Energize your audience with business and leadership insights that inspire.
Meet Cheri Ruskus
Business Coach, Author and Speaker
Here is a sampling of some workshop, breakout and retreat offerings:
Authentic Leadership and Influence
This interactive experience has been designed to work in either a workshop format of no more than 20 people, or in an executive team retreat setting. The goal is to build a confidence culture around the strengths and contributions that everyone in the leadership team brings. To allow each participant to come together to clearly see just how the pieces can fit together in order to make a collective whole.
Note: This training can also include pre-work with the Gallup Strengthsfinder 2.0 assessment for each participant. The assessment will assist individuals to gain a stronger understanding of their own individual overall strengths. Then together everyone can focus on how those strengths can tap into not only their own authentic leadership style, but each other’s in touching the lives of those they lead.
Here is how what the experience from their recent strategic planning retreat was summed up:
“I reached out to Cheri having worked with her before on a myriad of different trainings to see if she would facilitate our Chamber Board’s Strategic Planning Retreat. She said “yes” and by far it has been one of the best decisions I’ve made this year.
Cheri suggested changing up our “normal” routine to include a bit of leadership training at the beginning. This type of training set the stage to move into the next phase of Goals and Objectives. But this year, my Board looked at the Goals and Objectives through the lens of what “leadership skills” they (the Board members) brought to the Chamber Board and how that fashions the Strategic Plan.
When you have several Board members share with you how significant the leadership portion was for them as we moved forward to establish the Strategic Plan, I knew we hit a home run. That home run was achieved by hiring Cheri to facilitate this event. Honored and humble to call Cheri my friend as well.” - Deb Miller, IOM, President Greater Woodland Park Chamber
Bright Shiny Objects – How to focus on Your Best Ideas in a World Full of Distractions
We have all have had them at one time or another, the bright shiny object of a new idea. You know the ones that either takes us completely off course or spark a new innovative path. Those thought patterns that can give us permission to go towards the ideas that generate belief, hope, and making a difference.
The truth is there are so many great bright shiny objects to follow, and many serve to only distract and take the small business owner completely off course. We will explore where participants sit with the bright shiny objects in their life and business. Cheri will share the power of understanding the Idea Cycle formula and which new ideas to implement, which ones to consider down the road, and which ones are leading to distraction.
By getting focused on the Bright Shiny objects that matter most, participants can begin to not shy away from the idea of bright shiny objects, but to ensure a new idea is the best idea to bring to life at this point in time. With the end result in mind, and clearly defined short and long term goals in place, participants will walk away with tools to gain a stronger focus to achieve those goals, as well as the ability to cut down on anxiety and stress by knowing when and how to implement new ideas.
Here is what several participants had to say after a Lunch and Learn Bright Shiny Object workshop:
Cheri combines both youthful energy and extensive experience to create passion to help attain goals and dreams.
– D. Reilly
Cheri has an amazing way of sparking thought provoking questions and turning a roundtable into a think tank. – J. Sparks
Ditch the To Do’s for the TA DA’s
Time is our greatest commodity as business owners and human beings in general. In this 30 to 60 minute talk, we will dive down into five key components in honoring our time. The elements that are required to keep us from reaching burnout and becoming productive based on outcomes.
Did you know that most business owners don’t go out of business because of lack of money? The biggest resource they lack the energy to keep going when they keep hitting the proverbial brick wall. The wall is built from lack of proper self-care and managing their time in an efficient manner.
What Other Organizers Are Saying…
“You were great Cheri with your presentation to the attendees at our NPSA Annual Conference and Trade Show, thank you so much! It was easy to see that audience members were clinging to your ideas and suggestions. We couldn’t ask for more.
I do hope that our paths cross again, and if any organization is looking for someone to present on this topic, let me or the NPSA know as we would highly recommend you.”
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More Speaking Testimonials
"Cheri Ruskus is an outstanding speaker! The East Colorado SBDC has partnered with Cheri frequently with her leading live workshops and webinar presentations. Working with Cheri and the Victory Circles has been truly rewarding!"
- Kyla Benson, Associate Director - East Colorado SBDC
"Five Stars for Cheri Ruskus as she brings personal experiences from her own life alive for the audience to continually drive home that it takes courage to be the difference. Here in Artesia, NM Cheri has motived us on many levels – from a Domestic Violence Awareness keynote to teaching Main Street’s businesses in marketing and entrepreneurship…she hits the mark. Everyone leaves with at least one kernel of courage to start or maintain his or her journey. "
- Laurie Scholtz, Executive Director - Artesia Arts Council
GOAL: Ditch the To Do’s for the TA DA’s
BENEFITS: Unlock the power of our greatest commodity: Time
FORMAT: In this 30 to 60 minute talk, we will dive down into five key components in honoring our time. The elements that are required to keep us from reaching burnout and becoming productive based on outcomes.
Did you know that most business owners don’t go out of business because of lack of money? The biggest resource they lack the energy to keep going when they keep hitting the proverbial brick wall. The wall is built from lack of proper self-care and managing their time in an efficient manner.
COMMONLY USED FOR: Larger Groups
REVIEWS FROM PAST CLIENTS:
“You were great Cheri with your presentation to the attendees at our NPSA Annual Conference and Trade Show, thank you so much! It was easy to see that audience members were clinging to your ideas and suggestions. We couldn’t ask for more.
I do hope that our paths cross again, and if any organization is looking for someone to present on this topic, let me or the NPSA know as we would highly recommend you.”
— Mark Graham