Janet
Neal is passionate about work/life balance because she has to be. As a
single mother of three independent souls, an entrepreneur, a writer, a coach, a
speaker and friend to many, Ms. Neal faces the same joys and frustrations many
in her readership do on a daily basis. Ms. Neal not only
brings this experience and passion to her writings,
but solutions and inspiration as well.
Trained
initially as an educator, Ms. Neal brought these skills to her successful
careers in sales, marketing, training, and coaching. Ms. Neal spent 19 years at
IBM, holding a variety of sales and marketing positions there, as well as
spearheading quality and work/life balance initiatives. She left IBM to become
Vice President, Sales and Marketing, at a small start-up services company before
launching her own training, coaching and consulting business, Productivity
Resource Group, in 2002. Ms. Neal utilizes her experiences in these ventures
today as an inspirational and motivational speaker, with clients ranging from
IBM, Kraft Foods, The State of California, and Microsoft Corporation and as a
contributing writer to numerous publications and on Writing from the Heart
on Sirius radio. She was a featured
speaker at Working Mother Media’s Work/Life Congress 2007 and at the New Jersey
Governor’s Conference on Women 2008.
In
2007, Ms Neal founded The Professional Women's Center to address the needs she
saw while facilitating women's networking groups: a desire on the part of women
to connect and no facility designed to allow it. Her work continues today
through her writing, her coaching, her speaking engagements, and her position
at Above & Beyond, helping small business owners find the resources they
need to become successful.
Ms.
Neal graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Education from Central Michigan
University and a Masters in Spiritual Psychology from The University of Santa
Monica, as well as completing coursework at The University of Vermont and
Harvard Business School. She is a certified Life and Empowerment Coach,
receiving training through iPEC Coaching. Ms. Neal enjoys family activities,
travel, writing, and personal growth activities.
