Become a Specialist
Register Now for immediate access to the CPES Training Workspace.
- view training webinars and video tutorials;
- download your e-book;
- get your Swiftfile and other physical materials shipped to you;
- get your iPEPoffice™ set up;
- begin networking with your fellow classmates and current Certified Productive Environment Specialists.
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Productive Environment Specialist Certification ProgramTM
The Productive Environment Institute trains and certifies productivity consultants to deliver Barbara Hemphill's Productive Environment SolutionTM (including iPEP) to individuals, small business owners, and corporate clients. This program provides a methodology that measures success, so you can guarantee results for your clients!
Do You Fit the Profile of a Successful Certified Productive Environment SpecialistTM?
The Productive Environment Institute is looking for individuals with experience working in business settings. We offer a licensing program for people who already have their own business, and see the advantage of an added income stream, or for people who have resources to start their own business, but don't want to recreate the wheel. Our most successful Specialists value the resources offered through our program and actively participate in virtual and live events as much as possible.
Why Do We License and Certify Productive Environment Specialists™?
Quantities of information and workloads are increasing dramatically.
The current economy is forcing mass downsizing across the corporate landscape.
The competitive environment is causing a higher-than-ever demand for information, customer service and quality control across all levels and departments.
Employees are suffering from low morale, poor communication and overall dissatisfaction with their current job, resulting in costly turnover.
All of the components of this bleak picture create a huge need for increased efficiency in the workplace.
Companies need help. Help from an expert who can come in and turn things around immediately, and leave behind the tools and resources they can use for ongoing increases of self-sufficient productivity.
It's Entrepreneurship 101: Finding a need and filling it is the key to long term business growth.
The need is there.
Barbara Hemphill's mission has always been to "help people create and sustain a productive environment so they can accomplish their work and enjoy their lives". And she can't do it alone!
Our goal is to duplicate Barbara's efforts by developing a worldwide team of Certified Productive Environment Specialists™ who share our vision of helping people find peace and profitability through a productive environment.
What is the licensing Program investment?
Because we are not a franchise, it won't cost you $25,000+ to access our business systems and proprietary processes--all of which you can use to launch (or expand) a successful organizing and productivity business.
There is a one-time investment of just *$3495, which includes:
- 10 weeks of training and mentoring with Barbara Hemphill and the PEI team via webinars, individual laser coaching and a dedicated online workspace
- Official Certification
- Your own iPEPbusiness™ Edition, which includes your iPEPoffice™ (valued at $447)
- Proprietary Program Benefits, including sales training and potential business referrals
- Ongoing business building resources for the first year.
- Swiftfile plus instructional audio clips from Barbara Hemphill ($57 value)
- Book--Taming the Paper Tiger at Work, by Barbara Hemphill ($15 value)
- Book--Taming the Paper Tiger at Home, by Barbara Hemphill ($15 value)
- Book--The 'To Do' Book ($18 value)
- Ebook--Love It or Lose It, Living Clutter Free Forever, by Barbara Hemphill and Maggie Bedrosian ($10 value)
- Participants also become Affiliates and receive Resell Rights to these items, providing a means to generate ongoing, passive income
Annual license and program renewal of $750/year maintains your certification in good standing, and allows you continued access to the training program and all benefits and resources. This payment is due 13 months after your training start date.
If you generate business on your own, there are no additional ongoing fees, such as percentages of revenue generated. Create a part time income, a full time income, even a 6-figure Organizing and Productivity Company--and the revenues are all yours. Just renew your membership each year to stay current with the program.
You may also choose to become a subcontractor of PEI and earn income by providing services to clients generated by PEI. We'll do the marketing, conduct the assessment (Productive Environment Audit™), issue the proposal (Productive Environment GamePlan™), secure the project, then contract the service provision out to you.
*Financing available-make 3 payments of $1165 for a total of $3495, OR save $300 by making one payment of $3195.
What are participants licensed to do?
Certified Productive Environment Specialists are licensed and certified to use and deliver all of these (and more) trademarked, proprietary terms and services:
- The Productive Environment Scorecard™ for Individuals and Organizations
- The Productive Environment Process™
- The Productive Environment Solution™, including the following services:
- The File-Act-Toss System™
- The Art of Wastebasketry®
- The Magic 6™
- iPEP Orientation
- iPEP Customization
- Productivity QuickStart™
- The 8 Hour Miracle!™
- Productive Environment Day™
- Paper Productivity System™
- Digital Productivity System™
- Creating a Productive Environment in the Digital Age™ Seminar
Resources and Benefits
- Website pre-populated with CPES programs and services
- CPES products page linked to your CPES affiliate account
- Website pre-populated with the Productive Environment Scorecards™ online forms
- Website rich in features that can add marketing value to your business
- Entrepreneurs
- Executives & Corporate Employees
- Independent Business Owners
- Direct Sales Associates
- Realtors®
- Financial Services firms
- Design firms
- Accounting firms
- Medical practices
- University faculty members
- Engineers
- Professionals with ADD/ADHD
- ...the list goes on and on!
How is the training delivered?
This program is a unique combination of online and offline instruction-- You'll have full access to an online learning environment for the duration of your training period, and will also have access to live training webinars each week as we work through the program together---upon completion, you will begin accessing full Certified Productive Environment Specialist Benefits & Resources.
What is the upcoming training schedule?
All training webinars are on Tuesdays at 12PM EDT unless otherwise announced. All sessions are recorded so live attendance is not mandatory.
We will also offer regular Q&A sessions to supplement the official class webinars and your offline learning.
Register now to join the current class in session.
This class will meet each Tuesday 12PM EST August 3-October 5.
If you'd like to be considered for this class, please register now or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to notify us of your interest.
Where can I get more information?
If you'd like to have a conversation, give us a call at 888-380-6799 so we can set something up!
*For information about additional opportunities available within PEI, click here.
Watch the replay of Barbara Hemphill's Almost Paperless webinar for coaches, POs & consultants!
Almost Paperless: Call to Action from Andrea Anderson on Vimeo.

