When we go to conferences or off-site strategic retreats we want our thinking to be rocked, our passion to be lit, and our motivation to try new approaches be kicked in gear. That’s my aim in speaking and facilitating workshops, which I’ve been honored to do at events around the world.
My highly-rated speeches and workshops wake people up and inspire them to see new possibilities in leadership, innovation, collaboration, and professional and personal growth.
2012 Speeches & Workshops
Free the Corporate Rebels, Find a Better Future (keynote speech)
Benevolent rebels are the most under-valued talent tribe in every organization. The idea people, the courageous truth seekers, the passionate few who will go the distance to help the organization succeed — and not for money or recognition.
So why are so many benevolent rebels banished to corporate Siberia at the very time we need them the most? Why do 90 percent of companies believe that activating rebels can create a more innovative corporate culture BUT just a third are very satisfied that rebels can provide value in their companies?
Why Leaders Subconsciously Reject Change
Relentless economic and competitive demands mean change is priority number one for leaders. Yet most leaders get waylaid and continuously and subconsciously reject innovative ideas, people and opportunities. And while leaders may think they are building corporate cultures, many are in inadvertently seeding mine fields of fear and caution throughout the organization. Learn about the five brain triggers that can help or sabotage leadership, and how to use the most influential trigger to create a culture of change instead of it using you.
Free Your Inner Rebel, Find Your Secret Superpowers (2 – 3 day workshop)
When you free your native rebel spirit, you become free.
So many of us suppress our wild, creative, passionate sides to be “good” employees, spouses, parents, friends. We mute ourselves at work so that we don’t stand out too much, or create situations that might not be “safe.”
This workshop gives you a chance to uncork your rebellious energy, triggering creativity, laughter and courage to lead your life with renewed purpose and passion.
The Art & Magic of Leading Collaboratively: Leadership Workshop
What would be possible in your company if people leading important projects and major initiatives had a rock-solid understanding of:
- Why do most collaborative initiatives fizzle instead of sizzle? What one thing most helps maintain the sizzle?
- What participatory techniques and tools vastly outperform traditional problem solving – uncovering powerful “ahas” while also building meaningful relationships needed to execute the “ahas”?
- What common team practices no longer work? What simple practices do work, but need practice?
- What most inspires people to be part of collaborative innovation and change initiatives? What traditional assumptions about motivating people to participate are becoming less relevant?
- What signals indicate that people are stuck or skeptical – and what can you do to address those signals so that they don’t suck the energy out of the project?
- Who should lead collaboration efforts? What’s the one most important criterion?
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Be the Noodle: A Journey into Crazy-Good Caregiving (pro-bono speech)
Lois Kelly, author of Be the Noodle: 50 Ways to Be a Compassionate, Courageous, Crazy-Good Caregiver” shares her hilarious, heartbreaking and inspiring adventures of helping her mother die at home, a job few of us want or have any training to do. Continuing education credits possible for nurses and social workers.