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Who We Are

John and Mark Jacobsen are Jacobsen Business Seminars, Inc.’s founders and owners. The brother team has authored international top-selling books entitled “Soft Skills,” “Conversations on Customer Service & Sales,” “Weapons of Mass Instruction,” and “The Kids in Trance Program.” They have consulted for more than 1,500 companies and addressed more than 1,000,000 people in workshops and seminars throughout the United States, including our government. John and Mark are recognized as America’s preeminent, leading authorities in soft-skills training. As keynote speakers, coaches, corporate trainers, and seminar leaders, they address many people each year on topics such as Leadership, Surviving Change, Workplace Negativity, Customer Service, Stress Management, Emotional Control, Communication Mastery, Time Management, and more.
 

Some Clients Include


United States Army, United States Marines, United States Department of Chemical Defense, United Defense, ICE, United States Department of Homeland Security, Pepsi Cola, Alcon Surgical Laboratories, Interlake Steamship Company, Tyson Foods, Johnson & Johnson, Subaru of America, Disney, Lourdes Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center, Union County College, Brookdale Community College, Comcast, Corning Inc., AT&T, Federal Home Loan Bank, Manasquan Bank, GPU Energy, West Virginia University, Ugg Footwear, Nestles, VCare Technology, Rutgers University, Warren County College, Ashley Furniture, The Institute for Infections and Inflammatory Diseases, Advanced Gastroenterology, South Jersey Industries, New Jersey Resources, Elizabethtown Gas, Norwest Mortgage, The YMCA.

Our Steadfast Mission Statement

To convert our clients into raving fans by providing the most effective Soft Skills Training available anywhere. We utilize an energetic, empathetic, and humorous teaching style, ensuring our training will enhance productivity, engagement, morale, and attitude.

DEB LECLAIR

With a seasoned background in behavior change, leadership development and mindfulness, Dr. Debra LeClair utilizes a multidimensional approach when working with individuals and organizations. She consults, coaches and trains in corporations, non-profit agencies and public schools to co-create positive cultural shifts, enhance well-being and improve interpersonal communication.
 

Debra holds Masters degrees in both Clinical and Applied Psychology and earned her Doctorate in Applied Psychology from Rutgers University. She is a certified Life Coach and Peoplemap Trainer as well as a trained Executive Coach. After  completing a practicum at the Center for Mindfulness at UMASS Medical School, to become a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) instructor, along with additional training through the Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Debra has tailored mindfulness programs for both employees
and leaders for well over a decade.

 

Based on her commitment to human potential, Debra co-founded Full Spectrum Wellness, LLC, a holistic health and learning center that has thrived since opening in 2002. Also, within the business world, she has served on the board of directors for the Women’s Business Center, and provided long term programming and served on committees for New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility. In 2007, the U.S. Small Business Association (SBA) awarded Debra the New Hampshire Women in Business Champion of the Year. More recently, she completed a certificate in Theory U: Leading from the Emerging Future from MIT’s Presencing Institute,
which combines her passions of conscious leadership, mindfulness and finding the most resonant path to systemic change.

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Jacobsen

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Jacobsen

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