Curt Skene - Business Speaker and Sales Coach
Curt Skene provides insights for attracting
and sustaining profitable business.
Companies that hire Curt are looking for a unique spark to help them grow their business opportunities. Throughout his talk Curt integrates personal stories from his award winning sales and marketing career (Microsoft and Executrain) with the many laws of the "right brain" he has learned as a certified hypnotist. An interesting mix that is guaranteed to captivate and motivate the audience. Curt's sessions are fun and interactive. He is one speaker who can pack a wallop at your next event.
Curt is also the author of "Something to think about", a business creativity ezine, now reaching over 10,000 people in North America.
Biography
Curt Skene is a dynamic coach and Canadian Business Speaker who passionately combines his proven business background with unique people skills and an "out of the box" approach to getting things done! His mission is to share his experience and expertise and coach people "how they really can use their thoughts and knowledge to powerfully change their lives, business and improve their bottom line!" He is a man who walks his talk! Curt spent 7 years at Microsoft Canada where he won worldwide recognition for his ability to grow his business unit from $800K to over $20M in just five short years.
He was the worldwide founder of many innovative programs one of which became a major Microsoft initiative (Skills 2000) that helped tens of thousands of unemployed people find new careers in the Information Technology industry. In 1997, Microsoft Corporation recognized Curt Skene as their best Training & Certification Program Manager in the world. In October 1998, Curt left Microsoft Canada to become President and Chief Operating Officer of ExecuTrain Canada, a 15 million dollar computer training business.
In his first year Curt Skene was able to coach his Canadian team to winning four worldwide awards (in business excellence, sales growth (x2) and business leadership). No other country had ever accomplished that feat.
What people are saying...
"Curt has the unique ability to convey concepts, ideas and issues in an engaging manner. His passionate and informational style of speaking motivates his audience to take ownership of any challenges or opportunities he presents - a real talent to create positive behavioural change."
–Program Manager, Microsoft Canada
"An excellent presenter with an engaging and entertaining style. Curt's gift is his creativity and that he uses this together with his uncanny ability to 'read' audiences to deliver material that is relevant, interesting and thought provoking."
–Senior Channel Account Manager, Nortel Networks
"Your keynote gave us a great foundation to build our brainstorming session on. For the remainder of the two days your concepts were constantly brought up in our discussions. Thank you for giving us an incredible spark!"
–Director, Learning Enrichment Foundation
"When you are an office of all 'left brain' Engineers it is important to have your eyes opened wide up every once and a while. Curt, your Right Brain Insights did just that, you gave us some great ideas to think about and build upon. Thanks for being part of our Quarterly meetings."
Note: Paul has hired Curt three times.
–General Manager, Gartner Lee
"I personally found you to be a wonderful blend of business, humour and people passion. What struck me most was your concept of associating with your competitors strengths!"
–Vice President, Harlan Fairbanks
"You are an extremely engaging and entertaining speaker (and I'm a tough sell, jaded as I am!) - I really enjoyed the presentation and the time flew (which is always the sign of a great presentation!)"
–CEO, Blackberry Group
"You were a hit.. Everyone thought you were absolutely wonderful and people are actually going to incorporate your outlook on life, not only just in their own life, but in to many of the things that they do!"
–Conference Chair, Municipal Waste Management Conference
"Curt was entertaining and reminded a room of left brain thinkers that they should not ignore the power of their right brain, and to remember the right brain of the people they interact with in the conduct of their technical work. It was a great way to open our meeting!"
–VP Medical and Regulatory Affairs, Roche Canada
Programs
Curt Skene is committed to the success of your program!
There is no doubt that deciding on the right business speaker is a difficult task. Does the speaker share your views and values, do they have a credible message, can they make a real difference with your audience? Your selection of a speaker often defines the success of your event!
With Curt you can be assured that he will spend a lot of time preparing for your session but also that he will spend more time supporting your audience after the event is over.
Mastering The Marketplace
Five insights to finding and keeping profitable business...
Is loyalty really dead? Have customers stopped caring about value? How can your business continue to grow and thrive in this increasingly confused marketplace? How can you reach (and keep) your customers for a lifetime?
Today, every corporation is asking these questions.
You'll get the answers you're looking for in this powerful, interactive corporate Keynote! In no time at all Curt will have you laughing, learning and passionately writing down new ideas for mastering your share of the marketplace. Drawing on his award-winning business development expertise (Microsoft and ExecuTrain) Curt applies his ability as a great storyteller and showman to share his time honoured techniques for market mastery.
Suggested Audience: Sales, Marketing and Customer Service.
Added Bonus: 80 Page Participant Workbook is available.
Capturing Customer Attention
Sales strategies that attract profitable opportunities...
It's hard to stand out, some even say impossible, in a world where we have gone from tracking time in milliseconds to tracking time in nanoseconds, which is the equivalent of compressing 40 years into just 4.8 minutes. How do you keep up? How do you stand out? How do you survive?
At this dynamic pace capturing customer attention is a must!
In this powerful, engaging corporate Keynote Curt shares his views on creating instant customer attraction. Curt delivers real-world ideas in an "edutaining" format that will leave your audience wanting more. Drawing on his expertise as a respected sales coach, his passion for business excellence and a host of real world experiences Curt will bring to life what it takes to capture and profit from instant customer attention!
Suggested Audience: Sales, Marketing and Customer Service.
Added Bonus: 80 Page Participant Workbook is available.
Attracting The Profitable Customer
The secrets to building enthusiastic relationships...
If a customer buys you on price, they will leave you on price. In today's marketplace you need profitable business! What is it that attracts the profitable customer? Why will customers willingly pay more? How can you leave the price game behind and build a business based on value?
The secret is to inspire them with desire.
This is a corporate Keynote that gives you the inside scoop on what makes customers knock down your door to do business with you. Curt will challenge your group to become opportunity makers not order takers. Your audience will leave refreshed and encouraged knowing that value and reciprocity still exist. An upbeat program where Curt weaves in his award winning business experience and provides dozens of ideas on what it will take to attract the profitable customer!
Suggested Audience: Sales, Marketing and Customer Service.
Added Bonus: 80 Page Participant Workbook is available
The Best Business Presentation You Have Ever Slept Through!
A lighthearted look at being the best in business and in life...
How is it that people buy $4 coffees, $50,000 cars and half million-dollar homes and yet we still think people buy based on price? Price is often the excuse we give, but rarely the real reason why.
We need to look harder at what our customers are really buying!
This corporate Keynote is fun, engaging and will hit home with a wide-ranging audience. Throughout the program Curt will demonstrate how the right brain has a lot to do with how people decide who or what is right for them. Be prepared to find more business, uncover more opportunities, be more creative, and have more fun! The fact that someone in the audience may jump up and quack like a duck… Well, that's just PURE COINCIDENCE!
Suggested Audience: Sales, Marketing and Customer Service.
Added Bonus: 80 Page Participant Workbook is available.
