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Denise is fantastic...a powerful message...It is a superb recipe for business success. I found this more useful than any seminar I have attended including those by Michael Hammer.
Mark Miskie, John Deere & Company

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“Denise is dynamic, captivating and powerful. She tailored the workshop toward our audience using real business examples from this industry. We recommend her services to any group looking for hands-on tranining in Strategic Planning.”
Cathy Foley, Vice President, Paper Group American Forest & Paper Association

“Speaker had a broad knowledge of many businesses/industries – made content/ examples pertinent to all of us.”
John Mentz, AVP Baker Environmental, Inc.

“Denise did an excellent job of not only presenting the information, but also using relevant ‘real-life’ examples. Outstanding work!”
Steven Hodges, General Manager, Mary Kay Travel, Inc.

“The seminar was fabulous! Everyone felt it was extremely informational and your delivery was both entertaining and fun.”
Sandy Fineman, Wilcox & Gibbs, Inc.

“Denise was great. Articulates clearly and has great energy and excitement.”
Pete Ryan, Seagate Technology, LLC


Denise Harrison - Professional Speaker

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"Hands on management experience combined with streamlined process add up to a common sense approach to business planning. Her fast-paced, insightful presentations use humorous examples to illustrate success and failure. Laugh at examples of plans gone awry, but leave with ideas for enhancing your company's performance."

Denise has been a successful business catalyst for over 20 years. She understands tough situations and envisions solutions in a variety of environments. As President of a financial services firm, Denise significantly enhanced profitability and improved cycle time by 60%. The key to this success is strategic alignment throughout the organization. Denise speaks not only on the importance of this strategic thinking, but also provides hands on practical ideas for promoting alignment.

As President of a division of a Fortune 500 information services company, Denise successfully developed the corporation's international expansion plan and installed disciplined systems for tracking and responding to competitive market conditions and changes. Other responsibilities included: VP Operations, VP Marketing, Sr. VP and General Manager of two operating divisions.

Denise's background includes "old" and "new" economy experience combined with diverse functional experience, which enable her to communicate with executives peer to peer using thought provoking real life examples. Her presentations energize executives to think strategically, execute efficiently, and capitalize on the intellectual capital resident in their organization. In addition to speaking, Denise consults to a variety of organizations. This hands-on experience gives her fresh insight into current business issues Executives take away practical ideas for enhancing their organization's performance.

Her clients include manufacturing companies ranging from specialty chemicals to computer storage devices, and service companies ranging from banks to software developers.

Denise graduated from Wellesley College with a BA in Economics and has a MS in Business Policy from Columbia University.

“Denise Harrison is highly qualified and a FINE presenter!”
Robert Seligman, Chief Operating Officer, Laughlin & Associates


Center for Simplified Strategic Planning Programs Include:

  • Leadership Strategies for Turbulent Times
    Leadership Strategies for Turbulent Times
  • Innovation - Where to Look for It
  • Strategic Planning: Getting Real Results
  • Strategic Alignment: Energizing Your Company to Execute
  • Strategic Planning: Sometimes a Road Less Traveled is Best
  • Turning Plans into Action
  • Business Strategy for Turbulent Times
  • Strategic Focus: The Key to Success

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Articles

How Does Strategic Planning Deal with Seismic Changes in an Industry?
Business Survey Results
Use the Recession to Trigger Rejuvenation: Develop a Strategy to Revitalize your Company
Use the Recession to Trigger Rejuvenation: Develop a Strategy to Revitalize your Company
Strategic Planning: What is the Board's Role?
Acquisition Survey Results
Acquisition Survey Results
Strategic Planning: When Can Goals Be Bad?
Acquisitions: 8 Steps to Success
Acquisition Candidate Selection
Ten Reasons for Strategic Planning How to Make a CEO's Life Easier
WD-40 Finds Growth for 50 year-old Product
When Is It Strategic to Say No to New Business?
Coming in Out of the Rain
Winning Companies Focus on Winning Customers
Turn Your Threats into Opportunities
Strategic Planning: Sometimes a Road Less Traveled is Best
You are #1 in your Core Markets - Now, How Do You Grow?
Turn Your Threats into Opportunities
If you can't Beat 'em Join 'em. Working with/in China
You Have Successfully Outsourced
Lessons Learned in Aligning an Organization: Two Way Communication is Key
Strategy Bits
Innovation -- Where to Look for It
Strategic Planning: Sometimes a Road Less Traveled is Best
Recession! Recovery? Risks and Uncertainty
Economic Commentary
March to a Different Drummer
Global Ties Buoy International Trade
Emerging Trends as the Economy Turns the Corner
Terrorist Attacks: The Aftermath
Don't Disrespect the Tulip
Hard Land, Soft Landing - What will the impact be on the rest of the world?
The New Economy: What is it? How will it impact my business?
US Slow-down; International Recovery
Opportunities Abroad, Challenges with the Economy
The New Economy: What Is It?
Can Low Inflation and Strong Growth Continue in the US?
Growth & Prosperity: Productivity & Demographic Factors
Turbulent Times: The Global Economy
Weathering Uneven Economic Growth
Storm Clouds Looming?

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Denise's Contact Information:

Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, inc.

Denise A. Harrison
Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, Inc.
117 Ann Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone: 910-763-5194
Fax: 910-763-6087
Email: harrison@cssp.com

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Denise Harrison

Speaking Engagements

American Forest & Paper Association

American Society of Women Accountants

Seagate Technology, LLC

Association of Independent Mailing Equipment Dealers

Michigan State University

International Credit Association

Nondestructive Testing Management Association

Lotus Development Corporation

Wilmington Chamber of Commerce

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic

Young President's Organization (YPO)