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Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald and VitalSmarts Co-Founder Joseph Grenny to Keynote MHI Global Elevate Summit

DENVER, April 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- MHI Global, one of the largest and most impactful sales and service performance companies in the world, today announced its lineup of nationally recognized keynote speakers for its 2016 Elevate North American Summit. These presentations are designed to inspire salespeople and service providers to raise the bar on their performance in the workplace.

Attendees will hear how Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald elevated his program into a competitive force in one of the toughest conferences in the nation. Fitzgerald is entering his 11th season at Northwestern, and is still building upon the tradition he helped establish as an All-America linebacker for the Wildcats in the mid-1990s and later as an assistant coach. From 2008 to 2012, Fitzgerald guided Northwestern to five consecutive bowl berths, capped by a victory against Mississippi State in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, Northwestern's first bowl win since 1948. Northwestern is coming off a 10-win season and an appearance in the Outback Bowl. Fitzgerald is already the winningest coach in school history.

Joseph Grenny, co-founder of VitalSmarts, four-time New York Times best-selling author and a social scientist for business performance, has a passion for and expertise in human behavior and its impact on business performance and relationships. Summit attendees will learn from Grenny how changing human behavior is a key step to increased performance in the workplace. His work has impacted organizations and people around the world, having produced results for 300 of the Fortune 500.

The Elevate Summit will be held June 20-22 in Chicago. It's an annual event held by MHI Global, a TwentyEighty company, designed to help senior sales executives, service providers and learning and development professionals elevate their game in the marketplace.

"Our lineup of speakers and presentations are aimed at helping our customers elevate their sales and service teams to achieve better results," said Byron Matthews, president and general manager of MHI Global. "Sales and service leaders and professionals will benefit from hearing how Pat Fitzgerald, one of the top young football coaches in the game today, and Joseph Grenny help their teams be ready to perform in every situation the face and continually raise the bar of excellence."

More information about the event is available on the MHI Global Sales Summit website.

About MHI Global
MHI Global is one of the largest dedicated performance improvement companies in the world, bringing game-changing insight to sales performance, customer experience and leadership and management. Backed by its Be Ready set of solutions, MHI Global helps companies build and sustain successful, customer-focused organizations that drive profitable revenue and predictable top-line growth on a global scale. To learn more, visit our website, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Google+.

About TwentyEighty, Inc.
TwentyEighty is a one of the largest workforce development companies in the world and is powered by some of the premier brands in the industry, such as Miller Heiman, VitalSmarts, Forum, Strategy Execution and Omega Performance. Our solutions are designed to help companies improve business results through the areas of Leadership Performance, Sales Performance, Credit Performance and Strategic Execution.  Visit us at www.twentyeighty.com.

 

SOURCE MHI Global, Inc.

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