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Motivational leadership business speaker Pegine Echevarria is in the Motivational Speaker Hall of Fame. A motivational, leadership and business speaker, consultant, personal coach, and author who teaches business, relationship, sales and leadership  for people in a diverse world. Motivational leadership business speaker Pegine  speaks to leaders and business owners who want to engage, market and reach diverse communities.

Motivational leadership business speaker Pegine is a Feisty, Fearless, Focused, FUN, speaker. Tell it like it is, based on what really works to increase employee engagement, lead powerfully and increase profits.   Pegine is the author of ‘Sometimes You Need to Kick Your Own Butt’, ‘Bragging Rights: Transform Your Team in 21 Days’ and ‘I’ve Got the Power To Lead & Think Big’, among others.

A Motivational Leadership Business Speaker who actually leads and sells

Motivational leadership business speaker Pegine leads Team Pegine. A group of 5 team members who produce extraordinary large scale experiences. These scale experiences involve over 25 venders, hundreds of independent contractors (or more) and thousands of participants. Pegine serves on national and international boards. She produced one 10,000 person event on the lawn of the National Mall, the keynote speaker was the President of the United States and the MC was Tom Selleck. She closes million dollar deals.

Motivational leadership business speaker Pegine (Peg-een) Echevarria is CEO of Team Pegine, Inc., a think tank, training and consulting, event management firm specializing in leadership, team building, inclusion engagement and training.  Her company provides role players for leadership development for corporate and military training for leaders and influencers. Team Pegine was named the #3 out of 50 of the fastest growing privately owned companies in North Florida. Team Pegine serves diverse clients all over the world, including the Fortune 100 global corporations, Global 100 direct sales corporations Global 100 direct sales corporations and federal government as well as the military.

Her company produces large scale situational training exercises (STX) for thousands of leaders at one time. These include 50 professional role players, project managers and suppliers. Motivational Leadership Business Speaker Pegine builds coalitions, collaborative and joint ventures with large and small businesses.
The Power of Mentoring and Laughter

Motivational leadership business speaker Pegine doesn’t just talk the talk – as a former gang member who transformed her life, Pegine walks the walk. During her teenage About Motivational Leadership Business Speaker Pegineyears, Pegine ran with the “wrong crowd” on the tough streets of the Bronx. She joined a girl gang, and relied on her sharp wit and dynamic personality for “street credit”.

Unfortunately, Pegine’s charm wasn’t enough to keep her out of trouble, and she wound up getting kicked out of high school. She eventually graduated from a different high school after a drama teacher there took Pegine under her wing. It was during this time that Pegine learned the power of mentoring, laughter and belonging to a group.

Become a Leader in Your Own Life

It was then, at age 18, that Pegine decided enough was enough and became a leader in her own life. She moved to Europe, and there Pegine turned her life around. She launched two businesses in Madrid, Spain, and sold them both at a profit by the time she was 23.

After selling her businesses, Pegine returned to the United States to finish her bachelor’s degree. Her time in Europe taught her that “what you think is what you get”, sales skills are important for everyone, and that change takes guts.

Once she was back in the States, Pegine’s transformation continued. She became the top Evinrude salesperson at the New York Boat show. She was the National Sales and Operations Manager at Pierre Cardin/Gant menswear, and even opened up their Latino market. Pegine was also President of a women’s direct sales catalogue company.

Through these experiences, Motivational leadership business speaker Pegine became fascinated with the relationship between motivation, leadership and people. Specifically, why some people took advantage of opportunities while others didn’t, and how organizations help or hinder individual success.

Creating Success

Pegine went on to earn a Masters in Social Work from Adelphi University. She founded the University’s Cultural Diversity Committee. Along the way, Pegine designed and directed a Latino family support center that was named one of the top ten in the country by The Harvard Group Review.

Today, motivational leadership business speaker Pegine puts all her education, experience, energy, and wit into her inspiring programs. As is evident from her presentations, Pegine’s trained in improvisational theater, audience interactive theater and comedy.  Pegine is also passionate about volunteering for organizations benefiting the military, women and girls, and the Hispanic community.

Leadership Experience™”?

Team Pegine  produces  “Executive Leadership Experiences“ and the “Global Women’s Executive Leadership Experience™“ which are customized experiential leadership experiences and situational training exercises for business executive leaders with professional role players.  The memorable experiences prepare executive leaders for high stress, high value moments. They gain influence and confidence, Rated as one of the most profound leadership experiences by  participants from around the world. 18% receive promotions within 6 months.

These are live, realistic experiences created for people to be able to think on their feet, be effective and influential despite being stressed and pushed to their limits. The executive exercises are for leaders and teams to prepare for the real deal. Her company, Team Pegine Inc.,  focuses on leading & influencing in a diverse world for corporations, government, and influential individuals. In the world of interactive training and live experiences the “Executive Leadership Experience”  is an extreme experience.

Spokesperson

Clorox selected Hispanic motivational speaker Pegine as the spokesperson for their Dream Without Limits campaign. Her story and motivational quotes were featured in video and print pieces, as well as on the Clorox Latino Facebook page.