Breakthrough Management Group Adds Communications Enhancing Tongue Fu! Training Certification into Its Training Roster.

LONGMONT, Colo. -- BMG Expands Scope in Performance Excellence Education with Offering by Renowned Author Sam Horn 

Breakthrough Management Group (BMG), the world's fastest growing Six Sigma technology, training, and consulting firm, today announced it has teamed up with acclaimed author, trainer, speaker and coach Sam Horn to introduce a new educational program to its clients based on her well-known Tongue Fu!(R) communications workshop. BMG will offer Tongue Fu!(R) Trainer Certification to companies and individuals looking to bring Horn's communications tactics inside their organizations, building a more communicative, productive working environment.

Tongue Fu!(R) is a trade-marked program on "martial arts for the mind and mouth" because it shares exactly what to say and do in dozens of sensitive situations people face on and off the job. Tongue Fu!(R) is designed to teach individuals concrete real-world skills that can be used to become more positive, productive and effective communicators. BMG's three-day program incorporates Tongue Fu!(R) training with a Training Certification program so students can learn and create a step-by-step plan for implementing Tongue Fu!(R) within their organization.

Personally taught by Horn, BMG will launch its first three-day Tongue Fu!(R) Certification workshop in Denver beginning Jan. 19, 2004. Open to the public, tuition is $7,500 for the first individual and $6,000 each for up to two or more company representatives, with a maximum of three individuals attending from any given company. The program will be personally taught by Horn, the creator of Tongue Fu!(R). For additional information or to register for BMG's Tongue Fu!(R) Trainer Certification program, visit BMG's Web site at http://www.bmgi.com/course_Toungefu.html or call 800-4-6SIGMA.

About Breakthrough Management Group

Breakthrough Management Group Inc. (BMG) is a global leader in performance improvement consulting, training and software support tools. BMG specializes in helping companies increase efficiencies and reduce costs through process improvement initiatives. BMG augments its training with Web-based support tools such as eLearning, an online support portal and project tracking software to enhance student retention and increase deployment results. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Longmont, Colo., BMG has developed a loyal clientele that today exceeds 200 active businesses in industries as diverse as biotechnology, health care, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing and energy. BMG has offices in 12 countries and has more than 100 employees worldwide. For more information, visit www.bmgi.com.

About Sam Horn

Horn is an internationally published author, renowned trainer and creator of Tongue Fu!(R). She has been giving keynotes, workshops and presentations since 1981 that have been acclaimed world over for full-of-fun real-life ideas participants are motivated to use immediately at work, at home and in their community. Lauded by respected business minds and best-selling authors alike, Horn has earned endorsements from people as diverse as Jeffrey Fox, John Gray, Stephen Covey, Michael Gelb, Dave Pelzer, Richard Carlson, Susan Forward, Mark Victor Hanson, and Anthony Robbins. Executive Book Summaries said she has "added to the legacy of ideas on dealing with people left by Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and Dale Carnegie."