Tero International, Inc. is a corporate training firm, founded in 1993 by Rowena Crosbie with headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa.

Tero started, as many small businesses do, in a spare bedroom. Since its beginnings in Ro's home in Earlham, Iowa, the growth has been dramatic and we are pleased to number individuals of Tero training programs from many countries among our graduates. In addition to workshops hosted in Iowa and around the United States, Tero serves clients at locations around the world including Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Europe, Singapore, India and Malaysia.

As the growth continues, 2005 marks another expansion and a move for Tero to a larger office and learning center in Des Moines, Iowa. This new center offers an excellent learning environment, incorporating the latest research on learning methodology and providing clients with greater options for delivery of Tero training programs.

Tero's growth has come primarily from word-of-mouth testimonials and referrals. For that, the members of the Tero team would gratefully like to acknowledge all the many individuals who make up its unofficial and renegade sales force; those graduates and clients who have invited Tero to share in their professional development and who share their success stories with others.

Tero's first training program continues to be one of its most popular IMPACT®: How To Speak Your Way To Success. As the organization has grown and recruited team members with talent in a variety of areas, Tero's portfolio of programs and services has also expanded. Leadership training and programs incorporating the insights of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator were introduced in 1998. Tero's youth training programs, Outstanding in Life, were also introduced in 1998. 2002 saw the introduction of Outclass Your Competition: Business Etiquette and Dining Tutorial. Several years of intensive research on inter-cultural competence resulted in the release of Tero's World Class: How To Succeed In The International Arena training class in 2005. Two new programs, Beyond Compromise: A Better Way To Negotiate and MORE IMPACT, the follow-up to the popular IMPACT®: How To Speak Your Way To Success, were also launched in 2005. In 2006, Image and Influence: Polishing Your Professional Look joined the impressive list of offerings when Tero welcomed a professional image consultant to the elite Tero training team.

Tero has achieved a reputation for combining the most advanced learning techniques into some of the most practical training programs to help people develop the edge that separates the leaders from the rest; their skills and knowledge.

Training topics include:

• Building Customer Relationships
• Business Etiquette
• Dining Tutorial
• Professional Image
• International Protocol
• Inter-cultural Competence
• Leadership Development
• Negotiation Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Advanced Presentation Skills
• Recruiting and Interviewing
• Team Building
• Time Management
• Executive Coaching
• Inspirational Keynote Speeches
• Life Skills for Young People

Beyond corporate training, in the spirit of good community citizenship, Tero supports its communities by offering services at reduced cost or no cost to a number of charitable and community organizations. The number of organizations who have benefited from these community gifts numbers in the dozens. Some of the organizations that have benefited from the gift of Tero training include:

• Beacon of Life
• Best Buddies
• Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
• Variety Club (The Children's Charity)
• United Way
• Living History Farms
• Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute; Youth Leadership Initiative