Beverly Flaxington

Beverly D. Flaxington
Education BSBA, MBA
Alma mater Suffolk University
Occupation Author, corporate consultant
Organization The Collaborative
Notable work Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior, 30 Days to Understanding Other People: A Daily Guide to Improving Relationships
Website www.the-collaborative.com

Beverly D. Flaxington is an American businesswoman and founder of The Collaborative.[1] Flaxington is the author of seven books on personal and professional development, including the best-sellers Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior and Make Your SHIFT: The Five Most Powerful Moves You Can Make to Get Where YOU Want to Go.[2][3]

Education and Early Career

Flaxington earned a BSBA (1983) and an MBA (1984) from Suffolk University.[4] She started her career with executive search firm E.J. Rhodes Associates[5] and then held several sales, business development and business operations positions within the investment sector of John Hancock Financial Services before co-founding The Collaborative, a consulting firm, in 1995.[6]

The Collaborative

The Collaborative is a sales and marketing consultancy.[7] In 2008, The Collaborative released AdvisorsTrustedAdvisor.com, a website for financial advisers.[8] The Collaborative has created a number of coaching and training tools.[9] The 7 Steps to Effective Business Building for Financial Advisors, as an example, is a seven-step selling and marketing training program, The Five Secrets of Successful Selling is a selling program that uses the principles outlined in the book Make the SHIFT: The Proven Five-Step Plan to Success for Corporate Teams.[6] The S.H.I.F.T. Model is a problem-solving program.[10] Broken into five steps - Specifying the Desired Outcome, Highlighting Obstacles and Categorizing, Identifying the Human Factor, Finding Your Alternatives and Taking Disciplined Action - the process is intended to address behavioral change, goal achievement and business growth.[11]

Books

Flaxington co-authored her first book, Wealth Building: A Consumer's Guide to Making Profitable and Comfortable Investment Decisions, with Lisa A. Cohen in 1998.[12] In 2009, Flaxington released Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior.[13] The book is based upon research she did while creating a graduate class called Dealing With Difficult People for Suffolk University.[10] The book won the gold award from Readers' Favorite in the Relationships category.[14]

In 2011, she published Make the SHIFT: The Proven Five-Step Plan to Success for Corporate Teams. Based upon the S.H.I.F.T. model, it applied the tools she used for corporate clients in her consultancy. The same year, Make Your SHIFT: The Five Most Powerful Moves You Can Make to Get Where YOU Want to Go was published, which became a bestseller.[15][16] The second book used the S.H.I.F.T. model again, applying its lessons for individuals who want to progress in their careers or achieve goals.[10][17]

In 2012, she also released 30 Days to Understanding Other People: A Daily Guide to Improving Relationships, a daily guide for understanding human interactions.[18] In 2013, Self-Talk for a Calmer You was published by Adams Media, which discussed how negative messages in the brain can lead to anxiety and depression, and included techniques to create positive messages for a calming effect.[19] The approach involves taking negative imagery and counterbalancing it in order to alleviate anxiety and prevent depression.[20][21] The book also deals with "self-talk triggers" that can prompt a negative feeling, and how they can be dealt with.[22]

Accreditations and affiliations

Flaxington is certified hypnotist and hypnosis trainer, a Reiki master attunement practitioner, a certified professional behavioral analyst (CPBA) and certified professional values analyst (CPVA).[23] She is a member of the Evolutionary Business Council, the Mentor's Guild and Inspire Me Today.[24][25][26] She also serves on the faculty of Suffolk University as a lecturer, teaching Leadership and Social Responsibility to undergraduate students.[27][28]

She is a regular contributor to Psychology Today with a column called Understand Other People, and writes an advice column for Advisor Perspectives.[29][30] She is on the speaking roster for the CFA Institute, blogs for CEO Magazine, is a contributing member of the Women’s Toolbox and a past regular contributor for Brinker Capital.[31][32][33] She has also contributed to InvestmentNews and USA Today.[34][35][36] She hosted an online radio show through BlogTalkRadio, and hosts the program Human Behavior Coach TV on the Conscious Evolution Media network (CEM).[37][38] In 2011, she contributed a column to the U.S. Daily Review, detailing how the principles of the S.H.I.F.T. Model could be applied to the Occupy Movement.[39]

Bibliography

Patent

Flaxington is named on US Patent 8,533,017 - “Succession Planning for Registered Investment Advisors”[46]

Personal Life

Flaxington lives in Walpole, MA with her husband and their three children.[47]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Beverly Flaxington". Mentors Guild. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  2. ↑ "beverly flaxington bibliography - Google zoeken". Google.com. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  3. ↑ "Beverly Flaxington | 8020 Blog". Blogs.the-ceo-magazine.com. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  4. ↑ Suffolk University (2012-03-06). "Alumna Applies Business Knowledge in Newest Book - Suffolk University". Suffolk.edu. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  5. ↑ Beverly D. Flaxington. "Beverly Flaxington: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  6. 1 2 Beverly Flaxington (2013-09-15). "Beverly Flaxington, The Collaborative - Principal". Businessinterviews.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  7. ↑ "Beverly Flaxington - The American Entrepreneur". Taeradio.com. 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  8. ↑ Liz Skinner (2008-07-28). "Website offers quick advice for business growth". Investment News. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  9. ↑ "About Beverly Flaxington | The Human Behavior Coach". Thehumanbehaviorcoach.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  10. 1 2 3 "Beverly Flaxington, Consultant, Trainer, Hypnotherapist, Coach & Author". All-about-body-language.com. 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  11. ↑ "How Advisers Can S.H.I.F.T. to Success". Fpanet.org. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  12. 1 2 Wealth Building: A Consumer's Guide to Making Profitable and Comfortable ... - Lisa A. Cohen, Beverly D. Flaxington - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  13. ↑ "Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets To Human Behavior. @BalancingActTV". Thebalancingact.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  14. ↑ "2009 Winners Page - Readers' Favorite: Book Reviews and Award Contest". Readersfavorite.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  15. ↑ "Beverly D. Flaxington". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  16. ↑ "Suffolk University - Alumna Applies Business Knowledge in Newest Book". .suffolk.edu. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  17. ↑ "Busting out of a career tar pit - Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  18. ↑ "LA Talk Radio". LA Talk Radio. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  19. ↑ "Self Talk for A Calmer You - Dr. Seibel Interviews Beverly Flaxington 02/12 by My Menopause Radio | Health Podcasts". Blogtalkradio.com. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  20. ↑ ""Happy" Holidays? Sometimes, Not!". Hawaii Reporter. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  21. ↑ "Beverly Flaxington: Self talk for a calmer you-Learn how to use positive self talk to control anxiety and live a happier more relaxed life". Executive Women Coaches. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  22. ↑ "Forbes.com - Small Business News and Information". Smallbusiness.forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  23. ↑ "Beverly Flaxington - GuestMatch - Expert Profile". GuestMatch. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  24. ↑ "Directory". Ebcouncil.com. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  25. ↑ "Beverly Flaxington | Mentors Guild | Management Consulting. Accelerated". Mentors Guild. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  26. ↑ "Beverly Flaxington, Luminary at Inspire Me Today". Inspiremetoday.com. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  27. ↑ Suffolk University (1969-12-31). "Faculty - Suffolk University". Suffolk.edu. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  28. ↑ "AMA Playbook Beverly Flaxington, Author at AMA Playbook". Playbook.amanet.org. 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  29. ↑ Flaxington, Beverly D. "Understand Other People". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  30. ↑ "Dealing with Gossip in a Small Firm". Advisorperspectives.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  31. ↑ Beverly D. Flaxington (2010-05-19). "Positioning Yourself and Your Practice". Cfainstitute.org. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  32. ↑ "Beverly Flaxington – Womens Toolbox". Womenstoolbox.com. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  33. ↑ "Beverly Flaxington". Brinker Capital. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  34. ↑ Liz Skinner (2014-01-27). "Pay attention to the power grabbers at your firm". Investment News. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  35. ↑ Liz Skinner (2014-02-16). "Breaking up is hard to do". Investment News. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  36. ↑ "Changing outlook can cure unhappiness in workplace - USATODAY.com". Usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  37. ↑ "Beverly D. Flaxington Online Radio". BlogTalkRadio. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  38. ↑ "Human Behavior Coach-TV | CEM Network". Consciousevolutionmedia.com. 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  39. ↑ Beverly Flaxington (2011-10-31). "A Different Perspective on the "Occupy" Movement". US Daily Review. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  40. ↑ Understanding Other People: The Five Secrets to Human Behavior - Beverly D. Flaxington - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  41. ↑ Make the Shift: The Proven Five-Step Plan to Success for Corporate Teams - Beverly D. Flaxington - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  42. ↑ Make Your Shift: The Five Most Powerful Moves You Can Make to Get Where YOU ... - Beverly D. Flaxington - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  43. ↑ 30 Days to Understanding Other People: A Daily Guide to Improving Relationships - Beverly D. Flaxington - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  44. ↑ Self-Talk for a Calmer You: Learn how to Use Positive Self-talk to Control ... - Beverly Flaxington - Google Boeken. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  45. ↑ "7 Steps to Effective Business Building for Financial Advisors Program". Advisorstrustedadvisor.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  46. ↑ "Patent US8533017 - Succession planning for registered investment advisors - Google Patents". Google.com. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  47. ↑ English, Bella (2010-03-07). "Getting another take on bad behavior". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
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