Talent Development Solutions Of All Kinds

HIRE DEVELOP AND TRAIN FOR SUCCESS

Brainfood for Business was created with your greatest resource in mind - PEOPLE. The firm's Mission? To be your partner in hiring, developing and retaining the finest people. We want to be partners. That is, we want to discover your specific and very distinct needs. And in return for your generous sharing, we want to share our expertise with people. What makes being partners possible is the exchange. The collaboration. The creative tension that evolves out of testing views and changing the way things are in favor of the way things could be. We distinguish ourselves based on this philosophy and practice of partnership.
WHAT CAN BE

The Brainfood Vision? To provide such stellar, progressive, unique and yet practical management development training and coaching that clients always come back for more. Always. We want clients to consider us indispensable because what we do produces success - RESULTS. No frills. No pie-in-the-sky theories that are not backed by practical application. So, count on us to research and find ways to dazzle you in the realms of team building, leadership development and management training. And count on us to deliver that same team building, leadership development and management training with a dynamism that makes the experience truly transformative for those who participate.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Partners in talent development that focuses in producing real business results. In the end that means Brainfood for Business will work closely with you to measure what we do. That could mean focus groups, a special look at the numbers, baseline and post-assessment or simply polling participants. No matter the measurement strategy, be assured we will develop it together in the same partnership spirit as everything else we do with you.
CLIENTS - PRESENT AND PAST

Alcoa Aluminium, Nichols Aluminum , State of Iowa Department of Transportation, City of Davenport, City of Bettendorf, Rock Island Arsenal, Davenport Bank & Trust, Genesis Health System, Russell Construction, Discover Financial, American Rental Association, McGladrey & Pullen, Surgery Center Cedar Rapids, Powers & Sons Construction, Methodist Hospitals, Indianapolis Children's Museum, Wild Birds Unlimited, Iowa Healthcare Association, State of Iowa Department of Human Services and Healthcare of Iowa.
TOPICS

Negotiation, conflict management, emotional intelligence, leadership, teamwork, personal accountability, presentation skills, train-the-trainer, supervisory skills, coaching and performance management, resilience, sales skills, and all things related.
TOOLS

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Extended DiSC, Talent Smarts Emotional Intelligence inventory, Kouzes and Posner Leadership assessment, Five Dysfunctions of a Team assessment, EDGE Learning Leadership and Sales assessments and several others.
CERTIFICATIONS

Wilson Learning Counselor Selling, Sterling Institute Situational Leadership, Vital Smarts Crucial Conversations, Iowa Recognition of Performance Excellence Examiner and Certified Life Coach.
CLIENTS SAY...

She relates as well to our CEO as our supervisors.

The energy during training is contagious.

She is always presenting information in a new and interactive format which is engaging for the audience.

They offer a clear and practical message that can be applied in the real world.

Chris and Donna have facilitated this Institute from the beginning and played a significant role in the development of the initial curriculum, as well as changes that have taken place over the years.

About Chris Battell