Mary L. Erlain, Author
Mary L. Erlain’s career started in 1979 when she spent more than two decades working in family and clinical medicine. Her passion was helping people through compassionate care and providing an understanding of how the illness affected patients and family members. In 2001, she changed career paths and began working in sales training and development.
Ms. Erlain founded Peak Development Strategies in 2007. “Connecting the dots and removing barriers! ™” embodies her mission in business. As a published author, dynamic international speaker, and professional trainer/coach/facilitator, Ms. Erlain offers business professionals the development services they need to thrive in their business roles. Ms. Erlain works with professionals in leadership and management skills development, succession planning, productivity, strategic business plan creation, and sales coaching/ training, in addition to the recruitment of new business professionals. She has successfully managed, mentored, and trained many successful business owners, managers, and salespeople during her career.
She believes the best way to reenergize an owner and their organization is to develop a personalized plan strong enough to overcome any issues. With candor, encouragement, and insight, her passion is to address the needs of people in business in a learning style that is comfortable for them. Ms. Erlain has been given the gift of connecting people. She is a valued referral source for her peers in business and will continue to use this gift to benefit others. The “give first” principle has been the cornerstone for her sustained growth in her organization.
Beyond her position at Peak Development Strategies, she also leads Entrepreneur Groups which act as peer support forums. These groups provide a confidential space for business owners to build alliances, exchange insights, and tackle the challenges of contemporary entrepreneurship by drawing on the shared knowledge and experience. Included in E Groups is an additional hour of monthly one-to-one coaching outside the group meetings.
Ms. Erlain’s personal as well as organization’s mission in life is to help as many people as possible develop themselves and discover their God-given gifts and talents. She says, “I have a very special story to share with people that is an example of how God can work miracles in people’s lives. My experiences in life did not happen just for me to own all by myself; instead, they will be shared with others as sources of hope.”
The Zoomers, Our Next Generational Wave
Not all of us have because most of the new group entered during an unprecedented world workplace upheaval, a time when many were appearing on online Zoom meetings and calls instead of in person. So, the ushering in of Zoomers was presumed as barely seen, and yet, their presence segued into an organization’s dismay. The observance of them in the workplace, online and in-person, is misunderstood however, this book openly presents those misunderstandings along with the reasons why the confusion about this group occurs.
Empowering the Multi-Generational Workforce
Created as
a companion to the original book “10 Answer Keys, Communicating with the 5 Generations in the Workplace” as a tool to diagnose the issues that you are currently struggling with in your organization. It will help you develop a plan to address those issues. This should lead to increased growth, productivity, and profitability on the business level.
Communicating with the 5 Generations in the Workplace
This is the root cause of many of the problems in business today that affects growth, productivity, and profitability on the business level, but more importantly erodes valuable relationships in the workplace. Our culture is diverse in age, heritage, gender, etc.
Effective Business Networking
Networking grows increasingly complex with the explosion of social media channels and technology. In turn, what worked in the days of our parents and grandparents to bring people together may not be enough today. We wanted to give you some key ideas, skills, and tools to improve the quality of your networking efforts.
Building Powerful Strategic Business Alliances
Building alliances are the secret to business success because it goes to the core of what matters. People do business with people they know, like, and trust. One connection can open up many doors of trust and respect, and at the end of the day isn’t that what every business person wants? This is the pathway to referrals. It is a giving principle that reaps stupendous results.
