Leanne Hoagland-Smith is the Heurist for the Next Generation of Talent Management. In 1997, she established ADVANCED SYSTEMS (an organizational consulting and executive coaching firm) because her focus was to work with the most advanced systems on the planet - people. She supports her clients by uniting and aligning human capital to organizational development. This approach catapults her clients ahead of the flow as it generates more sustainable results. Leanne is a consultant, executive coach, speaker and author of Be the Red Jacket in a Sea of Gray Suits. .

Since April of 2005, Leanne has devoted 75% of her marketing time to article marketing because this education based marketing approach really works. She is a top sales expert here at EzineArticles as well as Sales Gravy and Evan Carmichael, Additionally she writes a daily blog, a weekly online business column for the Sun Times/Post Tribune and is a regular contributor to NBiz Magazine (a business journal publication for the Houston/Dallas, TX areas). In June of 2010 Leanne published her first book, Be the Red Jacket in a Sea of Gray Suits, the Keys to Unlocking Sales Success.

These 3 key values are present in all engagements and makes Leanne a Red Jacket:

#1 - Strategic thinking #2 - Proven processes and tools #3 - Connectivity

With 98.2% of all small businesses having 99 employees or less, these values do support sustainable results.

Leanne's business philosophy is simple: Assessing what is known is the first step. Clarity allows clients to choose the most sustainable course of action. Finally execution allows for the creation of tomorrow's results today. And that is what Leanne does for herself and her clients.

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