Nanci Appleman-Vassil

Nanci is a International Speaker, Author and seasoned business professional with more than 20 years experience in training, organization development, executive coaching and corporate consulting with a focus on change management, developing leaders and managers, and building high performing teams. She specializes in facilitating individuals, groups and organizations toward better solutions for increased effectiveness. Nanci’s consulting experience includes technology, health care, engineering, manufacturing, education and retail. Her clients include, GSK, International Paper, Red Hat, Nomacorc, LLC, Sony Ericson, Cisco, Cigna Health Systems, Governor's Instititue, The Body Shop, Nationwide Insurance, Sara Lee and John Deere. As the Corporate Training Manager for R.H. Donnelley, the largest independent Sales, Marketing and Publisher for the Yellow Pages industry, she provided a full range of training and organization development services including identifying, coaching and developing managers and other upper tier employees to build a high performance culture. She also designed and conducted a corporate-wide Inclusion assessment process. As the Director of Programs for NTL Institute for the Applied Behavior Sciences in Alexandria, VA (1981-1993), Nanci designed a team-based infrastructure to better service their existing and new clients from around the world. She was responsible and accountable for five profit and loss centers; designed/implemented tracking systems to curtail costs, increase profitability and prepared statistical reports on the financial status of each workshop or line item for that center. She also designed and executed strategic business and marketing plans for several profit centers. Nanci holds an M.A. in Counseling from the University of Colorado and a B.A. in Psychology and Education from the University of Denver. She is a member of the Organization Development Network, the American Society for Training and Development and the American Counseling Association. She is certified as a facilitator for a variety of products and services including; Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Achieve Global, Situational Leadership (Center for Leadership Studies) and Parenting, DDI and the Atkins LIFO and Stress programs. Nanci has written chapters in several books that were released in 2009 and Spring 2010; the e-book “World’s Best Public Speaking Secrets” and “GPS for Success”. She is authoring the “18 Common Mistakes Small Business Owners Make” book due out Summer 2011.