THE ECONOMY OF TRUST™

We are all in this together.

As the current financial crisis reeks havoc on the global markets like Hurricane Ike battered the South, the connection between Wall Street & Main Street is crystal clear. What you do, what I do, how we interact with each other matters – to each of us.

This goes beyond team work. This goes beyond doing the right thing and leads to a whole new way of thinking. In business, we no longer operate in a vacuum. The business community is beginning to understand that integrity is more than a moral issue. In our global economy, our economic survival depends on it.

It's a matter of trust.

The “market” is often viewed as buyers and sellers gathered together to create products, services and revenue. Brilliant business minds create complex models to predict the human behavior of the market.

As we witness the chaos of the credit crisis it is easy to see the unpredictability of human behavior in the “market” as more and more individuals experience pain and suffering.  The desire to run from danger even if that danger is not real, but perceived, is something our market modelers have not entered into their analytic programs. The combination of lack of transparency and lack of trust creates fear and brings us to our present state of affairs.

In this powerful and moving presentation, international business ethics and human capital expert, renowned 28 year Wall Street search veteran, author of values leadership books, co-Founder of Good Business International (a better world business think-tank), and volunteer firefighter, CEO Peter Ressler lays out the solutions to our current economic woes.

A dynamic interactive seminar that is guaranteed to change the way you look at business. You and your employees will walk away inspired to create a new system that includes profit and purpose: an Economy of Trust™.

The Value of Values™

What is the economic value of personal values like integrity and honor?

Peter Ressler answers that question in his dynamic presentation, “The Value of Values.” With the current credit crisis threatening American quality of life, record numbers of foreclosures and bankruptcies changing our economic landscape daily, Peter Ressler’s nine Value Principles for business are more important than ever.

Peter Ressler has been at the epicenter of Wall Street’s mortgage-backed securities markets from the beginning of its creation through the current distressed debt markets. He has worked with top management at bulge bracket firms like Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Bear Sterns, Barclay’s Bank, Bank of America, and top global hedge funds, like Fortress Investments, exclusively. His almost three decade birds-eye view has taught him how Wall Street really works and who works it—from those with honor to those without concern for client or colleague. Most importantly, he has seen how honor and integrity yield the greatest long term economic value.

Peppered with personal stories of the human side of the Wall Street, Peter brings his inimitable native New Yorker humor, combined with the authenticity of a seasoned Wall Street veteran, for an unforgettable presentation.

SPIRITUAL CAPITALISM

Business is personal.

On September 10, 2001, Peter Ressler was enjoying a lifestyle of privilege and ease when the world turned upside down. September 12, 2001 began an entirely new chapter for Peter Ressler, his business, his employees, and his future. In the midst of the rubble, death, and destruction that surrounded him after the September 11 tragedy, Peter emerged with a depth of soulful wisdom and meaning in his work that changed his life.

Peter joined the volunteer fire department in his Long Island community three months after the attack. By day he worked on Wall Street rebuilding the city and nation he loved. At night he studied in Fire School and was taught and trained by New York City’s Bravest, members of the Fire Department of New York and its famed Rescue 4. There he learned the code of the firefighter: In Unity there is Strength.

His passion from that point on was to inspire Wall Street to embrace the code in their everyday quest for profit. Written in 2006, his award winning book (written with wife Monika), Spiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 Gave us Nine Spiritual Lessons for Work and Business prophetically ends with the line: “In our business community, there are blazing fires of corruption, greed, and indifference. Just like a firefighter we must put them out.” Peter Ressler, Wall Street veteran and volunteer firefighter, explains how each of us can help to put those fires out.