Commit to STOP Struggling with Stress & START Succeeding with Happiness - Personally & Professionally!  Since the rest of the world is largely busy dealing with its stuff, it's up to you to tip the Life-Work Balance in your

favor: It's up to you to go light on Stress and heavy on Happiness!  Learn strategies for doing that so you can move through your days in a state of flow that enables you to create the Relationships & Results you truly desire.  High-energy and humor are hallmarks of Eric's presentations, so get ready to be engaged as he leads us on a journey of self-discovery and self-improvement.

In 1994, Eric Benson started a business to help people develop Result-Oriented Relationships so they could be more successful in their Team Building & Customer Satisfaction efforts.  As a Seminar Leader, Workshop Facilitator, and One-on-One Coach, Eric has worked with clients to design programs that help create Relationships between Team Members and with Customers that are capable of producing the desired Results.

After years of working with and studying Teams in action, Eric has made a significant shift away from Organizational Development to Individual Development.  Eric is now concentrating all of his efforts on helping individuals "Achieve Life-Work Balance by Extinguishing Burnout & Succeeding with Happiness!"  Through presentations at meetings, conferences, and workshops, he is helping people realize "Their Full Potential for Inner Peace & Higher Performance."

Eric's high-energy and first-rate people skills combine to engage people and create an interactive learning environment to accelerate growth and development.  His commitment to converting the theoretical into the practical enables people with varying levels of education and experience to grasp the material and immediately apply it to their real-world situations.

Some of Eric's direct professional experience includes four years spent with a start-up company developing its sales and marketing strategies, product mix, tracking systems, and employee training programs.  He also spent five years as a management engineer where he combined approaches in organizational development with industrial engineering techniques to enhance productivity on both an individual and organizational level.

Eric's formal educational includes a B.S. in Industrial Technology, an A.A.S. in Personnel Administration, and coursework in Leadership and Communication as well as Productivity Enhancement & Measurement Techniques.

His professional development continues through his association and participation in the National Speakers Association of East Tennessee and Pellissippi Toastmasters as well as his pursuit of advanced degrees in the psychology of human potential.