THE RMN DIFFERENCE
(Who We Are)
About Us
You are the expert and we help you do what you do best.
Excellence is not always easy. Unearthing and facing the truth about the organization as it exists can be painful. That’s where we come in.
Relationships Matter Now walks with you—uncovering the obstacles in your way, framing the tough conversation in a productive way, and lighting the fire of motivation in the heart of the organization.
Relationships—within and without your organization—are the key to success. The only way to blast through the finish line is by engaging every team member in every position.
We Specialize In:
Strategic Planning Facilitation
Marketing Communications
Inclusion and Diversity Strategy
Proven Experience
With more than 20 years as a corporate strategist with experience spanning a variety of industries, Denise and her team are poised to take you and yours to the next level.
Strategic Success
Relationships Matter Now can guide you through the process by instigating engagement, building collaboration and fostering leadership in every area of your organization.
MEET DENISE
Denise W. Barreto
Our LEADER
You know your business best and Denise knows how to bring your best to the forefront. Taking her experience as a corporate strategist with over 20 years of experience spanning a variety of industries, Denise has distilled her expertise working with some of the most recognized brands on the planet into a powerful system that you can leverage to bring out the best in your organization.
Denise's experience as a marketing expert with brands like AT&T, United Airlines, Pella Windows and Doors, Sears Holdings, the Chicago Fire Major League Soccer Team and the US Soccer Federation, uniquely position her to guide your organization through growth in a way that engages your team, identifies the values and priorities of the organization and allows the best of you offer to shine through.
Personal leadership is just as vital as organizational leadership and Denise has excelled professionally and personally. She currently sits on the Board of Trustees for the Village of Lake in the Hills, IL where she was first elected in 2009 and again in 2013.
In 2014, Denise was appointed by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to the Illinois Business Enterprise Program Council, a state commission that helps to implement, monitor, and enforce the goals of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females and Persons with Disabilities Act.
Strengthen Your Organization with Relationships Matter Now
A Few of Our Awesome Clients
OUR MAGIC SAUCE
(What We Do)
What does a healthy, vibrant organization look like?
We believe it is characterized by three core characteristics: Engagement. Collaboration. Leadership.
ENGAGEMENT
We help your employees and colleagues see how they fit within the organization. We tie their individual stories to the story you are building together.
COLLABORATION
Once each member of the organization sees how she fits and understands the true values and mission of the organization, enthusiasm and inspiration flourish. Motivation springs from within, organically.
LEADERSHIP
With authentic motivation in place, every piece of the puzzle falls into place. Each person contributes to the mission of the organization, because it is intrinsically tied to her own. This is true effective leadership. It rises from within and occurs with or without the presence of the organizational leader.
STRENGTHEN YOUR ORGANIZATION'S
Success is all that is left.
When you engage your team in the identification of real problems, collaborate with them in developing powerful solutions, and nurture the motivation that arises from engagement, you create an organic leadership structure in which each person accepts responsibility for the whole. When this happens, achievement unfolds before you at every turn.
We are serious about building healthy, vibrant organizations. We Relationships! Schedule a free, no-risk phone consultation today!
BETTER COMMUNICATION
Make your organization communicate more effectively both within and beyond.
PROVEN PROCESSES
Implement tested and proven processes to make your teams better.
MEASURABLE IMPACT
Fostering stronger relationships can have a measurable impact on your bottom line.
MORE EFFECTIVE CONNECTIONS
Strengthen the ties your company has with other organizations.
STRONGER GROUPS
Learn the leadership methods that build stronger, more effective teams.
THE TOOLS TO WIN
Give the members of your organization the tools to succeed.
Resources
Find Out More about RMN
Read Denise's Book
Get Denise's book, From Here To There: 5 Steps To Doing Your Life’s Work Every Day here.
Clients' Feedback
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From concept to execution, it was a pleasure to work with Denise and Relationships Matter Now, LLC on a lunch and learn workshop for our Women in Marketing and Merchandising network at The Home Depot. She tuned in to our needs and desires and created a custom workshop that was well attended and well received by our membership. Her high energy style and relevant content delivery engaged our members and served as great catalyst to start our new year. We gladly recommend her to any group looking to ignite their membership to action.
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Denise was the KEYNOTE speaker for our conference, SoFabCon.com. She challenged everyone in the room to be creative, inspired us to pursue our dreams and gave us solid advice on how to do that. It was an awesome talk for every person in the room and we loved having her start our day by sharing her wisdom and insights. I highly recommend her to challenge and inspire your...MORE.
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I am pleased to recommend Denise Barreto and Relationships Matter Now. ignition-inc and Denise have had a long relationship dating back to the late nineties when she was part of our ignitor team. We were delighted to support her in her new endeavor, Relationships Matter Now, LLC last year and it was a great experience. From start to finish, Denise tuned in to our needs and together we built a custom relationship retention training program for our entire staff. The actual presentation was engaging and well received by our team. We have even implemented the “Relationship Toolbox” concept we created that afternoon. Denise is a high energy, authentic leader who lives her company’s motto – “changing the world, one relationship at time”. We’d hire her again.
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Denise and Relationships Matter Now are a great strategic partner for Spiffy Entertainment. We currently work with Denise on three separate projects that were born from a casual conversation about one project that organically grew into more. She has an amazing way of connecting people, ideas and action toward a goal and making good things happen. She is creative, resourceful and an excellent communicator with mad marketing chops. We are glad to have her as part of our team.
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We had the pleasure of working with Denise and Relationships Matter Now, LLC on a custom training program for our staff in the fall of 2012. She was thorough in her preparation in advance of the program and the program itself was fun, engaging and had an immediate impact on our staff. We heard people using some of the language Denise used in the program hours after they’d heard it. It was a great experience from start to finish and we plan to work with her again.
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It is always a refreshing treat to have Denise Barreto speak at our Illinois Park and Recreation Association and CIRCLE Connection conferences. She takes the time to know her clients, their needs and desires. Researches and provides relevant information in a fun, professional and interactive style.