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Merit Gest

Merit Gest CSP

Healthcare Technology
Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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Merit Gest infuses more than two decades of human dynamics, sales, and leadership experience with comedy to grow people and profits. She is President and Founder of Merit-based Professional Development, a Denver-based firm specializing in getting new hires up to speed as fast as possible and retaining top performers as long as possible. Prior to forming MBPD, Merit was the Senior VP of Sales for a nationwide sales training organization and the youngest General Sales Manager for a start-up radio station in the country’s third-largest market. Merit has a degree in communications, is certified in both Emotional Intelligence and Cultural Transformation, and performs stand-up comedy when asked nicely or just asked.

In her various roles as a business owner, trainer, coach, consultant, and keynote speaker, she has worked with CEOs, business owners, entrepreneurs, sales management teams, and professionals across a wide variety of industries including financial services, manufacturing, engineering, professional services, technology, and even pest control. She is a member of the National Speakers Association, has been featured in Selling Power magazine, and is the author of Participation Trophies Not Included: This Isn’t Little League, It’s Business.
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