“Ann, I love your Clear Thoughts newsletter. I read every edition. They’re all fantastic, and highly relevant to Medtronic.”
Paul Franson, Clinical IT Development Manager, Medtronic
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“I’ve never been to a retreat that was so focused, so fast paced, and with such clear progress throughout.”
Jay Primack, Managing Partner, Moriarty & Primack P.C.
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“I wish everyone read this book. Ann Latham’s “Uncommon Meetings” is a quick read, packed with substantive ideas on how to get more out of meetings in less time. Everyone who runs meetings should read it!”
Janet Warren, President, MarCom Capital
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“Ann Latham is one of the best business speakers I have heard. She is very experienced, the quality of her thinking is extremely high, and she knows how to deliver her message in an entertaining, concise, and convincing way.”
Dr. Alan G. Robinson, Isenberg School of Management, Author - "Ideas Are Free"
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“On a collaborative project with Boeing Phantom Works, Ann did a tremendous job in identifying the cost drivers, producibility issues, and productivity barriers of a supplier organization, all of which were impeding the success of our project.”
Ed Gerding, Chief Engineer C-17 St. Louis, The Boeing Company
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“Ann can help you identify the crux of a problem and solutions that will work for you. While others may be good, my 35 years of experience tells me that no one is better.”
Perry Walraven, President and CEO, Performance Controls, Inc. a Subsidiary of Hitachi Medical Corporation
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“Ann’s ability to simplify complex issues such that everyone understood their respective roles was a key part of her success. She truly helped us achieve profitable and predictable growth while improving the quality of our methods and processes.”
S. W. Emery, Jr., Chairman and CEO, MTS Systems Corporation
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“I would recommend Ann to anyone who wants to make better plans and decisions in less time and with better confidence in the outcomes.”
W. Lowell Putnam, Chairman/CSO, VCI (Video Communications, Inc.)
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“’Wow’ sums it up nicely. The way Ann works is impressive: she has a great handle on people, makes everyone want to work together, ensures meetings are focused and valuable, and simplifies the challenges and options so all can reach shared conclusions.”
John Heaps, President, Florence Savings Bank
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“You are clearly a gifted facilitator and helped us achieve some important outcomes. The ROI was there.”
Bob Fazzi, President & CEO, Fazzi Associates
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“Ann listens, understands, simplifies, reframes, and provides clear advice. I inevitably leave with a new perspective, better decisions, 3 - 4 specific action items, and the resolve and focus I need to get the right things done. If you are looking for a great coach, call Ann.”
Michael Niedenfuehr, Financial Planner, Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
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“Ann’s book, Clear Thoughts, is the fresh, grounding breath of perspective that every executive needs in order to see clearly despite the daily chaos”
Jane Lansing, VP Marketing, Emerson Process Management
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“Ann uncovers common ground, creates opportunity, and guides the group to new shared conclusions in remarkably little time.”
Laurie Fenlason, Vice President for Public Affairs, Smith College
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Dana Badgerow, General Manager, AeroMet Corporation
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Chuck McCullagh, CFO, The Williston Northampton School
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“Ann Latham transformed our thinking about how our organization works. This discovery led us to a strategic model that solves our pain and opens new opportunities. She truly lives up to her brand of ‘uncommon clarity.’”
Suzanne Beck, Executive Director, Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce
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Aimee Griffin Munnings, Esq., Director, Western New England College Law and Business Center for Advancing Entrepreneurship
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Russell Peotter, General Manager, WGBY - Public Television for Western New England
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Joan Schuman, Executive Director, Hampshire Educational Collaborative
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Rev. Johanna McCune Wagner, Director of Religious Life, The Culver Academies
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Every organization would benefit from the material found in Ann’s audio seminar, “Meeting Mastery.”
Chuck Hatch, General Manager, Packaging Corporation of America
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Uncommonly Clear Keynotes & Workshops
Ann Latham creates clarity for audiences who want clear, pragmatic, immediately applicable ideas that will help them speed and improve results. Her value-packed, eye-opening, and entertaining presentations, whether to small CEO roundtables, students of Organizational Behavior, or large business gatherings, inevitably garner enthusiastic reviews along with statements of "she really is uncommonly clear."
“Ann Latham is one of the best business speakers I have heard. She is very experienced, the quality of her thinking is extremely high, and she knows how to deliver her message in an entertaining, concise, and convincing way.”
Dr. Alan G. Robinson, Isenberg School of Management, Author - "Ideas Are Free"
Ann delivers workshops, seminars, and keynotes - all tailored to meet your objectives. The topics listed here are some of her most popular.
Contact us now at info@uncommonclarity.com or 1-800-527-0087 to discuss your objectives, book your next keynote, or explore options that will help you achieve your objectives.
Uncommon Productivity - Managing Your Time and Priorities for Faster Results
Organizational productivity is only as good as the productivity of all the individual employees. Are your employees focused and effective? Do they manage their priorities and time well? One hour a day, created by managing time better, adds up to five hours per week and over 20 hours per month. That's more than six work weeks per year. Uncommon Productivity can create that time and more.
Uncommon Strategic Clarity - The Missing Link to Results
Is your strategic plan a vital guide for big and little decisions throughout your organization, or is it an obsolete dust collector, scorned, ignored, or simply too vague or too detailed to be useful? Leaders who attend this highly interactive session will learn how to make their strategic planning effective, relevant, and resilient.
Uncommon Decisions - SOAR Through Decisions™ with Clarity
Do you know the single greatest factor undermining efficiency and effectiveness for you personally and throughout your organization? Decisions! Whether in the executive suite or on the factory floor, whether individually or in groups, your efficiency and effectiveness are governed by how well and how quickly you make decisions. Learn to SOAR Through Decisions™ with Ann Latham.
Uncommon Meetings - Better Results in Half the Time
How many total hours are you and your employees spending in meetings each month? What would it be worth to you to cut that time in half, double the results, and reduce the number of attendees? You can not afford to miss this presentation and the opportunity to save that much time and money!
Uncommon Commitment - The Secrets to Building Buy-In
With commitment, you can accomplish amazing things. Without it, the simplest initiatives become stormy, iceberg-filled seas. In this highly interactive session, you will learn powerful techniques for gaining commitment from your peers, team members, and superiors. These skills will improve your working relationships, strengthen your powers of persuasion, enhance communication, make delegation easier and more successful, and energize your team. In short, you will learn how to create Uncommon Commitment.
Uncommon Goal Setting - Why SMART Goals Aren’t Smart
SMART goals – Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely – are all the rage, but are they smart?
A smart goal is one that will be achieved. And if you want your goals to be achieved, these five SMART factors have four fatal flaws. In this presentation, you will learn why and how to add SANITY!
Uncommon Advantage - How to Sharpen Your Competitive Edge
Are you relying on luck, habit, or price cuts to win business? Learn the six ways to win and how to position your business for growth and profit.
Uncommon Accountability - How to Maximize Employee Success
Does the thought of holding people accountable make you or your managers squirm? Do you associate words like control, power, and punishment with accountability? If so, you are looking at accountability upside down, missing the boat on helping your employees excel, and i dire need of this presentation.
Uncommon Improvement - Better, Faster, Cheaper
There are only three ways to become better, faster, and cheaper, and these are three you haven't heard anywhere else! Ann Latham's approach eliminates the complexity normally associated with improvement programs and provides a simple, pragmatic technique that anyone can begin applying immediately to improve performance.
Uncommon Feedback - How to Give It Easily and Effectively
Great feedback is the best and fastest way for people to improve performance, and yet most managers put if off, do it badly, and wish they could avoid it altogether. Uncommon Feedback will transform your thinking and your ability to help others improve their performance.