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Leaders, managers and coaches who want to be and develop Star Performers choose to work with Shawn Kent Hayashi and The Professional Development Group. When you are ready to create high potential performers and high performing teams, engage employees, and grow future leaders, we'll reveal the best ways to meet your goals.
Our clients say our coaching, presentations and workshops help them to gain clarity, confidence, define expectations, create meaningful conversations that lead to more fulfilling relationships, increase emotional intelligence, develop more productive teams, increase collaboration, and generate valuable new ideas. We help you meet your Talent Management goals.
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We Add Value to Our Clients...
"Thank you for an outstanding professional development experience in the Talent@Work Training and Certification program. Your expertise is very impressive. I learned a great amount of information to take back to my organization. The Communications Styles and Motivators assessments yield exceptional validated information that allow organizations to make better decisions in helping develop talent within the organization. Thank you again!." Beth Egan Fedyna, Director Leadership and Management Development, Sanofi-Aventis
“Having Shawn Kent Hayashi as my coach was a real career game-changer for me. From the moment we began our process, Shawn was fully committed to my success – even when I had my doubts. Through the findings of a series of quality assessments and attending the “Talent@Work” seminar, Shawn not only had a full grasp of my strengths but more importantly, those behaviors and attitudes that had become obstacles to my achieving my goals. Her skill as a coach was amazing as she skillfully weaved her insights and techniques into a process that helped me make quantum leaps in my career. As a result, I found my dream role in a top caliber organization that is better aligned with my values and expertise – a strong formula for success. ... if you really want to make a change in your professional life, there is no better coach to guide you than Shawn Kent Hayashi.” June 14, 2011 Evelyn (Eva) Montalvo
“I attended the Talent@Work seminar and found that the assessment tools are ideal for Talent Managers, HR Business Partners and Executives. Understanding an individual’s behaviors, values and talents are key to attracting and retaining the best talent. A new concept for me was connecting values to workplace motivators, including the assessment of company culture for the right fit.” April 1, 2011 Michele Cygan, Director of Human Resources, BioScrip (formerly CHS)
“Thanks to Shawn for providing an outstanding presentation on one of our best practice webinars. Shawn discussed the concepts covered in her book "Conversations for Change." The webinar was a resounding success and the attendees appreciated Shawn's knowledge, expertise and her ability to effectively communicate the concepts she covered. I would highly recommend Shawn to anyone that is interested in her as a speaker or using her services as an executive coach. Thanks again Shawn!” January 29, 2011 Greg Coleman
“I am pleased to have had the opportunity to work with Shawn Hiyashi. Between attending her Talent@Work seminar and a few one-to-one sessions, I learned a tremendous amount about communication styles and personal motivators that has helped me enhance my leadership skills. I would recommend Shawn to anyone in a leadership role in any type of organization.” September 26, 2010 Jay Carlis
“Shawn Kent Hayashi is an extraordinary coach and expert in her field. As one of her coaching clients I had the opportunity to participate in her "Talent at Work" seminar. During this workshop Shawn empowered me to recognize and interpret my "lens" through which I view and interpret the world, while creating in me a heightened awareness and appreciation of how others view, hear, and process their world. This new point of reference helped me realize that understanding and aligning with core values is what creates motivation, life satisfaction and sustained performance. I highly recommend this workshop to people interested in living in integrity, being their personal best, and bringing out the best in others.” September 17, 2010 Lindsey Anderson
My work with Shawn has allowed me to add value to my business partners at Pearson. Her expertise around the areas of Communication Styles and Workplace Motivators is exceptional, and the Talent At Work sessions have been of great value in my work as a business trainer/developer. In particular, these tools allow our sales force to create more informed and strategic conversations with customers that result in more successful business relationships. I highly recommend The Professional Development Group to anyone looking to " amp up" their employee's skills in this challenging marketplace!”August 19, 2010 Tia Finn
“I attended two of Shawn’s courses, Talent and Work and When the Conversation Changes. These were the best courses I have ever taken – the information is so valuable! The assessment tools and additional information Shawn provides about communications styles, motivators, and emotional intelligence are very powerful. Shawn provides the material in a concise, easy to understand format that enables course participants gain incredible insight into team dynamics and become more effective managers. I also worked with Shawn as a business/management coach. Her personal commitment to her clients is exceptional and her attitude and outlook are inspiring. I highly recommend Shawn and her team at the Professional Development Group and look forward to reading her next book this fall.” July 6, 2010 Erin Munley Mierzwa
“Shawn’s Talent@Work Workshop is powerful. The integrated assessments used in her Talent@Work workshop don’t stop with looking at the individual’s behavior, but go on to provide a view into the individual’s values and talents along with an overall assessment of the individual’s self-awareness. What Shawn then does exceptionally well is teach participants how to integrate the feedback from all the assessments so you become much more conscious of who you are. In so doing, you learn how to play to your strengths, understand your blind spots, and work more effectively with others. It is an amazing experience that I highly recommend!” June 29, 2010 NANCY O'TOOLE
“Shawn's leadership, expertise and coaching displayed during her facilitation of the Talent At Work workshop is unparalleled compared to that of other facilitators in learning workshops I have attended. Her personal commitment to developing people was demonstrated in both the process of teaching workshop participants the material, and then guiding them in using various validated assessment tools to understand behavioral styles, values and emotions of other individuals. Shawn's outcomes are to enable individuals to grow their self awareness of how and when they can operate at their best. She reviewed how these tools and processes can be used by HR and leaders in job benchmarking, selection, development, and succession to enable leaders to enhance the value-add of people to their organization.” February 8, 2010 Kerby DeCarme, SPHR
“I attended Shawn's workshop Talent at Work -- WOW I learned so much about communication styles, workplace motivators and talent. I was able to pass the certification exam on the first try because of what I learned from the seminar. This makes Talent Management so much easier! Thank you!” May 28, 2009 Alison Proffit, PHR,
“Shawn has been working with our company over the last several months to help in selection and development of our sales force. At the recent National Sales Meeting, Shawn led a Team Building Event that was one of the best I have participated in.” January 29, 2009 Toni Senno
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Conversations for Creating Star Performers® offers a roadmap showing how to leverage conversations into game-changing moments. For more details click here. You can also read an excerpt here.
Conversations for Change® is a book, a seminar and a coaching process. For more details Click here