Mitzi Perdue

Healing Hidden Wounds Project

Speaking Topic

Family Business keynote speaker Mitzi Perdue reaffirms and motivates. She uses her remarkable story telling ability to pull audiences by taking them on a journey through the inner workings of business and what it takes to be successful leaders.

5 Success Tips from Mega Successful People or the Tremendous Value of Eating a Live Frog Every Morning

  • What are some of the tips that can enable small companies to grow big?
  • What are the strategies for success that work at every other level in an organization, and at every size company?
  • Mitzi Perdue’s unique background means she can share success tips and techniques that can change lives.
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Be Part of the 30% of Family Businesses that Make It to the Next Generation!

  • How to instill the values that make a continuing business possible.
  • Consciously role-model to strengthen the family culture so the family business remains intact.
  • Prepare the next generation for their business and philanthropic responsibilities.
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Be Part of the 30% of Family Businesses that Make It to the Next Generation!

  • How to instill the values that make a continuing business possible.
  • Consciously role-model to strengthen the family culture so the family business remains intact.
  • Prepare the next generation for their business and philanthropic responsibilities.
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Building A Powerful & Effective Company Culture

  • Shares specific techniques used by Frank Perdue that enabled him to grow his company from a father and son operation to one that today employs 19,000.
  • Techniques for inspiring employees to go the extra mile.
  • Original and innovative techniques for inspiring life-long loyalty.
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Building A Powerful & Effective Company Culture

  • Shares specific techniques used by Frank Perdue that enabled him to grow his company from a father and son operation to one that today employs 19,000.
  • Techniques for inspiring employees to go the extra mile.
  • Original and innovative techniques for inspiring life-long loyalty.
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Why The Chicken Man’s Wife Is An Egg Lady

Spouse Program

  • In 1993, during a car accident, she badly ruptured a disc and ended up housebound, unable to walk for almost a year.
  • Mitzi considered herself the most inartistic person she knew, but a year’s “time out” led to the discovery of an artistic side.
  • How she turned bad luck into good fortune exploring a really fun art form, showing examples and telling stories about the EggScapes™
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Why The Chicken Man’s Wife Is An Egg Lady

Spouse Program

  • In 1993, during a car accident, she badly ruptured a disc and ended up housebound, unable to walk for almost a year.
  • Mitzi considered herself the most inartistic person she knew, but a year’s “time out” led to the discovery of an artistic side.
  • How she turned bad luck into good fortune exploring a really fun art form, showing examples and telling stories about the EggScapes™
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Boost success in your family business! Contact Mitzi Perdue at (410) 860 – 4444 to bring her life-changing message to your next event.

“I heard Mitzi speak at an industry event I attended. Within the first 10 minutes, I knew I needed to book her for an event I organize, the Executive Women in Agriculture conference. Mitzi is the perfect combination of actionable information, heartfelt messages and pizazz. Our attendees immediately related to her. They found her message inspiring and applicable to their family businesses. She was one of our agenda’s highlights.”

 

– Sara Schafer Editor, Top Producer Magazine, Farm Journal

“Mitzi was the most highly rated speaker on stage at our March 2018 Single Family Office Summit out of 35 speakers. Her real-life experiences, insights, and genuine passion for the topics of family culture, family values, and long-term enduring family office best practices shows in many ways. We would recommend others to have Mitzi speak and we plan on having her back again to speak for a longer session.”

 

– Richard C. Wilson CEO of the Family Office Club

“Mitzi Perdue was one of the most vibrant and interesting family business speakers that we have featured at a Transitions Conference. As a member of a successful family business and a married – in to another successful family business, Mitzi’s helpful tips for running a family company truly provided a wealth of knowledge. From her creative ideas on the family and childrens’ newsletter to suggestions on embedding the family culture, Mitzi’s passion for maintaining family harmony really resonated with our 280 family business CEOs and their families. We were lucky to have her presentation and hope she will return again to speak.”

– Caro U. Rock Family Business Magazine

“Mitzi Perdue’s presentations were the highlights of our 2017 annual conference. She brought an unbeatable combination of personal grace, her experiences as the daughter of Sheraton Hotels founder Ernest Henderson and wife of Frank Perdue, and unique story-telling ability. Connection with the audience was virtually instantaneous and personal due to Mitzi’s warmth and genuineness. She masterfully used stories about her father and husband to make powerful business points. Mitzi also shared with us personal stories about her commitment to family cohesiveness over generations and some of the things she does to create and nurture that cohesiveness in her own extended family. It is not easy for a speaker to captivate an audience of attorneys and other professional advisors, but Mitzi did that, and so much more.”

 

– Andrew N. Karlen and Peter P. Dougherty Co-chairs, AFHE 2017 Annual Conference

“Wow, Mitzi’s keynote was a hit with our conference attendees. She provided practical, thoughtful ideas for complex family business challenges. Her warm, engaging approach radiates a genuine passion for all things family and business. Mitzi was diligent and detailed in her preparation, making it fun and effortless to work with her.”

 

– Peter Begalla Education Director, Family Business Magazine

“After hearing Mitzi speak at a conference, I was convinced that my family business client would benefit from her hopeful message about proactively creating a positive culture in a large and complex family system. I asked the family office director to trust me. Mitzi enhanced my relationship with my client by delivering a powerful experience that exceeded expectations. Watching Mitzi light up the room at a family retreat for 28 family members ranging in age from toddler to 87, was a wonder to behold. Her special touches with the children will live on in family stories for years to come. As a collaborative advisor, working with her was a dream come true!”

 

– Don Opatrny LMFT, Owner-Lovins Group, LLC

“Mitzi Perdue was the perfect speaker for my audience of agribusiness professionals. She gets it! Her professional background enables her to really understand the issues my audience faces on a regular basis and, in turn, they trusted her and what she was saying. Her presentation was energetic and fascinating, and she kept the audience at rapt attention for the full hour she presented. She is a true force, and a wonderful addition to any conference speaker line up. “

 

– Rebecca Grubbs Director of Meetings & Event Marketing, National Grain and Feed Association

“Mitzi Perdue’s keynote speech on culture and values, and her working roundtable on ethical wills at our forum of NYC area families were both outstanding! Everyone said her keynote speech and her energy were the highlight of the day. All family businesses can benefit from Mitzi’s inspirational family business experience, practical tips and rich stories.”

 

– Warner King Babcock CEO, New York City Family Enterprise Center Inc.

 

“I highly recommend Mitzi Perdue as she struck a grand slam as keynote for our March 2018 Family Business Mini-Conference! Our members gave Mitzi the highest marks for practical content, relevance, and delivery, as well as keen attention to time. Mitzi has deep personal successful experience with developing a high-functioning family culture through her own intentional work in her Henderson & Perdue families; both families well-known to the business world. She shared both a strong family culture is foundational to business sustainability & family health, as well as to do it. She brought authenticity, humor, and plenty of take-home value through her presentation and Q&A time, with members looking forward to delving into her books!”

 

– Sally Derstine Managing Partner, Delaware Valley Family Business Center

 

“She has a tremendous stage presence and is truly a stage natural. Her advice, with clear and actionable steps, was awesome. And, I absolutely loved that she asked each person in the room to say “YES”!! Joyful. She was the talk of the night!”

 

– Wanda Ortwine Chief Family Officer, Luck Companies