Desi Williamson beat the odds. Despite growing up in a world surrounded by poverty, drugs, and violence, he overcame a myriad of obstacles to realize his dreams of becoming a successful businessman, professional speaker, and author.

The former scholar-athlete at the University of Minnesota transforms twenty-five years of sales, sales/management and marketing expertise into high content programs that deliver results. He's been on the front line, building multi-million dollar businesses, managing multi-million dollar budgets, and developing the potential in people for powerhouse companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Rain Bird Sprinkler Mfgr., PepsiCo, and Dr. Pepper/Snapple. He also owns a successful real estate investment company.

Desi began his career with Johnson & Johnson where he was second in the country in total sales production, he then dedicated seven years to wholesale distribution with Rain Bird where he built a business from $800,000 in sales to more than $10 million during his tenure.

He continued his business building success with Pepsi-Cola Company where he managed a franchise-bottling network generating more than $85 million dollars in sales. He was, subsequently, promoted to a general sales manager capacity where he lead an organization of 400 employees consisting of both union and exempt employees generating $75 million dollars in business.

Before starting full-time in his speaking career, Desi spent his final two and a half years as an executive with Dr. Pepper/Snapple where he was responsible for generating more than $1,000,000 in new business, and directing a $35 million dollar operation. He also spent four years as a professional sales trainer with Tom Hopkins International. Although Desi had achieved success in the business arena, there was something more compelling that he wanted to do with his life. With a burning desire to help others, he founded Impact!! Seminars Unlimited, Inc., a company dedicated to helping organizations increase productivity through empowered people. His broad range of experience as a corporate executive and entrepreneur allows Desi to present on various issues with equal efficiency and effectiveness.

Desi delivers with high impact! His dynamic magnetic presentation style serves to empower audiences, so they take what they learn and apply it directly to their personal and professional lives. Customizing each presentation to fit the specific audience, he discusses your industry and "real world" solutions to the challenges your business faces. Clients rave about Desi's unique ability to weave their mission and strategic initiatives into the core of his presentation. His client list includes Fortune 500 corporations, civic organizations, and trade associations. He is the author of a popular video training series now used by more than 150 correctional facilities across the country, four audio cassette programs, a book titled, GET OFF YOUR ASSETS!... How to Deal with the Challenges of Life-and Win!, and his newest book, WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY!... Succeeding in the Face of Turbulent Times.

Whether delivering a keynote presentation, a half day workshop, or full scale training session, Desi's in-depth, content driven programs will empower your people to continuously reach for higher levels of performance and make the changes necessary to produce results.

• The Power of Personal Identity and Purpose - Master of change or victim of circumstance... which of these do you choose? It has been proven throughout history that people can do the remarkable things if they have the right motivation. The first key to success is understanding ourselves and what makes us function. Secondly, we must specifically define our mission in life, both personally and professionally. This module empowers you to navigate through turbulent times, giving you the tools to identify your mission and the willpower to accomplish it.
  
  
• How to Program Yourself for Success - So often in life, we become victims of negative programming through various outside influences. We are all born to win, but programmed to fail. In this module, Desi teaches participants how to control their own mental programs by understanding why we do what we do, and how to change our own programming to achieve the results we desire through personal accountability and responsibility.
  
  
• The Power of NICHES - No doubt we're living in some very turbulent times, but where there are challenges, there are also opportunities. In this session, Desi teaches the skills for discovering your own uniqueness and how to use it to maximize your potential and market value. You'll also learn the 21st century question that all progressive people and organizations continually pose so that they remain relevant, even in times of difficulty.

• The Burning Platform - A "burning platform" develops when an organization faces a major decision in which the cost of remaining status quo can be detrimental to the very core of the business. At this point, creating change is critical to survival. In this module, participants learn how to identify these situations and use change as a competitive advantage.
  
  
• Transformational Thinking - The process of change is accelerating exponentially, presenting ever more difficult challenges. Participants in this module learn how to develop new paradigms of thinking to handle the volume, speed, and complexity of change in today's fast-paced world. Most importantly, they will learn how to recognize and exploit the tremendous opportunities of change.

• Becoming a Customer-Focused Company - The growth and development of many organizations in recent years has caused them to become too internally focused by managing from the top down in the organization and losing sight of the needs of its employees and customers. Desi shares the principles that help you put the focus where it belongs: on the people that make it all happen!
  
  
• The Empowered Organization - The process of empowerment involves creating a business climate that supports openness and personal initiative. In this session, you learn how to become a sponsor by involving and supporting your team to exercise freedom to act within it's area of competence.

• Mastery of Emotions - The decision-making process is greatly affected by fear and negative emotions. Learn how to overcome fear and create an atmosphere where positive emotions build long-term customer relationships.
  
  
• Power of Rapport - Impressions are formed the instant people make contact. In this session, participants learn proven ways to develop immediate rapport that enables them to recognize the values and meet the needs of the customer.