“I have personally witnessed the development and execution of Erika’s excellent community-wide education and marketing plans. Erika’s innovative and creative approach to marketing has been critical in supporting year-round community awareness, parental involvement, peer-to-peer counseling, workshops and special events.”

--Edward J. Sackely III
District Representative, U.S. Congressman Fred Upton and Councilmember, City of Portage (Kalamazoo Community-based Abstinence Initiative)

 

This Could Be Your Best Day Ever!

Today is the best day ever to bring a positive approach to your organization, team or self. I am looking forward to helping you leverage the power of happiness! 

—Erika

 

Hear Erika's latest Monday Night Live Interview with Keith Roe
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Speaker Balance

As a speaker and award winning author, Erika delivers fun, inspiring and powerful keynote addresses and workshop presentations. Her ability to BALANCE practical information with entertainment is inspiring.

BooksBe prepared to want to take action to increase your happiness, improve organizational communication and get more accomplished! You will leave Erika’s presentation seeing things in a new way.

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Consult Connect

Circle your chairs around and CONNECT with the realities of communication. Accurate and effective communication is a miracle and Erika can teach your team(s) positive communication skills to improve employee recruitment and retention and build your brand and customer loyalty.

Erika has been called the “Optimistic Dream Team Coach” by clients and workshop attendees. Call me if you are  ready to increase morale, productivity and profitability.

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Even if people don’t seem to listen, your team is compromised with gossip, blame and negativity; there is much you can do to effect positive communication. The responsibility for positive communication lies with each of us.

Leaders from organizations of all shapes and sizes work with Erika to learn and implement positive communication tactics to develop their own leadership skills and build positive teams at work and at home. Erika can MOTIVATE and inspire because she lives and experiences positive communication.

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Erika's Blog Articles
Penalty for Excessive Celebration!

Football – particularly Super Bowl Sunday – is all about celebration and fun. Grocery stores have ads dedicated to party food, eateries and bars plan special events, and people host festivities in their homes. It is play time for the teams and spectators across the country. So, I decided to join my husband and son to watch the “big” game. Captivated by the pre-game hoopla I anticipated the fun wearing off on me and the celebration and joy reenergizing my tired winter spirit. Until I discovered that celebration is limited - if it's excessive, you'll be penalized.

2/7/2011 10:09:00 AM
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Three Good Things helps make a new family!

“I will need one more special thing,” he said. “Ok,” she said thinking that this is not the time of day we share Three Good Things. “I want us to be a family,” he said as he bent to his knee and offered her an engagement ring.

1/17/2011 3:36:00 PM
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5 Steps to Cut Through the Holiday Crap!

Whether you embrace the magic of Christmas, are kin to the Grinch, or fall somewhere in between, the holiday season brings many opportunities for both stress and joy. It’s easy to get caught up in the stress but often hard to tap into the joy. Holiday “crap” — obligations, deadlines, expectations — can make the season more stressful than joyful. 

Don’t despair. You can cut the crap and enjoy the season by choosing your perspective, deciding what you want to focus on, and taking action to avoid or relieve the holiday pressure.  Follow these 5 steps for more joy and less stress!
12/1/2010 10:51:00 AM
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3 Steps to Achieving the "Slippery Sucker" of Work/Life Balance

Work/life balance is this thing that we intuitively know is "good" and helps us find our "happy" but its nebulous quality and highly individual interpretation makes it a slippery sucker! So how do you do it? How do you find your personal work/life blance? Here are 3 important steps for actually achieving this golden egg of balance most of us are looking for: 1) avoid the biggest mistake about how we think about balance, 2) understand why balance is important, 3) create your doable balance strategy.

11/12/2010 4:01:00 PM
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