Denise Dudley
Ph.D.
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Personal and Professional Growth Expert
Denise Dudley Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Communication skills, career readiness, leadership, management and supervision, relationships, and personal growth
- Best Sellers
- Work it! Get in, Get noticed, Get promoted--available on Amazon
- Career Focus
- Trainer, keynote speaker, author, and founder of SkillPath Seminars
- Affiliation
- Cal Poly, USC, UCLA, Stanford, Girls and Boys Club, SkillPath Seminars, San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
About: Denise M. Dudley is an internationally known professional trainer, author, keynote speaker, coach, and business consultant. She’s also the founder of SkillPath Seminars, the world’s largest public training company, which provides 18,000 seminars per year, and has trained over 12 million people in the US, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. SkillPath works with every Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 Company in the United States, and is also proud to be Microsoft’s training company of choice for delivering its new product launches and updates. Denise holds a Ph.D. in behavioral psychology, a hospital administrator’s license, a preceptor for administrators-in-training license, and is licensed to provide training to medical professionals in the United States and Canada. She’s also a certified AIDS educator, a licensed field therapist for individuals with agoraphobia, a regularly featured speaker on the campuses of many colleges and universities across the US, and the author of Simon and Schuster’s bestselling audio series, “Making Relationships Last.” Denise’s latest book, “Work it! Get in, Get noticed, Get promoted” is currently an Amazon bestseller, has received all 5-star reviews, and has been endorsed by scores of industry professionals such as Brian Tracy, Jack Canfield, and Sean Covey. Denise is featured on numerous television and radio programs across the country, she’s a contributing author to many newspapers and business magazines in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and she speaks all over the world on a variety of topics, including management and supervision skills, leadership, assertiveness, communication, interviewing skills, career readiness skills, business writing, and personal relationships.
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Discovering Your Natural Leadership Ability
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DE&I: Ethical hiring practices that benefit everyone!
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Questions to ask before your next job interview
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How to make your boss happy
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Giving Effective Employee Feedback Your Most Essential Management Tool
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Whew...You made it through 2020
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Is the Business Handshake Dead
Last year, on a television talk show in Los Angeles, many eons into my career as a communication trainer, I was introduced (unbeknownst to me beforehand) as “the handshake guru.” I have to admit that I felt a little bit embarrassed, but I definitely appreciated the lovely spirit in which my hosts presented me to their audience members, as well as the way they promoted the importance of my “Professional Handshake” segment on their show.
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Your Resume Cover Letter: A Great Way to Market Your Soft Skills
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Denise M. Dudley is an internationally known business trainer, keynote speaker, coach, author, and consultant. She's also the founder and former CEO of SkillPath Seminars, the world’s largest public seminar company.
Denise offers a variety of training and consulting solutions to meet the unique needs of corporations, businesses, government, and not-for-profit organizations. A veteran educator of more than 30 years, Denise delivers training sessions, ranging in length from one hour to one week; one-on-one and small group coaching sessions; and keynote presentations—all customized to meet the individual needs of any audience. In addition, as a business consultant, Denise meets on-site with managers, CEOs, staff, and other professionals to solve communication problems, launch new departments or product lines, and help with a myriad of other business needs and objectives.
Whether speaking to students on high school, university, and college campuses or executives in Fortune 500 corporations, Denise combines her engaging speaking style with her solid business knowledge to provide a high-impact and memorable learning experience—with meaningful and lasting results.
Denise is available to deliver fact-filled, up-to-date, entertaining, and informative presentations on these topics:
- Professional Image and Self-Presentation Skills
- Interviewing Skills (for internships, scholarships, or jobs)
- Powerful Communication Skills
- Professional Speaking Skills
- Career Readiness Skills
- Management and Supervision Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Assertiveness Training
- Managing Anger and Difficult Negative Feelings
- How to Find Passion in your Work—and Life!
- How to Navigate Through Your First Year of College
- How to Get Along with Others (for students and employees)
- You, the Supervisor; and You, the Employee (taught separately)
Contact Denise to learn how she can help you and your organization achieve your goals—and own your future. Send your inquiries to info@denisemdudley.com
(Looking for a topic not on this list? Denise will be happy to discuss your needs and refer you to another top-notch trainer.)
Contacting Denise Dudley
Denise M. Dudley
23823 Malibu Road, Suite 50224
Malibu, CA 90265
denisemdudley.com