Executive Coaching / Training Consultants

Expertise: Internationally recognized expert on the benefits of Crisis Management etc. Currently engaged by 7th largest organisation in the USA. Author of the new UK Government guide Preventing Chaos in a Crisis. Primary author of present UK Police command methodology Gold, Silver & Bronze. Senior Scotland Yard background, including setting up the multi agency operational management structure at the London Kings Cross major subway fire, secondment to the Anti Terrorist Branch. University lecturer. Highly entertaining / humorous global facilitator & presenter. Key motivator able to stimulate and focus wide audiences. Outstanding authoritative & skilled public speaker. Occasional TV appearances. Much quoted elsewhere. Member of the Guild of Freeman of the City of London.

Seminars & Speaking Topics:

• Crisis Management: Preventing Chaos in a Crisis.
• Avoiding Catastrophe: Human Behavior – Good or Bad.
• The People Factor: Factoring in How People Will React.
• Business Continuity (BC): No Longer a "Grudge Purchase" - More Profit!
• Understanding Risk: Knitting with Fog, or Drawing the Strands Together?
• Best Practice from the UK Govt: Why the UK & Europe Have Changed Focus.
• Don’t Make a Drama out of a Crisis: The Benefits of Effective Incident Management.
• Regulations 600 Years Old: Why Be a Freeman of the City of London?
• New Scotland Yard: A Behind the Curtain Look at Current Issues.

Company Background: Visor Consultants specializes in helping domestic and global organizations get the very best from their staff in times of possible disaster. We quantify your various risks and hazards; advise you on which pose the greatest threats; assist you to eliminate or contain them; and help develop your Crisis Management skills. We can then guide you in Risk Mitigation, in resolving any security issues, and in designing Crisis & Business Continuity Management strategies.

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Rose Porterfield Group (RPG) has over 30 years of experience providing Business Performance and Human Resource services. At RPG we take a practical and aggressive approach to consulting. In three decades, RPG has worked with hundreds of companies in almost every industry sector. We have developed thousands of executives, built better teams, handled crises and mergers, and helped our clients avoid employment-related lawsuits. Our firm has published articles, books and columns on the use of consultants, testing, assessment, and developing executives in industry.

Consulting Services Include:

• Assessment for Hiring and Promotion - RPG specialists include PhD level psychologists, experts in testing, interviewing and assessment, and whose full time endeavor is helping businesses raise the performance bar in their organization by hiring and promoting on the very best "fits."
• Teambuilding and Individual Coaching - RPG evaluates teams and measures their ability to overcome personal conflicts and office politics that disrupt group dynamics. They understand the effect of individual behavior on group productivity and appreciate the different communication styles of individual members.
• Crisis Conflict Solutions - RPG mediation is a cost effective, humane, and useful way to resolve workplace conflicts. Mediation works because a neutral third party facilitates meetings between parties, enabling them to stay productive and allowing participants to develop the solutions to their problems before they escalate.
• Executive Development - RPG uses sophisticated psychological assessments and tailors programs to match both the goals of the organization and the individual.
• Change Management - RPG serves as an expert adviser to help senior executives achieve company goals by providing innovative, integrated and practical solutions to align an organization's people and business strategies.
  
  Robyn W. Porterfield, PhD - Managing Principal at RPG, spent over ten years in sales and marketing prior to completing her PhD in Industrial Psychology. While completing her PhD, Dr. Porterfield served as Director of Client Services for a Texas-based on-line psychological testing firm, consulting to management on such issues as individual and team fit, conflict resolution, hiring, coaching, and management succession planning.
  
  As a consultant, Dr. Porterfield has assessed executives in such diverse industries as financial management, food service, telecommunications and retail. For five years, Robyn and Bob co-wrote a column for the Dallas Business Journal titled, C-Level Coach. Robyn is also a professional mediator and currently mediates for Dispute Resolution Services of Tarrant County, Texas.
  
  
  Robert G. Rose, PhD, Principal at RPG, received his PhD from Florida State University. Since 1976 he has served as consultant to organizations in virtually every industry including health care, retail, IT services, manufacturing, construction, aviation, and many others. In his over 30 years as a consultant, Dr. Rose has encountered virtually every problem that an organization can experience, and has seen that good teamwork - from hiring to development - always benefits both the individual and the company.
  
  Bob is the author of numerous articles on communication, crisis handling, and conceptualizing purpose and culture within organizations, and his books on consulting are required reading by major corporations.
  
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Virginia Rhodes, EdD has over 35 years experience in Urban School District Policy, Development, and Administration and Teaching. Dr. Rhodes' specialty is persistently failing city schools. 

Consulting Focus:

• *STEM Start-ups
• *STEM and Environmental Strategies with Urban High School Students
• Innovative Teacher Hiring while Honoring Teacher Union Contracts
• Rebuilding School Culture and Effective Security and safety

Background - Dr. Rhodes provided consulting services to an international firm on certain aspects of U.S. public school practices prior to their exploration of a related market sector. She also acted as a consultant to the University of Cincinnati Career Center assisting in the development of pre-service teacher hiring expectations. Dr. Rhodes was retained by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to co-investigate a study for mental health and achievement factors related to excessive student mobility. 

As a Consultant to AdvancedEd Accreditation Team School Evaluation, she has evaluated various high schools on issues of performance. Dr. Rhodes has researched and written numerous articles on school mobility, achievement, culture, and STEM (NSF). She has delivered lectures on urban school district policy and other related topics to various groups and educational institutions.

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Julaine E. Flick is a consultant in Strategic Marketing Communications for businesses and professionals committed to success, growth and effectiveness.

Before founding PowerStone Communications, Julaine led an award-winning career within top advertising and public relations agencies, working on Blue Chip clients such as DuPont, Eastman Kodak, Apple Computers, and SmithKline Beecham where she led teams responsible for strategic planning, branding, new business development, public relations and crisis management. Later, she forged her own consulting enterprise, serving clients such as Motorola, Verio Inc. and Accenture on global projects while achieving notable success within extraordinarily short timeframes.

Accomplishments for Clients:

• 40 million impressions resulting from a video news release for Du Pont’s consumer product, Impact, an oxygen-based speed shock for pools
• Building the market for Os-Cal, a calcium supplement marketed by SmithKline Beecham, and generating a new national awareness for the prevention of osteoporosis
• Generating the strategic positioning campaign for Du Pont’s pulp and paper division, integrating the message with the company’s corporate position on solid waste recycling, at the time a newly-debated environmental issue
• Launching the debut of Eastman Kodak’s advertising supplement to Vogue magazine with a special event for top fashion photographers and designers in the industry, profiling Eastman Kodak’s leadership in fashion photography
• Creating collateral for Apple Computer’s sales representatives to sell both hardware and software products, developing quarterly newsletter and support materials for Apple’s national sales force

Consulting Services Include:

• Executive Coaching
• Executive Integration
• Strategic Communications Consulting to Companies and Managers Dealing with Change Management
• Reputation and Issues Management
• Crisis Communications
• Employee / Corporate Communications
• New Product Launches

Leading Effectiveness Expert - Julaine is a professional seasoned in leading effectiveness training. Drawing from her experience as a leader in strategic marketing communications and business development — as well as her work in the development of human potential — Julaine teaches clients how to accelerate potential to breakthrough performance and results.

Results with Experience - Julaine's credentials include working with many Fortune 500 companies as well as training and developing more than 1,000 people for one of the world’s premier leaders in breakthrough thinking technologies where she led seminars, trained coaches, and managed leadership development programs. She is one of a small number of people licensed to deliver the Personal Efficiency Program™ (PEP), in which she trains organizations how to work smarter and recover an average of 10 hours, per person, per week, in recovered time. In addition, Julaine has been trained in a number of programs within the fields of transformation and personality typology (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator™). This “cross training” enables Julaine to offer PowerStone clients a rare understanding of the human element of performance.

Speaking Services - Julaine Flick has taken thousands from potential to performance, whether in seminar series, team trainings, or speeches within the business community. Her services are available to general, entrepeneurial, and women's business groups.

Michael Kerr is known as one of North America’s Leading Authorities and Busiest Speakers on Humor in the Workplace. His company, The Humor at Work Institute, offers keynote presentations, training workshops, articles, books, audio CDs and training DVDs for “seriously-challenged” organizations.

Michael’s expertise is on how humor can help organizations manage stress, spark creative thinking, motivate employees, provide more memorable customer service, and communicate more effectively.

Michael’s books and e-books include “You Can’t Be Serious! Putting Humor to Work” and “Inspiring Workplaces – Creating the Kind of Workplace Where EVERYONE Wants to Work” and “We’ve GOT to Stop Meeting Like This!”.

Expertise Categories:

• Author / Writers
• Humor / Entertainment
• Speakers
• Business / Motivational
• Business / Executive Coaching / Training
• Human Resources
• Workplace Issues
• Communication and Professional Skills
• Stand Up Comedy / Comedians

George Hedley is the founder and President of Hedley Construction and Development Inc., a major General Contractor, Owner’s Representative, and Construction Manager headquartered in Orange & Riverside Counties, Southern California. Since 1977, Mr. Hedley has built and / or developed more than 1,000 projects totaling in excess of 15 million square feet of commercial, office, industrial, and residential projects valued at more than $700,000,000. As a general contractor and construction manager, he has constructed numerous projects ranging from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000 each. Mr. Hedley has served as a Past President of Associated Builders & Contractors and Southern California Builders Association. He has presented over 500 presentations and workshops to national construction conventions including over 60 programs at the World Of Concrete. He is author of 10 construction business books including “Get Your Construction Business to Always Make A Profit!”, and several workbooks on Estimating, Project Management, Field Management, and Contracts. He has also written over 250 published articles in major construction industry publications including Construction Business Owner magazine. Construction Expert Witness - Mr. Hedley offers construction expert witness and consulting services. His areas of expertise include:

Cost Estimating & Cost of Replacement Defect Analysis and Inspections Claims and Disputes Standard Industry Practices

Schedule Delays Contractor / subcontractor Disputes Contracts and Change Orders Field and Project Management

Construction Industry Speaker - Today, along with managing his company, Mr. Hedley owns HARDHAT Presentations, presenting keynote speeches, workshops and seminars to companies and associations. He has received the prestigious ‘Certified Speaking Professional’ designation from the National Speakers Association earned by only 7% of the members. His ‘Profit-Builder’ Programs include topics on Building Leaders, Building Profits, Building Customers and Building Wealth. Construction Business Coaching - Mr. Hedley also provides ongoing professional business Coaching, hosts peer to peer mentor groups, facilitates Strategic Planning retreats for companies, and leads ‘BIZ-BUILDER Boot Camps’ for business owners of construction companies. View George Hedley's Expert Witness Profile.

Hastak Consulting Services is a Construction Engineering and Management firm established by Prof. Makarand (Mark) Hastak, PhD, PE, CCP, Professor and Head of the Division of Construction Engineering and Management as well as Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. Dr. Hastak offers consulting services to clients around the world in the following areas:

• Project Controls and Risk Management
• Process Improvement of Capital Projects
• Profitability Improvement and Construction Analytics
• Process Improvement for Factory Built Housing
• Capital Rehabilitation Planning
• Strategic planning and decision-making for resolving project complexities
• Planning for Disaster Mitigation, Resilience, and Capacity Building

Dr. Hastak has been involved with the construction industry for the past 32 years providing his expertise through consulting, research, teaching, and service to the industry. He is a world renowned expert in the area of construction engineering and management including process improvement, disaster risk reduction, resilience and capacity building, infrastructure management, factory built housing, intelligent planning for the built environment, cost control, project management decision-making, risk management, contracts and warranties, and strategic planning. Dr. Hastak is a Professional Engineer (PE) and a Certified Cost Professional (CCP). Dr. Hastak has given over 40 keynotes and invited lectures around the world. As a prominent educator, he also engages in developing training material and workshops as well as regularly teaching professional courses for the A/E/C industry. He has completed the 30-Hour OSHA Hazard Recognition Training for the Construction Industry. His services include consultation, on-site investigation, data collection, assessment, and reporting. Dr. Hastak Lectures at the 2015 International Conference on Building Resilience

Prof. Hastak has worked on numerous projects sponsored by the Construction Industry Institute (CII), NSF, State DOTs, and City Agencies. He has authored over 200 publications on process improvement, project controls, capital rehabilitation planning, strategic planning, and decision-making. He has co-authored a widely used book on Infrastructure Planning, Engineering, and Economics (McGraw-Hill 2006 and 2015). Dr. Hastak served on the Education Board of the Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering (2004-2016). He was Editor for two AACE books, the Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering (6th Ed. 2015) and the CCP Certification Study Guide (2nd Ed. 2016). He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering (2009-2016). View Dr. Hastak's Expert Witness Profile.

Linnda Durre', Ph.D., Licensed Psychotherapist, (FL License #MH6058) is an expert witness, psychotherapist, family counselor, intern supervisor, international speaker, author, business consultant, adjunct college professor, and a magazine, Internet, and newspaper columnist.

With over 44 years of experience, she consults to attorneys and has been qualified as an expert witness in six (6) states - Florida, California, Arkansas, Georgia, Connecticut, and Washington - in the areas of, Personal Injury, PTSD, Family and Couples Counseling, Divorce, Child Custody, Drug and Alcohol Counseling, Sexual Harassment and Discrimination, Relocation, and Sexual Abuse by Therapists. Her 400-page doctoral dissertation and research in the latter area was cited to pass legislation in several states.

Dr. Durre' hosted and produced three radio shows, two of which were call-in advice shows. She hosted and produced two call-in advice TV shows, including "Ask The Family Therapist," on America's Health Network, which was associated with Mayo Clinic and aired from Universal Studios Orlando.

She has appeared on Oprah, 60 Minutes, O'Reilly (twice), Today Show, Good Morning America, Canada AM, Daytime, Donahue (twice), Sally Jessy Raphael, People Are Talking, Home Show, Hour Magazine, Home and Family Show, Disney Channel, and the local and/or national news on NPR, PBS, CBS, ABC, NBC, CW, and Fox.

Dr. Durre' has been interviewed, cited, and/or quoted by the NY Times, LA Times, Forbes, WSJ, IBD, Business Week, SF Chronicle & Examiner, Toronto Globe & Mail, Albany Times Union, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Orlando Business Journal, Orlando Sentinel, Parade Magazine, Alternative Medicine Magazine, CNN Online, Washington Parent Magazine, Screen Actor Magazine, Florida Magazine, Orlando Magazine, Women's Health Magazine, and others.

As a business consultant, Dr. Durre' consults and speaks to Fortune 500 companies, businesses, agencies, professional and trade associations, and non-profit organizations on customer service training, sales techniques, communication skills, stress and time management, conflict resolution, motivation, personality disputes, team building, job satisfaction, reducing turnover rates, diversity training, and sex discrimination and harassment.

Her book, "Surviving the Toxic Workplace - Protect Yourself Against Co-Workers, Bosses, and Work Environments that Poison Your Day" was published by McGraw Hill and can be ordered online.

Dr. Durre' has spoken to groups, associations, clubs, and corporations as a keynote and motivational speaker, trainer, and/or consultant, including Disney, Whole Foods, Paul Mitchell, Dollar Enterprises, Jacobson's, Girl Scouts, BICSI, American Psychological Association, National Speakers Association, American Management Association, National Association of Bank Women, Altrusa Service Club, and Naval Regional Medical Center.

The Burroughs Healthcare Consulting Network specializes in all aspects of Physician, Medical Staff, Management, and Governance Challenges.

President and CEO, Jonathan H. Burroughs, MD, MBA, FACHE, FAAPL, works with some of the nation’s top healthcare consulting organizations to provide ‘best practice’ solutions and training to healthcare organizations throughout the country in the areas of:

Healthcare Governance Physician Engagement & Alignment Strategies Credentialing / Privileging Peer Review and Performance Improvement Patient Safety

Medical Staff Development Planning Physician Leadership Academies Physician Performance Management Physician Behavior Management Physician Operations Optimization

Dr. Burroughs serves on the national faculty of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Association for Physician Leadership (formerly the American College of Physician Executives), where he has been consistently rated as one of their top speakers and educators. He and Dr. David Nash were recently awarded a development grant by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) to develop a twelve hour national program to address population health and the disruptive innovative business models necessary to support it. He is the author or coauthor of the following books: Redesign the Medical Staff Model-A Collaborative Approach (published by Health Administration Press, January, 2015), The Complete Guide to FPPE (2012), Medical Staff Leadership Essentials (2011), Engage and Align the Medical Staff and Hospital Management: Expert Strategies and Field Tested Tools (2010), A Practical Guide to Managing Disruptive and Impaired Physicians (2010), The Top 40 Medical Staff Policies and Procedures, Fourth Edition (2010), Emergency Department On-Call Strategies: Solutions for Physician-Hospital Alignment (2009), and Peer Review Best Practices: Case Studies and Lessons Learned (2008).

Dr. Burroughs is a former Senior Consultant and Director of Education Services for The Greeley Company where he was rated as one of their top healthcare consultants and educators over an eight year period. He is also a past medical staff president, past president of the New Hampshire chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and served as an emergency department medical director. As a member of the governing board of Memorial Hospital in New Hampshire, he chaired the ethics, succession planning, and bylaws committees and sat on the joint conference, strategic planning, and medical executive committees. He previously served as a member of the clinical faculty of Dartmouth Medical School, where his research interests included introducing EMT defibrillation and automatic defibrillation into the field.

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Leonard Perlmutter is a renowned philosopher, educator and motivational speaker. He is founder of the American Meditation Institute in Averill Park, NY where he shares his vast 30-year experience, inspiring enthusiasm and humor to reduce stress and bring peace to modern life. He is adjunct professor of meditation and yoga at the College of St. Rose.

Leonard is author of the award-winning "The Heart and Science of Yoga: A Blueprint for Peace, Happiness and Freedom from Fear." This encyclopedic introduction to Yoga Science (meditation, breathing, ayurveda and exercise) is certified by the American Medical Association for physician CME credits and the American Nurses Association. Perlmutter's work is also endorsed by physicians Mehmet Oz, Dean Ornish, Bernie Siegel and Larry Dossey. Yoga Journal magazine acclaimed his work as "A sweeping, enthralling vision of how to live an integrated life."