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Gerry Grinold

Giving you what you need, to take you where you want to go, is Gerry’s trademark. She is an international trainer, speaker, author and president of her company, NEX STEP Solutions, Inc. She is driven to help you, your organization or company, to discover and take your NEX STEP to success and results.

Gerry has been described as energetic, creative, thought provoking, inspiring and she tells it like it is in her message of Stress Less-Live More and Calming Cranky People.

Her clients and participants leave her training sessions with tools and resources, techniques, concepts and ideas that prepare them to lead more passionate, productive, calmer lives. Her messages are powerful and relevant for professional and personal living. Gerry challenges and motivates her audiences to stretch and grow in their workplace, their lives and in relationships.  She believes people can change if and when they see a NEX STEP----and are given the direction and professional training to do so.

Gerry presents her sessions like she lives her life-----with fun, compassion, consistency and flexibility. She is passionate about life and serving and teaching others to help make a difference in the world around us.

Ms. Grinold is a featured contributing author of GIVE STRESS A REST, published by James & Brookfield Publishers and it is in it’s third printing.  She has also recently released a new CD, titled MOMENTS OF LIFE.

A partial training list of companies she has provided training for include:

  • Deloitte & Touche - NY
  • U.S. Customs
  • Department of Corrections- Mich.
  • Barclays Bank – Cheshire, England, UK
  • Credit Suisse First Bank – NY
  • Eisenhower Medical Center – Fort Gordon, Ga.
  • Clemson University – SC
  • Goshen Health System, Goshen Hospital – In.

Gerry has provided professional development training to large and small companies and corporations in the UK, the Hawaiian Islands and almost every state in the USA.  Her experience working with three hundred company associates, a fast-paced office staff and a diverse management team, gives her the credibility to teach others.  She has a dynamic way of getting your attention, giving you direction, and equipping you with the right information to move you to your NEX STEP!

Area of Expertise:

  • Communication Skills
  • Relationship Building
  • Managing Emotions
  • Life/Work Balance

Target Audience:

    Gerry’s presentations are customized to fit the audience’s needs, goals, direction or theme. Her professionalism and real-life experiences motivate the newbies to executives of large companies. She is a great match for association keynotes, women’s retreats and breakout sessions.

Top 3 Reasons to hire this speaker:

  1. Gerry’s messages are real, creative, and powerful and will move you into action.
  2. Gerry will LISTEN to your needs and challenges and then bring the learning tools and the NEX STEP SOLUTIONS to the front of the room
  3. Gerry LOVES what she does. She walks her talk and her audiences are empowered by her passion, enthusiasm and knowledge.

Fee Range:
Half-day $1,500
Full-day $2,500
Two-day $4,000

Ask Gerry about her Super Six Special!

Program Titles:

Nex Step Solutions to……CALMING CRANKY PEOPLE
Control your emotions and handle theirs with tact and skill. Maintain your cool, even when others are out of control around you.

Nex Step Solutions to……STRESS LESS – LIVE MORE
Learn strategies and skills for managing your stressors, big and small, so that you become more effective and efficient. Discover how you can master your responsibilities and still have a life.

Nex Step Solutions to……TODAY’S CHANGES ARE TOMORROW’S REALITIES
For rewarding results, be prepared with creative adjustment techniques toward change.

Nex Step Solutions to……MANAGING FOR RESULTS
Learn how to identify, anticipate and flex to behavioral styles. Strengthen the bridges of communication, understanding and efficiency.

Nex Step Solutions to…..SUPER OUTSTANDING SERVICE
Dare to give it. Super, outstanding customer service. Customers want it.  Learn how to give it and how to ask for what you need from the customer. Create a win-win.

Nex Step Solutions to….COMMUNICATING WITH CONFIDENCE, CREDIBILITY AND COMPOSURE.
Learn to handle touchy topics, sticky situations and challenging communicators. End the miscommunications merry-go-round.

Nex Step Solutions to…….LAUGH, LOVE & LIVE (A fun women’s session) 

Testimonials:

What a wonderful seminar you presented for us last week on, Less Stress-Live More, Give Stress A Rest.  I have had lots of terrific feedback from colleagues who attended.  In fact, I am sending you copies of the evaluation that we received from those in attendance at this six-hour training session. As you can see, 100% of our colleagues rated you as VERY GOOD. Outstanding.

I want to thank you so much again for agreeing to come back to the Goshen Health System campus this year.  We are very much looking forward to your return this spring to present Gold Star Customer Service. You are a wonderful presenter with a great rapport with your audience, and a gold mine of knowledge.  We are fortunate to have had this opportunity to enjoy a day of learning from you.
- Jessica R. Leonhard, Education Department, Manager
Goshen Health System

Gerry Grinold is simply among the best speakers/trainers I have ever encountered….You cannot experience one of her sessions without taking away something positive, significant, and lasting.
- Tim Bass, Training development
Arizona Diamondbacks

The Conflict Management seminar presented three different days was a huge success. All three groups went away feeling the seminar had been presented especially for them. Your flexibility and cooperation in accommodating the afternoon and midnight shifts was especially appreciated.
- Gretchen Ingvason, Manger, Quality Engineering & Process Dept.
PALL Life Sciences

If you are interested in contracting with a results oriented trainer, I would highly recommend Gerry Grinold. She will help your organization use training and development as an important tool to maximize employee productivity and performance.

I have known Gerry professionally for more that four years.  Recently, I had an opportunity to attend a day-long workshop of hers for approximately sixty people. Not only was she entertaining, engaging, informative, and knowledgeable but she was able to bring the workshop content alive and create a great learning environment. Her platform skills are impeccable.
- Ray Perry, Pres. Skill Track, Inc. Washington, DC

Gerry’s presentations are such that the audience goes on a roller coaster ride; moving from high emotion and laughter to thought provoking and serious.

She offers the audience a delightful, exciting and not so ordinary atmosphere. She lights up the stage with her stories, presentation skills and her personality. She engages her audience and they become a part of their own learning. She doesn’t just speak to her audience; she becomes a part of them.
- Kim M. Hamilton, National Pres.
American Business Women’s Association

 

 

 

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