Denise Hedges is a passionate speaker and results-oriented Personal and Business Coach. Denise works with busy professional women and small business owners who want to be more successful and fulfilled in their careers, while having more time, balance, and joy in their personal lives.

She specializes in helping professional service providers – from accountants to acupuncturists – move past their fear of sales and marketing, attract more clients, and make more money!

Denise has helped thousands of women, nationally and internationally, create the lives they want through keynote presentations and customized workshops, as well as individual and group coaching.

Denise is a graduate of Coach University. She also holds a Masters Degree in Counseling and a BA in Psychology from the State University of New York. As a highly effective Introduction Leader trained by Landmark Education Corporation, Denise led Introductions to the Landmark Forum, a transformational program offered in more than 100 cities worldwide.

Denise’s audio programs, decide ~ believe ~ dream and The Power of Attraction, inspire women to use her success strategies on a daily basis.

Her program and book – The BreakThrough Mentorship Program: A Leading Edge Approach to Sales and Marketing for Professional Service Providers was co-authored with her life’s partner, Tom Waldenfels.

Barbara Mencer is a compassionate yet results-oriented professional coach, speaker and trainer specializing in helping professionals and small business owners to grow their businesses.

Over the past 25 years, Barbara has served as a strategic director of business development and marketing in professional service companies. She has served as a consultant, coach, and trainer to non-profit and for-profit organizations across many industries, including law, accounting, finance, real estate, high-tech, healthcare, hospitality, construction, and consumer products.

A member of the board of directors of the Legal Marketing Association, Southern California Chapter, Barbara is also a former member of the board of directors of the San Diego Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators and the Professional Women’s Roundtable.  Barbara is an active member of the Legal/Professional Association Task Force, the Women’s Business Center of California, San Diego Professional Coaches Alliance, Coach University, International Coach Federation, Coachville, and The Pinnacle Group.

Barbara is a graduate of Coach University and has a BS in business Management with an emphasis in marketing. She’s published numerous articles on business development and authored the booklet, Business Development: 97 Quick & Easy Tips for Lawyers, as well as the comprehensive legal practice building system, Making Rain Out of Mist. In addition, Barbara’s a frequent speaker for professional services groups and teaches business development for professionals at the University of California, San Diego Extension.

Tom Waldenfels is a Presentation Skills specialist with over 25 years experience helping people present themselves and their ideas in the most compelling and impactful way possible. He’s taught presentation skills to everyone from college students to high-level corporate executives to small business owners.

Tom’s conducted hundreds of three-day intensive workshops for corporate clients including Nortel, Entergy, Houston Lighting and Power, Bell Northern Research, First Energy, Northeast Utilities, and Ameren. It’s no stretch to say that thousands of people have benefited from Tom’s down-to-earth training and insightful coaching.

Students say Tom’s positive reinforcement, sense of humor, and results-oriented approach make the learning experience qualitatively different ... more to the point … more enjoyable … more empowering.

Tom also has a wealth of experience as a communication skills consultant and team development trainer.  He helps team-members work together more harmoniously and productively as part of both intact work teams and cross-functional task teams.

With a BA from Wake Forest and a Masters of Science In Interpersonal and Public Communication from the University of Louisiana, Tom’s approach is firmly rooted in rigorous academic research as well as the real world of practical human experience.  He’s the principal co-author of the book, The Powerful Presenter, a comprehensive how to manual for making great presentations of all kinds.