About Annette:

My curiosity about group behavior drives me to research fields as diverse as neurological economics, anthropology and group dynamics. From the beginning, I decided to allocate my time the way an artist might. I often ignore my own ROI studying topics like patient safety even though I was only hired for a keynote. I understand the bottom line. I just keep my overhead low. I cherish my freedom to explore and continuously design tools and interventions that increase collaboration for bottom line results.

  • “This was a “stretch” for me.  It made me look at myself and others in a new light.”

  • “Annette has a real depth of understanding into human behavior and group interaction.  She made it possible for us to learn together as a group, as well as individually.”

  • “She got us where we needed to go – she practices what she preaches.”

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Books by Annette Simmons Include,

"The people you want to influence don't want more information, they want faith. Faith in you, your ideas, your plans, your story. How can you tell your story in a way that is compelling? believable? long lasting? Discover how to tell a story that awakens people's faith in you."

  • The Story Factor – Influence through the Art of Storytelling

    The people you want to influence don’t want more information – they want faith. Faith in you, your ideas, your plan…your story. How can you tell your story in a way that is compelling? believable? long lasting? Discover how to tell a story that awakens people’s faith in you.

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  • Creating a Safe Place for Dangerous Truth – How to Break the “Rules” and Win

    If the truth will set us free…Where is it? Who has it? and how will we know it when we see it? If you feel like it’s been too long since your workgroup felt safe enough to tell the truth, it’s time to brush up on your dialogue skills.

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  • Territorial Games: The Saboteur of Collaboration

    Power, position, property. It’s been the name of the game throughout human history.

    Anyone that needs cooperation across departmental, functional or international boundaries in spite of cultural differences needs to better understand the human dynamics that divides “us” from “them” – even when it is in our own best interests to work together.

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Building collaborative behaviors for bottom line results.

Group Process Consulting offers short, intense, emotionally anchored experiences in the form of speeches, workshops and group interventions that develop skills in:

  • truth-telling and truth-listening
  • using conflict as a resource for creative thinking
  • decreasing turf wars and ego battles
  • sharing resources effectively
  • eliciting unifying stories that transcend differences
  • leaving victum stories behind
  • building trust, compassion, and personal responsiblity
Annette's Story

Annette Simmons, M. Ed. President, Group Process Consulting

Annette Simmons is a vibrant keynote speaker, consultant and author of four books: The Story Factor named as one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time, Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins , A Safe Place for Dangerous Truth (AMACOM, 1998), and Territorial Games: Understanding and Ending Turf Wars at Work.

Annette started with a business degree from Louisiana State University in 1983, spent ten years in Australia in international business, attained a M.Ed. from NC State in 1994 and started Group Process Consulting in 1996. Annette is surprisingly honest, ferrets out hidden opportunities, joyfully takes risks and tells a good story.

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