Friday, July 16, 2010

Featured Member - Anna Weselak, Weselak & Associates


Anna Weselak of Weselak and Associates is a seminar trainer and organizational development consultant. Her client base includes corporate, non-profit and educational organizations. Anna is an independent contractor who customizes training programs to help each client overcome the challenges that they are facing. Seminar topics related to interpersonal relations and communication skill building including: team work, management and supervision, sales, customer service, leadership, dealing with difficult people, employee engagement, time and stress management. She has been trained to facilitate a number of instrumented learning profiles from various publishers to identify individual strengths and opportunities to increase effectiveness.

From a business development perspective, Anna works with clients on visioning, goal setting, strategic planning and action planning. Anna also teaches college and university classes on a part-time basis.

Anna has always been a teacher at heart. As a former public and private school teacher, she met a woman at a Chamber of Commerce meeting in July of 1994 who was giving a program on how to increase your sales by building relationships. As Anna listened to the presentation, she decided that presenting workshops and seminars is what she wanted to do. She met with the woman the following week for lunch and made the decision to start her own business and become a seminar trainer. This year marks Anna’s sixteenth year in the business.

The favorite part of Anna’s job is working with individuals one-on-one or in a group and observing the “ah-ha” moments when they discover something about themselves or other people that will increase their effectiveness. She really loves speaking to groups and leading seminars, workshops and classes. Anna’s least favorite part of her job is “keeping up with the paperwork associated with running the business”.

There is no “typical” part of Anna’s day, as every day is a unique experience. Her day is driven by her goals and filling client requests, which makes every day different. Generally she begins by checking e-mails, following up on inquiries, making follow-up appointments with clients, preparing seminars, meeting potential clients, sending on-line assessments to clients or seminar participants, printing hard copies or sending out electronic reports, and preparing proposals. Anna sets a high priority on attending chamber luncheons, networking events and professional organization meetings which is where she conducts most of her marketing. Anna considers herself a life-long learner who attends professional development events and conferences to stay current with trends and research.

On a personal note, Anna has been a Lombard resident for 36 years. She has learned a great deal from being involved in the community and taking on various leadership roles. These experiences have paved a path of volunteer opportunities that far exceeded her own expectations. As the owner of Weselak & Associates, she has built a company where she can take all that she has done and it to all that she knows in order to help others to be successful in all that they do. Anna would love to work with Chamber members and their organizations to solve their challenges and help them increase their effectiveness.

Anna Weselak
Weselak & Associates
630-889-0626
aweselak@weselak.com
www.weselak.com

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