Penny Blue, MBA, PMP
Professional Background
Penny is a life/career coach, business consultant, professional speaker, information technology expert, and project manager with a proven track record of managing people, programs, and projects worldwide.
Penny Blue is a leadership and project management expert, professional speaker, and dynamic trainer for all levels of management and staff in corporate, small business, nonprofit and government (federal, state and local) environments.
Background and Experience:
Ms. Blue has a proven track record in managing people, programs, and projects worldwide. She specializes in Leadership Strategy, Leadership Skills Development, Management and Project Management.
Before becoming a trainer, Penny worked as a Delivery Project Executive at IBM where she engaged in data center operations, customer care, application development/maintenance, distribution systems, databases, process improvement, human resources, financial management of budgets up to $700 million.
Ms. Blue’s training and employee development experience crosses many industries including: large and small businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. She has the ability to speak to and connect to the untapped resource in every human being. These skills and her passion to bring people together for superior team results make her a highly requested trainer.
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Penny can grasp the big picture and parlay that vision and connection to motivate others to action. As a founding member of the Friends of Booker T. Washington National Monument and serving as the organization’s president for over 8 years, she was responsible for community outreach, budgeting, membership growth, strategic planning and program/project management.
Penny offers training to help individuals, teams and organizations maximize focus, productivity and enthusiasm while alleviating costly problems and effectively managing risks.
Her excellent interpersonal skills, project management experience, logical decision-making and problem-solving skills, and her ability to see the big picture make her a worthy asset to any business development initiative. She recognizes the most common mistake made in teams and organizations is losing sight of the "Human Element". Penny is focused on infusing “The Human Element” within teams and organizations.
As a Certified Coach, Penny Wise provides energetic, interactive sessions that allow employees to discover and achieve their goals.
Education:
- Mathematics degree from Hampton University
- MBA from Duke University
- Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University
- Certificate in Entrepreneurship from University of Virginia
- Certificate in Minority Political Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Jeff Weber
JEFF'S FAVORITE TRAINING TOPICS
Professional Background
Jeff Weber is a leadership development expert coach and trainer. He has over 20 years experience providing interactive training to employees from beginning supervisors to C-Level executives.
Jeff is recognized as a training and education subject matter expert whose corporate programs have supported work forces in a variety of difficult management challenges and employee development needs.
Background and Experience:
Jeff has delivered programs to help with Team Building, Performance Management, Situational Leadership, Building Mentor Programs, Succession Development Communication with Diplomacy & Tact, Facilitating Difficult Conversations, and many other customized training programs to meet specific needs.
Since 2004, Jeff has served as the Director of Training & Development for Americo Life Inc., a 100-year-old company with a subsidiary of eight individual life insurance companies as well as several other affiliate businesses. The architect of the company’s first leadership development, customized management, onboarding, and mentoring programs, he has played a pivotal role in significantly elevating survey-driven employee engagement scores and reducing employee turnover from 90% to 8%.
Throughout his career, Jeff has served as a strategic adviser to the executive team. His coaching and training has proven success in the integration of three disparate companies and turning them into a unified organizational culture. He has also helped C-level teams avert millions in legal costs within heavily regulated environments by developing and leading programs that mitigated risk and compliance vulnerabilities.
From 2000 to 2004, Jeff was a member of Sprint’s University of Excellence team. Serving in a consultant capacity, he guided leaders through forward-thinking, technology-enabled management and problem-solving simulation, helping them build high-performing teams, prepare for succession planning, strengthen conflict management skills, deliver compelling presentations, and navigate ongoing change (e.g., restructuring, reductions in force). In addition, he traveled extensively to deliver root cause analysis programming to highly technical audiences.
Earlier in his career, holding the title of Training Manager, Jeff managed a 45-member team of subject matter expert contractors in delivering training and education programs across North America and the U.K. for the American Management Association. He was on a team that authored several of the association’s development programs, including Train-the-Trainer, Communicating with , Diplomacy and Tact among others.
Education:
Jeff holds a B.S. in marketing with an emphasis in communications from Illinois State University.
Additional Facilitation and Practice areas include:
- DISC Assessments
- Myers-Briggs (MBTI)
- Blanchard Situational Leadership II
- Institute of Management Studies Member
Professional Background
Drawing on 23 successful and rewarding years at Honeywell International managing manufacturing transitions and IT projects for their Aerospace division, Lenet leverages examples from her real world experience to facilitate learning and growth for her students and clients. Additional strengths are in leading virtual, cross-functional teams from Initiating to Closing; cross-functional team facilitation and training; managing stakeholder expectations; and maintaining project schedule and budget fidelity through scope and quality management.
Lenet believes being active in professional and service organizations reinforces how project management and business analysis applies to every aspect of life. As a result she is:
- A member of her local PMI chapter member and past Vice President of Programs
- An IIBA chapter member
- A Rotary International member and past club president with distinctions
As a member Toastmasters International, Lenet was an Advanced Bronze Communicator, Competent Leader and club president.
Using project management skills to create and deliver, Lenet shares her passion for driving in her book, Go Play in the Traffic, how to drive with finesse. The book is appropriate for any audience and focuses on how to think ahead while driving. The proactive nature of the book’s message emulates the proactive nature needed to be an exceptional project manager and business analyst.
Lenet’s extensive experience in project coordination, team development and training coupled with her high-energy make her the perfect choice to take your people to the next level in achieving their goals.
In her training, Lenet uses her professional certifications to align theory with reality.
Education and Professional Certifications
Project Management Institute's
- Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA®) in 2015
- Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification in 2006
International Institute of Business Analysis
Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP®) in 2012
Six Sigma
- Green Belt
- Design for Six-Sigma (IT)
Masters of Science in Management (MSM) from Baker University
Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Central Missouri
Maggie Sizer, Ph.D.
MAGGIE'S FAVORITE TRAINING TOPICS
Professional Background
Dr. Maggie Sizer is a frequently requested business trainer and speaker. She has over 20 years experience coaching and training business professionals and students in effective career management strategies.
Background and Experience:
Originally from California, Dr. Sizer secured her advanced education while serving as an Air Traffic Controller in the U.S. Air Force. After 13 years of military service, Maggie pursued a career in the Transportation Industry, and completed two additional Masters degrees and ultimately a PhD in Intercultural Education in 2001.
She has served as an Academic Dean and Associate Provost with Strayer University and is an expert at coaching and training business professionals and students in effective career management strategies.
As an award-winning educator, speaker, presenter, and teacher, Maggie has used her extensive portfolio of executive skills to create proprietary programs for individual clients from a broad range of backgrounds and experience levels . In 2017, Dr. Sizer was unanimously voted as Volunteer of the Year by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges which recognizes individuals from the ACCSC community who have made significant contributions to career education through dedication to, and support of the accreditation process.
In 2008, she was the recipient of the Lead Hampton Roads Award for exemplary leadership in higher education. That same year, she also received the Donald R. Stoddard Faculty Award of Excellence, which honors a Strayer University faculty member for outstanding teaching skills and sincere passion for the profession.
Dr. Sizer was referred by the Project Management Institute (PMI) to evaluate, critique and finalize a comprehensive Project Management Curriculum and workshops.
Maggie enjoys project management training and has also presented several successful webinars for the PMI. She is known for her sense of humor and student engagement, bringing a fresh perspective to the classroom to encourage participation.
She travels throughout the United States teaching and empowering both private and government leaders facilitate improved outcomes in the organizations they manage.
Education:
PhD in Inter-cultural Education
Additional Facilitation and Practice areas include:
- PMI Certification
- DiSC® Assessments
- Myers-Briggs
- TKI Assessments
Everette Borg, CSP
Professional Background
Everette Borg is a broadly experienced health and safety professional who has used his “people skills” and contagious energy to help dozens of companies escalate their safety culture, reduce injuries, develop effective training methods, and empower their employees to become “invested owners” of their safety processes.
Following a teaching career including schools in Guam, Moscow, Russia, Norway, London, and Minnesota, Everette received a Master’s Degree in Safety-Risk Control from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
He has led 9 sites across the country to achieve recognition as one of the “Best of the Best in Health & Safety,” OSHAs Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) STAR level award. Concerning making health and safety a vibrant, efficient, and effectively-integrated part of the daily “way of life,” Everette truly “gets it” when it comes to engaging workers in their own health and safety processes.
What others say about Everette
“I’ve learned a lot from Everette about building a win-win safety program that the employees are proud of.” Mark Trapp Plant Manager, U.S. Pipe
“Everette delivers fun, active learning experiences that really make a difference in the safety performance of our people.” Rich Donnelly, President, Jim Walter Resources
