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Deb Copeland

Deborah L. Copeland, whose home base is Charleston, West Virginia, is a successful entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and author of the best-selling book, Attitude Therapy.  Her greatest joy, however, comes not from her business successes but from her maternal role in a blended “his, hers, ours and theirs” family of eight— including three youngsters adopted from abroad.   She also takes pride in her strong and abiding faith and “personal relationship with the Lord,” which, as she details in her book and in her keynote talks, has seen her through many of life’s most challenging trials and tribulations.
 
From 1981 to 1994, Deb Copeland served as President and CEO of the recruitment company she started, Smart Temporary Services. Under her apt guidance the company grew to serve temporary personnel needs in seven states and soared from 1 employee to 4000 employees, with multiple branches and a national reputation for excellence.
 
During the early eighties Deb launched Working Smart Business Consultants and Training and Development Firm.  After selling Smart Temporary Services to a global firm, Copeland started an other innovative venture, Work Smart Business Consultants, a training and development firm that readily became a leading supplier of consultant services to hospitals, major corporations, and industry.  The company provides work-flow studies, in-house consulting services, management training, business development, legal witness preparation, and many additional sought-after courses.
 
As a speaker and seminar leader, Deborah Copeland’s compelling messages continue to draw audiences throughout the United States.  The most requested courses, “Got ‘Tude?” (I.e. Got Attitude) and “Emotional Intelligence,” enable corporations to get better results from their employees while maintaining and promoting their physical and mental well-being.  The basic message of her motivational speeches and seminars is that there is a direct connection between our emotional and physical health, and that how successful we are in life directly relates to our capacity for talking to ourselves in an encouraging rather than demeaning way:  in other words, with positive rather than negative self-talk.
 
Ms. Copeland is an active community volunteer, serving on numerous boards.  She also often involves her family and staff.  The recipient of numerous awards and accolades, she was named “Entrepreneur of the Year in the Services Division in 1992 by The Institute of American Entrepreneurs. In 1995 The State Journal selected Ms. Copeland as one of 10 business executives profiled in “Who Who’s in West Virginia Business.”
 
With multiple “starring roles” that encompass wife and mother, survivor, educator, entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, life coach, community activist and religious group leader, Deb Copeland has her hands—and heart – full. And, she says, she wouldn’t have it any other way.  Although there admits there are days she has doubted her abilities, she remainsd steadfast in her conviction that “The Lord never gives you more than you can handle.”