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 Luan Mitchell -
- From America to Australia and Madrid
to Mexico, inspired audiences are
leaping to their feet after hearing international motivational
speaker LuAn Mitchell-Halter's message of genuine hope, unwavering
faith and personal commitment to action. LuAn is the woman who
has overcome adversity on every front, and she can teach you
to do the same. Her life is a story of tragedy and triumph, emerging
every time to reach the pinnacle
of business, family and personal success.
LuAn, an international bestselling
author, teaches you to believe in yourself. Everything you need
to achieve your dreams, everything you need to succeed, everything
you need to be happy - the instinct, the guts and the drive -
are already deep inside you, just waiting to burst out. LuAn shows
you how to use those feelings to become a success!
If you want to get to the top,
you need to start climbing. And who better to guide you than LuAn
Mitchell-Halter, one of the top 40 businesswomen in the world?
Let this experienced entrepreneur,
business executive, author, motivational speaker, philanthropist,
wife and mother share her tips and advice for gaining success
in your own life.
Presentation Topics
If you dare to do business, LuAn
Mitchell believes you'll also have to dare to follow your instincts.
At the core of LuAn's success is her belief in the 11th commandment
- Go Gut. She is a speaker who motivates her audiences to face
challenges head on, encouraging them to follow gut instinct in
achieving success, fulfillment and happiness. Following those
instincts can mean wrestling with yourself and some sleepless
nights, but that's all a required part of getting rid of fear
and achieving your goals. LuAn offers suggestions on how to recognize
that voice inside and tap into it, rather than suppressing it.
And if your instinct is buried under layers of conditioning, she
has ideas on how to recognize instincts and begin to act on them.
LuAn believes the more you rely on instinct, the more you'll recognize
them, and the more you'll benefit from following your instincts.
- Don't Give Into Long
Odds
LuAn Mitchell has endured enormous
challenges in her life. Just
before her wedding, her husband was diagnosed with life threatening
cystic fibrosis. She stood with him during a heart and double-lung
transplant and a subsequent family storm that nearly drove their
business into bankruptcy. Just before their company was to be
listed on the stock market, her husband died, leaving LuAn at
the helm of the massive family enterprise. She rallied her shareholders,
employees, management, suppliers and customers to fight off corporate
raiders intent on stealing the company's market share. She negotiated
a strategic partnership that powered a $44-million expansion and
workforce expansion to more than 1,600 employees. Business is
not a spectator sport and LuAn's attitude is the best way to defy
long odds is to jump in with both feet. " 'Put me in coach' has always been
my attitude," LuAn tells her audiences.
LuAn Mitchell has been flat broke
and she's been a multi-millionaire.
It's formed her personal belief that living a "wellthy" life
has got more to do with attitude than money. Key to LuAn's attitude
is having a blueprint. She believes in identifying goals, developing
a blueprint to turn those goals into reality and passionately
pursuing those goals. She highlights the importance of a blueprint
in not only keeping you on the path toward achieving your goals,
but getting you back on track when the going gets rough. LuAn
offers suggestions on developing a personal blueprint, giving
it life and making it happen. With a blueprint as the foundation,
LuAn offers a powerful message in encouraging other entrepreneurs
- especially women - to grow and succeed.
LuAn Mitchell has seen her family
business prosper and she's seen it almost perish. As head of one
of Canada's leading food processing companies - Mitchell's Gourmet
Foods - she believes alliances are the way of the future for successful
businesses. Whether it's alliances with suppliers and customers,
alliances with partners in a family business, alliances with strategic
corporate partners or alliances with your work force, LuAn has
definite ideas on how alliances are critical to the success of
a business. She also offers advice on how to size up potential
partners and decide which alliances to proceed with.
- Open Your Eyes To Opportunities
LuAn Mitchell, Canada's Number
One Female Entrepreneur, believes women who dare to do business
are the most potent force in today's economy. And while all entrepreneurs
face the intense challenges of the marketplace, LuAn believes
female entrepreneurs face additional challenges in balancing business
with families, relationships, home life and the strains of daily
living. LuAn - a mother of three young children - discusses her
ascent to be Chair of Mitchell's Gourmet Foods, one of Canada's
largest food processing companies, and the impact it's had on
her personal life and her family. She identifies the benefits
female entrepreneurs bring to the economy as well as roadblocks
women still face in the business world. And, of course, LuAn offers
her specialty: advice on how to get around the roadblocks women
encounter in the corporate and business world.
- Be Prepared To Take Risks
Above all else, LuAn Mitchell
is a risk-taker. Whether it's as chairperson of one of Canada's
leading food processing companies, as mom to three young children
or on a survival trek in the desolate Utah desert, LuAn rises
to every challenge, turning it into an adventure and opportunity.
As a guest of Self Magazine, LuAn completed a tough-as-nails desert
survival trek that many wouldn't have dared. No food, no water,
searing heat, snakes and coyotes. LuAn emerged triumphant, describing
the trek as a spiritual awakening. Under the vast star-studded
desert sky she faced her fears and experienced the rush of mastering
a mighty challenge. Set against the landscape of her desert trek,
LuAn delivers a powerful and moving message on surviving life's
challenges with passion and panache.
There is no greater challenge
for any business or organization than sustaining success in an
environment that is not just competitive, but getting more hyper-competitive
every day. LuAn Mitchell has been at the helm of her business,
Mitchell's Gourmet Foods, when it's been near bankruptcy and when
it's been wildly successful. She believes the best response in
both situations is to bring a whole new meaning to education,
where life-long learning and life-long adaptation are second nature
to the business. That allows the business to build contemporary
relationships with suppliers, customers, staff and the community
that will keep the company current and successful no matter how
much change swirls around it. No matter how hard you get hit,
LuAn's advice is to get up and dress up - those who keep moving
forward will eventually achieve their goals.
- Live
With Love And Laughte
LuAn believes life
- and the business world -
can be way too stuffy, and
it's everyone's responsibility
to lighten up and laugh a little.
Whether it's in the boardroom
or the laundry room, LuAn offers
a range of ideas for injecting
humor into how we live everyday
life. Lightening up can also
be a key strategy in handling
heavy workloads and juggling
- some call it balancing -
home, family and work lives.
LuAn doesn't believe in the
conventional separation of
work life and home life - her
innovative approach is to involve
those you love in the challenges
you face at the office
Testimonials
"Engaging the audience with her usual energetic style, LuAn Mitchell-Halter
spoke at a Women of Influence
luncheon in Calgary on the topic of overcoming adversity. Named Canada's top
woman entrepreneur for three successive years and winner of the Leading Women
Entrepreneurs of the World award, LuAn offered anecdotes on setting goals, overcoming
obstacles, and living a rewarding
life."
Deloitte
"I just wanted to personally thank you for the time you extended
in your presentation at the Red
and White Club. Over the years I have listened to many motivational and thought
provoking speakers, but I must say that yours is one that I will not forget soon.
I had a much needed dusting off
this morning!!!! Please keep spreading the word. As a long time member of the
Chamber, you should know that very few get a standing ovation. I thought
the interview in the Calgary Herald was excellent.
Never hurts to be told what a
remarkable individual you are! I am picking up your book for both my wife and
myself. I told her about you and your revelations, and am sure we will both find
it enlightening."
The Cole Group
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