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Meridith Elliott Powell

Founder and Owner of MotionFirst; Certified Coach, Speaker, Author, & Business Development Expert

Founder and Owner of MotionFirst; Certified Coach, Speaker, Author, & Business Development Expert

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Meridith Elliott Powell Biography

Voted one of the Top 15 Business Growth Experts to watch by Currency Fair, a Top Sales Experts To Follow by LinkedIn, and Top 41 Motivational Sales Speakers. Powell has a cutting-edge message, rooted in real-life examples and real-world knowledge. She is the author of six books, including “Cut Through The Excuses – Send Sales Through The Roof” , and her latest “Thrive: Strategies To Turn Uncertainty To Competitive Advantage.”

Powell is regularly featured in publications such as Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., Investment News, and American Banker among others. High energy and highly interactive, Powell’s helps leaders and business owners learn the new rules of success today, and the strategies they need to build their business, engage their team, and leave their competition in the dust.

Powell is a Certified Speaker Professional, a designation held by less than twelve percent of professional speakers, as well as a Certified Virtual Presenter, having passed the rigorous certification standards to achieve this designation.

In her highly engaging keynote-speaking sessions, Powell shows her audiences how to attract more business, retain top talent, and leap into position to win in this new economy. No walking on coals, no breaking boards, just real-life strategies you can put into place first thing Monday morning.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/01/2024.

Meridith Elliott Powell Speaking Topics

  • Talent Redefined: Turn Attrition To Attraction

    What if the great resignation could you be YOUR greatest opportunity? What if you had a plan to attract the talent that your competitors are driving away? What if you had a pool of talent that ensured you had leadership at every level, and for every critical role you could easily answer the question – Who Comes Next? In this keynote you’ll learn the secrets to crack the code on building a deep talent pool and a strong success plan. The secrets you need to leave your competition in the dust.

  • Success Redefined: Turn Uncertainty To Your Competitive Advantage

    Competitive, challenging and constantly changing – that is today’s marketplace! To grow and compete you need a new perspective and a new approach to sales, marketing and business growth. Based on research from her newest book, “Thrive: Turning Uncertainty to Competitive Advantage”. In this program, Meridith walks you through the steps you need to strategically move forward, proactively prepare for disruptions, standout from the competition, and dominate your marketplace.

  • Succession Planning Redefined: Who Comes Next? Leadership Succession Made Easy

    In today’s marketplace your competitive advantage comes down to the level of talent you attract, retain and develop – period! To compete you need to build your leadership bench. Invest in attracting top talent. And develop a culture of succession, a deep pool of talent that ensures the viability and sustainability of your organization. One that is committed to getting results.

    With more than 75-million baby-boomers reaching retirement age, finding and retaining talent is going to be tough. You need to be prepared. You need answers to the important questions: Who will take their place? Who will lead our organization? Who comes next?

    In this innovative, high-energy workshop, Meridith Elliott Powell shares the proven strategies you need to build your leadership bench, and design a succession plan that ensures the long-term growth of your organization. She’ll share what it takes to build a strong talent pipeline, develop your future leaders, and create a succession plan that gives you clear competitive advantage.

    Best of all, she’ll break it down, she’ll make it easy, and you will leave with a clear plan of action that you can easily execute.

  • DEFY: Strategies to Succeed No Matter What This Economy Does

    In this program, you will learn the business growth strategies you need to dominate your market. Build a team that thrives in change. Design a strategy that gets results. Get above the white noise. And leave the competition in the dust.

    Defy marketplace gravity and you leave your competition in the dust! In this session, Motivational Speaker, Meridith Elliott Powell, shares the leadership development and sales strategies you need to navigate change and succeed no matter what this economy does.

  • Sales Redefined: Dominate, Differentiate, Deliver

    If you’re still using traditional sales techniques, then you’re making sales so much harder than it has to be. It’s time to evolve. You need to transform how you position yourself in the marketplace, how you standout from the competition, how you engage customers and how you drive results. You need to understand the marketplace, and how to take a powerful approach to dominate, differentiate, deliver.

  • Leadership Redefined: Ownership, Engagement, Results!

    Employee engagement trumps customer engagement – every single time! The relationship you build with your team members is more important than the relationship you build with your customers. The fastest path to profitability and business growth is through the quality of and the engagement level of your team. Learn the leadership development strategies you need to hire top talent in the most challenging times, build culture in a virtual world, and create loyalty and longevity in a marketplace where turnover is the norm.

Meridith Elliott Powell Videos

  • How to find business opportunity in times of uncertainty
    Many of today’s leaders and business owners are uncertain and a little anxious about a potential economic downturn. Today on the Atlanta Small...
  • Insider Secrets for Selling to the C-Suite
  • Mary Kelly - Meridith Elliott Powell - Who Comes Next

Meridith Elliott Powell Books

  • Thrive: Strategies to Turn Uncertainty to Competitive Advantage
    Thrive: Strategies to Turn Uncertainty to Competitive Advantage
  • Own It: Redefining Responsibility
    Own It: Redefining Responsibility
  • 42 Rules to Turn Prospects Into Customers: How to Build Profitable Relationships to Close More Sales and Drive More Business
    42 Rules to Turn Prospects Into Customers: How to Build Profitable Relationships to Close More Sales and Drive More Business

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  • What topics does Meridith Elliott Powell speak about?

    Meridith Elliott Powell is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Business, Communication, Customer Service, Entertainment, Female Leadership, Leadership, Literary, Marketing, Motivational, Sales, Self-Improvement, Social Media, Strategic Leadership, Virtual.
  • Where does Meridith Elliott Powell travel from?

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Meridith Elliott Powell is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Talent Redefined: Turn Attrition To Attraction, Success Redefined: Turn Uncertainty To Your Competitive Advantage, Succession Planning Redefined: Who Comes Next? Leadership Succession Made Easy, DEFY: Strategies to Succeed No Matter What This Economy Does, Sales Redefined: Dominate, Differentiate, Deliver and Leadership Redefined: Ownership, Engagement, Results!. The estimated speaking fee range to book Meridith Elliott Powell for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Meridith Elliott Powell generally travels from Asheville, NC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Libby Gill, Dr. Jackie Freiberg, Fran Hauser, Cheryl Cran and Amelia Rose Earhart. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Meridith Elliott Powell for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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