TMI
US Trainers
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JANELLE BARLOW, PhD Dr. Janelle M. Barlow embodies the idea of a renaissance individual. She is an entrepreneur and author, plays classical piano, and is an award-winning photographer. She is President of TMI US partner with the multinational training and consulting organization Time Manager International. Her Ph.D. was earned at the University of California at Berkeley where she studied both political science and education. She has two master's degrees, one in international relations and another in psychology. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Prior to her joining TMI, she was the founder of an educational corporation that produced major personal development rallies for thousands of people. While in her twenties, she lived in Taiwan for three years where she learned to speak Mandarin Chinese. During that period, she developed a particularly keen sense of diverse ideas and approaches to management. She also studied Russian and Vietnamese during her academic studies. As a speaker, she draws upon her broad educational background and practical management experience. Over 100,000 people from all continents have participated in and been charmed by Janelle's training programs and speeches. As an author, she co-wrote two bestselling business books, A Complaint Is a Gift, and Emotional Value. Both were nominated for the Benjamin Franklin Business Book award. A Complaint Is a Gift is currently available in 14 foreign languages and an animated videotape on the same subject has been produced by E.T.C. She sits on the boards of publications and writes articles on a monthly basis for international and national publications. Her most recent book is Smart Videoconferencing: New Habits for Virtual Meetings. Janelle's training program, Performing Under Pressure, based on another of her popular books, The Stress Manager, is offered around the world. Her management training program called Unbind Your Mind: The Freedom to be Creative, teaches business people how to be more original and creative. It includes 365 skill building exercises, Mind Flexors. Janelle's client base includes Maximus, Satmetrix, the Isle of Capri Casinos, Hewlett-Packard, Chevron, Amoco, Exxon, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Shangri-La Hotels, Unisys, Intergraph, Genentech, Avon Cosmetics, Paramount's Great America, Panalpina, Dragon Aire, Kaiser Permanente Hospitals, Grand Wailea Hotel, Network Equipment Technologies, the World Bank, Philips, Southwestern Bell, Morgan Stanley, and DHL, among others. Janelle is uniquely skilled at working with multi-cultural audiences. She speaks extensively throughout Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Twice awarded the prestigious "International Trainer of the Year" award by Time Manager International, Dr. Barlow works in such exotic locations as Poland, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, and Papua New Guinea. She earned the designation of Certified Speaking Professional offered by the National Speaker's Association, on whose national board Janelle is an elected member. After suffering from heart disease as a child and ulcers in her twenties, Janelle became committed to stress management, health, and fitness. She swims two miles every day, including a solid half mile of butterflies! She has run several marathons and hikes with her husband, Jeffrey Mishlove. Dr. Barlow is a professional, in every sense of the word, and her vast experience and talent virtually guarantees that her audiences will have a memorable (most of them would say "life changing") experience. |
| DIANNE KENNEY Dianne Kenny brings 30 years of experience in process consulting, training, and coaching to her work with TMI US whom she first joined in 1988. She is one of our most sought after consultants with particular expertise delivering TMI programs on customer service, complaint handling, and leadership. As a TMI Master Consultant, Dianne leads our TMI Train-the-Trainer Programs. With an academic background in education, her messages are practical, provocative, and real. She not only trains but also delivers keynote speeches. Her work is informative and highly entertaining and leave a lasting impression in audiences’ minds. Her stories and anecdotes along with her humor stimulate audiences to listen actively and enjoy while learning; she is consistently told that she should do stand-up comedy. As a result of her engaging style, Dianne is one of these rare individuals who relates equally well to the board room and frontline staff. Dianne has worked for the Tom Peters Organization as a leadership consultant. She spent fifteen years in the retail service industry focusing on training and development, recruitment, sales, and personnel management. Dianne has worked extensively in the Caribbean for clients such as Atlantis, IBM, Butterfield Bank, and Caribbean Airlines. Some of her other recent clients include: American Express, America West, AIG Insurance, American Management Systems, Avis, Black & Decker, Blue Chip Casino, Brown Brothers, Broadmoor Hotel, Charles Schwab, ChevronTexaco, Compaq Computer, Data General, Delano Hotel, South Beach, Discover Card, Empire Blue Services, Equity Office, Fidelity Investments, Gelco Information Network, Harriman & Co., Heller Financial, Home Depot, John Deere Credit, Ketchum Communication, Masterfoods, Mead Johnson, Merck, Panalpina, Planters Lifesavers, Spirit Mountain Casino, Sun Microsystems, Turner Broadcasting, United Government Services, U.S. Air, and Virgin Airways among others. Dianne is a fitness and outdoor sports enthusiast. |
| ALLAN MILHAM, CPCC Allan Milham is a Senior Partner with TMI US. He is also a Senior Program Leader for TMI’s Putting People First, Emotional Value, and A Complaint Is a Gift programs. Allan is a Certified Professional Coactive Coach (CPCC) and brings over twenty years experience in the training and development of teams and individuals. He has coached hundreds of executives on career and professional issues in dozens of industries, including high-tech, gas and oil, retail, hospitality, publishing, utilities, financial services, insurance, and e-commerce. His unique facilitation and training style is high energy and motivational resulting in positive behavior change for both individuals and teams. Allan is author of Empathy: Connecting with Customers, part of the Emotional Value in Customer Service series to be released in 2006 by Tuttle Mori in Japan. Having worked on culture change initiatives with multiple organizations and served in operations, consulting, and sales/marketing roles in the hospitality, retail, high tech, and professional services industries, he is well equipped to work with a wide range of clients. His most recent book is Bold Moves, Jump to Outstanding Self-Managed Action, published by Pond Publishing Publications, 2006. His TMI clients include Panalpina, The Isle of Capri, Chevron, Toyota, The Sports Club Company, Miller Freeman, and Hewlett Packard. Allan also brings seven years of experience in the hospitality industry, previously working with Marriott International as a General Manager and Regional Director of Sales and Marketing. Allan has a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology. He and his wife have taken a leap into parenthood with their daughter, Kate, who is adding considerable emotional value to her family. |
| AUDRA KNIGHT Audra Knight brings a lengthy and successful background in business development. He is skilled in leadership and management development with a special focus on professional skills development and client relations. He is certified as a Branded Customer Service consultant and is passionate about creating work environments that are at least as exciting as the brands presented to the public! Audra single-handedly developed and implemented a Stress Management and Wellness Training program to the Municipal Railway System (MUNI) in San Francisco. He initiated a four-year training effort which included a train-the-trainer component for the institutionalization of the program. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from San Francisco State University in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on organizational psychology. He also studied organizational and adult development in a Ph.D. program at The Center for Psychological Studies. In his professional work, Audra’s approach is to bring a collaborative management style to an organization’s culture — the culture of formal work teams, problem solving, decision-making, planning, and communication. His platform skills are outstanding; he listens attentively which serves him well in his consulting practices. |
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RANDI DU BOIS Randi Du Bois is a program leader for TMI's customer service programs, Putting People First and A Complaint is a Gift. The key to Randi's success centers on her ability to create behavior change in individuals, teams and larger organizational units. Her energy and enthusiasm, coupled with years of business experience, enable her to unlock greater productivity and potential in others. Her expertise is training in the areas of personal performance and internal and external customer service. Randi's programs provide individuals and organizations current, specific and results-oriented techniques for increased productivity both on and off the job. Randi served as president of Pro Action Associates, she is the former mayor of Colma, California, and is co-founder of Women in the Wilderness. She has conducted hundreds of experiential training sessions domestically and abroad. Thousand of corporate managers and professionals have benefited from Randi's unique, entertaining and effective presentation style. Her extensive client base includes Apple Computer, AT&T, Levi Strauss, Hewlett Packard and many others. |
| JOSSIE AGUILAR Born in Chicago, Illinois, Jossie
Aguilar Lugo, Senior Trainer for TMI US, is fluent in both Spanish and
English and easily conducts her seminars in either language — or a
combination of both if the situation demands! Not only bilingual, she
is genuinely bicultural. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications
and a Master of Science degree in Educational Psychology . |
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PAUL HOLDEN TMI is an international human resource development company with operations in thirty-eight countries offering training programs, speeches, and consulting service in the areas of performance, service and quality. TMI presenters offer programs in eighteen languages. Before joining TMI, Paul was with Vital Images. While there, he founded the training department, where he honed his skills in course development, on-site training and customization of materials. He was also Director of User Services, where he gained operational experience by overseeing the training, documentation, and customer support activities for the company's various software products. Paul has trained for top business institutions and academic centers in the United States and ten other countries. Clients include: Shell, NASA, Sterling Winthrop, Exxon, Princeton University, Mobil Oil, Stanford University, U.S. Geological Survey, Karolinska Institute, Texaco, and BHP Minerals. Highlighted as a humorous and animated speaker, Paul pulls from all aspects of his background to blend programs that are entertaining, insightful, and educational. A former teacher of meditation, Paul's diverse background
also includes work as an attorney and president of a futures brokerage
company. He studied and lived in France and Switzerland for two and a
half years, and he currently serves on the Board of the Institute of
Intercultural Leadership.
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LEWIS J. BARLOW During that period, China was still reeling from the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. Lewis was able to witness firsthand the earliest beginnings of China's business culture. Over the last twenty years, he has seen China's adaptation to new technology from the West. His first position in China was in Beijing working for the giant sports management company, IMG. There he became acquainted with some of China's top athletes. He played a key role in selling the ESSO official sponsorship of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), and the Nokia official sponsor package of the 1999 CBA All-Stars game. He initiated, planned, and coordinated the "Beijing Basketball Night," the biggest CBA sponsor/fan event in the 1998-1999 season, involving top CBA stars and advertising sponsors. His most recent work in Asia was with 24/7 Media Asia, the online advertising wing of Chinadotcom. In that position, he was Director of Sales for the Shanghai office. While with 24/7 Media Asia, he directed a Chinese sales team of eight, using Manderin as his main language. In this position, he assigned, consolidated and reviewed key accounts. He analyzed the budget structure of clients; he produced 24/7's 20-page PowerPoint sales presentation. He helped define the company's market position in China and trained the sales staff. He was 24/7's lead sales person and directly initiated many of 24/7's Shanghai's top accounts with such companies as Motorola, Compaq, Bosch and Seagrams. He is currently working in sales and business development for TMI,US. Always looking to be part of a new growth trend, he is keenly exploring how the newest concepts in managerial soft skills training can be developed for the ever-expanding China business market as it enters the World Trade Organization. Lewis earned his B.A. in Foreign Languages (Chinese and Japanese) at Lewis and Clark College. He received a M.A. in Chinese Linguistics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1996. He also earned a certificate in Manderin from the Johns-Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing in 1998. He has achieved complete fluency in verbal and written business Manderin. Lewis is co-author of Smart Video Conferencing. |
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| JEFFREY MISHLOVE, PhD Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, Vice-President of TMI US, is a psychologist. He is the author of a college introductory textbook, The Roots of Consciousness. He is the author of three other books on consciousness. He also holds a Master of Criminology degree. He earned both his advanced degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. He currently does extensive computer analysis of the financial markets and is acquainted with a range of statistical and artificial intelligence software packages. In addition to his research and investigative skills, Jeffrey is reknowned as a communicator. For over fifteen years, he hosted the weekly, national public television series, Thinking Allowed. He is also the 2001 recipient of the Association for Humanistic Psychology's "Pathfinder Award." In his role at TMI, he is the Webmaster, provides financial and strategic advice, and statistical consulting. |
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TMI US Customer Service Team
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| BEVERLY LEE, Logistics Beverly Lee has 10 years experience in management, training, coaching. She is former District Manager for Barbizon Modeling School, of Oakland, California, where she was responsible for activities in seven states. Since joining TMI US in 2005, Beverly coordinates enormous numbers of details for our client companies. She has responsibility for production of all our materials and invoices our clients. She is tireless in her care of our clients. Some of her recent clients include: AIG Insurance, Butterfield Bank, Caribbean Airlines, ARAMARK Business Services, Blue Chip Casino, Family Fare Convenience Stores, Masterfoods, Spirit Mountain Casino, Kaiser Permanente Hospital, and Hualapai Tourism. She also coordinates the operational details for Branded Customer Service when we conduct a certification program. |
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