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About Vital Signs Training
At Vital Signs, we believe that business is the motor of our society. It has the opportunity to be a force to contribute to the well being of many. The business of Vital Signs is committed to being an influential force through our workshops designed to increase workplace harmony and employee engagement, and through our humanitarian work with developing areas around the globe.
We know that a workplace focused on the well-being of its people is a healthy workplace. A healthy organization has culture, climate and organizational practices that focus on employee energy, productivity and results.
We know workplace negativity can be an illness. It’s contagious. It can spread affecting even previously successful high-achieving people. It’s debilitating. Productivity plummets in the negatively charged workplace. Good ideas get shot down or don’t get suggested at all. Problems get discussed without resolution. Employees are dissatisfied, disengaged and stressed-out.
We know that workplace negativity is curable. All our workshops, whether for leadership or frontline employees, include approaches for improving organizational culture emphasizing communication and personal responsibility. A healthy bottom line needs a vital workforce whose ideas are shared and supported, whose diversity is respected and whose efforts are appreciated.
We also know that those same cures can be spread around the globe. Vital Signs is committed to working with organizations such as Global Alliance for Africa, Global Volunteers and American Society for Training and Development to bring workshops that focus on the well-being of the human factor around the globe.
About our President
Donna Steffey is a performance improvement specialist, coach, consultant, radio personality and sought after speaker who has helped improve motivation, performance and output on five continents. She is an energizing presenter who balances just the right blend of information, activity, and humor into each program. Global organizations such as Allied Signal, Marriott International, Barclaycard UK, and the Royal Australian Air Force, found employees were more self-directed, customer service driven and mindful of their team participation after attending one of her programs.
Donna earned her BA in Education from the University of Illinois, and her MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. She is an adjunct faculty member at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and is a contributing authored for two books: Real World HR Strategies, and Real World Communication Strategies.
In addition to being a respected, competent and skilled trainer, Donna is a personal and executive coach, mentor and friend. She has a discriminating eye for detail and a total commitment to client satisfaction. Her clients love the way she communicates with them. They enjoy her warm, caring presence and respect her impeccable integrity.
Donna is a member of the National Speakers Association, where she won the Speaking Professional Award 1999 NSA-IL. She has been a Board Member of Chicagoland Chapter of ASTD ,American Society for Training and Development, since 1998 and served as president of the largest chapter of ASTD in 2004. She was then selected to be a National Advisor to the Midwest chapters of ASTD for 3 years. Donna is a regular presenter at both the International Conference and Leadership Conference of ASTD.
Donna has done humanitarian work spreading business knowledge to developing areas in China and Africa. Please refer to Special Articles to find out more.
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For solutions that work, contact Donna Steffey at Vital Signs today!