Peter Brunette is a Senior Trainer with Lean East who has trained over 3,300 managers, supervisors, and leaders and facilitated the learning of over 10,000 people during his long career in training and development. He has inspired leaders and employees to understand and develop their role in “Creating and maintaining a positive, collaborative and effective workplace based on trust and positive working relationships where team members are self-motivated to do their best work, excel and flourish.”
Peter loves to help employees and leaders enhance their interpersonal, emotional intelligence, leadership, and on-the-job skills. Peter was previously a Supervisor of Training and Development for International Paper in Jay, Maine, before he advanced to the International Paper Northeast Corporate Training Consultant role, where he provided training and development leadership at 50 locations for 15,000 employees and leaders. He has also served as an instructional designer at ISO New England, where he built and conducted an “Introduction to Power Systems” training and successfully coordinated educational strategies for highly complex power system markets.
Peter is a Development Dimensions International (DDI) Master Trainer and Certified Master Facilitator, certified in DISC, and has his Maine Education Technology III Certification. Peter is also an adjunct professor at Central Maine Community College where he leads a Team Leader workshop. Peter has collegiate degrees in forestry, education, and business administration and management.
Testimonials about Peter:
- “Working with Peter was a fantastic experience. He has taught multiple group sessions for our management team and each time there were some wonderful takeaways on how to be a more effective manager!”
- “This is my second class with Peter. I find him knowledgeable and he practices what he preaches.”
- “The DISC part of the class was very useful and I gained great insight to me as a person and how I interact with others. Very informative and worthwhile.”
- “I really enjoyed this class. I have ADHD and he can keep my attention for 3 hours is amazing. I find this helpful and I like the class.”
- “Great instructor, strong facilitator, good sense of humor. Enjoy your classes very much.”
- “Peter … was thorough, easy to follow and very personable. The class was very interactive keeping everyone’s attention. We learned a lot about ourselves and our peers. We have decided to implement the DISC “test” to everyone as they onboard. I highly recommend this class…”