Mr. Erdman is a decisive business development professional with broad administrative skills. He has worked closely with top management and boards in numerous settings. He has outstanding ability to deal effectively with difficult situations and personalities achieving both teamwork and mutual goals. He is an articulate, ethical and persuasive leader who inspires others to better performance positively impacting bottom line profits. Mr. Erdman is positive team player and a resourceful problem solver; with a proven reputation for succeeding where others have failed.

Association Skills

Mr. Erdman developed positive relationships with local, county and state elected officials when none existed previously. He succeeded in presenting the association’s positive image in various advertising media, using quotes, sound bites and articles. He worked closely with staff, board and volunteers to motivate the entire membership to support events and projects both within the association and the greater community. He enhanced events by bringing in nationally known speakers and authors who presented to an ever growing audience of satisfied members.

Management Skills

Mr. Erdman hired, trained, motivated and led sales staffs in reaching new heights and accomplished goals higher than expected. He has demonstrated strong administrative skills and delegated effectively. He has designed and redesigned compensation plans and territories to be more effective. Mr. Erdman is an excellent communicator recognized for building consensus within sales staffs which has positively impacted the bottom line results.

Sales Skills

Mr. Erdman is a consultative sales professional who solved problems and developed long lasting rapport with clients. He has sold both tangible and intangible products and has always met or exceeded quotas. He has been instrumental in several turn-around situations where sales had to be maximized and profits stabilized for the companies to survive.

Speaking Skills

Mr. Erdman is a motivational speaker who can get the message across to an audience with ease. Experience includes: extensive speaking engagements ranging from civic clubs, sales meetings, banquets, conventions and speaking nationally before several thousand people.

Training Skills

Mr. Erdman developed training programs and workshops including: “Professional Selling Workshop” (professional selling skills and attitudes); “The C.A.R.E. to Win Workshop” (personal and leadership development); “Effective Presentations for Managers and Executives” (public speaking); “Effective Presentations Workshop” (public speaking); “Pathway To Excellence” (customer service); “Professional Customer Service Workshop” (advanced customer service and attitudes); “The Performance Interview” (performance appraisal and interviews); “Time Management Workshop and Collections - The Modern State of the A.R.T.” (financial collections).

Consulting Skills

Mr. Erdman has consulted with many companies to diagnose sales and management problems and then worked with them to implement profitable solutions. He recognizes that the most important resource a company has is it’s human resources, therefore created people solutions to improve the client’s bottom line. He established goal setting processes and decision making processes that allowed the clients to realize quantifiable results. He developed leadership roles and teams and helped clients implement them profitably.