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Welcome Vistage members.  If you have attended one of my presentations and are needing to obtain the follow up check sheet please click the link below. Or if you are unfamiliar with me and my work and wish to gain an insight as to who I am and what I do - please read on....



Relationship Strategies in Challenging Times.  (Formerly entitled "OPTIMAL LIFE TUNE UP: How do you know you have arrived if you did not know where you were going?")

It is through our relationships, with ourselves and those around us, at work and at home where fulfillment lives.  In the realm of business, there is a huge difference between success and fulfillment. If you are successful, does that automatically mean you are fulfilled? Have you ever stopped in the middle of doing something and asked yourself. "Why am I doing this?" For many people it's a recurring question and an especially challenging one for business owners. Day to day responsibilities and the bombardment of demands on your time and physical and emotional resources leaves you with little time and energy to focus on what matters.

In this rejuvenating and interactive presentation, using simple yet effective strategies, you will explore the areas in your business and personal life where success means fulfillment and uncover areas where success may not be living up to your expectations. Carolyn Strauss will help you formulate goals, solidify your sense of purpose, and give you strategies for communicating those goals and outcomes to everyone in your realm to allow you to be most effective and beneficial to your organization and in your life.

Key issues covered:

  • Discover how to reconcile what matters to you, with what matters to the people around you, and how to play a game where everybody wins.

  • Assess and prioritize demands on your time to be most effective at work and at play.

  • Set the kind of goals that will lead to genuine satisfaction, fulfillment, and acknowledgement at the moment of realization of each goal.

  • Create a clear path for reaching your goals.

  • Recognize moments of "Sympathetic magic" in your life and understand how they serve your intentions.
       
    Strauss' approach is unique in that each participant will get a clear picture of their strengths and weaknesses in each arena of their lives. This is a hands-on workshop with exercises that bring clarity and direction on how to equate success with fulfillment through feedback from their Vistage support system. Through stories and anecdotes, Strauss keeps this presentation lively, entertaining, and relevant.

    Value to Member: Members will leave with a personal and professional road map to implement what they uncovered during this session that will lead to fulfillment through their work and their personal lives.

    The Optimal Life Follow Up: Click here to print follow up document

    Biography: Please click here to print

    Carolyn Strauss Introduction:  Click here to print this introduction
     

    Why I love working with Vistage...

    To influence the few who can influence the many is truly a gift.  Working with CEO's and committed members of these internationally powerful companies, gives me the feeling that my time, energy and years of study can be used for the "greater good!"

    I so appreciate the opportunity to get to know such amazing people and without Vistage our paths may never cross.  Since time and attention are the most valuable assets in this new economy, I am so grateful for the time and attention of Vistage members.

    To bring Carolyn back to your Vistage group

    Carolyn has a second program designed for the Vistae audience entitled "Presenting with Optimal Power" This program compliments her "Optimal Life Tune Up" program. Click here to print description.


    This ½ day interactive training will explore intention, clothing, body language and touch.  The four elements crucial to creating a personal presentation with impact.  Many people sabotage themselves without even knowing it, as they go through life by default.  This program will give each participant a clear picture of who they present themselves to be, and the skills to shift that to create thier optimal outcome.

    Learner Outcomes: 

  • Members will leave with a clear picture both personally and professionally of how they are perceived and responded to, and strategies to shift that to create optimal results for both their professional and personal lives.

    Additional Information: This session includes a power point presentation, interactive exercises and handouts.

     
“I recently had Carolyn Strauss do her presentation of the 'Optimal Life Tune Up' for our spousal retreat.......The retreat was in November and I have waited to write this recommendation until after the following rounds of one to ones and the December meeting.  It is amazing to see what has happened.  My members continue to talk about how their relationships have improved through better communication, openness, and honesty with each other.  This is the first spousal retreat I have ever  done, and there have been a bunch, where I have received thank you notes from spouses.  Both members and spouses continue to talk about Carolyn and the effect she had on their lives."

Bob Carrothers
Chair
Vistage


"Carolyn was absolutely superb. Her energy, wit, intelect and humanity make her a great motivational speaker. Everyone felt that they could take what Carolyn had to say back to the office and also into their lives. I strongly believe that everyone in the room left enriched and feeling better than they did when they came in..."

Bob Duncan
Best Practice Chair
Vistage  

 
"Carolyn has the unique ability to make complex ideas simple...relevant....and interesting. She challenged a group of CEO's to challenge the status quo and seek new ways to enhance and improve their lives and the lives of those around them. Months later her topic is referenced and the impact continues to live on."

Cort Harwood
Chair
Vistage


Contact:  213.291.1896