Mark Adams is a professional communicator who helps people from all walks of life to be more successful. His background as a former championship college basketball coach and now as a successful businessman and color analyst on ESPN and FoxSportsNet, gives him a unique view of what it takes to lead your team in the area of sales, customer service and management/leadership training through better communication and coaching strategies.

Today there are many "business coaches." Very few of the so-called "coaches" have ever had to call a timeout with the game on the line and 18-22 year old kids running up and down the floor with the real coach's paycheck in their mouths. Mark is a real coach with real success strategies and real life solutions that are tried and true while coaching real teams both in athletics and in the competitive business world. Mark wants to share those strategies with your team.

Mark can help your sales, customer service and management teams identify their strengths and get back to the basic fundamentals of success. Real coaches understand that you learn to coach by first coaching yourself and holding yourself accountable for basic personal actions that create a base for success. They also understand that identifying talent, establishing a clear vision and creating an environment for roving leadership are the key to nurturing successful teams.

Mark will share real coaching strategies with you and your team and he will take the extra time to scout your team and address your specific needs. Real coaching is based on communication and accountability. Learn how to sell more products and services. Learn how to coach yourself and your team to greater success. Develop personal strategies for success and learn how to balance your life at work and at home. Mark is ready to coach your team to success.

• My Heroes: Lessons of Leadership! - Mark Adams shares the stories of many diverse people who have made a difference across the world. He will not only share these stories with passion and enthusiasm but also explore how these people and their examples have made a difference in our world. He will guide your team of leaders on a journey that investigates these amazing examples of leadership and how you can incorporate new ideas and tried and true strategies for success.
  
  
• Play to Your Strengths! Real Championship Coaching - Mark Adams has created an educational experience that shares how he identified his strengths, his co-worker's strengths and his player's strengths to drive remarkable results. Sharing the successes, the failures and the lessons learned from those experiences, Mark Adams has created a culture-changing educational experience that will challenge each individual on your team to Play to Their Strengths!
  
  
• Winning in Overtime - This interactive and entertaining presentation gives sales professionals the same thing every college basketball coach ever wanted: AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE! Mark will share with your team not just how to sell but how to drive more appointments, how to position yourself against the competition and how to create long lasting relationships one person at a time.
  
  
• Redwoods - Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world, and they spread and intertwine their roots with each other to stand tall and strong as they battle strong storms. Mark Adams challenges audiences to spread their roots and develop team/alliance strategies that drive better team performance and better profitability with strong alliance relationships. In today's competitive environment, it is important to understand that successful businesses are built one person at a time while putting that person in position to touch as many people around him/her as possible.
  
  
• Dealing With Change! - In today's turbulent times and fast-changing pace of life, you need a coach who can help you not just to cope, but also ultimately to excel! Mark Adams will share with you how he was challenged in 1996 when he was fired as a college basketball coach and how he turned professional disaster into the opportunity of a lifetime. He walks your team through interactive exercises that will help you and your team to identify strategies that capitalize on changing times, changing people and changing circumstances.
  
  
• Dealing With Difficult People - Mark Adams has coached difficult players on his championship collegiate basketball teams and business teams as well. In fact, even Adams considers himself as a "difficult" person at times. Who better to help you deal with your "difficult" co-worker than a difficult person in the flesh? This is a presentation not for the faint of heart. Be prepared to contribute as Adams challenges his audiences to answer tough questions and share for the benefit of his presentation teams.