Calvin Swartz - Bio

Cal Swartz brings a stellar track record of success and expertise to the workplace. He is an engaging and talented motivational speaker, seminar instructor and facilitator, management consultant, and corporate leader, and his goal, first and foremost, is to help others master the interpersonal communication tools of success.

Cal is fulfilling his lifelong dream by transferring his career experiences into a successful business--Progressive Success Corporation. He founded and incorporated PSC to provide people skills for business professionals--to make working relationships between people the best they can be. He has an incredible passion for this work. He finds true joy when he is helping people put aside their differences and work together, when he's motivating them to grow, change, and excel, when he's sharing his expertise in a consulting project. Every organization experiences interpersonal relationship challenges, and Cal is the one you should contact today for a life-changing training experience. Even the most unwilling participant quickly gets caught up in the fun, the activity, and the energy he brings to the classroom. Whether from federal agencies or private industry, participants say his training is the best they have ever attended.

Cal is a retired Army Colonel with recognized expertise and experience in teaching, facilitating, and applying principles of management to the job environment. He has managed organizations as large as 700 people, has worked and trained in both the public and private sectors, and has proven in many venues throughout his career his exceptional ability to analyze, lead, plan, organize, direct, motivate, coordinate, and solve problems, as well as train others to excel in accomplishing these essential tasks of communication and leadership. He has been rewarded with the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit for his managerial accomplishments. As a management consultant, Cal has conducted organizational analyses to identify problems and made recommendations for improvement. He has also conducted research and written regulations and manuals for government agencies. His formal education includes a MS in Technology of Management from American University, Washington, DC, as well as some completed work toward a PhD.

His seminar teaching experience includes, but is not limited to, Appraisal, Counseling and Discipline; Briefing Techniques, Advanced Briefing Techniques, Coaching and Counseling for Supervisors, Conflict Resolution, Creative Thinking Techniques, Customer Service Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Facilitation/Instructor Training Skills/Train-the-Trainer, Listening and Memory Development, Negotiation Skills, Stress Management, Time Management, Interpersonal Communication Skills, Instructor Training Supervision Techniques, Performance Appraisal, Administering Discipline, Management Analysis Techniques, Management Consulting for HR Professionals, Motivation, Leadership, Project Management, Team Leader Development, Team Building, Team Building Retreats, Diversity Training, and The PSC Management Forum--a course for senior managers. He is constantly researching new trends in human resource training and development and updating PSC course materials to keep them fresh and relevant to the ever-changing business world.

Cal is also writing, hard at a work on a new book!
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