Traditional Western medicine addresses symptoms and prescribes medicine developed by “Big Pharma” – while functional medicine addresses the root causes for chronic pain and illness. The vast majority of the current US population has grown unfit and unhealthy under SAD – The Standard American Diet. Switching to natural unprocessed foods, natural remedies and treatments will successfully address – and can often begin to reverse conditions such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart conditions, and other underlying chronic health issues. Such simple formulas have been around for centuries but are ignored by the bulk of the medical community.

Key concepts and legendary quotes and words of wisdom, focusing on developing a purpose for our lives and cultivating our LEGACY – is drawn from the most popular and inspirational motivational speakers in history. Individuals are encouraged to create their own personal MISSION and develop their own set of CORE VALUES. Perhaps just as important – they’ll learn how to divine their PURPOSE in life.

The best teams in any field – academic, business, and even sports, embrace conflict. In order for any team to progress, every team member needs to weigh in and share their own thoughts and life experiences in the context of the team vs. their own motivations. A methodology has been developed by Patrick Lencioni of the Table Group, to use conflict as a springboard for a team to achieve great things.

Are you bored at every staff meeting? The same “blah blah blah” emanates from both the leaders and the followers? Every true leader knows that engaging in constructive conflict, bringing an open mind to the table, engaging listening skills, finding common ground is not only healthy but gives participants a feeling of inclusion, collaboration and “being heard.” Joe will share stories from his 50+ year career in business and lead some fun role playing to ensure that your team becomes skilled at using conflict in a constructive way, to achieve greatness.

Double-blind studies of individuals with plaque build-up on their arteries had to be halted… some individuals who enrolled to do HIIT training to prove that regimen reduces risk of cardio-related plaque buildup – died during the studies. So these studies in the US were halted by the medical community and government health officials.

However, the results that continued outside of the US were stunningly successful, proving that arterial plaque can be reduced along with lowering one’s chances for a catastrophic event. No actual physical activity will be required. This topic along with risks are presented via lecture.

Joe dives deep into his mentor’s writings and messages to show the impact that a person’s attitude has on their success in life. Earl Nightengale, Jim Rohn, Napoleon Hill and many other motivational speakers knew that ATTITUDE almost always determined a person’s success in life.

Joe will lead students to examine their own attitudes and guide them on how to make those difficult changes from being a victim to being a superstar, by shifting the gears of their attitude and outlook on life.

Many of us grew up in households or in cultures in which exuding emotions and expressing feelings were historically frowned upon by those in our community – and even punished. While this inculcated cultural norm of being stoic and reserved, tends to restrict emotional expression and instead, encourages a preoccupation with success, power, and competition – studies show that repressing expression of our emotions can result in depression, alcohol/drug use or even worse – suicide.

A technique that social scientists use to allow us to express ourselves may appear contradictory, expressing vulnerability. We were taught to be stoic and strong, and expressing vulnerability must therefore be an expression of weakness. Joe uses research studies to prove that expressing our own vulnerability actually allows us to experience more of humanity, express empathy and to heal from those dictates by others attempting to repress our true feelings. Role playing will be utilized as a learning tool in this subject matter area.

Empathy is NOT sympathy. Empathy means walking in another person’s shoes – as distinguished from the definition of Sympathy: feeling sorry for another person’s (worn-out, crummy) shoes. To build a lasting relationship with a spouse, business partner or a stranger – empathy will connect you quickly and directly to another person’s heart, mind and spirit.

Joe teaches ways to portray empathy, and how to develop the skills to be sincerely interested in another person’s life – and who they are as a person. He can show you the benefits and help you cultivate your own FUTURE – by embracing empathy.

Job burnout has emerged as one of today’s most pervasive and somewhat common ailments. Jobs in society today seem to be gravitating towards becoming a performance-demanding and difficult daily ritual. This often results in our “life-work” balance to become very difficult to manage.

Joe will examine the root causes of this phenomenon; examine the toll it takes on individuals and on employers as well; and explores some actionable, real solutions. In the second half of the training, Joe does a deep dive into understanding how Team Building within an organization can turn job burnout into successful collaborations and create a motivating spirit of comradery. Overseeing a dysfunctional staff is stressful. Joe examines the basic characteristics of a fully- functioning team and how these characteristics can be cultivated in your workplace.

This course provides techniques and tips on how to resolve disputes and conflicts and includes real-life examples and role-playing by volunteers. Joe’s 50+ years of experience in mediating disputes, being in business, combined with his law degree and Certificate in Mediation from the University of Washington, provide many with ways for others to mediate disputes.

This training covers the basic rules and best practices in becoming a highly effective and highly professional communicator in writing, speaking and writing e-mails. First impressions – often observed by others in your first communication, are critical for your credibility and is a reflection in many cases, upon your character, intent and who you are as a person. Choose your words carefully!

Joe examines the research behind resilient people, including public information shared by Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Professor Martin E. P. Seligman. Adjectives like “anti-fragile” and resilient describes people who not only gain from chaos and unexpected, random events (such as economic collapses, terrorist attacks, pandemics, etc.) – but who actually flourish during and after such occurrences. In this lecture, Joe discusses a major component of being “anti-fragile” – the quality that allows some people to be knocked down by life and come back stronger.

The strategic planning process creates an actionable roadmap for the future. Whether you are an individual, a family, a sole proprietor, a major for-profit corporation, a nonprofit organization or NGO, a government agency or a coalition of like-minded leaders – you must have a sail, rudder and a good crew of like-minded individuals to get from where you sit today in the ocean of life, and your ultimate, chosen destination. Joe uses visioning exercises and SWOT analyses. Joe facilitates on-site retreats from 1-2 days or can conduct a workshop on this topic..

Reading financial statements and interpreting them may seem like learning a foreign language! It truly is not. Anyone can gain confidence in a very short time. A veteran accounting professional and former Chief Financial Officer overseeing $3 billion in investment grade properties will explain in laymen’s terms, what to look for and how to prepare and analyze financial statements and the basic systems used by professional accountants to accumulate and present financial information.

Joe shares down-and-dirty analytical tips to get your arms around the numbers. Presentations can be expanded to a full day’s workshop.

US Army Colonel Robert’s purpose in creating his publication, Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies, was to derive an everyday methodology from existing parliamentary procedure. Since its initial publication in the 1870s, what today is called Robert’s Rules of Order, has been issued in 12 editions with the most current one, issued in 2020. The purpose of this presentation is NOT to make you a Parliamentarian or even an expert in the field; rather, it is to give you a bare-bones grasp on the procedures that take place in a meeting that states it must follow Robert’s Rules of Order.

In this training, Joe reviews the basics of virtually every board or association meeting… including such topics such as a quorum, notices, regular v. special meetings, annual meetings, standing rules, adjournment, the call to order, making motions – including motions to amend, motions to postpone indefinitely, motion to limit or extend a debate, motion to lay on the table, motion to suspend the rules – and other intricacies. Joe also covers committee processes and how they report to a governing board, how to address a chairperson “Mr. (or Madame) Chair” – and the unique responsibilities of the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer roles.

Having served in a variety of Controller, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director positions – JOE KNOWS BUDGETS. Those of you who are not accountants need to know what goes into the numbers that you see at a staff meeting and/or board meeting. The numbers can be limits, or can be a guide – but the key is to learn the skills on how to interpret the data. You don’t have to be a CPA to understand a budget. In fact, most leaders in management are not accountants – making this course an essential one for your personal and professional success. The content for the course applies to personal and household budgets as well.

While considered a small niche for nonprofits, many long-term benefits will accrue to nonprofit organizations that decide to “take the leap” – applying for and raising funds for projects and operations through grant writing. This course covers both time-saving and effective techniques to succeed in selective targeting and then successfully obtaining grant funding from government, corporate and foundation grant-makers. Joe has raised nearly $5 million dollars from the funding community over his career.