November YP Connector

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