TPI is The Newest NAR Partner


For Further Information Contact:
Mary Stark-Hood, 312/329-8374
mstarkhood@realtors.org

Ann Bleck, 312/329-879
ableck@realtors.org


THE PACIFIC INSTITUTE IS THE NEWEST NAR PARTNER IN THE REALTOR BENEFITS(sm)PROGRAM

CHICAGO (October 27, 2005) – The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® is pleased to introduce The Pacific Institute (TPI) as its newest partner in the REALTOR Benefits(sm) Program. The international corporation specializes in personal and organizational performance improvement and professional growth.

A major initiative of 2006 NAR President Tom Stevens, TPI offers NAR members and Association staff a 10% discount on their Investment in Excellence-Today® (IIE-Today) a personal, desktop based coaching system, and a 10% discount on all customized corporate performance and facilitation services.

An acknowledged leader in the field of performance enhancement, The Pacific Institute’s offerings address the very foundation of all human action—human thought. The sessions on the IIE-Today coaching system can immediately and significantly improve performance in one’s personal, professional, and organizational life. This product is designed to create profoundly effective and lasting change. Rooted in a deep understanding of human psychology and real-life decision-making processes, IIE - Today helps participants dramatically boost personal efficacy, motivation, and visualization skills in a way that will forever alter how they look at professional and personal situations.

“The Pacific Institute is offering NAR members exclusive savings on their products and facilitation services,” said Bob Goldberg, NAR Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development. “Whether it’s highly customized education and consulting solutions to improve specific organizational outcomes like retention, capture rates or sales transactions, or it’s professional development geared toward growing one’s business, the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® is confident that the offerings of this new partner in the REALTOR Benefits(sm) Program will greatly benefit our members,” Goldberg added.

TPI Senior Director for Real Estate, Doreen Lecheler, adds, “The Pacific Institute’s information has been impacting the personal and business success of industry leaders like Tom Stevens, Chip Roach, Lennox Scott and others for many years. We are delighted to enter this formal relationship with NAR and provide REALTOR® members with exclusive savings on the foundational underpinnings to high achievement and life success.”

“The Pacific Institute has trained more than ten thousand people worldwide to facilitate and manage change in their lives and their organizations,” said NAR 2006 President Tom Stevens of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Vienna, VA. “If you have been through the training, you know what I mean when I say it taught me how to live my life more fully.”

Additionally, NAR’s affiliate, the Women’s Council of REALTORS® (WCR) has incorporated and attributed some of The Pacific Institute’s educational concepts in a new course, “Harnessing the Power of Skills-Based Performance Management,” to be delivered through the REBAC course distribution system.

To learn more about The Pacific Institute offering for REALTORS®, visit
http://www.thepacificinstitute.com/nar or call 1-800-559-0443.

To see a full roster of partner offerings under NAR’s REALTOR Benefits(sm) Program, visit
http://www.REALTOR.org/realtorbenefits.

NAR members enjoy the benefits of the REALTOR Benefits(sm) Program (formerly the REALTOR VIP® Program), which offers them practical solutions for their professional and personal lives on the publications, products and services that they use every day. The program includes offerings from more than 25 companies recognized as leaders in their respective industries and more than 100 publications and products designed to educate real estate professionals and their clients on topics ranging from legal issues and risk management to business development and marketing. In addition, use of the REALTOR Benefits(sm) Program results in revenue to NAR which helps keep NAR membership dues low.

Founded by Lou and Diane Tice in 1971, The Pacific Institute has expanded onto six continents and into over 60 countries, with its programs translated into a multitude of languages. It has developed a reputation for offering the most practical and enlightening programs ever to come out of the fields of cognitive and self-image psychology and high-achiever research. International headquarters for The Pacific Institute is in Seattle, Washington.

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, “The Voice for Real Estate,” is America’s largest trade association, representing over 1 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

Information about NAR is available at
http://www.REALTOR.org