Rowena Crosbie is President of Tero International. Since 1993, Tero has earned a distinguished reputation as a premier research and corporate training company. Tero was voted Best Training and Development Company in 2014 by readers of the Des Moines Business Record. Tero was also voted Best Sales and Executive Training Company in 2012, 2011 and 2009.
Tero has been included among the top training companies since the category was introduced in 2007. Thousands of professionals are graduates of Tero's proprietary workshops. Courses addressing relevant business topics such as presentation skills, professional image, business etiquette, negotiation skills, leadership, and intercultural competence have been delivered in 12 countries and business professionals from over 40 countries are numbered among Tero's graduates.
Ro's commitment to help people challenge the way they think combined with her strong communication skills ignites a passion in her listeners which endures long after her presentations are over. Her ability to inspire audiences has consistently earned her reviews as a top-rated speaker and trainer. The design of her programs takes the wisdom of many years of research from the philosophical to the practical for her listeners. People who leave her sessions, leave with useful tools to become the very best they can be in both their personal and professional lives.
In addition to authoring numerous training manuals, Ro has authored several articles, many published in International Journals and Magazines. Her article, Learning the Soft Skills of Leadership published in 2005 in the UK Journal, Industrial and Commercial Training was among the top 20 downloaded articles in both 2007 and 2008 (the first years the Journal started tracking downloads).
She is a Past President of the Central Iowa Chapter of ASTD and a past Board member of the National Management Association of Iowa. She serves on the Advisory Council for Iowa State University's Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS). Ro also serves on the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Advisory Committee at Drake University. She serves on the Advisory Board for Hertz Farm Management.
Ro was appointed to the Delta Dental of Iowa Board of Directors in December 2013. In 2010, Ro was selected by the Governor of the State of Iowa to the Regional Workforce Investment Board. Ro served as an Advisory Board member of the America Reads, America Counts Program in Iowa. She is a member of the Canadian Institute of Management, the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) and the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). Ro is a Past President of the Rotary Club of Des Moines, as well as Past-President and Board Member for the Civic Music Association.
Ro has been honored as the Woman of Influence Business Owner of the Year by the Des Moines Business Record in 2009 and was named Executive of the Year by Executive Women International, Iowa Chapter, in 2004.
She is certified to administer the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality assessment inventory and the FIRO-B. Ro graduated from the University of Manitoba in Management and Administration and is a graduate of the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute.
Tero International
Website: tero.com
Email: rcrosbie@tero.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeroInternational
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