Santa Clara, CA, January 5, 2009 – LSA Global, the premier one-stop global training and consulting firm that focuses on achieving measurable business results with a select group of clients, today announced the hiring of Anne Ivey Slough as Senior Account Consultant. Ms. Slough will be responsible for sales of LSA’s assessment, sales training, measurement, and consulting services. Ms. Slough will be headquartered in Raleigh, NC and will focus on the Sales Practice area, with special emphasis on Call Centers and the Financial Markets.
“Ms. Slough is a perfect addition to our team with her proven track record of success in helping clients solve key problems and successfully achieve their goals,” according to Gary Owens, Vice President of the Sales Practice for LSA Global. “Anne brings over 10 years of sales and sales management experience in the performance improvement industry. Her expertise in both sales and business consulting will be a great benefit to our customers.”
Prior to joining LSA Global, Ms. Slough held key consulting and business development roles where she partnered with organizations to improve the performance of their workforce and their business by focusing on all aspects of an organization’s Talent Management strategy. She has a rich history of directing senior level executives in the development of their corporate strategies and performance improvement initiatives. As well, she has an extensive background in developing business plans, diagnosing operational gaps, and implementing results-oriented sales culture initiatives with organizations of all sizes.
Ms. Slough has demonstrated both a breadth and a depth of experience in establishing and growing high- performing teams. From selecting learning and performance technologies for clients to establishing recruiting and selection procedures, goal setting processes, feedback systems, and executive coaching models, she has a broad understanding of the complexities facing organizations today. She has worked extensively in the financial services industry with banks, insurance companies, brokerage and card services groups in the United States and abroad. Her career expertise spans the retail, manufacturing, telecommunications, utilities and pharmaceutical sectors as well. Ms. Slough received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Communications and a Master of Arts in English from East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
“I came to LSA Global to continue to work with results oriented clients in order to help them realize their business objectives. I view being a part of LSA Global as an opportunity to truly partner with clients in a way that is unlimited and finally allows me the ability to be completely focused on the client’s needs through our access to best-in-class solutions,” said Slough. “I am excited to be a part of a team with professionals of this caliber and look forward to continuing their tradition of excellence.”
“While other companies are cutting back, LSA is in the unique position of being able to invest in helping our clients during these challenging economic times,” said Tris Brown, President & CEO of LSA Global. “We feel very fortunate to have someone with the combination of Anne’s integrity and deep sales performance expertise. We can’t wait to introduce Anne to our clients so that she can help them drive sustainable revenue as the economy ebbs and flows,” said Brown.
About LSA Global
Since 1995, LSA has helped leading organizations create and maintain distinct competitive advantages through people. We are a training and consulting firm that is skeptical of the value of stand-alone training. For development to provide value, we believe that learning should be approached as a business change initiative–not as an event or employee benefit.
Our solutions focus on full implementation in the areas of:
We believe our clients’ success in the marketplace is realized through increased revenue, decreased costs, and higher productivity.
We are fiercely devoted to the success of our clients and proud that over 85% of our business comes from repeat business with satisfied clients and that we have a 97%+ customer satisfaction rating.
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