I have known Shirley McKinnon for over seven years and engaged her to work with my sales teams in the Party Plan Industry for both Nutrimetics Australia and the Learning Ladder, a Pearson Company.

Shirley has proven to be a key instrument in assisting the change process and empowering Field distributors into becoming more entrepreneurial in both businesses.  Her content is totally relevant and can be absorbed and practiced by the Field almost immediately.

Shirley's easy style and training approach builds acceptance and trust very easily and allows her to search for the gaps in performance and then gain agreement from her delegates to make the improvements that have been identified.

It is not often that a trainer comes along who has the ability to train at equal competency, field distributors at entry level, and those who have risen through the business to leadership.  Shirley knows how to find the level of skill quickly and work at that level, as well as capturing the respect and buy-in from leaders. The leaders, under Shirley's guidance, soon become willing to open up to new ways of thinking and acting when managing, coaching and leading their teams.

Shirley has been a key note speaker at over three National Conferences that I have run for the above respective companies under my responsibility, three Leader only conferences, and three one day Shirley McKinnon specific training programs.  She will again join us as a keynote speaker at our 2009 National Conference and Leaders Conference, and she remains a huge drawcard for inspiring our Field to attend the conference.

Recently Shirley released a new book ‘Running My Own Show' which has sold right throughout the Learning Ladder business and has created a great deal of positive discussion and is now constantly used as a reference point for new distributors coming in to the business.

I would highly recommend any sales organisation, particularly Direct Sales and Party Plan, to enlist Shirley McKinnon's Sales Center - Management Group services to supplement their in-house training programs. 

Shirley gets results!

Maureen Mulligan
General Manager
The Learning Ladder
A Pearson Australia Company