coach and mentor within the entertainment and advertising space. Previous to that, she spent 10 years in advertising as an account manager. Julie’s motto is the ROI of a human being far outweighs the ROI of anything else in life. She embodies this principle every single day.

For a taste of Julie’s energetic personality, tune into her weekly LinkedIn video series “Walk My Talk,” which posts every Tuesday morning.

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Title: When was the last time you asked: “Why?”

Why are some organizations successful performers when other very similar organizations are marginal performers at best? The answer is simple. Successful organizations constantly reinvent themselves by questioning the status quo.

In today’s business environment change is the only constant. Organizations that regularly – if not constantly – engage themselves in self-reflection and self-improvement are the organizations that stand the greatest chance of both success and survival in today’s hyper-competitive, pandemic infused marketplace.

A forward-looking organization must be asking themselves tough questions about what they want to be, what trends are affecting their business, how to establish, re-establish and reach goals, what’s the best possible way of getting things done and of more immediate concern, how to survive during a global pandemic.

Successful organizations must be both future-oriented and action-driven. Quite simply put, today every organization must be in two businesses at the same time – their day-to-day, or “core” business and the “change” business.

This presentation provides leaders and managers of organizations of all types with practical advice and techniques for engaging in continuous self-reflection and self-improvement intended to keep their organizations laser-focused, lean and relevant in the emerging post-pandemic world.

Recorded: February 4, 2021

About Robert:

Bob Starinsky is a seasoned business professional with over 40 years of diverse business experience. Bob is a twice-published author and a former business educator having served as an adjunct faculty member at several area universities. Bob currently consults with businesses and non-profit organizations in the western and northwestern suburbs of the Chicago metropolitan area. Bob is the owner and principal of Tradewinds Group, a management consultancy he first established in 1984.

Bob has an Associate’s degree in Marketing and Merchandising from Wilbur Wright College, a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Behavior and Personnel from Northwestern University, an MBA in Finance from Dominican University and a Master’s degree in Accounting from DePaul University.

Bob is a member of The Association of Accredited Small Business Consultants® (AASBC®). The AASBC is the only global association specializing in the training and certification of small business consultants.

Bob is married. He and his wife and two college-age children live in the Western Suburbs. Bob is a member of the Studebaker Drivers Club and the Society of American Historians. He has made his presentation “An Oral History of the Studebaker Corporation” numerous times.

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