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"Yours was the most complete
presentation I've attended. You managed to relate ways
of differentiating ourselves that will help us grow regardless
of the current business climate!" |
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Barry has been an innovator in the business world
for over 30 years, a cutting edge entrepreneur who likes
nothing better than creating and running unique companies.
After working as an executive for large organizations
like Saga and Marriott, he decided to pursue the American
Dream and started his own business, ProFormance,
a management consulting firm with over $50 million in
revenues. His company owned and operated a variety of
businesses including management consulting for the healthcare
industry, an innovative and award-winning 250 seat restaurant
in Santa Monica, California and designing, building
and operating retirement communities in California and
Nevada.
From Brooklyn to the Boardroom, Barry's career has been
a rags-to-riches story. Growing up in humble circumstances,
he adopted "Street Smarts" to survive and to fight for
what he wanted. Being a maverick came naturally and
defines his life lessons: quitting is easy, living
with the quitting is the hard part; give it your
best shot; take risks and laugh at failure.
Barry's belief that life is a do-over (just because
you fail once doesn't mean you don't get a second chance)
has given him the Curiosity
and Courage to Question Everything.
He obtained scholarships to Pratt Institute and then
graduate school at CCNY (alma mater of Intel CEO Andy
Grove and Colin Powell). After college he joined the
Air Force as a Captain where he was a hospital administrator
under the Surgeon General. He has been an adjunct professor
at Golden Gate University (where he lectured on High
Performance Leadership), City College of San Francisco's
Business School, and Canada College Management School.
A civic leader who supports his community, Barry donates
his time and energy by serving as a Consultant to the
American Heart Association, and board member for the
Santa Clara Methodist Retirement Foundation, Jewish
Welfare Federation, the Japanese Federation, and the
Elks.
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 Barry's
high-energy and entertaining speaking style comes from
his early childhood performances on NBC doing juggling
and magic with his father, the original "Magic Clown,"
and Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop.
He has been called the Commentator on Corporate Life
who takes complex ideas and distills them into everyday
language. From over 1000 engagements with thousands
of business people (senior executives, managers, top
producers and entrepreneurs), audiences have praised
him with quotes like "Barry has the passion of Tom
Peters (In Search Of Excellence) and the content
of Jim Collins (Good To Great)."
Barry is a nationally known speaker whose roster of
clients is the "best of the best" and includes GE, Microsoft,
IBM, ADM, Sysco, Kroger, Prudential Financial, Accenture,
Royal Bank of Canada, 3M, McKesson, Ascension Health,
State Auto, AAA, MetLife, Blue Cross, Ace Hardware,
Benjamin Moore, AT&T, Oracle, General Mills, Abbott
Laboratories and scores of other household name companies.
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"As chairman, I want to
thank you for your keynote and making my job easier. I’ve
never heard more positive feedback on any keynoter."
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His energizing keynote fires up people to ask questions and
take action as they challenge their previously held assumptions.
An advisor and confidant to the world's smartest business
leaders, Barry provides compelling observations on what makes
them tick.
A newsmaker who is often featured in USA Today, The
Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and
CNN Financial News, Barry's forthcoming book, Tough
Questions, Profitable Answers...Challenge Everything You thought
You Knew, is scheduled for release in 2015.
Take a moment to learn more about Barry Wishner and how his
timely keynote presentations will help turn your meeting from
ordinary to extraordinary.
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Barry's Speaking Philosophy...
"It's not what you say
but how you make people feel that will be remembered."
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Barry Wishner
PROFORMANCE
568 Eleanor Drive
Woodside CA 94062
Email: info@wishner.com
Toll Free: 877-WISHNER
Phone: 650-364-2940
Fax: 650-367-0813
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