We are the brain-science aligned guides helping growth-driven leaders AWAKEN their UNSTOPPABLE TEAMS before they lose any more MOMENTUM.

The conventional wisdom around work fights an uphill battle against how human brains actually work. 🧠

Growth stalling? Take your team from good to LEGENDARY! ✨

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"We were in a tailspin. More than half of our field staff quit and the mood was grim. 6 months later we're having some of our best sales months ever… with less staff. We're communicating in ways we never did before. [The Yes Works] just have a special way of teaching and communicating that's quite unique. They truly help teams communicate better and foster collaboration. I am so glad I found them."
- Jim Dorrough, CEO, Kanon Electric
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Is This Your Reality? 

➡️ Conflict wastes time and energy
➡️ Everyone’s doing low-priority crap
➡️ Simple projects are taking too frickin’ long!
➡️ Old problems keep coming back in new forms
➡️ I’ve got to tell people what to do
➡️ Change feels like pushing a boulder uphill

The Truth: Your current team could be UNSTOPPABLE! And contrary to conventional wisdom, profound culture change can happen FAST. 

What Makes Us Different?

11 years... 78+ teams... We've cracked the code to help you stop struggling against human nature and build a LEGENDARY team in easy mode.

We call it "Teamification" - a brain-science Culture Operating System that:
✅ Runs natively without glitching on the human-brain
✅ Creates swift, impactful change
✅ Builds self-sustaining transformation
✅ Scales with your growth

You'll:
⚜️ Create an environment where peak performance feels natural
⚜️ Make clear communication your competitive advantage
⚜️ Unlock the passionate, unstoppable team you always wanted

We promise. As in... Results guaranteed!

Real Results from SOG Knives Leadership Team:
🎯 50% increase in mutual appreciation
🎯 30% increase in mutual understanding
🎯 80% improvement in positive communication under pressure
🎯 2x boost to collaboration and accountability

"What you did with us is a part of the fabric of this company." 
- Philip Goward, CEO, TextExpander

Sound too good to be true? We GUARANTEE you'll see results.

Is it too soon to awaken your UNSTOPPABLE team?

Book a call: https://calendly.com/aaronyes/15min
Learn more: https://www.theyesworks.com/

Aaron Schmookler

9th Gear

9th Gear enables the deployment of liquidity to achieve near instant and simultaneous settlement.

Chairman, CEO and Founder

MaryanneMorrow.com

A technologist at the intersection of finance and global transformation. I focus on modernization and innovation in capital markets. I am the Chairman, CEO and Founder of 9th Gear Technologies, the only B2B marketplace that powers real-time settlement in financial markets.
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Through my speaking engagements, I share insights on the impact of distributed ledger technology (DLT), often referred to as blockchain, on institutional finance. I believe settlement risk is unnecessary.

As a sought-after global speaker, I am often invited to keynote events at top industry trade groups and engage with a worldwide audience at conferences. Some of my recent appearances have included Horasis, TradeTech FX, Global Blockchain Conference, Money 20/20, and MWC Barcelona.

Keynote Speaker

FintechWomen

Frequent speaker at events sponsored by FintechWomen.

Advisory Council Member

Forbes Finance Council

Official Member

Keiretsu Forum

Keiretsu Forum is a global investment community of accredited private equity angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. We are a worldwide network of capital, resources and deal flow with 51 chapters on 3 continents. Keiretsu Forum members invest in high-quality, diverse investment opportunities. Our community is strengthened through its involvement in social and charitable activities.

Member / Angel Investor

SurgeXLR

SurgeXLR is a boutique accelerator that focuses on MONETIZATION and commercialization--operating as an outsourced Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) straddling both sales and marketing until the startups bring those functions in house; traction with enterprise customers and connecting founders to an exclusive network of startup experts.  We help our founders fast-track growth and success by building business from the ground up, and we specialize in helping European companies with their US expansion.  Special emphasis on cryptocurrency and blockchain companies.

Our goal is simple:  create viable businesses that attract investors and provide exit strategies.

No clubhouse. No bootcamp.  No distractions.  We provide personalized programs with > 100 experts.

Chief Executive Officer

The Wall Street Journal

Multi-Media Account Executive--Managed integrated advertising pitches & account management for large national and multi-national business partners with an emphasis on financial services.

• Responsible for WSJ.com, MarketWatch, WSJ Money, Barron’s Online, AllThingsDigital and a number of network sites such as WSJ Asia & Europe and CareerJournal.
 
• Directed and oversaw a team of three which includes a digital planner, a print sales coordinator and a digital sales coordinator.

Multi-Media Account Executive

WSJ Custom Studios

The full-service, custom-publishing group of The Wall Street Journal.

Business Development and Strategic Consulting on Custom Content:  Content Creation, Serving Up Content--Print, Digital, Email, Mobile, Tablet & Social (formatting into different mediums) as well as Curating/Leveraging Content.

Sales Director:
•	Sales Leader in the organization--Brought in more sales in Dec-2010 than the entire sales force combined all year; generated over half of the group's revenue for 2011, 2012 & 2013.
•	Responsible for new business develop and developing strategic initiatives, primarily with financial clients
•	Formulate strategy for marketing and communication materials
•	Identification of key trends in the industry and positioning of content strategy
•	Product management, development and rationalization
•	Introduction of new forms of media such as the iPad/Tablet strategy and technological positioning
•	Coordination of program delivery
•	Effectively position the products versus the top competitors

Sales Director

BNP Paribas Asset Management

FundQuest
Key account Relationship Management, Sales Management:
•	Responsible for new business development, client retention & expansion of existing client base through a consultative approach
•	Create new market for RIA Channel, implement across multiple custodians & sell to RIAs
•	Negotiate long-term contracts
•	Liaison with technical support staff to efficiently resolve client issues
•	Advise & strategize with clients to best position products in competitive marketplace
•	Provide insight & guidance regarding market evolution
•	Sales Management of New Business Development
•	Oversight of Wholesaling—External & Internal (dotted line responsible for staff of 12)
•	Prepare FundQuest for sale by diversifying the customer base & implementing cost efficiencies
•	Tightened controls & processes in anticipation of company purchase

Reorganization of Operations Group; establishment of the Client Services Group (with ongoing Management) to provide:
•	Communication with client’s back office personnel & coordination of daily/weekly operational calls (staff of 11)
•	Issue resolution and maintenance of client’s issues list with weekly reporting

New Business Implementation-Process Management:
•	Creation of baseline standards to efficiently manage new project development
•	Coordination of all documentation & processes for on-boarding new partnering institutions

Create an institutional sales force for a financial technology firm that designs, develops & runs private labeled fee-based asset management programs on a technology platform
•	Achieve first-year quota in < 8 months
•	Revamp relationship management through a team approach to better serve existing client base & generate new sales from current clients
•	Create new product for firm based on customer demand, devising marketing plan & materials
•	Identify opportunities & recommend new products that exceeded sales expectations
•	Align sales team by industry expertise, improved focus, effectiveness & customer responsiveness

VP, National Accounts

S&P Global

Challenge:  To increase revenue and market share for software and data company.  Develop strategic marketing plan, create and implement sales, marketing and communication strategies; direct the sales team and collaborate with customer-service team to ensure a cohesive communications approach.  Provide strategic direction, sales leadership and operational management covering the Southeastern United States, Offshore Region and Latin America.
•	Sales Record: Placed #1 in US for 2000, #2 globally for 1999, #1 globally for 1998 and #1 in US for 1997
•	Develop strategic alliances with complementary organizations nationwide to establish Standard & Poor's Fund Services as the industry expert and generate high-volume referral business
•	Overhaul all print materials, unifying company image and vastly improving graphic standards and appearance
•	First in company to expand business with companies in Latin America
•	Manage client relationships of Mutual Fund Companies, Consultants, Banks and Separate Account Managers
•	Negotiate global contracts for all 16 regional offices
•	Present XML, HTML and data feeds as well as fully hosted S&P branded financial services web content
•	Readied Micropal for sale to S&P by implementation of stream-lined, documented processes

Institutional Sales

Seasoned strategic leader.  Unique experience directly managing every major function: strategy, development, marketing, sales and service.  Focus on FinTech and DLT.  Skilled at defining, motivating and executing new business models, re-imagining and energizing businesses, and delivering rapid results:  revenue growth, operating efficiencies and breakthrough financial performance.

When things are dynamic and moving fast, I am most energized. I believe in acting boldly to accelerate things that are working and change those that are not. I am at my best leading teams of inspired people to drive tremendous results.

Passionate about building great cultures and positive work environments while scaling growth, revenue and profits. Hands-on, collaborative team-builder who cultivates relationships and provides coaching and feedback to inspire, motivate and drive engagement.

Expect:  a lot of questions, to be inspired and for things to get done!

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