I help people get their story straight so they can communicate with confidence.⭐With a background rooted solidly in communication, sales and leadership, I love facilitating change to sustain growth. ⭐The individuals, leaders and teams I serve sometimes struggle and are stuck. That’s why getting the story straight is so crucial. And sometimes the stories we tell ourselves need a reboot.A great communicator and leader, can make it all look so easy. Yet, there is nothing easy about it. It’s hard to change, lead and communicate well. That’s why I've made it my mission to help people put their best stories to work- for them and those they serve.✔️Simple adjustments to the message, the mindset, and the delivery is a huge competitive advantage. ✔️Investing in yourself, your team, and your story to make your ideas clear helps✔️ build trust to usher in change while operating from a growth mindset. 🎯 I love to coach others to tell great stories. When I get to design and facilitate change through stories, it makes my heart sing. And when I witness a person flip an internal script that may have been holding them back, I'm inspired every single time.Stories help people gain clarity, improve self-confidence, and inspire action. ⭐My Mission: help people put their best stories to work - for them and those they serve. ⭐So, what's your story? Let's figure it out together. Theresa@whystoryworks.com➢Vendor partners include key decision makers and stakeholders leading teams toward excellence at: Alaska Airlines, Association of Talent Development Puget Sound, Boeing, Butter London, Dale Carnegie, Learnapalooza, Marel, Microsoft. and the Seattle King County Realtors Association

➢For over a century, Dale Carnegie has been providing business performance, leadership and communication solutions that deliver results. ➢Dale Carnegie believed, "People actively participate in a world they help create."✨My active participation with Dale Carnegie began more than eight years ago. Now, as a certified Dale Carnegie instructor, I am a strategic partner providing professional and personal leadership development and communication. I consistently receive World 🌎Class Net Promoter and Voice of the Customer scores, and have trained more than 1000+ participants 👀 in the Dale Carnegie Principles. ✨What I love most about facilitating Dale Carnegie is implementing its tried and true methodologies to communicate with individuals and motivate teams to increase effectiveness through: vision planning, goal attainment, concise storytelling & communication, intentional preparation, and practical application. ✨Whether presenting for front line employees, senior level managers, executives, entrepreneurs, or engineers, facilitating the Dale Carnegie Course is something I truly love.

💕Two of my favorite things to do are walking and talking,✔ Now as a certified Tour Guide at #ClimatePledgeArena, I get to do both. How cool is that!✔ Climate Pledge Arena reopened in October 2021; and it is the first all electric, non fossil fuel arena in North America. ✔Leading on site tours and supporting events enables me to put my storytelling experience to good use while providing a fantastic fan experience for a company with a mission I admire: ✨Make the world a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable place to live.✨

As a RealRoots guide, I get to help women find friendships so that they can experience the magic of human connections.Through 6 weeks of facilitation created in part by the RealRoots team, I get to go to places like the Woodland Park Zoo and walk in the Rose Garden, or check out a new wine bar in DT Seattle with some dynamic women whom I can now call my new friends.So fun. Thanks RealRoots for the opportunity.

➢Amlin Home Repair Inc. is a general contracting company that delivers custom home improvement solutions. ➢With over 20 years of carpentry and home maintenance know how, Co-Owner, Mark Amlin, has earned the valued trust of his clients. ➢Mark is that honest guy next door you call to fix, repair, and/or build anything and everything because you know he will do it right.✔️As Co-Owner, my mission is simple: build the brand. I work to ensure that Amlin Home Repair Inc. delivers the gold standard in customer service and excellent craftsmanship. ✔️In my time at the helm in the office of Amlin Home Repair Inc., year over year revenue is +29%. Additionally, we have established systems and protocols to maximize future growth potential and have improved our job efficiency rate an additional 25%.🔥 I loved boosting Amlin Home Repair Inc.'s competitive advantage.

✔Academy Schools is a small school with a big heart located in SeaTac, WA.💖As the Specialty Drama Instructor at #AcademySchools, I love helping students, ages PreK- Middle School, fall in love with creative storytelling.💖It is truly a labor of love to instruct these young people in the power of storytelling. ✨Through voice & movement activities, theatrical improvisation, and creative storytelling, I love helping students build self confidence, improve speaking/presentation skills, and just have some FUN with stories!

➢Clarisonic was the #1 Sonic cleansing device recommended by U.S. Dermatologists; and in December 2011, Clarisonic was purchased by L’Oréal, the world's largest cosmetics company. ➢As part of the Clarisonic management and leadership team from 2013 to 2017, I demonstrated resiliency in order to focus and revitalize individuals and teams. ✔️As a leader within the Consumer Care Team, I spearheaded and facilitated a new training initiative, S.O.N.I.C. Service, resulting in the adoption of improved productivity by 📈 89% to deliver the gold 💰standard in customer service. ✔️I also expanded this pilot program and led the transition team of Consumer Care from the Redmond, WA, office to the L'Oréal US headquarters. I conducted this change initiative within an accelerated time-frame and with little to no disruption in service. ✔️Additionally, I shaped the Consumer Care Team through employee engagement/recognition programs, detailed metric tracking systems, as well as ongoing in-the-moment coaching initiatives all of which enhanced the department-wide talent review processes fostering employee retention and boosting employee engagement scores & job satisfaction 📊 50+%.

➢Clarisonic's Professional Sales Division supported doctor's offices, salons, spas, resorts, and med-spas, and was where Clarisonic first launched to the consumer. ➢I was recruited to Clarisonic's Professional Sales Division to deploy several major change initiatives in addition to accelerating and training the US Inside Sales Team.✅I devised and led the first ever consultative sales strategy for the entire US Professional Sales Division. ✅I partnered with VP's, Directors, Subject Matter Experts, Sales Managers, and outside vendors to implement a customized approach, not only for consultative sales, but also to enhance talent development. ✅Additionally, I pioneered a pilot program, via WebEx, for the SMART Profile new product launch. All training initiatives were generated while overseeing the US Outside Sales Team's support staff as well as leading the US Inside Sales Team to sustain over 6,000 accounts generating more than 5 million dollars in revenue. 📌My ability to collaborate cross-functionally within organizational levels enabled me to enact change, instill trust, and lead the Consumer Care Team when it was time to transition to the US headquarters in 2017.

➢Founded by Leslie Blodgett in 1994, Bare Escentuals is often referred to as the world's first mineral cosmetics line.➢Recruited to Bare Escentuals at a time when the company was experiencing tremendous growth, I collaborated as a facilitator, educator, and manager for over 6 years. ➢As a facilitator providing learning initiatives to front line employees and managers, I supported over 25 various locations, in 8 states, in both wholesale and retail venues, across the Pacific Northwest Region. ✅I was ranked top 3 Sales Trainer in percent to plan out of 17 trainers and 34 districts company-wide in 2012. ✅Ranked #1 Sales Trainer in percent to plan for the entire West Coast.

⭐Known as a top contributor, I was chosen to chair the US Department Store Education Team in luxury retailers such as Macy's & Nordstrom. ⭐ I designed and implemented a national certification program comprised of 25 Retail Sales Trainers and Lead Business Managers. ⭐Additionally, I collaborated with corporate global and national education/sales leaders to propel the department store channel of distribution forward while driving sales and education through brand awareness, product knowledge and business acumen.

➢In the Department Store Channel of distribution, I mobilized a team of over 30 direct reports, in 24 locations, across 6 states. ➢My stores ranked #1 nation-wide in sales volume and/or percent to plan. ➢I spurred growth expanding the region from 6 to 24 stores in just over a one year period.

➢As a pioneer member of the first national Retail Sales Training Team, ✔️I trail-blazed a territory encompassing over 8 states in the Pacific Northwest Region. ✔️ I launched new store openings while instituting innovative sales tactics which enabled the region to surpass sales quotas, ranking the Pacific ✔️Northwest Region number one company-wide. I also executed a series of top producing special events and oversaw the highest revenue generating event in the history of the company grossing over 72K in sales in one day.

⭐Utilizing the arts as a vehicle to create social change and healing, I designed and facilitated workshops entitled: "Chemical Dependency and the Family," which enabled participants to understand Family Systems Theory and the Dynamics of Chemical Dependency. ⭐As the Company Manager of the SPARK Peer Players, I booked and managed over 52 performances a year across all 5 boroughs reaching over 22,000 at risk youth.