For more than 15 years, Jan Dwyer Bang has helped people achieve tangible results through training, speaking, coaching, and consulting. She brings a wealth of practical insights, contagious humor, and easy-to-implement strategies.
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After 33 years serving the corporate world, David Pickles is now embarking on purpose-driven mission of serving the people of his community. His goal is to connect people with one another and provide solid business insight and principles.
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Welcome to our website! In 2008, we had a shared vision to serve the businesses in the South Puget Sound region. From this mustard seed idea, we created the Business & Leadership Connection, which provides high-quality, relevant, practical, and affordable training services to businesses locally. We want to serve you, the busy sole entrepreneur, business manager, or director of a non profit organization and your staff. The BLC is designed to equip you with the skills and resources to be successful.
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Jan hits home for the business owner. Realistic, concise, and serious points.
-Phyllis Kaplan
I enjoyed learning ideas from the group. Great interaction.
-Tessa Miller, Business Examiner
Jan is a great presenter! She communicates so that the tools she provides are easily able to be implemented in any organization.
-Tracey Pidge, Coleman American Allied
I will encourage others to attend these courses
-Carrie Kolowinski, Signature Smiles
The Puyallup Sumner Chamber of Commerce and Business and Leadership Connection (BLC) is pleased to announce their next Lunch and Learn Leadership Series. Back by popular demand, the Chamber will be hosting BLC’s Leadership series in their FREE lunch & learn Wednesday sessions. BLC will be discussing 4 timely and relevant leadership topics from August [...]
Who says Multi-Tasking is Bad -Many studies show the evils of multi-tasking. While there are many valid points in these studies, they often muddy the issue by defining multi-tasking too broadly. Take a look at this article I found on BNET, posted by Steve Tobak. 10 Truths About Multitasking
Apr 20th Lunch and Learn Handout Materials -Thanks to all who participated in our second Leadership Lunch & Learn session sponsored by the Puyallup-Sumner Chamber of Commerce. We had a great session today. As promised, here are the handouts from today’s session. Please check out our May 3rd Workshop: Leadership Fire – Getting Extraordinary Things Done Consistently where we will dig into [...]
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