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Robert Van Arlen (Born 2/23/1960) is an internationally-known, business results speaker and author. He is considered an expert in helping organizations grow as a team by getting everyone focused. His book titled, “Focused Synergy,” claims to provide specific guidance on vision and values alignment for individuals and organizations, both of which are, according to the author, critical for unifying and driving successful organizations today.

Early Life
As a child Robert grew up playing music in churches and was raised by his mother and grandparents. The strict upbringing gave him the discipline to succeed in life. Life in Kansas was pretty grounded, but as his corporate career developed he found himself in the center of big cities including San Francisco and Toronto, which he enjoyed immensely. Robert is renowned by his followers for his highly engaging speeches, training and team building programs. He believes that great leaders constantly evolve and that passion is the foundation for contagious success.

Accomplishments
His corporate experience includes the turnaround of several divisions of legal publishing giant Commerce Clearing House. As a Division Manager he reversed the division standings of the poorest performing division in the country to the top division for 3 consecutive years. In the 90’s Robert was responsible for re-engineering the sales and service organizations of CCH Canadian Limited and its French Organization CCH FM. He came back to the United States completing his corporate journey as the Western Region Vice President of CCH US.

Past Services
For the past 10 years, Robert has delivered hundreds of keynote speeches and training programs that he believes are the best way to improve leadership skills, increase sales and ignite service within organizations. His list of clients includes state governments, the Federal Government, Destination Resort Hotels, Proctor & Gamble, Cigna Healthcare, Verizon Wireless, Gerber Products, a variety of associations and numerous small to medium size companies.

Alternative Motivational Methods
Some people prefer traditional psychological therapy or other more orthodox methods to improve motivation in groups of people within companies and associations rather than Robert Van Arlen's and similar methods. Robert Van Arlen believes that neither methods are substitutes and can even be complimentary.