Marty Park
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Marty Park Quick Facts
Main Areas: Coaches Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Sales and Marketing, Execution, Speaking and Training.
Career Focus: Business Owner (13 times), Business Coaching, Trainer and Coaches Coach, Speaker, Author, Resource Creation.
Affiliation: International Business Coach Institute, Actio Coach franchisee and franchisor, Leadership Calgary, Global G20 Entrepreneurship Summits, Sandler Sales Training, Association of Professional Speakers, Futurpreneur Canada.
Marty started his first company at the age of 21. He has owned 13 companies to date and is a serial entrepreneur. He has dedicated a large portion of the last 12 years to being a coach and mentor to both entrepreneurs and other coaches. By taking to the practical and actual experiences in his world and applying them to other companies, situations and industries, he has found the common ground for all business globally, and has built a curriculum around this foundation for all his companies and his coaching.
Marty’s coaching approach is relaxed yet pragmatic and results driven. He empowers clients to act with pragmatic, bold action plans and strategies. He often wanted to avoid the “touchy, feely” side of coaching for the hard-hitting business results. Over the last decade Marty has embraced the connection between personal barriers and business barriers. Personal breakthroughs drive business breakthroughs.
Marty currently operates 4 companies with operations in the US and Canada. His first company was a technology startup, after which he ventured into audio production, software, retail, the hospitality industry and more recently, advertising/marketing. He has been a crucial player in all phases of start-up and growth.
Marty was awarded the 2002 Business Coach of the Year for North America and the 2003 Recipient for Global Contribution to the coaching profession*. In addition to international recognition, Marty has been selected as one of Calgary’s Top 40 Business Professionals under 40 in 2004 by Calgary Inc. magazine. Marty was awarded the CYBF Canadian Mentor of the Year in 2006. More recently, Marty was selected one of 18 entrepreneurs to represent Canada at the G20 Entrepreneur Summit in Nice, France in 2011 and Mexico City in 2012. FREE Download - 23 Ways to Increase Cash Flow Today
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***Confidence is Critical to Entrepreneurial Success; How is it Created?
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***Maximize Focus and Maximize Your Business Growth
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***Defining a Coach: Coach vs Consultant, Business versus Personal
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***Proactive Business Development
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***Strategic Planning is a Waste of Time
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Evolve Business Group
Evolve Business Group offers sales, service and management training programs as well as business coaching services to entrepreneurs from small to medium sized businesses. This site allows people to register for upcoming courses, conference calls, and events.
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Evolve Business Group
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