Linda Olson …

She was 10 when she caught the entrepreneurial bug. Her idea was simple, effective and something she knew well. Linda Olson packaged garden seeds and sold them for 10 cents a pack on her bicycle farm to farm. She was bit by the bug! She says it simply, “I learned more about the importance of developing trust and strength through relationships than I knew was possible. The biggest surprise was that people loved paying me for my seeds. There was nothing hard about it.” Thus began a true entrepreneurial journey in the mastering of a million dollar, money-making skill. A journey that only 4 years later saved her when in a moment her sweet, innocent life turned to darkness, an unimaginable sorrow.

What does a young person do when they are derailed from what they thought life was? What happens when life was, only a moment ago, a benevolent, sweet – and in the next moment darker than even the most imaginable nightmare? Truth be told, - It breaks you - Or you break it! It took work, – but Linda Olson broke it. She shattered it! Not in a moment but in weeks, months, and years of dedication to the development and sharing of relationship skills forged by the fire of necessity.

And so Linda Olson became one of those rare people that life seems to direct unabashedly to their destiny. She became a master at guiding companies, nonprofits, leaders, friends, parents, and teens into the very success they had tried so hard to create. Her work does not come with a magic wand, even though the outcomes she creates tend to leave even the strongest with mouth agape at the results.

“The easiest way out is to pretend we are doing the work, creating the change and then to point at others for the reason failure and/or status quo endures.” ~ Linda Olson

Like her upbringing, Linda has a simple (if not always easy) clear and even delicious way of breaking down excuses, of creating surprising change that sticks, of calming the ego and awakening new pathways, and of directing higher intelligence into the relationships at work, home and with self.

Those looking for a pretend fix are not Linda’s clients. She works with the companies and organizations and leaders that are sincere about change – and that is not about some new fangled latest greatest idea – with Linda Olson it’s about creating life changing, eye opening, deep relief from the very things that sabotage the success of the individual and the entire company/organization.

If you, your company, organization, leaders, even your industry has been holding your breath waiting, wishing, hoping to let it go and soar, - well, Linda Olson is the unexpected exhale you have been waiting for.

Linda’s Background

Career and Achievements

International Inspirational Speaker since 1973

Co-founder of Made for More Enterprises, LLC

Director of Big/Little Sister Program, 21 years of age

Dean of Women, Trinity Western University (22 years of age)

Top Leader in Network Marketing business since 1990

earned top recognition/awards for sales, recruiting, leadership development (15 yrs)
earned 5 top Incentive trips

Professional Marriage, Family Therapist (15 years)

Focus on the Family, Dr. James Dobson

Counselor, Program Director for Domestic Violence Shelter

Social Worker for Hospice, Visiting Nurses

Certified Leadership Coach

Published Author since 1991

Earned second place in Quantum Leap’s 2009 contest

Earned Certificate of Merit for outstanding Achievement in 2011 Writer’s contest

Entrepreneured Women’s Program in Church of 5,000

Director of Women’s Program (14 years)

Education

Bachelors – (BRE) Providence College, Canada

M.A. Marriage, Family Therapist, Biola University, CA

M.A. Christian Education, Talbot Seminary, CA

Certified Life Coach – Regent University, VA

Personal

Married since 1982

Two grown daughters and son-in-law

Personal Interests

Spending time with spouse/family

Traveling

Exploring new areas

Hiking

Photography

Journaling

Photojournaling/Scrapbooking