About Me
Ms. Frost is an accomplished educator, trainer, speaker and coach for personal leadership and life coaching programs. Her professional experience has provided her the opportunity to work with thousands of managers and employees dealing with a multitude of workplace related human resource issues (i.e. transitions from promotions, job reassignments, lay offs, dealing with difficult co-workers and employees, and day-do-day changes that impact company morale and productivity).
Ms. Frost served on the faculty at the University of Phoenix where she was distinguished as an outstanding faculty member and a faculty mentor. She also served several years as a Career Mentor and Life Skills presenter for Career Institute. She co-authored When Work Isn’t Working with Ann Ronan, Ph.D. She is Past President and current Program Director for the Inland Empire American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).
Ms. Frost spent 20 years with the Federal Government as a contract negotiator and training facilitator of Total Quality Management programs. She earned a professional designation in Contract Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology and National Contract Management Association. She was part of a select team that helped shut down Norton Air Force Base and completed the prestigious five-year upper level management intern program of Copper Cap.
She was given the Volunteer of the Year Award for her work at the Resource Center of Nonprofit Management, named as one of the Inland Empire Leaders of Distinction by the Business Press, and named as one of the “Top 50 Women Who Make a Difference” in Inland Empire Business Journal, June 2001 Special Edition. Ms. Frost is also Co-Director of Las Vegas Chapter of the National Association for Female Executives (www.nafe.com). She is frequently interviewed on Radio and Television and is a published writer and columnist for various publications.
She presented "Moving from Burnout to Inspiration" at the National Hospice Conference as well at the National Conference of the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) and “Embracing Change” with Felice Willat, Creator of Day Runner, at the International Wellness Conference. She created and chaired the NAFE national award-winning 2000 De-Stress Conference. She co-authored articles in Nursing Magazine on "Coping with Grief and Loss" and "How to Build Your Hope Skills" and wrote a bi-monthly column for Parachute on Life Transitions and a quarterly column called "Dear Amy" for For You Magazine www.foryoumagazine.com.
Coping with Grief and Loss http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3689/is_199802/ai_n8793309
How to Build Your Hope Skills http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3689/is_199909/ai_n8860662
She was the Training Manager, Producer of call-in radio show “Job Talk” featuring Dick Bolles, and Director of Parachute Associates, Coaching Membership Program, for Parachute Incorporated www.parachute.com, founded at the suggestion of Richard Bolles, author of What Color is your Parachute . The company partners with corporations to provide workshops that help exiting employees "take action" --to manage change, plan their future, find a job, or start a business. The workshops integrate the job-loss recovery program created by Dr. Lynn Joseph, author of The Job-Loss Recovery Guide. The program has been scientifically proven to cut job search time in half, www.joblossrecovery.com.
Amy facilitates Music and Healing Retreats for cancer patients, their family members and for professional caregivers on various topics such as: Caring for the Caregiver, Listening and Giving/Receiving Feedback, Building Hope Skills, Laughter and Healing, Finding and Working with your Healing Team, Creative Expression and Healing, Coping with Grief and Loss and other life skills workshops with Lisa Lynne, world renowned harpist world renowned harpist and musician on staff at the City of Hope www.lisalynne.com
