Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 44965
Fort Washington, MD 20749

Telephone: (877) 686-4PWE
Local:          (301) 686-1000
Fax:              (301) 686-0150
Email: LaShon.Philson-Chase@philsonwest.com
Website: www.philsonwest.com

• Career Planning & Development
• Certified Diversity Trainer: Emphasis in Women’s Issues
• Certified Life & Success Coach
• Public Speaker
• Certified Youth & Parent Trainer
• Effective Communications & Leadership Development
• Change Management Coach
• Professional Image & Etiquette
• Self-Esteem, Empowerment, and Self-Confidence

Workshops & Seminars (Topics Offered):

• Building Self-Esteem & Confidence – “Does Confidence plus Self-Esteem equal Self-Confidence?
• Career Success Planning – “The Yellow Brick Road to Career Success”
• Customer Service Skills Training – “How May I Be of Assistance?”
• Professional Image & Etiquette – “Project the Correct Image.” Know which image works for you.
• Business Plan Writing Workshops
• Team Building – “From Co-worker to Colleague” We or Me?
• Understanding Your Credit – “How to Improve and Maintain a Healthy Credit File”
• Youth Empowerment & Life Skills – “I Do Have a Future”
• The Model Parent. “Tools to Raise By”

Books (as Co-author):

• Learning to Love Yourself. A Handbook for the African American Woman (to be released January 2009)
• Raising African American Boys. A Handbook for the African American Parent (to be released January 2009)

Professional Organizations:

• National Association of Female Executives
• National Association of Professional Women
• The Professional Woman Author’s Institute
• The Professional Woman Network
• The Professional Woman Speakers Bureau
• Toastmasters

LaShon Philson-Chase is President & CEO of Philson West Enterprises, a development and coaching organization for individuals seeking self-enrichment, and for organizations seeking staff development tools.

Her 20+ years of private sector business experience combined with more than 6 years of governmental contract, grant, and fiscal experience, and more than 4 years of non-profit experience include public speaking and effective communications training, corporate finance and management, and the design of sales and marketing strategies. Currently, LaShon is a senior administrative and fiscal specialist for the Department of Health and Human Services.

LaShon has an irrefutable passion in the empowerment of women and children, especially. Believing in one’s self is where it all begins. Her exceptional academic education and business savvy was achieved in Berkeley, California. She continues her studies toward her MBA in the state of Maryland.

As a certified youth & parent trainer, LaShon counsels and trains youth and their parents on life skills. She trains women and men in managing finances and credit, and trains youth, women and men in presenting a professional image, exhibiting proper etiquette, career planning, and building self-confidence and esteem. Additionally, she is a certified life coach, success coach, mentor, and international author. Her repertoire of accomplishments include a strong background and partnership with fortune 500 organizations who sought her out to develop leadership and team building programs, help staff reduce/eliminate stress, cope with transition, and deal with changes in infrastructure and organization. She is available for seminars, workshops, personal and professional coaching, and keynote speaking engagements on a local, national, or international basis.