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Seminar and Speaking Topics

In addition to the presentations and speaking topics delivered by Shelley, Catalytic Management offers full training seminars in sales, customer service, change management and business process improvement. As a speaker, Shelley addresses the critical business challenges facing business owners and senior managers. Each presentation is customized to meet the needs and interests of the audience. The list below of speaking topics is meant as an introduction. Need a related but different topic? Contact Catalytic Management to build a presentation that is targeted specifically for your needs.

General Topic Heading Title Brief Description Delivery Method

Sales

Designing & Building Effective Sales Teams

Content introduces the elements of building effective, successful sales teams and is targeted for anyone who manages or is involved in the sales function. Based upon time, content can include recruiting top performers, defining sales territories, establishing revenue & activity goals, defining performance criteria and designing compensation & reward programs.

Presentation, Speech, Training, Workshop

Sales

Keys to Turning Around Flat Sales

Examines possible reasons for flat or stagnating sales such as tired products/services; re-formulated marketing with little sparkle or energy; maxed out, tired, bored sales team and re-energized competitors and provides actions and solutions that will turn around sales.

Presentation, Speech, Training, Workshop

Sales

Solving Customer Churn. Keys to Customer Retention.

Discusses the issues that drive customers to your competitors such as poor service, processes that make it difficult to buy from you and unengaged sales teams.  Introduces solutions that will build customer loyalty.

Presentation, Speech, Training, Workshop

Sales

Strategic Account Management that Drives Revenue & Customer Loyalty

Introduces the elements of effective account management including trust advisor status, selling into complex sales situations and managing multiple buyers and decision makers.

Presentation, Speech, Training, Workshop

Sales

Characteristics and Skills of Successful Sales Management

Discusses how to identify and recruit effective sales managers, introduces the elements of successful sales management and discusses how to improve existing sales management.

Presentation, Speech, Training, Workshop

       

Customer Service

The Blueprint for Service Excellence

Designed for management, this

seminar details the elements of a successful service strategy and service plan for an organization, division or department.

Presentation, Speech, Workshop

Customer Service

Defining and Achieving Service Excellence

Introduces the concepts of service quality, presents methods of defining service standards and presents actions to be taken to achieve service excellence.

Presentation, Speech, Training, Workshop

Customer Service

Defining and Building Superior Service Recovery

Introduces definition of Service Recovery, customer expectations, Service Recovery processes and techniques.

Presentation, Speech, Training, Workshop

Customer Service

Are You Delivering on Your Service Promises?

Explores where you are making promises to customers and then addresses how effectively you may or may not be in meeting those promises.

Presentation, Speech, Workshop

       

Business Process Improvement

Determining What's Broken

Discusses how to determine what processes are broken; which processes to fix; how to determine priorities and what resources to devote to improvement.

Presentation, Speech, Workshop

Business Process Improvement

Process Improvement for the Timid, the Overworked and the Jaded

Details simple, direct and cost effective methods for improving your business processes in a real world.

Presentation, Speech, Training, Workshop

Business Process Improvement

Identifying the “Critical to Customer” Value

Explores the definition of “critical to customer” concepts, how to determine them and how to implement improvement designed around “critical to customer” value.

Presentation, Speech, Workshop

       

Change Management

Why Practicing Effective Change Management is Critical in Driving Excellence

Introduces the concepts of change management and its role in driving organizational excellence.

Presentation, Speech, Workshop

Change Management

How to Survive Organizational Change

Discusses the nature of change, the elements of change management and how to navigate through change.

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Change Management

Becoming a Successful Change Agent

Introduces basic steps for becoming a change agent

Presentation, Speech, Workshop