BEHAVIORAL DYNAMICS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- the Inventor
Co-founder of Behavioral Dynamics, Inc., Levinson retired from his healthcare position in 2008 to concentrate his full-time efforts on supporting MotivAider users worldwide. He recently achieved Psychologist Emeritus status in Minnesota.
Drawing on his wealth of experience as a practicing psychologist, his keen insights into human nature, and a remarkable talent for thinking outside the box, Steve is a popular consultant and coach who has made several appearances on national TV, including the ABC TV show, 20/20.
Sadly, Waldo passed away in 2022. He lived a long and happy life and had a distinguished career in marketing.
Waldo is succeeded by Gus, who brings face-licking enthusiasm, unbridled optimism, and an abundance of creative chaos to our team. Although he's been known to bite off more than he can chew, Gus is a fast learner, who unlike many marketing professionals, rarely chases his own tail. Given that his bite is actually worse than his bark and he has a real knack for keeping us all on a short leash, we think Gus has a bright future in management.
Job Titles:
- Co - Author of Following through
- Expert
- Performance Consultant
Pete Greider is a nationally-recognized expert on the psychology of peak performance.
He spent two seasons (1991-1993) as the sports psychology consultant for the Orlando Magic basketball team. Twice a Million Dollar Round Table main platform speaker, Mr. Greider is a talented communicator, a consultant, and a coach to individual financial advisors, general agents, and corporate leaders in the financial services industry. His client list includes Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Exxon, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, General Electric, and State Farm Insurance Company. He has also appeared as a guest on numerous radio and television shows, including two appearances on ABC's "20/20."
He is currently conducting a major program to train the field management of the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network in the Breakthrough Coaching model that he has created over the last ten years through his work with business people and professional athletes.
Convinced that poor follow through is major factor in the failure of individuals and organizations to achieve their most important goals, Greider has teamed up with psychologist Steve Levinson to develop, test and teach effective follow through strategies. Their book, Following Through, A Revolutionary New Model for Finishing Whatever You Start, was published in October of 1998 by Kensington.
Greider earned a bachelor's degree in Communication from Michigan State University and a master's in Education from the University of New Hampshire.
Dr. Levinson was born and raised in New York City. He earned a bachelors degree in psychology from Queens College of the City University of New York and a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Rochester.
After completing his training, Levinson moved to Minnesota to develop and direct an innovative rural mental health program that flourished under his leadership for thirty-five years.
Levinson has devoted his career to helping people stay focused, change their habits, and follow through on their good intentions. In the early 1980's, he discovered a design flaw in the human mind that causes even highly motivated people to waste much of the time, energy, money and hope they invest in self-improvement. Levinson's discovery led him to create the MotivAider - an ingeniously simple tool that uses what's wrong with the mind to make the mind work better.
In 1998, Levinson teamed up with peak performance consultant, Peter Greider, to write Following Through: A Revolutionary New Model For Finishing Whatever You Start. Now in its third edition, this critically-acclaimed book is based on Levinson's groundbreaking discovery about the paradoxical way the mind treats good intentions.
Teresa not only has well over three decades of customer service experience, she knows the MotivAider inside out. (Heck, she was there when the MotivAider was born and has played a vital role in raising and nurturing it.) She's absolutely dedicated to making certain that every MotivAider user gets exceptional service.
Job Titles:
- Honorary Marketing Director
- Member of Our Team
A proud and highly MotivAided member of our team, Waldo is known for his dogged determination and uncanny ability to sniff out new opportunities. Sure, like most marketing professionals, Waldo occasionally barks up the wrong tree. But as the only member of our management team who's willing to wear a tie, he deserves some slack.