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BJ Gallagher is a dynamic workshop leader and charismatic keynote speaker, as well as a much-published author. She conducts seminars for women's groups, as well as professional organizations and corporations. Her topics include: leadership skills for women, male/female communication styles, how to manage your boss, thriving on change, and tapping into the creativity of diversity. Her two newest books are:

• YES Lives in the Land of NO
• What's the Matter with Henry? The True Tale of a Three-Legged Cat

She is currently working on two more books:

• A True Friend ... is Someone Just Like YOU (Blue Mountain Arts; Fall 2007)
• Why Don't I Do the Things That Are Good for Me? (Fall 2007)

BJ's most successful book to date is A PEACOCK IN THE LAND OF PENGUINS: A Fable About Creativity and Courage, which has sold over 300,000 copies and is published in 17 languages worldwide. For more information about the Peacock book, as well as the video and related training materials, please visit her other web site www.peacockproductions.com.

BJ has worked in the training and adult education field for almost twenty years. Before starting her own business in 1991, she spent nearly five years as Manager of Training and Development for The Los Angeles Times, where she had key responsibilities in the areas of high-potential leadership development, management assessment and development, workforce diversity, teambuilding, recruitment and selection training, sales training, and customer relations.

Prior to that, she was the Director of Staff Training and Professional Development for the University of Southern California, where she directed numerous programs for both faculty and staff. It was while she was on staff at USC that she wrote her first book, a spiritual book entitled Telling Your Story, Exploring Your Faith (Chalice Press).

BJ is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of USC, having earned her Bachelor's degree Summa Cum Laude in the field of sociology. She has completed the course work for a Ph.D. in Social Ethics, also at USC.

She has served as a Commissioner on the City of Los Angeles Productivity Commission, as a Board Member for the L. A. chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). She is an active member of the National Association of Women Business Owners, the National Speakers Association, and PEN Center USA West.

Contact her at: Peacock Productions, 701 Danforth Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90065

phone: (323)227-6205
fax: (323)227-0705
cell: (323) 422-6522
email: bbjjgallagher@aol.com