Rowena Crosbie
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Rowena Crosbie is the president of Tero International, an interpersonal skills training company that was designed to help learners present more effectively in business interactions, to interact more positively in collaborative interactions, to lead with vision in a trust-based environment, to help others of any culture interact successfully and to help people deal with change in our rapidly shifting world. Tero has trained in 14 countries all over the world, with over 12,000 people trained in workshops, and graduates from over 40 countries.
Rowena started Tero International 25 years ago in a spare bedroom of her farm and grew it to the success it is today, a company that has been consistently voted one of the best learning and training companies in Des Moines. |
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Rowena is also the author of multiple publications, including magazine articles published internationally. In fact, her article “Learning the Soft Skills of Leadership,” published in the UK Journal, Industrial and Commercial Training was among the journal’s top twenty downloads for 2007 and 2008. She is the author of numerous training manuals and the book, The Invisible Toolbox: The Technological Ups and Interpersonal Downs of the Millennial Generation, and co-host of the show Your Invisible Toolbox. Her commitment to help people challenge the way they think and her strong communication skills ignite a passion in her listeners that endures long after her presentations are over.
Rowena’s many community and state commitments include, among others, serving on The Board of Directors for Delta Dental of Iowa and on the Advisory Board for Hertz Farm Management. She is past-chair of Iowa State University’s Center for Industrial Research and Service Advisory Council. She serves on the Leadership Education and Development Advisory Committee at Drake University, and she was appointed by the governor to the Regional Workforce Investment board.
Rowena has been honored as the 2009 Woman of Influence Business Owner of the Year by the Des Moines Business Record and as the 2004 Executive of the Year by the Iowa chapter of Executive Women International.
Rowena’s many community and state commitments include, among others, serving on The Board of Directors for Delta Dental of Iowa and on the Advisory Board for Hertz Farm Management. She is past-chair of Iowa State University’s Center for Industrial Research and Service Advisory Council. She serves on the Leadership Education and Development Advisory Committee at Drake University, and she was appointed by the governor to the Regional Workforce Investment board.
Rowena has been honored as the 2009 Woman of Influence Business Owner of the Year by the Des Moines Business Record and as the 2004 Executive of the Year by the Iowa chapter of Executive Women International.