Loretta
Love Huff, The Dream Leader for Business™,
is President of Emerald Harvest Consulting.
The
company's vision is
that people express their unique gifts and manifest the
highest possible level of self-actualization; organizations honor
those gifts
in pursuit of compelling business goals.
As
an
award-winning performance
improvement consultant, professional speaker and
executive/business coach,
Loretta helps corporate leaders and small business
owners optimize their performance and accomplish their
business and professional objectives.
Loretta and her hand-picked experts are members of
The Consultant &
Coach Coalition, a group of professionals who adhere to a
strict code of conduct and possess mastery in a variety of
performance-enhancing disciplines.
Loretta is a
seasoned executive with corporate experience in human
resources, IT and commercial banking plus 10 years as a
entrepreneur in management consulting. Loretta has
taught
graduate programs in Transformational Leadership,
Systems Thinking, Business Communications and Conflict
Management for the University of Phoenix and Ottawa
University.
Loretta is
the President of the Phoenix Chapter of the National
Association of Business Owners (NAWBO), Past President of
Gabriel’s Angels and former Board Member of the Grand Canyon
Minority Supplier Development Council, Women's Enterprise
Foundation, the Arizona Parkinson Network and
the Arizona chapter of the National Speakers
Association.
Loretta is also author of
two books, Leadership without Limits: Inspiring the Best
in Yourself, Your People and Your Organization
and
6 Keys for
Dissolving Disputes: When ‘Off with their Heads!’ Won’t
Work. She has made
several appearances on the local Fox10 Morning News show, radio shows across the country and has been
featured in business publications including the New York Times,
the Arizona Republic,
the Phoenix Business Journal, the American Management Association’s Executive Matters newsletter, Arizona
Woman, Working Mother and numerous association
newsletters.
Loretta is a
Phoenix Business Journal Top Women in Business
honoree, an NCNW Metropolitan Sun Section Women of
Excellence honoree and a two-time
recipient of the prestigious MBE (Minority Business
Enterprise) Supplier of the Year award. She is
certified by the International Coach Federation, holds a
B.S. in Psychology from Howard University and an M.B.A
in Finance from the University of Chicago.
Emerald Harvest Consulting is a Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
Below are recently received client comments. What
support does YOUR organization need?
"It is always a challenge to
find a speaker that will really "WOW" a group of Sales Reps,
Sales Managers, VPs of Sales, CEOs and Entrepreneurs for our
events. If you can't catch and hold their attention within
the first few seconds, you are probably doomed.
Loretta's approach to our event theme was more than I
expected! The group was energized and motivated from
the beginning until the end. Our goal was to increase
membership by at least 30%.
Based on Loretta's
presentation, our membership doubled! Loretta was
passionate, driven, spoke with conviction and definitely WOW'd our group!"
Elouise Nathaniel, VP of Events, National Sales Network,
Phoenix Chapter
"Loretta's material is
top-notch! Her presentations are polished and
professional which wins over the audience. She knows
her subject and uses personal stories to help illustrate her
points. I've enjoyed working with her every chance I've had.
I would recommend Loretta to anyone because she's able to
tailor her delivery for any audience."
Gail
Rittenhouse, Training Manager, State of Arizona
“Everyone gave extremely
positive feedback about your talk on ‘Transformative
Leadership’. You were so inspirational! All of the women
took home new understanding of leadership and each one now
feels more empowered to be successful in their business with
new insight from the tools you provided.”
Judy O'Higgins, Program
Chairperson, NAWBO (National Association of Women Business
Owners) Sedona/Verde Valley
"I
met Loretta at a luncheon network in Phoenix Arizona where
she was the featured speaker. Loretta delivers! Her
presentation and presence left me inspired to take action. I
highly recommend her."
Christina
Thompson, Wolfeagle Marketing Group, Chandler, Arizona
"Morale has risen substantially. The culture has accomplished the shift to inclusive participation and empowerment."
Sylvia Hines, Executive Director, Support Network for Battered Women
"A
Big Thank You
for being our presenter. Everyone that I talked to gave you
high marks for your presentation and because of you we had
more in attendance at our meeting. You will always be
welcome to our committee meeting and please let me know if
you would like to speak again."
Al
Quihuis, Speaker Coordinator, Diversity Council , Chandler
Chamber of Commerce
"Working with you changed my opinion of human resource consultants. I never knew how valuable they could be."
Chief Technology Officer, Sagent Technology
"I worked with several coaches. I felt a particular rapport with Loretta. Loretta's a very good coach with a broad range of skills.
While working with her, I found the confidence to stretch into new areas with my current role. She approached coaching me in ways that
worked for me. For instance, she recommended books, writing assignments, practices and provided research results on topics we discussed.
She exceeded my expectations of working with a coach."
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