Beverly Flaxington
Beverly Flaxington is a two-time bestselling and Gold Award-winning author, an accomplished consultant, hypnotherapist, personal and career coach, author, college professor, corporate trainer, facilitator, behavioral expert, entrepreneur, and business development expert.
She co-founded The Collaborative, a sales and marketing consultancy, in 1995. The firm provides strategic and tactical support to help client firms, and individuals, reach higher levels of effectiveness and meet their goals. The Collaborative specializes in delivering effective coaching, training and proprietary consulting services. In 2008, the firm launched a new online portal, AdvisorsTrustedAdvisor.com (ATA), to meet the specific needs of independent investment advisors and wealth managers.
Beverly authored the bestselling and Gold-award winning Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior. In addition, she authored the bestselling Make Your SHIFT: The Five Most Powerful Moves You Can Make to Get Where YOU Want to Go. The business companion is Make the SHIFT: The Proven Five-Step Plan to Success for Corporate Teams. She also authored The 7 Steps to Effective Business Building for Financial Advisors: How top earning advisors attract and retain the most profitable clients, and the companion workbook for this program. The 7 Steps program is exclusively marketed by the Financial Planning Association and is available in their online store at a member discount.
Beverly Flaxington is also an adjunct professor at Suffolk University. She teaches “Leadership and Social Responsibility”, a required course where Make the SHIFT is a required text. She is a Certified Hypnotist, Certified Hypnosis Trainer, Reiki Master Attunement Practitioner, Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA) and Certified Professional Values Analyst (CPVA). She uses the DISC and PIAV tools frequently in her work with individuals and organizations.
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