November YP Connector
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AT THE <strong>YP</strong> LUNCHEON ON NOVEMBER 18<br />
BUILDING RES<br />
IN THE MIDST OF C<br />
Shawn K. Woods<br />
with<br />
Shawn K. Woods is President and CEO of Shawn K. Woods & Associates, an organization<br />
committed to ·empowering businesses and individuals to unleash their full potential."<br />
An international trainer/facilitator. author and executive/life/career coach. He has delivered<br />
over 2500 conferences including keynote presentations. bullying awareness seminars and<br />
leadership training to Fortune 500 companies, associations, small business owners. government<br />
and non-profit organizations throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Africa.<br />
Through Shawn's expertise and diverse background he has helped clients decrease turnover.<br />
increase accountability. effectiveness and productivity through COMMUNICATION,<br />
TEAM-BUILDING, LEADERSHIP. DIVERSITY/INCLUSION and CHANGE/TRANSITION workshops<br />
and coaching modules. He has also helped individuals gain the courage to chase their personal<br />
goals and coached them on how to achieve them.<br />
Shawn is the youngest of eleven children He was raised in a dual parent household on the<br />
West Side of Chicago where drugs. gangs and violence were a dominant part of his everyday<br />
life. Faced with difficult choices every day. some of his juvenile decisions eventually cost him<br />
several full ride scholarships to play Division I Football. With the COURAGE to overcome his<br />
difficult childhood and a tough JOURNEY ahead of him, Shawn had one of two choices to<br />
make: l) He could be consumed by the temptations of street life or 2) He could redirect his<br />
energy. make smarter personal and professional decisions in life and reshape his future.<br />
Shawn clearly chose the latter.<br />
Shawn has since achieved great academic and professional successes. His list of academic<br />
accomplishments include: an Associate's Degree. a Bachelor's of Arts Degree. a Master's<br />
Degree in Business Administration and a Master's Degree in Human Resources. Shawn's<br />
professional accomplishments are numerous including positions held as a Law Enforcement<br />
Officer. Decorated Detective-Hostage Negotiator, Assistant Director of Human Resources for<br />
the Board of Education as well as an Investigator for the Office of the Executive Inspector<br />
General for the State of Illinois In addition to the Training and Development Company, Shawn<br />
also developed his own Real Estate Investment and Property Management Company and is<br />
President/CEO of his own Private Detective Agency. These professional accomplishments are<br />
part of the foundation that Shawn leverages to help businesses and individuals unleash their<br />
full potential.