The Exchange: A Business Mentor Can Make a Huge Difference

A business mentor provides experience, guidance and perspective that can accelerate growth, sharpen decision-making, and help you avoid costly mistakes. Our speaker will share advice from his extensive business experience and share details about a no-cost, high-quality mentoring program.

Art began his career a sales representative for a large consumer products organization. He went on to become a top seller and then moved into sales management. 5 years later he transitioned into Learning and Development. ??As the head of L&D for 3 different multi-national organizations, Art was charged with building training and leadership development initiatives for thousands of employees globally. ??In 1995 he started STR Training & Development, an independent training consultancy. For over 20 years Art designed and delivered training initiatives for clients such as AT&T, Union Pacific Railroad, Time-Warner, Rayovac, Novartis, Hewlett Packard, Cisco Systems, Capital One, General Mills, the Minnesota Vikings and many others. ??Having successfully worked in both corporate roles and as an external consultant, Art has a unique perspective of selling, managing, training and consulting. ??After retiring, Art stayed active by teaching at 3 local colleges and started mentoring small business start-ups. In 2020 he founded Minnesota Business Mentors (MBM).