ROBERT ELLIOTT, MFA

Nothing is more gratifying for Robert Elliott than to inspire others to take a stand for who they really are. His work encourages them to speak and act in authentic ways that serve their personal and professional development and contribute to the betterment of their workplace. His enthusiasm and passion directly translate to his success as a teacher, workshop facilitator, and speaker.

Drawing on culturally diverse traditions, ancient practices, the creative arts, and depth psychology, Robert Elliott’s innovative Creating Quality programs provide a refreshing holistic perspective for manifesting positive change. His programs offer a safe space to revise and expand your own personal story; one that includes seeing yourself capable of much more than you ever dreamed possible. Along with making adjustments to previous ways of thinking and acting, you learn more about what gifts you have to offer the world and how you might use those gifts to become truly fulfilled.

Each presentation is facilitated as an interactive program aimed to empower. Participants receive a personal practice they can make use of long after they’ve attended one of Robert’s workshops or speaking events.

Through the use of stories, lecture, meditation, group discussion, and customized experiential exercises, Robert’s masterful approach to teaching brings out the inherent wisdom in participants. This results in greater understanding, recall, and integration of the information, as validated by feedback from participants.

Creating Quality is about embodying a sense of nobility, dignity and worthiness, and that together these attributes fit us; they match who we truly are. Here’s how this is lived:

• Bringing out the best in others and ourselves
• Choosing to serve as role models in all areas of our lives
• Participating with change in a conscious way
• Tapping into our full potential as leaders, communicators, and relationship builders

Empowering Women in the Workplace:
In retreat settings and off-campus events, this program can provide an intimate learning atmosphere for women professionals to experience and develop an empowered sense of self.

Robert Elliott’s involvement with the empowerment of women in the workplace has evolved naturally over 25 years of working throughout North America, Asia, Micronesia and Europe as a corporate educator and leadership coach. He has conducted his Creating Quality leadership, communication, and relationship building programs with executives, middle management, and support personnel at Fortune 500 companies such as Alcatel Networking, General Motors, Edison International, and the Symantec Corporation. He has also worked with companies in the fields of healthcare, insurance, cosmetics, entertainment, and manufacturing. In addition, he has worked with federal and state agencies, the military, law enforcement, and county and city governments. He has served on the business faculties of UCLA, UC Irvine, San Diego State University and Loyola Marymount University Extension Programs.

Robert earned a Bachelor’s Degree from UC Berkeley, where he graduated with honors, and a Masters of Fine Arts from Sarah Lawrence College.