At a very young age I would go into the woods behind my house and listen to nature. The trees, the water of the stream and the animals all spoke to me. Nature is both wild and wise.
While in college at Georgetown University, I opened to an experience beyond this reality where I had a conversation with God. This led me to new avenues of opening to who I was in the world. I sought out many spiritual teachers and masters, all of whom helped me to open further to what a life of presence can be.
Early in my career my experience as an HIV/AIDS nurse enabled me to open to new levels of intimacy with my patients and their families. I found that bringing intimacy into the world of business is invaluable, as it creates a level of vulnerability and trust, which leads to better communication. I am known for having deeply connected, clearly integrated relationships with my clients in all opportunities of sales.
I realized that in business to be wild is to be free, creative and original. I learned that this “wildness” invites more diverse and unusual “deals” that are beyond the programming of how normal business is done. While a sales manager at Ortho Biotech, a division of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, being wild allowed me to see a whole new market for a drug that led to new service protocols, which brought millions in sales and helped millions of patients.
I learned that in business being present leads to better relationships, honesty and stronger integrity. Presence enables peer to peer honoring. It allows one to connect with people in a way that invites them to an opportunity of partnership and respect in investment and other business transactions. When working for Nellcor, Inc. and Coram Healthcare as a sales manager being present invited doors to open for me, allowing new business opportunities that were unlimited and beyond those considered by my competitors.
With over 20 years in sales and marketing for the healthcare industry, I was continually in the top of the sales force. I was recognized for my leadership skills as a trainer, mentor to new hires and board advisor. I have now chosen to leave the healthcare industry to work in a consulting capacity to open other areas of business to a new level of reality.
