Management Team

 

Michael Lovas, co-founder and Principal of About People is the author of seven books, three columns, and a thousand articles on Professional Credibility and Psychological Connection in the financial industry.  He’s also the host of two online radio shows.  Michael holds the distinction of creating “Credibility Marketing” in 1991 and being the premier trainer of Psychological Selling for financial professionals.

Michael is respected internationally as a credibility coach, keynote speaker and author.  He teaches advisors how to: read their A-level clients, attract more of them, and connect with them in a meaningful way. 

Michael has earned three prestigious certifications:  Master Practitioner of Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), Licensed Trainer of NLP and Clinical Hypnotherapist.  He teaches professionals how to use those tools to improve their business performance and profits.

Michael lives in Spokane Washington with his wife Pam, their dogs (Eva and Woody) and cat (Georgia.)  Write to Michael at michael@aboutpeople.com

Pam Holloway is co-founder and principle of AboutPeople.  She is an internationally recognized speaker and expert in Human Dynamics – the cultural, generational, and individual psychological variables that are key to understanding customers, markets, organizations and employees. Even better, Pam is a master at helping people apply these important, yet complex concepts.  

Pam co-developed several proprietary programs designed to help companies and individuals attract, read, connect with and engage their target audience. She works with Sales and Marketing, Human Resources and Research and Development organizations. She has authored and co-authored a number of books and workbooks and writes for several industry publications including Senior Advisor, the Horsesmouth and Financial Services Journal.  She speaks to audiences in both the US and Europe and provides consulting to a variety of companies including Met Life and Microsoft.

Prior to launching AboutPeople, Pam was a Knowledge Management consultant, speaker, and writer.  Her KM tenure includes 12 years with ExxonMobil and 3 years in private practice consulting. 

Pam has a MS in Health Psychology, undergraduate degrees in Liberal Arts and Computer Science, and a variety of graduate work in Cognitive Science, Organizational Behavior, and NLP.

Pam lives in Spokane Washington with her sweetie, Michael Lovas and their dogs (Eva and Woody) and cat (Georgia.)  Write to Pam at pam@aboutpeople.com

 

Paul Scaffidi is our new alliance partner!  Paul is a true authority on building high performance teams and organizations, so he's an amazing addition to our team!   He is our presence on the east coast. 

He served as Vice President of US Sales for Sprint Corporation & Cable & Wireless Communications where his responsibility was national sales, recruiting and sales & management development.

Through his career, Paul's organizations have consistently broken performance records, as he helped them attract, retain, and motivate top performers. In 1992, he started Performance Systems & Associates, Inc. as an associate of Steven Covey and Brian Tracy, to continue his mission as a trainer and coach.

Paul has worked with Mass Mutual, Northwestern Mutual Life, John Hancock, METLIFE, Merrill Lynch, and Prudential Insurance.