Anne Ward and Bob Sandidge are change agents, authors,
trainers, facilitators, coaches, thought leaders and consultants who
have worked energetically in the realms of Change, Growth,
Communications, Marketing, and Organizational and Personal Development
since 1991.
Bob and Anne's work involves consulting and training
with these companies and agencies in the areas of Communications,
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Productivity, Outcome Focused
Planning and Thinking, Management Development, Coaching Skills for
Team Leaders, Effective Meeting and Presentation skills, Wellness and
Stress reduction, and Team and Relationship Building. They have
facilitated executive leadership groups in strategic planning and in
the implementation of Organizational Outcomes.
Bob & Anne have founded and run their own companies (Bob,
Marketing Communications Media -
Anne, Oriental paper imports and gift wrap) and have worked
extensively in management, marketing communication, market
development, sales and customer service training, both for themselves
and on consulting projects for key clients.
Anne and Bob are certified
NLP Practitioners, Trainers, and Coaches
and are Affiliated with
Brain Technologies (Thinking Style
Instruments),
The David Lazear Group (Multiple-Intelligences), Chris
Cowan (Spiral Dynamics) and have studied with Jean Houston, Dudley
Lynch, David Lazear, Peter Kline, Marshall Rosenberg, Tony Robins,
Robert Dilts, Judith DeLozier, Tim Hallbom, Kris Hallbom, Richard
Bandler, John Grinder, Tad James, Wyatt Woodsmall,
Michael Banks,
Klaus Boetcher, David Gordon,
Dr. Darren Weissman, Dr. Tom Bayne, Ram Dass,
Art Dykstra, and Tom Peters (to name only a few). They also study and
practice
Solutions Focus. Both read (and practice
what they read) extensively in the areas of business, personal and
spiritual development, and new organizational paradigms. For Bob and
Anne training and consulting is a "healing art." Their approach is
systemic and holistic while being personal and integrative.
Not content to learn and listen, they also are active with writing, voice over
work and audio design for training and other media programs.
They are authors of a chapter on
Reframing in the book
Quality Performance in Human Services: Leadership, Values,
and Vision published by BROOKES Publishing and co-authored a book
commissioned by The Illinois Planning Council, What
People With Disabilities are Saying About Living in the Community. They
are columnists on Motivation for The McHenry County Business Journal
and contributors to other publications. Their most recent work in
collaboration with Sandra Larkin and other health practitioners is Healthy Profits, The 5 Elements of Strategic Wellness in The
Workplace. Anne is currently working on a book, Focus
Rules, dealing with strategies and techniques to help people focus
and concentrate in a world of multitasking and ADD.