FOCUSED helps business leaders and their organizations succeed by providing solutions and offerings that boost their success and help them navigate the opportunities and obstacles.
We specialize in developing leaders, building positive and productive workplace cultures and improving individual and team performance in for profit and non-profit enterprises.
As experienced business owners and leaders, we know that organizations can fast-track their success by improving accountability, communication and trust throughout their company. Our clients hire us to bring proven solutions to them so they can focus on other critical aspects of their business.
MEET THE TEAM
Bonnie Sussman-Versace
Founder & Operating Principal
Bonnie brings 30+ years of experience as a successful business leader, owner, entrepreneur and mentor to help for profit and non-profit enterprises thrive and prosper. She knows that a healthy, resilient company requires a positive and productive culture of leaders and employees, working in sync around heightened values of accountability, communication and trust. She has devoted the past 10 years to working with companies to provide effective solutions for developing leaders, enhancing cultures, and improving performance that can strengthen the organization’s bottom line.
Growing up in her parent’s retail clothing business, she learned the value of excellent customer service, and started her first company at age 23.
Prior to FOCUSED Bonnie was the Founder and President of Commercial Design and Furnishings, Inc., which prospered because it was passionately focused on providing a superb client experience; such that an average of 83% of its business came from repeat and referred customers. Bonnie has earned many prestigious awards including:
* 2016 Women of Influence; Lehigh Valley Business
* Small Business Leader award; Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry
* Small Business of the Year; Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry
* PA Best 50 Women in Business; PA Department of Economic Development
* Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal; “Executive Spotlight”
* Keystone Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors; “Merit Shop Construction Award of Excellence” for World electronics Project
* BerksTALKLINE; “Business Partner of the Year”
For 30 years, Bonnie has also been an active board and committee member and fund raiser for a variety of community service organizations. She is a regular contributor to publications, including the Lehigh Valley Business, and is a devoted mother to Sammie and Abby.
INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES
Reynold Easthorpe
Managing Director of SHEFA
Enterprises (Pty) Ltd.
Reynold Easthorpe has formed a partnering relationship with FOCUSED, LLC to represent THE ACT FORMULA® and FOCUSED Leadership development training programs in South Africa. Reynold is a certified agent and facilitator for the training programs, Franchisee and Owner of Express Employment Professionals Pietermaritzburg, Board of Directors Member of Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business, Board Chair of The Heritage Academy, and coach and mentor for emerging entrepreneurs.
Frank Prince
CEO Coach &
Consultant
Frank Prince is a special friend of FOCUSED Forums groups. Frank has guided, facilitated, coached and taught the business owners and emerging leaders in the areas like innovation, communication, face reading, business mapping, leading vs managing, and the core of leadership. Organizations use Frank to drive innovation. He is an expert in creating organizations that function as “Idea Factories”. These idea factories are focused on improving the business through innovation.
Jack Daly
Motivational Speaker
Jack Daly is an expert in corporate culture that inspires audiences to take action in customer loyalty and personal motivation. He delivers explosive keynote and general session presentations. Jack brings 30+ years of field proven experience from a starting base with CPA firm Arthur Andersen to the CEO level of several national companies. Jack is a proven CEO/Entrepreneur, having built six companies into national firms, two of which he subsequently sold to the Wall Street firms of Solomon Brothers and First Boston.