Printable Biography of Nido Qubein

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Meet Nido Qubein who is chairman of an international consulting firm and recipient of the highest awards given for professional speakers including the Cavett (known as the Oscar of professional speaking), the Speakers Hall of Fame, and Sales and Marketing International's Ambassador of Free Enterprise. Toastmasters International named him the Top Business and Commerce Speaker and awarded him the Golden Gavel Medal. He served as president of the National Speakers Association which has a membership of 4,000 professionals. Nido has been the recipient of many honors including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, a Doctorate of Laws degree, and induction into Beta Gamma Sigma, the honor society for business leadership.

Nido's business savvy led him to help start a bank in 1986 and today he serves on the board and executive committee of a Fortune 500 financial corporation with 90 billion dollars in assets. He is also chairman of a national public relations company, and chairman of Great Harvest Bread Company with 200 stores in 38 states, and chairman of the Miss North Carolina Miss USA program. He serves on the boards of 17 universities, companies, and community organizations, including all three of his alma maters.

Nido has written numerous books and recorded scores of audio and video learning programs including a bestseller on effective communication published by Nightingale-Conant and Berkley. He is an active speaker and consultant addressing more than 100 business and professional groups around the world each year. He doesn't just talk business, he lives it. He is an entrepreneur with active interests in real estate, advertising, and banking.

His foundation provides scholarships to 45 deserving young people each year. To-date the Qubein Foundation has granted more than 500 scholarships, worth over two million dollars.

Money magazine claims, "Qubein puts on a memorable program, gliding from one anecdote to another. Nearly 70 percent of his business comes from companies that have utilized him before. His client list is a 'who's who' of blue chip corporations."

Business Life magazine says, "He coupled his charismatic style and positive nature with his acquired knowledge of human relations and communication...and built a multi-million dollar, multifaceted consulting enterprise -- proving the American dream is still alive and well."

Programs:

From Success to Significance: A powerful and inspiring presentation on focus, balance, and meaning-in business and in life. The perfect keynote address. Nido Qubein cites major differences between creativity (how can we do this differently) and innovation (how can we do this better). He distinguishes among tasks, goals, and purpose humorously yet persuasively with thoughtful impact. Your group learns that the 21st Century rewards extraordinary people whose competence and commitment directly affect their beliefs, behaviors, and results. Achieving Peak Performance: This presentation will show you how to prepare your employees for high productivity and your company for maximum profitability. . . how to grow a well-trained, educated and motivated team. Nido Qubein makes an important point: Teaching people skills without giving them a vision for a better future?a vision based on common values?is only training. He goes beyond dictionary definitions to show that yesterday's thinking looks at the tasks people perform today and asks "How can we train our future employees to do these things?" Tomorrow's thinking looks at the kind of people needed to fulfill corporate strategy and finds ways to educate employees to become those kind of people. How To Sell, Serve and Succeed: To sell effectively in today's ever-changing, competitive world, one must master sales skills and behavioral knowledge. Nido teaches both with humor and audience involvement. He focuses on the Law of Identification (when something becomes personal it becomes important; treat every customer as if you're about to lose them) and teaches participants to ask penetrating questions (how must this person feel first so this person will buy from us). Nido emphasizes: Prospects don't want to buy your product; they want to buy the product of your product. Remember: Your service and product must be better than your competitors and your customer must readily acknowledge that. If I Wanted to Buy What You Sell, Would I Buy It From You?: Why should people do business with you? How easily can someone else imitate what you do? Do your customers think of you first? Nido shares dynamic principles for personal and corporate achievement. It doesn't matter how much you know or what you can do. What matters is what your customers and colleagues believe and perceive you can do for them-how well they understand and value what you are offering. Your positioning reflects other people's confidence in your ability to do whatever you do with professional competence and expertise-how much they trust you to meet their needs. Your positioning is the way people feel about you and your work-how much they like the way you make them feel about doing business with you. Nido Qubein shows your audience how to "position" for maximum results using a practical approach and a professional strategy.