Mimi Donaldson

Mimi uses the ultimate team game to highlight motivational and team building principles that are crucial in today’s hard-fought personal and professional success.

•  The intention to get to a certain place makes you unstoppable, and your action causes the impossible to become possible.
•  Time of possession is everything – the clock is the key.
•  When the whistle blows, the play is over.

In this practical, extremely humorous, female-friendly presentation, Mimi shares the secrets of capitalizing on opportunity and intention, so you can become the ultimate coach for yourself and your team.  

Do you ever feel people are speaking a different language when they’re not? Do you find yourself frustrated with people who have organizational styles different than yours? Your effectiveness as a professional is only as good as your ability to work with all kinds of styles. Mimi Donaldson presents enlightening and hilarious insights on the differences in communication among team members and clients. 

Mimi’s upbeat presentation focuses on how to stop blaming the person whose style is different and how to start bearing it with a grin.

Life is one continuous chain of negotiations. Mimi is the master of the art, teaching audiences exactly how to get what they want with dignity and honor.

•  Learn How And When To “Push The Pause Button”.
•  Control Body Language And Speech To Gain Favorable Results.
•  5 Secrets To “Seal The Deal” Every Time.

Today’s workplace is characterized by diversity–especially in terms of gender. The focus is on team performance. Managers are aware that “team” members perform different functions and come from different disciplines, but often overlook the different ways men and women respond to an array of normal communications. This program reveals these differences with a dose of good humor, but hidden among the laughter are gems of wisdom that will help improve your communication with the opposite sex. Developing an understanding of the delicate nuances that surround inter-gender communications can improve team effectiveness and employee performance. Get past the myths and stereotypes and come away with tips for both men and women when listening and speaking with each other at work, and at home.

Mimi has a captivating and humorous way for audiences to recognize their own stress triggers right before their eyes. Her real gifts are the techniques she shares so that everyone can avoid going from “calming down to blowing up.” To manage everyday stress, people must learn to identify their own stress “triggers” – the little things that set them off. Next, they must delve deeper to discover why things bother them – the “war” within – worry, anger, and resentment, that causes the stress response.

These days trust is in short supply. To retain your best employees, it is more important than ever that they trust their leaders. And it’s a two-way street. There are ways employees can build or rebuild trust with the boss. In this presentation, Mimi will enlighten you with action steps for both. Some highlights are: Be clear and focused about your expectations of people; if you are one of the “people,” make the effort to get clear. Leaders must listen, sense and respond. Employees can be proactive by modeling those behaviors. Bosses need to give timely feedback, and employees need to actively seek it. Both need to be willing to have those eyeball to eyeball conversations to build trust.

•  Be clear and focused about your expectations of people; if you are one of the “people,” make the effort to get clear.
•  Leaders must listen, sense and respond. Employees can be proactive by modeling those behaviors.
•  Bosses need to give timely feedback, and employees need to actively seek it. Both need to be willing to have those eyeball to eyeball conversations to build trust.

With technology generating more and more transparency, your customers and clients can hold you to higher standards. How can you make a profit when everyone has instant access to your cost, pricing and strongest competitors? The best competitive advantage is gaining trust. Mimi, provides, with lots of humor, four growth strategies for gaining trust, and three pitfalls to avoid on your road to triumph.
One of the three pitfalls to avoid is losing your sense of humor. Mimi will take you from misery to mirth, and have you laughing about the very troubles that make “trust” a valued commodity.