Myrna has been engaged in speaking, teaching, encouraging and coaching others in the pursuit of their goals since graduating from University of Alberta in 1980 where she studied the dynamics of relationships. Graduating with distinction, she used the information she gained, as well as additional training in business and the psychology of sales to build a solid career in sales and management. Attending the International Management Academy in Irvine, California, Myrna has studied sales training, business and financial planning, effective financing, and managers as leaders.

At 26, she founded a real estate company where she recruited and trained dozens of sales agents, soon becoming one of the leading companies in their market. Myrna’s own real estate practice focused on Commercial/Industrial real estate so she got to see firsthand the inner workings of countless businesses.  The first deposit cheque to her new company was $1.5 million and the adventure began!

Myrna has been a major partner and the driving force in over a dozen various businesses ranging from retail sales to a utility company. She is well-respected as a business owner and has worked as a consultant to many other small businesses. Currently Myrna owns and operates, Max-U, a professional speaking and training company working with organizations throughout North America to help them master perspectives and maximize potential of their people and opportunities.  

Keynotes and Programs include:

• Mastering Perspectives - Myrna Park is passionate about helpling individuals and companies determine how people do what they do, why they do what they do, will they ever do it and.......how all of this affects the bottom line.  Myrna’s insight, enthusiasm and deep respect for the uniqueness each person brings to a team make her an engaging presenter. Her humorous stories bring the content to life and her interactive methods make every presentation memorable for all who hear her.
• Maximizing Communication - Myrna is also known as “The Chameleon Communicator”. She teaches effective communication using proven techniques. Her methods allow participants to change their style to match and become more effective with the people they are communicating with. These new techniques give participants tools they can take back to the work place and use immediately. Myrna’s popular, “Chameleon Communicator” workshops and keynotes are credited with giving participants new personal insights, deeper appreciation for others and more effective communication skills. Chameleon Communicator Seminars are tailored to be effective for most groups, ideal for leading and developing strong, effective teams, and assist with enhancing, understanding and criteria for selecting and retaining successful team members.
• Maximizing Leadership - Learn how to be outstanding manager, executive and leader in every situation, in organizations of all sizes. This presentation will include How to Hire, How to Fire; Delegating and Supervising; Motivating People Toward Peak Performance; Managing Meetings that Get Results; Negotiating Strategies and Tactics. 
• Maximizing Sales  - This program will increases sales results and positively impacts company forecasts. The program shows you how to win major accounts and position yourself for improved sales performance. Using a unique strategic planning exercise, salespeople emerge from this program with a clear vision and a focused plan for sales effectiveness. 
• Maximizing Team - Teamwork requires shared values, shared objectives and a common language.  Participants emerge with greater competence, confidence and commitment to working together to get the job done. Learn how to set goals, take responsibility, manage change, communicate effectively, solve problems, manage time and take full control over their work and personal lives.

Myrna’s programs are based on sound behavioral psychology and members gain:

• An understanding of their individual uniqueness
• An appreciation for the differences others bring to the team
• Techniques to communicate more effectively with all behavioral styles

Organizations gain:

• A more effective workforce
• A stronger team environment
• A more respectful workplace

Myrna is a Certified Behavioral Analyst, Values Analyst as well as a Bill Gove trained keynote speaker.  She is a qualified trainer for The Pacific Institute's Investment in Excellence and has also facilitated Organizing for Success for the Edmonton, Calgary and Grande Prairie Real Estate Boards. Myrna has served as moderator for several panels featuring some of Canada's highest profile political leaders.

She has spoken and offered courses for a number of institutions and companies, such as Procter and Gamble, Weyerhaeuser, The Grande Prairie Regional College, The Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie, the OUC Microsoft Engineering Course, and the BC Special Olympics Volunteers.  

Myrna is described as a dynamic, exciting speaker with keen insight for developing individual potential. Her expertise in communication and leadership give Myrna the ability to share the profound nature of everyday interaction and how we can improve our relationships.

As a fourth term director of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce, and a director for Okanagan Junior Achievement, Myrna is committed to her community and  staying entrenched in the real world!  Myrna has been on long-term volunteer for the Terry Fox Run, been on the College Foundation, and raises money for the Interior BC Cancer Agency.  She has run two half-marathons and is thinking about a third.

When you need a world class speaker or trainer for your organization, call Myrna Park.