Rhoda Mitchell - Biography

Rhoda Mitchell is known for her ability to inspire an audience. Her wisdom, insight, optimism and energy light up a room and give an audience concrete advice to go home with.

Rhoda is successful as a coach, consultant and trainer, and is sometimes described as a Success coach. Whether teaching individuals how to believe in themselves and go for the life and career goals they want or teaching executives how to handle themselves in the workplace, Rhoda's aim is to help them lead successful, fulfilled lives. Rhoda is happy to bring the accumulated experience of a twenty-year coaching practice and her own life lessons to the stage.

In 1985, Rhoda founded New Leaves, with the goal to help people improve their work lives. In the last 20 years, she has provided consultation, training and coaching to organizations, executives and individuals on issues ranging from career choice to personal management to human relations and communication skills. She has a Masters Degree in Counselor Education, Certification in several personality and communication programs, and is a trained Dale Carnegie Instructor.

Programs/Topics

How to Believe in Your Dreams And Make Them Come True

Most of us know we could be more powerful and more successful than we are. What are the obstacles that get in our way and what guidelines can we follow to reach our full potential? Rhoda Mitchell has a wealth of knowledge to share about we need to do to dream big, choose the right set of dreams and make them come true. This program inspires people to take more powerful, effective action in their lives.

Choosing For The Best: A Guide To Making Decisions

Rhoda is uniquely qualified to guide audiences in improving their ability to make decisions since she has in her coaching practice worked with hundreds of individuals on exactly this issue. Being a good decision-maker involves a set of set of attitudes, perceptions and skills. Your audience will be inspired and take home practical skills.

Attitude Is Everything

Worry and stress are a deadly duo that lead directly to ill health. This program focuses on staying mentally and physically healthy through choosing the right habits of thought and attitude. Rhoda makes the point that what you say to yourself really does matter and provides her audience with specific guidance to create health and happiness through positive thinking.

How To Stay "Up" In "Down" Times

This presentation is about alternatives to fear and worry, and teaches that we are always free to choose our own perceptions, attitudes and actions - even when our situations are difficult. Rhoda explores the attitude of "realistic optimism", and shows what it can do for us personally, and how it can positively affect others.

Who's In Charge of Your Career?

Over 70% of people working in America today report that they are dissatisfied with their jobs. Clearly, this is an important topic, and who better to lead an audience in learning how not to settle for 2nd or 3rd best than a woman who has helped thousands of individuals find new, more fulfilling work. Rhoda draws on what she has learned from her clients and students over the last 20 years, and shows people how to take charge of their work lives.

What To Do If The Pink Slip Is Yours

Rhoda talks about how to handle being downsized, restructured or released from a job with dignity and power. This program covers handling the emotions, hanging onto your self-esteem, getting re-started, and using creative ways to search for a new position.

Why Can't We Just Get Along?

Why is there so much drama and trouble when people get together? Are there some principles that would make everything go better? In this program, Rhoda draws on her 20+ years helping people with communication skills and conflict management in real situations to teach audience members how to transform the difficult interpersonal situations in their lives and work.

Special Features

Lengths and Formats:
Rhoda's topics can be tailored to fit a window of 45 minutes up to a 2 1/2 hour workshop. All topics can be presented in both keynote and workshop formats, and she is happy to present a keynote followed by more in-depth work with a smaller group.
Audiences/Venues:
Rhoda speaks to community groups, conference attendees, associations, boards, and others.

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