Training
Driving Business Performance | Developing Leaders | Connecting Powerfully
These seminars are a one-of-a kind experience your team will talk about for years to come
Dr. Margaret Bacheler
Sr. Director Workforce, Penn State University
“We are really impressed with CrossTALKS!”
August Felix
Founder SEI Healthcare
David Radziej
President Printing Industry MidWest
“Outstanding training. It taught us to think differently.”
Colonel Dean
U.S. Military, Fort Bragg
“Excellent training workshop! It met and exceeded all our objectives.”
Gita Patel
Owner, Self Images
“We learned how to forecast, market and connect better with our clients”
Zev Young
Professor Bentley University/Founder “Be A Wolf” Sales Training
“Excellent training! A must for all leaders and sales teams.”
Allison Sattin
Marketing Director Forex.com
“CrossTALKS gave our company the most powerful event we ever had. It was amazing!”
Jim Sexton
Vistage International
“Sterling Seminar. This is an event you will want your team to experience”
Lisa Lofton
Employee Assistance Program Director, U.S Military, Fort Bragg, NC
“Thank you for such outstanding training!”
Ken Long
CEO, Healthy Kids Running Series
“Our Business Advisors help us better communicate, plan and have more fun.”
Peggy Becker
Owner, Parkside Talent
“I’m so grateful for all the time and money I saved from such wise counsel.”
Emin Halac
Co-Owner, USA Cabinet Store
“All our stores are now operating more efficiently and profitably”
Robbi Hershon
Co-Owner, the Hearing Group
“We gained a clear strategy to better attract our best customers”
Terry Strine
Co-Founder, Leadership Delaware
“Soraya is an outstanding speaker … powerful, charismatic, articulate in her delivery, and her content is always impactful.”
Jen Castile
Co-Owner, Castile Construction
“I am now so much happier working on my business instead of in it.”
Phillip Ratley
President, Sela Building Corporation
“We doubled our commercial contracts.”
Kelly Kendle
CEO, Synchrogenix
“Went from 20 to over 40M in a few years”
Duke York
President York Enterprises
“I learned how to mentor my son into a leadership role where he is thriving.”
Dr. Connie Greeley
Owner, Greeley Orthodontics
“Such a powerful support of kind and talented professionals.”
Chris Alveras
Agent, State Farm
“I gained valuable metrics so I could better reward my super stars.”
Lisa Detweiler
President, SSD Technologies
“We got help when we needed it most: buying and then leading the company. A huge success during such a pivotal time.”
Ajit George
Owner, Second Chances Farm
“CrossTALKS helped me better focus on my faith”
Joanne Graves
Owner, Sanctuary Spa
“CrossTALKS has given me back my JOY”
Steve Brahney
Owner, fixasphalt.com
“I’m now better at balancing my work-life and so much happier.”
Adrienne Talabisco
Owner, Expecting Miracles LLC
“Everyone wants to give.”
Earl Jeter
Owner, Jeter & Johnson CPA
“CrossTALKS is a bridge that connects God and my business to make wise decisions.”
Melissa Jones
Co-President, Print and Graphic Communications Association
Anil Kumar
Owner, OptSoft Inc
“I am doing much more of the work I love now while increasing profits.”
Leah Melamed
Owner, Leah Melamed LLC
“My business doubled because I know now how to successfully scale. I could not be happier.”
Jeff Locklear
Program Specialist at Department of the Army
“Soraya’s seminars are FABULOUS! She is hard-working, easy to be around, and a real team-player!”
Lowell Parkes
HR Director, Paradise Energy Solutions
“Five years after Soraya first spoke to us, we still are using the tools she taught us!”
Christina Stanbery
Owner, Beyond Fifty Fitness
“The people here are so kind and generous!”
Nethaniel Ealy
President Ealy Construction
“I now have a sellable business that is scalable.”
Ben Morey
President Morey Construction
“I now better manage my sales process system resulting in increased profits, faster customer response time and more referrals.”
Tim Beiler
CEO Upward Broadband
“Love the business tools and the energy Soraya brings to her workshops to help us connect deeper and build on our culture.”
John Ash
Owner, Joyland Roofing
“I got tremendous help building my leadership, team building and business skills. Thank you!”
Merv Fisher
Owner, Capital Coating
“I learned how to work on my business instead of always in it. I now have more time to do what I enjoy with family.”
Jay Lindley
Owner, IP Products
“We’ve increased our sales process tremendously.”
Matt Stull
Owner, Leap of Faith IT
“We’ve been able to grow exponentially. I could not be happier.”
Karon McMahon
CEO, Journey Beyond Divorce
“I now have a clear map of my finances and can accurately budget. It has increased my profit tremendously!”
Jim Turner
Owner, Dunamis Marketing
“It’s the only place I have found with like minded people who love God.”
Dr. Suzy Nashed
Owner, Elite Psychiatric Care
“You will be amazed at The CrossTALKS Methodology”
Johnny McCartin
Owner, XeRo Media
“Being part of Cross Talks is one of my best decisions.”
Rick Martin
Owner Postal Connections, Hockessin DE
“The CrossTALKS team bring everything you do in business into focus”
Enjoy Deep-Dive Discussions Into:
Leadership:
How to Embrace Change in the Workplace
How have leaders in history handled change? How did they turn adversity into opportunity? What does Abraham Lincoln, Dale Carnegie and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wisel, all have in common? You will learn what history and research have proven are 3 specific activities you can do now to embrace the rapid changes now happening now in your company and turn challenges into opportunity. You can’t control what is happening in your work and personal environment, but you can control how you react to these forces. You will learn specific techniques on how to lead by example in a direction that your team will embrace, encourage, and admire even in the midst of chaos. You also will learn the single most powerful sentence to get anyone motivated to execute on what you need done.
How to Connect to Anyone, even the most challenging personalities, Regardless of Age, Background, and Temperament
Is there someone you need to work with but have a hard time connecting to? If so, you will learn 4 hands-on tools you can use immediately to neutralize any discussion so you can get them to do what you need done- positively- by the use of specific words, body language, and a clear attitude.
Business:
What you can do NOW if you plan to Sell Your Business.
If you are planning to sell your business or hand it down to a family member, there are practical, hands-on actions you can take now. You will learn 5 of the most common and costly mistakes small business owners make AND HOW TO AVOID THEM when selling a business that includes insufficient preparation, taking a “hands-off” approach and failure to address transition issues with simple solutions you can do immediately. You also will learn 3 things you can do immediately to make your business more attractive to potential buyers whether they are former employees or family members to ensure you receive the highest rate of return by learning how to simplify, codify and multiply what you do best as well make the highest and best use of your time and that of your key employees.
How to Successfully Manage Generation Y in Your Business
If you haven’t experienced inter-generational clashes in your workplace yet, get ready! Chances are, your business will soon include Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), Generation X (1960s and 1970s), and Generation Y (1982-2000). These groups don’t just think, talk, and work differently? They have vastly different expectations of each other, your company, and you. And as the owner, YOU are responsible for making it work! This refreshingly practical session lays out the expectations of Boomers, Xers, and Yers; reveals the power of using recognition across generational lines; demonstrates how to avoid becoming a referee; and shows how to “bridge the gap” between employees — even employees who are 40 years apart! You also will learn the single most powerful word that resonates with every generation.
How to Make it a H.A.B.U.T. (The Highest and Best use of Your Time)
Do you find yourself overloaded with work? Feel so exhausted you can’t set priorities? Are your working on putting out all the important and urgent issues instead of working on your business? If you answer yes, it’s time to make real choices about how and when to spend your time. This seminar will help you identify causes of procrastination and indecision, pinpoint personal time-wasters and increase your concentration and focus. You’ll learn to schedule your time more effectively, stay on track and keep important goals top of mind, so you can stay in balance and be more effective and productive.
Taking Your Business to the Next Level
Congratulations! You’ve made it past the 10-year mark. But if you’re like many other companies, you’ve arrived at the “Too Big, Too Small” stage of the game. You’re Too Big to keep doing things the way you’ve done them until now, but you’re Too Small to start pouring massive investments into your company. You need a plan for making the next ten years productive and profitable. This seminar reveals the steps you need to take to build a company that is valuable, sustainable, and ultimately saleable.
Agile in Your Business
Do you feel that what got you to where you are in your company is not going to get you to where you want to go? Most businesses over 5 years have yielded significant waste in the way they deliver their services, internal communication and operating costs resulting in lower profitability. Agile is a process most often associated with technology firms, but can now be applied to all businesses to help them reach the next level of performance. Our simple Freedom Teams and Freedom Systems 3-step formula can help any small business on the cusp of growth.
Sales and Marketing:
How to ZIG when your competition ZAGS
Yesterday’s marketing just doesn’t cut it anymore. In today’s hyper-competitive business environment, lame advertising and “me-too” marketing falls flat. This session reveals five out-of-the-box marketing moves that you can use now to get the phones ringing and boost sales. Discover practical ideas and surprising tips immediately applicable to your own business. Find out how to leverage your budget by targeting “Hungry Fish,“ how to motivate more sales using “Irresistible Bait,” and how to overcome resistant prospects with a “Reason to Believe.
Social Marketing on Speed – Crash Course
Social marketing can be the best thing that ever happened to your business. But Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube can eat you alive with hours of unproductive time squandered in front of your computer. This crash course reveals simple techniques and powerful, free tools to harness social networking, blogging, and autoresponders. Learn how to become a trusted expert and find out the “tricks of the trade” to leverage an influential social presence into real sales and real results.
With your Speaker and the proven methodologies that turn stress to freedom, joy and purpose.
