Business Strategist
Meridith Elliott Powell was voted one of the Top 15 Business Growth Experts to watch by Currency Fair, she is an award-winning author, keynote speaker and business strategist. With a background in corporate sales and leadership, her career expands over several industries including banking, healthcare and finance. Meridith worked her way up from an entry-level position to earn her seat at the C-Suite table. She is a Certified Speaking Professional, a designation held by less than twelve percent of professional speakers, and a member of the prestigious Forbes Coaching Council.
Today’s economy is not down, it is different. Therefore, to understand this economy you have to understand today’s customers. With the ability to stay at home and order anything you want online, what you sell is no longer important. It is how you sell that is your competitive advantage! With customer experience being so important, every member of your team has to be engaged. How do you ignite employee engagement, create a quality customer experience and see business growth like you’ve never seen before?
Meridith has a cutting-edge message, rooted in real-life examples and real-world knowledge. She is the author of four books, including Winning In The Trust & Value Economy (a finalist in the USA Best Book Awards) and Own It: Redefining Responsibility – Stories of Power, Freedom & Purpose about how to build cultures to inspire ownership at every level to create profits at every turn. Her upcoming book The Best Sales Book Ever: Cut Through the Excuses and Send Sales Through the Roof (to be released in early 2019). Meridith writes, speaks and is passionate about helping her clients understand everything they need to know about how to make this economy start working for them.
High energy and highly interactive, Meridith’s keynote will help leaders and business owners learn the new rules of success today. Including how today’s economy has changed, how that has changed today’s customers and employees, and specifically how that impacts your business.
In her highly engaging keynote-speaking sessions, Meridith shows her audience how to attract more business, retain top talent, and leap into a position to win in this new economy. No walking on coals, no breaking boards, just real-life strategies you can put into place first thing Monday morning.
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TOPICS
Powerful Sales: Defy Marketplace Gravity!
SUCCEED NO MATTER WHAT THIS ECONOMY DOES
Really? You are still watching the news, reading the reports and surfing the internet looking for that one guru, that wizard who can tell you what this economy is going to do? Wake up! This is not your mama’s economy. It is moving fast. Changing constantly. And it crushes businesses who can’t keep up.
Your success depends on your ability to build a business and develop a team that thrives on change and eats stagnation for lunch. This is a world where market fluctuations are the norm and competition grows like kudzu.
Innovative Leadership: Leadership Redefined!
OWNERSHIP, ENGAGEMENT, RESULTS
Employee engagement trumps customer engagement…every single time! The relationship you build with your employees is more important than the relationship you build with your customers. Yeah, you heard me. Think about it! In today’s world, it is not your product or service that is growing your bottom line it’s the experience your customers tweet about. The path to profitability and business growth is through employee engagement.
Mind Blowing Motivation: The Incredible Gift Of Struggle
YOUR SECRET TO SUCCESS
Confidence, Hustle, Drive – what do those words have in common? They are the essence of the most successful among us. Traits gained when you commit to do whatever it takes. Imagine having the power to push through obstacles. The insight to turn excuses into solutions. And the courage to “go for it” and fly with “no-net. It all starts when you embrace the gift of struggle. Struggle is the best teacher. Better than any leader, coach or mentor. But only when you embrace it. Understand it. And you’re willing to go the distance.
The hidden gift of struggle is Meridith’s story. The gift that moved her from dead-end job to C-Suite Executive. From buried in debt to financial freedom. The gift that opened the door to the personal and professional life of her dreams.
No walking on coals, no breaking boards, just the proven strategies you need. The strategies to go for what you want. The courage to push through any obstacle. The power to get what you want.
Ready to embrace the struggle?
