Penny Zenker: Motivational Focusologist
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- Travels from: Devon, PA
- **Fee range: $5,001 - $10,000
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Penny Zenker is The Focusologist, CSP, international motivational speaker, business strategy coach, and best-selling author. Penny founded, developed, and sold her first multi-million dollar business while living in Zurich, Switzerland.
Her clients tell her, her gift is cutting through the clutter and helping them focus on the most important and relevant areas to sustainably grow their businesses.
Penny’s high-energy and interactive keynote presentations, motivational speeches and workshops inspire and challenge you to think act and be more strategically, Be more emotionally intelligent, and inspire personal leadership.
Penny is the bestselling author of The Productivity Zone: Stop the Tug of War with Time. As a master NLP practitioner and neuro-strategist, she integrates the elements of thought, communication, and behavior to provide strategies for positive changes and maximum results.
Penny’s expertise focuses on strategic thinking, leadership, problem-solving, communication, and productivity. She has coached hundreds of successful business leaders and entrepreneurs in leadership roles, relationships, and building culture.
Finding the right female motivational speaker for your events can be difficult to know who to choose. Penny Zenker has spoken to hundreds of companies, associations, and schools on leadership, resilience, innovation, communication and productivity, and business growth.
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