You turned on your water this morning and probably didn’t say, “Thank you, Sandy!” You listened to your favorite inspirational music on the way to the office and probably didn’t think, “Good work, Dr. Kulkin.” You probably took the trash out last week and didn’t even consider who might have made your life a little easier, or at least a little cleaner.

Dr. Sanford “Sandy” Kulkin worked with a 120-year old water company to develop a system for new hiring techniques that assured good customer service to over 20 million customers. Sandy came up with a creative marketing strategy that helped take a music company public and become one of the world’s largest independent distributors of inspirational music. He even worked to ensure the survival of one of the country’s largest garbage disposal companies (“environmental organizations” to be politically correct) when their CEO became critically ill and needed to enact a succession plan years ahead of schedule.

Don’t feel bad if you didn’t know any of these facts, because to the hundreds of thousands that have attended Sandy’s conferences, to the 30,000+ consultants Sandy has personally worked to train, he is simply “our friend, Sandy!”

Working with many of the leading Fortune 500 companies to create unique marketing and human capital strategies is not what brings joy to Sandy. It’s also about not getting a standing applause from 10,000 people who came to hear words of empowerment that might transform their businesses, organizations, or personal lives. It is all about the individual lives and the positive changes they share.

Sandy is a visionary entrepreneur who founded The Institute for Motivational Living (IML) in 1983. IML is a training, consulting and publishing company designed to help people communicate better and work together more effectively. With his experience in behavioral and motivational application, Sandy has become a nationally recognized expert in helping corporations successfully expand their leadership capabilities. Sandy’s corporate client list includes organizations such as: AT&T, Aramark, IBM, Kodak, MCI, Phillips Petroleum, U.S. Navy, U.S. Treasury Department, United Airlines, US Airways, and Wal-Mart Corporation. See a full list here.

Today, IML is one of the world’s largest publishers of customized behavioral and motivational instruments and has translated materials distributed in over 30 languages, including Chinese, Thai, Greek, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, & Farsi, to name a few.