Customer service, marketing, supervision, creative problem solving, prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace, and dealing with change may seem unrelated but Michael Redpath, president of Redpath and Associates LLC, has recently presented seminars in each of those topics for clients of Ocean County College’s Center for Business Education and Training and Mercer County Community College's Center for Training and Development.

As much as they may seem to be unrelated topics, they all touch on respect, according to Redpath. Each is based on respect for yourself and respect for others, he explains. "For example, I teach marketing from a perspective of respecting the needs and intelligence of the customer. Creative problem solving involves respecting your innate creativity and that of others."

After starting from the foundation of respect for self and others each of the subject areas certainly takes different directions, but Redpath has experience in working with and teaching each of the subjects. He has extensive background in customer service both from a hands-on management and service-delivery standpoint and from a seminar standpoint. 

Redpath has also been involved in numerous seminars and workshops on human sexuality and respecting diversity and preventing sexual harassment, particularly for the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey. And his nearly 30 years experience in counseling teenagers and teaching leadership to teens and adults equips him well for the topic of dealing with change, an ongoing challenge of leadership.

Redpath is on call to the Center for Business Education and Training in Brick Town and the Center for Business Education and Training in Trenton to provide quality programs for the college’s clients.