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Feeling overwhelmed and trapped by the chaos in your life? Regain control of your business and your life through our mPowered Success Path to Peak Performance Program.

Eliminate Stress & Worry

Increase Profitability

Rediscover Your “Why”

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About mPowered Success

The mPowered Success Path to Peak Performance Program is an online training that will help take you and your business to the next level. By joining and committing to investing in working ON your business not just IN your business, you will drastically reduce the chaos and overwhelm that comes with juggling your business and your busy life. Rediscover your inspiration, regain your clarity & confidence, and reach new heights of profitability and fulfillment. Click the link to join and reach the success other business owners just like you already have. We will address the seven most common business ownership pain points and teach you practical, effective, and most importantly – actionable resolutions for each. Join now to get started on your Path to Peak Sucess!

What Our Clients Are Saying

This program has helped my business with fine tuning, networking, and attracting new clients. They’ve helped identify ways to move the business forward, stay in front of branding and marketing, and tools for accountability.”

Daniel T.

The program helped me put in place structure that didn’t exist before. They helped identify ways the business can grow and with operational procedures like building a team, delegating, and purchasing. They’ve made me feel like I can breathe again.

Leah W.

We had a mentoring relationship that helped us survive COVID. They helped us with everything from seeking financial resources and cutting costs to networking, increasing community outreach, and even renovating and reorganizing the shop for maximum efficiency.

Erin J.

About Us

mPoweredSuccess is brought to you by MindSalt.  Mindsalt is a business consulting firm led by Ann Thompson and David Deaton that advances businesses and our communities for the better through sound strategy and effective execution. We specialize in guiding organizations and professionals experiencing challenging scenarios through the necessary transformations to achieve success.

Meet Your Instructors

Ann Thompson

Ann Thompson

Co-Leader and Client Partner

Ann has nearly three decades of experience helping clients streamline operations and maximize profitability. She is a Certified Productive Environment Specialist™ and a Six Sigma certified Quality Black Belt with expertise in cutting costs, increasing productivity, reducing defects, and improving service delivery for her clients.

Using proven methodologies, Ann leads organizations through complete transformations involving IT, operations, procurement, and service delivery to realize tangible results such as increased productivity, profits, and performance gains. She has worked with organizations ranging from local nonprofits and small businesses to academic institutions and global corporations. From leading a struggling retail company to profitability for the first time to streamlining systems to help a global manufacturing company grow its revenues by five times over two years, Ann’s expertise makes an impact where it matters most – the bottom line.

Further, her work enables clients to regain control of their businesses and time, so they can experience greater peace of mind, reduced stress, increased energy, and a priceless sense of calm. Since establishing her own consulting business in 2001, Ann has spent most of her career helping clients accomplish their professional goals and enjoy their lives, which she continues to do today. 

Ann is also an avid volunteer with the Community Investment Collaborative, an organization that supports local entrepreneurs, and Kindness Café + Play, a nonprofit that provides meaningful employment for adults with cognitive disabilities.

David Deaton

David Deaton

Co-Leader and Client Partner

David has been leading transformation for organizations of all types, sizes, and industries for nearly three decades. He has extensive expertise in strategic planning, operational and financial analysis, market research, and effective execution. David has developed organizational strategy and gained leadership and staff alignment, walked side-by-side with clients through implementation, and helped them navigate myriad challenges from stagnation to hyper growth and expansion. He has led nonprofits in developing their missions and organizational design, guided teams through global product launches and technology roll-outs, and advised startups from funding through maturation.

David’s professional experience spans the globe. He worked in Hong Kong for four years and has worked with organizations extensively throughout Asia Pacific as well as the rest of the world, and many cities throughout the United States.

David is a frequent keynote speaker on purpose-driven business, strategy, and business resiliency. He is on the board of directors for the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (CBIC), the Early Music Access Project, and serves on the board development advisory committee for the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF). He has previously volunteered with the University of Virginia Darden School of Business i. Lab Incubator to mentor student startups as well as the Community Investment Collaborative (CIC) as a guest lecturer for community startups. He is a trained and certified facilitator, leading facilitation sessions worldwide, and a workshop leader and trainer for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence.