User:Genie Z. Laborde PhD.

Dr. Genie Z. Laborde Ph.D. (1938)

Biography: http://www.influence-integrity.com/genie.htm

Author: Influencing with Integrity C1984 Fine Tune Your Brain C1988

She is the CEO of I.D.E.A. International Dialogue Education Assocites in Palo Alto, California

Dr. Laborde and John Grinder founded Grinder-Laborde Associates in 1982. Dr. Laborde bought out Dr. Grinder's share in 1988.

By that time she had developed trainings for Corporations. Significant research that was done by Sprint, IBM, Pacific Bell, Chase Manhattan Bank, Dell Computer, Allstate Insurance, 7-11, Nissan indicate that the Seminars had a positive impact on business through: increased responsibility, sales, productivity, flexibility, reduction of customer complaints meetings that saved time and produced positive results, conflict resolution, better relationships, improvement in overall communication and happier employees.

This research can be found in the Volume: "Tooting Your Own Horn" How To Measure Soft Skills Training C 1990, 1997 I.D.E.A.