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Most people, especially online and in Social Media circles, know me as an author. This makes sense since I’ve written seven books, several of which have been translated into eight languages and are sold in 22 countries.

I’ve been very fortunate and have had the thrill of touching the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in a positive way. I still get goosebumps every time I receive an email someone who’s life has been changed by what they read in one of my books.

Training session at National Association of Legal SecretariesHowever, what a lot of people may not know is that I also deliver seminars and workshops. As a matter of fact, I started doing seminars before I published my first book.

I’ve delivered programs to businesses, associations, schools, and government agencies. And I’ve held a number of public seminars like the one I’m part of in Philadelphia in November (see below).

My talks have been for a variety of gatherings including motivational seminars for college students and at-risk youth, performance enhancement programs for corporate employees, and productivity workshops for senior management and sales forces.

I’ve delivered half and full day training sessions for association meetings to help members in their personal and business lives as well as people in mid-life who want to reinvent themselves and create a more rewarding future.

Speaking and training is something I’d like to do more of so, if you or your company, association, school or agency have an upcoming event or would like an inspiring, affordable speaker, contact me.

Incidentally, if you can refer me to someone who engages me for a paid event you will be compensated.

You can learn more about my programs here.

In the last century, even in the last twenty or so years, business invested in equipment. After all, we were in the Industrial Age and our business equipment was our most valuable resource.

We upgraded and refurbished our equipment and machinery, built bigger and better manufacturing facilities and added new types of equipment as they became available. We then hired skilled individuals to operate and maintain our new equipment and protect our sizable investment. 

Today we are living in the Information Age and your company’s most valuable assets are your people and their creativity. It stands to reason then, that investing in keeping them working at their highest, most creative, healthiest, most motivated levels of performance is a prudent investment and one that will pay for itself many times over.

If your employees have a clear vision of who they are and where they’re going, are highly self motivated, have clearly defined, written goals for their lives, are less stressed, are physically fit and healthy and are well balanced, happy individuals, your company will receive the highest return on your most valuable resources.

What are you doing to give your employees the “tools” they need to perform at their peak? Have you implemented a “book–of–the–month program to encourage ongoing personal development? Does your company maintain a library of personal improvement tapes and make them available to people who want to enhance their personal skills?  What about seminars? Do you regularly bring speakers in for employee development seminars? Do you have a mentor or coaching program for your key people? Do you offer a healthy living program and encourage physical fitness?

Study after study has confirmed that every dollar invested in employee training and seminars results in increased performance, higher morale, less turnover & absenteeism and an overall increase in the growth of the company. 

Is your “machine” running smoothly or is it clunking along in dire need of an overhaul? The success of your company in today’s business environment is largely dependent upon your ability to hire, train, motivate and retain your twenty first century machinery — your people!

Go here to learn how Jim Donovan’s seminars can help you protect your best investment