The following presentations are tailored to meet the unique needs of your group. Specific examples taken from your client base and your unique operations and can be integrated into these presentations, thus creating greater rapport and relevance for you and your team. The presentations can range from a 45-minute keynote address to a full day workshop. These presentations have been delivered in boardrooms with less than 15 people and in ballrooms holding hundreds.
Are
You Lost or Found?: The 3 Secrets of Leadership
From Me To We: Leveraging the Magic of Teamwork
Making Money Legally Without Losing Your Sanity, Your
Health, or Your Family
From Mr. Dithers to Dilbert: Leadership and Values
in the New Economy
Creating WOW!: Unleashing Creativity to Dazzle Your
Customers
Forrest Gump on Management
High Tech High Touch Communication
Power at the Podium: Presenting Yourself with Clarity
and Impact
Are You Lost or Found?: The 3 Secrets of Leadership
Based on my latest book, Lost and Found, this provocative and entertaining presentation will help you and you team unleash the power and potential of the essence of leadership: To Know, To Grow, and To Own. You will walk away with a greater appreciation for the importance of those needs, and strategies for fulfilling them. Learn the essence of leadership through examples, case studies, humor, and challenging questions. Discover why Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager said: "I don't know what's harder, putting down the book without finishing it or putting down the book with out committing to change your leadership style." For a sample of the ideas presented in this speech see my collection of quotes: Reflections on Know, Grow, and Own. Also complete the KGO Index and find out how responsive your are to fulfilling the three needs.
From Me To We: Leveraging the Magic of Teamwork
It's true; success comes before teamwork only in the dictionary. Unfortunately most top executives in most workplaces mouth the platitudes of teamwork without creating the reality of it. In this provocative and entertaining presentation I will highlight the actions required to move from platitudes of teamwork to the promise of teamwork. Learn why players on the bench are as important as stars on the field, why coaches make more money than referees, and why true teamwork is financially and psychologically rewarding for all. For a preview of the key ideas in this speech see: Ten Characteristics of Winning Teams
Making Money Legally Without Losing Your Sanity, Your Health, or Your Family
We have moved from an era of doing more with less to an era of doing everything with nothing. Today's managers are expected to achieve increasingly higher goals with decreasing resources. Is it any wonder that stress levels are at all time high and Dilbert cartoons are becoming the wallpaper of choice in corporate cubicles? Yet there are solutions for making money legally without selling your soul and without going crazy. This engaging presentation will present 10 steps for working in today's hectic environment while maintaining personal balance.
From Mr. Dithers to Dilbert: Leadership and Values in the New Economy
Find out why thousands of people have walked away from this speech with a new appreciation of how the workforce is changing and the strategies necessary to leverage those changes. As we moved from Tom, Dick, and Harry to Juan, Chen, and Mary our abilities to lead and communicate are being tested. Learn how to pass the test. Learn why the cynicism reflected in Scott Adams' Dilbert cartoon can and must be counteracted with authentic leadership that reflects an understanding of today's employees and leverages that understanding. This short synopsis of the speech has already highlighted one of the key ideas in the presentation: We have moved from Tom, Dick, and Harry, to Juan, Chen, and Mary.
Creating WOW!: Unleashing Creativity to Dazzle Your Customers
My challenge in this presentation is to get you to think, and to unleash your creativity in ways that will dazzle your customers. You will leave this presentation with specific, concrete ideas for turning customers into life long partners who will walk away from encounters with you saying, "WOW". If you've ever wondered how to deliver knock your socks off, dazzling, awe inspiring, breath taking, pupil dilating customer service, this is the speech for you. For a sample of the ideas presented in this speech see: Unleashing Creativity.
Foreest Gump was right, "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get." But he was only partially right. Using the metaphor of a "Box of Chocolates," this thought provoking and engaging presentation will have you thinking about management, leadership, teamwork and productivity in new and creative ways. Use one of the most powerful teaching tools ever conceived, the metaphor, to teach crucial lessons for your and your team. For a "flavor" of what's in story for you and your audience when you select this speech, see my article, Managing is Like a Box of Chocolates.
High Tech High Touch Communication
Communication always has been and always will be the lifeblood of any business. However, the channels through which we send and receive messages have been significantly affected by the Internet and e-mail. In this stimulating and entertaining presentation you and your colleagues will realize that the promise of the electronic age also created unforeseen communication barriers. In short the growth of high tech communication has created the need for high touch communication. Learn how to leverage the efficiency of high tech media for creating high touch impact. For a sample of the ideas presented in this talk see my article: "Is your e-mail In Box a Pandora's Box?"
Power at the Podium: Presenting Yourself With Clarity and Impact
Why is that otherwise intelligent, competent self-assured executives turn into quivering masses of anxiety and self doubt when called upon to "say a few words"? The answer is simple: we have conditioned ourselves to believe that a) speakers are born not made, b) the fear of speaking is one fear that we can never overcome, and c) most corporate speeches are inherently dull. Wrong, wrong, wrong. In this presentation I will shatter your preconceived notions of public speaking and share strategies for turning the threatening podium into an opportunistic chance to shine.
