Internationally acclaimed motivational trainer and consultant, Laura B. Lyons will address the regular weekly meet ing of Rotary II St. Thomas at 12 noon, Wednesday, Oct. 20 at Marriott's Frenchman's Reef's Windows on the Harbour dining room .
Lyons will speak on the topic of "Triumphing over the Odds – how to turn adversity into empowerment and find a purpose for what we're doing."
She will offer some pointed advice for understanding the barriers in our own lives and how to press on past obstacles to follow a vision, pursue a dream and win.
Lyons rose from modest beginnings in Birmingham, Alabama to become, among other things, the first woman Dean at University of California at Berkley.
She's spent time overseas, initially with the Peace Corps in Turkey, and currently with her own company, at its branch office in South Africa.
Clients at home and abroad include Shell Oil, Barclays Bank, Holiday Inn, American Express, the US Attorney's Office, Chase Manhattan Bank, the University of the Virgin Islands and Little Switzerland.
Lyons is founder and president of Career Dynamics International, a British Virgin Islands based human resources management firm dedicated to empowering people to create their own success.
In 1997, for the second time, Lyons was named USVI Woman of the Year by the Caribbean Executive Women's Network. Along with Oprah Winfrey, she has been named 'Legacy Messenger' by Ohio's Black Career Women and in1999 she was nominated for the Avon/Small Business Administration Women of Enterprise Award. Lyons is listed in the 1998 edition of 'Who's Who Among Black Americans'.
All Rotarians and their guests are invited to attend.
For more information contact Cathy O'Gara – 776-5702
