SHIFTING Into Higher Gear
AN OWNER’S MANUAL FOR UNITING YOUR CALLING AND CAREER.

  About the Author

TOM SICILIANO is president and founder of Integrity Recruiting & Consulting Inc., a national recruitment and consulting firm.  His company specializes in working with companies to strengthen the quality of their sales and management teams.

Prior to starting Integrity Recruiting & Consulting Inc., Tom served in senior sales leadership positions at two highly respected Fortune 500 companies, Aramark and Corporate Express,

winning numerous prestigious awards for his leadership and results. He is also a principal with the Cimmaron Group, a consulting company focused on leadership development. Tom is a strategist who has been recognized for his ability to develop people, build teams, and help companies achieve their goals.

Tom speaks regularly to organizations across the country. This includes addressing corporate conventions on recruiting and retention, as well as helping corporations with their vision and sales results. He also speaks to career centers, helping thousands of people with his interactive lectures.

Tom is a Columbus University graduate with a degree in business administration.

Tom, his wife, Suzi, and their children, Luke and Leila, live near Chicago.

JEFF CALIGUIRE, a financial consultant with Smith Barney in Chicago, works with individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations seeking to purposefully unite their passion, mission, and vision with a comprehensive financial strategy. Along with his private wealth-management team, Jeff helps families and foundations create a blueprint for their future funding that begins with clearly definingand understanding their unique calling and goals—the higher gear.

For more than a decade, Jeff worked in the nonprofit world. He founded Operation Beacon Street Inc. and served as its president, as well as serving as seniorpastor of Beacon Community Church in the Boston area. Jeff also cofounded the Boston Sports Fellowship and cohosted Leadership Refineries team for business leaders with author Ralph Mattson. Jeff ’s other books include Leadership Secrets of Saint Paul (Honor Books, 2003) and Write for Your Soul: The Whys and Hows of Journaling (Soul Care Communications, 2000), which he cowrote with his wife, Mindy. Jeff facilitates forums and speaks to entrepreneurs and others wanting to get into higher gear in their career, their finances, or their overall life purpose.

Jeff is a graduate of Cornell University with a major in government and also holds a master’s of theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. He and Mindy have three sons, Jeffrey, Jonathan, and Joshua (the J-Team).

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