AUTHORS, Germaine Porche & Jed Niederer

EXPERIENCE -
Jed's consulting and coaching career has included work in mining, manufacturing, energy, insurance, computer, forest products and healthcare. He has successfully managed projects involving a wide range of large-scale change methodologies including Rapid Work Redesign, high-impact work teams, and process reengineering. Jed is co-author of Coach Anyone About Anything: How to Help People Succeed in Business and Life, the bestselling book series Coaching Soup for the Cartoon Soul, the CD series Ask The Coaches and The Power of Coaching: The Secrets of Achievement.

Some of Jed's clients' results include:

   - Major oilfield supplier redesigned its core processes, saving $9 million in the first nine months, through training and coaching
     five Work Redesign Teams.

   - With training and coaching in Rapid Work Redesign, 5 functional accounting teams reduced monthly costs by $300,000.

   - Co-designed and co-led six-month, client specific, Leadership & Coaching Program for managers of a major international
     energy equipment manufacturing company. The program's results were so striking that a second round to a new group of
     managers was delivered and a third round is being scheduled to retain and nurture the company's top talent.

   - Coached and trained UK Motor Insurance Claims Department redesign team. Reduced cycle time to pay policy owner
     claims from 30 days to 10 days.

   - Trained and coached 5 internal consultants for Fortune 100 insurance company who facilitated teams that produced
     dramatic improvements in cost reduction, revenue generation, and profits.

After college graduation, Jed entered the life insurance business and became a million dollar producer his first year. At age 24 he was appointed Agency Manager for Provident Mutual Life leading he and his associates to win that company's President's Trophy. After eight successful years of insurance agency building, he joined an international training & development company where he led and developed programs while managing 43 program leaders and consultants.

EDUCATION & BACKGROUND -
Jed earned a B.A. in Communications & Advertising from the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, and a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) degree from The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He served as a Second Lieutenant and airplane pilot in the US Army Transportation Corps. Jed is frequently invited to develop and lead executive education programs and serve as a keynote speaker. He is certified in a number of behavioral styles profiles, and is a Life Member of CoachLab International - Society of Professional Coaches, serving on the Advisory Board.

EXPERIENCE -
Germaine's coaching and consulting career has included work in the real estate, insurance, sales, forest products, law, manufacturing, mining, and energy industries. She has also coached teams of labor and management personnel to transform their relationships and jointly produce remarkable results. Germaine is co-author of Coach Anyone About Anything: How to Help People Succeed in Business and Life, the bestselling book series Coaching Soup for the Cartoon Soul, the CD series Ask The Coaches and The Power of Coaching: The Secrets of Achievement.

Some of the results Germaine's clients have achieved are:

   - An Arizona copper mining company reduced maintenance costs by $800,000 (27%) in a four-month period through training
     and coaching.

   - For an international oil field supplier, trained and coached 3 internal consultants who facilitated high-impact work redesign
     teams to produce breakthrough results throughout the organization.

   - Consulted in the establishment of a national Estate Planning practice, based in Florida, offering
     legal and insurance services under one roof. Co-designed unique marketing, organizational mission, and innovative business
     structure. This firm ranked #1 in sales representing the 11th largest US life insurance company in their first 2 years.

   - Trained 2 cross-functional teams in a closed British Columbia saw mill. Coached teams to redesign their work and
     union-management relationships to reduce costs in order to reopen the mill. After reopening met 4th quarter objectives in the
   first quarter.

As a senior manager for one of the world's largest training & development organizations, Germaine created and led an effort that doubled business performance in her region within four months.

EDUCATION & BACKGROUND -
Germaine holds a B.A. in Management from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, and a Masters degree in Organizational Development (MSOD) from American University and the NTL (National Training Laboratories). She is certified in a variety of behavioral styles instruments. Germaine is a Life Member of CoachLab International - Society of Professional Coaches and serves on the Advisory Board. She is a frequent keynote speaker on a variety of subjects including How to Grow Your Business, Coaching and Time Transformation.

Germaine lives in Kingwood, Texas with her husband and enjoys the outdoors including running, bicycling, and volunteering for Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Montgomery County Youth Mentoring Program. She runs marathons for fun and fitness. The American Business Women's Association (ABWA) presented Germaine with the 2003 Board Award, for outstanding service to the Artesian Chapter. She was named one of the Top Ten Businesswomen in America for ABWA for 2006.

Germaine Porché, MSOD

SPECIALIZATION -
Germaine specializes in working with organizations to produce performance breakthroughs in productivity and leadership. Her 18-years consulting experience is in coaching executives, managers, individuals and groups at all levels to deliver high-impact business results. Germaine is a resourceful and innovative designer of consulting interventions. She is a dynamic deliverer of training programs that incorporate clients' specific developmental needs, such as work redesign, productivity breakthroughs, time transformation, coaching and communication skills. Germaine's work has been multi cultural including Europe, Indonesia, Israel, and Canada.