Mitzi Perdue

What are some of the tips that can enable small companies to grow big?

What are the strategies for success that work at every level in an organization and at every size company?

Mitzi Perdue's unique background means she can share success tips and techniques that will change lives and can take audiences farther along the road to success. She watched how her father grew the Sheraton hotel chain from one hotel to thousands, and how her late husband, Frank Perdue, grew his poultry company, Perdue Farms, from a father-and-son operation to one that employed 19,000 at the time of his death.

At every step of the way, Mitzi observed that both men followed principles in dealing with people that made the men and women they employed willing to go the extra mile. Both men also put extraordinary effort into getting information and, they not only had very little tolerance for yes men, they actively encouraged dissent.

And both men were brilliant at thinking what their target was and then figuring out how to get from here to there. Often it meant going way outside their comfort zones and learning new skills, but the pay-off was huge.

Mitzi Perdue likes nothing better than sharing the insider secrets for what made these two men a success. She also shares her own experiences as the founder of one of the larger wine grape businesses in California.

Mitzi's insider tips can change lives. Her father used to say that "One good idea can change your life," and Mitzi's talk will prove it!

She herself is no stranger to business, management, and success. A former rice grower and wine grape grower in California, she is a past President of the 35,000-member American Agri-Women, the oldest and largest American farmwomen's organization. She holds degrees from Harvard University and George Washington University, was one of the U.S. Delegates to the United Nations Conference on Women in Nairobi, and the company she founded, CERES Farms is one of the larger producers of wine grapes in California.

For two years she was a Commissioner on the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Most recently, she's authored Tough Man, Tender Chicken, Business and Life Lessons from Frank Perdue, and also, I Didn't Bargain for This, her story of growing up as a hotel heiress.

In addition, Mitzi is the author of A Quick Guide to Successful Media Appearances, based on her eight years as a television Hostess. She is also the author of more than 1600 newspaper and magazine articles on business, food, agriculture, the environment, philanthropy, biotechnology, genetic engineering, and women's health.

She was a syndicated columnist for 22 years, and her weekly environmental columns were distributed first by California's Capitol News and later, by Scripps Howard News Service, to roughly 420 newspapers. Mitzi also produced and hosted more than 400 half hour interview shows, Mitzi's Country Magazine on KXTV, the CBS affiliate in Sacramento, California.

She also hosted and produced more than 300 editions of Mitzi's Country Comments, which was syndicated to 76 stations. Her radio series, Tips from the Farmer to You, was broadcast weekly for two years on the Coast to Coast Radio Network.

Today Mitzi serves on the boards of the Institute of International Education, the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, and also the Advisory Board of the Rosalind Franklin Society

After spending time with Mitzi, your audience will have new insights and actionable ideas for helping them get to where they want to be.