BiographyShe’ll make you laugh, she will make you cry. She will challenge you to take charge of your life and manage its surroundings. She will inspire you to make changes and not be afraid. She will encourage you think retrospectively and consider circumstances that have shaped your life. She will give you the tools and sow the seeds for your growth and success. Finally, she will flash that disarming smile and your switch will be placed in the “on” position for you will know that what you have just received is a message of hope and confidence from a speaker who has walked the same path. She speaks from experience!
Jeannette Kraar, Breakthrough Coach and President and CEO of Performance Management International, LLC is a highly successful and acclaimed business consultant, entrepreneur, speaker and author. Her expertise draws on 25 years of highly successful practical experience in corporate management, human resources, training and leadership development.
A powerful speaker, Jeannette “plays” with the “best and the brightest”, collaborating with Les Brown as part of his Platinum Speakers Network, sharing the stage with him on numerous occasions and imparting her compelling messages to individuals and companies who desire to experience greater breakthroughs in their success. Acutely dynamic, she incorporates proven strategies and humor into customized programs. While content may vary, all presentations are geared toward developing the most important asset – the human potential. Her real life experiences, energy and disarming style influence, motivate, educate and inspire audiences to get busy and take the action required to breakthrough their real and perceived limitations.
Jeannette has worked with leading national high-performing organizations as well as small startups that have realized record-breaking growth as a result of her impact. A sample of her clients are represented by Delta Airlines, Avon Products, AT&T, Motorola, Medtronic, Mt Sinai Hospital, SAP, True Value Hardware, Kaplan College, News Media, Midwest Eye Center, Bottomless Closet, Frito Lay, Lighthouse for the Blind, Liquid Capital and Fruitful Yield. In addition, she has worked with various non-profit agencies affiliated with the national Welfare to Work Program.
From project to project, clients define their own varying ideas of success. Still, one thing has remained constant and unchanging – without definition, there can be no success.
Jeannette’s book, “Breakthrough, I Hate My Job, Need A Life, Got Laid Off, Can’t Get No Satisfaction Solution” was released in early 2005. Barry University commissioned Ms. Kraar to create a course for its adult education program and used Breakthrough Solution as its required text. The book is available through Amazon, Fortune, and Barnes and Noble on-line as well as better bookstores. Jeannette is also a featured co-author in the third edition of "Walking With The Wise Entrepreneur" with experts like Dr. Deepak Chopra, Suze Orman, Les Brown and many more. Her second book, “Breakthrough DATA – A Journal and Life Workbook” is planned for release in fall 2007.
Keynote Speeches and Programs:
Life Lessons
Four Steps to Success - Breakthrough with D.A.T.A.
Achieve Uncommon Success with Common Sense
Dump the “Grimm” From Your “Happily Ever After” – Your Once Upon a Time is Now!
Stop Searching and Start Attracting Optimal Career Success
FUN-dementals of Breakthroughs