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Steven
Zipkoff is
the
President of
Zipkoff
Solutions, a
unique
management
education
company and
author of
the book,
The Seven
Stages of
Successful
Unemployment…From
Hell to
Hallelujah!
After
spending
over twenty
years
working for
large
world-famous
billion
dollar
corporations
in marketing
and
strategic
planning and
being
laid-off,
downsized,
right-sized
and outright
fired, Steve
decided to
work for
himself
because he
liked the
boss.
Today his
organization
has a “blue
chip” client
list for
which Steve
combines a
unique blend
of “no-box”
thinking and
comprehensive
creative
abilities
that
transcends
industries
to improve
overall
business and
employee
performance.
His
delighted
clients
include The
Dallas Stars
Hockey Club,
American
Airlines,
ExxonMobil,
Sprint, EDS,
Galaxy
Aerospace,
Lone Star
Steel and a
whole lot
more.
Some of
Steve’s
accomplishments
include:
·
Developing
the “We Do
Chicken
Right”
marketing
strategy for
KFC
·
Creating the
“Value Menu”
while at
Taco Bell
·
Leading an
Internet
company to
increased
revenue and
sustained
profitability
that led to
the outright
company
purchase for
over $40
million
Steve’s
book is
written from
a
semi-autobiographical
viewpoint
and not only
motivates
people to
find a new
job or
opportunity
or career,
but also
describes
how it feels
to be in a
negative
position,
and what it
takes to
move
forward,
faster.
Steve
serves or
has served
on the Board
of Directors
for a
variety of
non-profit
organizations,
including
Easter
Seals, The
Texas
Restaurant
Association
Education
Foundation,
the Collin
County
Community
College
Culinary
Arts program
and he is an
Associate
Board Member
at the SMU
Cox Graduate
School of
Business. He
has also
received the
Teaching
Excellence
Award
through the
SMU Business
Leadership
Center for
three
straight
years for a
course he
teaches
entitled,
Principles
for
Delivering
Customer
Loyalty,
which he
also
conducts for
a wide
variety of
private
corporations.
Steve has
been a
regular
guest on
“Good
Morning
Texas on
WFAA Channel
8 and has
appeared on
numerous
radio and TV
shows as
well as
The Wall
Street
Journal,
The
Dallas
Morning News
and
The Dallas
Business
Journal.
His book is
available
through his
websites
www.successfulunemployment.com,
www.zipkoffsolutions.com,
www.amazon.com.
and at
Barnes &
Noble.com.
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