Ed Rigsbee, the Strategic Alliance Guru, will help your organization to Elevate Your Business Relationships from Ordinary to Extraordinary. He is president at Rigsbee Research, is a nationally recognized expert on strategic alliance development and implementation. He created the Total Organizational Partnering System (TOPS) as a result of his extensive research in the area of strategic alliances. This idea was first published in his book, The Art of Partnering, in 1994. For both external and internal partnering alliances, this system is a crucial element. His Partnering Pentad model demonstrates the interconnection of both partnering strategy and partnering tactic implementation.

This system of collaborative relationships, integrated within the five important silo areas of an organization is the answer to sustained success. Resulting in the adaptation of the Total Organizational Partnering System, organizations benefit from results in improved organizational harmony, productivity, profitability and reductions in duplications of effort and resource expenditures.

Your future meeting is a significant investment, time and resources, toward your organization's future success. Protect your meeting investment, select the right speaker, facilitator or consultant. Ed Rigsbee is a safe choice because he does his homework. He makes meeting planners look good and will make a positive ROI difference at your next meeting.

Ed Rigsbee, CSP (Certified Speaking Professional), is North America's celebrated speaker on business relationship solutions, strategic alliances and supply chain improvement. Offering real-world bridge building solutions, Rigsbee excels as a strategic advisor and business speaker on how to profit from the alliance trend. When you need a dynamic, entertaining and high-content speaker to kick off your meeting, it's time to select Ed Rigsbee. When you need a facilitator, it's time to select Ed Rigsbee. And, when you need an alliance consultant, it's time to select Ed Rigsbee.

Rigsbee has authored three business books; PartnerShift-How To Profit from the Partnering Trend, Developing Strategic Alliances and The Art of Partnering. Additionally, he has over 1,000 published articles to his credit and is a regular contributor to several American business and trade publications. He has been an adjunct professor for both the Universities of California at Santa Barbara and California Lutheran University. Rigsbee has been an active member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) since 1988. He has received the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation.

Articles by Ed Rigsbee:

• Profits through Employee Empowerment - Empowerment through P.A.R.T.N.E.R.
  
• Successful Partnering Starts in the Executive Suite
  
• Employee Partnership Through Delegation
  
• Partnering to Build High Performance Teams
  
• Give `em What They Want - Partnering With Your Customers