“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Harold R. McAlindon

When blazing a new trail, it helps to be prepared.  Not necessarily with all the answers, but with a mindset of growth and a heart of courage.  Ideas are tools and stories are inspiration.

If your organization is looking for both tools and inspiration to move toward breakthrough results, please consider inviting me in as a speaker.  Here are several popular topics that resonate with professional audiences:

Time Leadership: Taking Charge of your Time – If there are more than 17,000 books on time management (via Amazon.com), why do most of us spend our days overwhelmed and late?  Time management strategies do NOT work.  Learn how to create a new relationship with time that results in more productivity and much less stress.

Disrupting the Familiar – The Power of Visual Display – Our current interpretations outline not only our businesses, but our relationships and results as well.  A popular question we ask is, “How do I do ______?”  A more effective question is, “What future do I really want in spite of not knowing ‘how’?”  This is where the power of visual display begins as when you disrupt familiar patterns with inspiring vision, new worlds emerge.  Learn what makes visual displays work, how to use them to support written goals, and why we are naturally wired to use visual displays as a powerful support structure.

Anatomy of a Team:  Stop Babysitting and Start Winning – Many work teams are assembled for the wrong reason – they have similar or complimentary skills or knowledge.  This makes little sense as teams are really assembled for another, more basic reason - to produce results.  Learn how to assemble a winning team by tapping into the world of sport.

Sales is a Four-Letter Word:  Client Development for the Technical Professional – Contrary to some beliefs, we are not born as sales people.  Nobody deserves a life of daily rejection.  But at the end of the day, our businesses will not survive if we don’t sell.  Learn how to make selling work for you rather than you suffer around selling.

Leadership 3.0: Stop Managing and Start Producing Results – Producing results is scary business.  You have to invest lots of time being frustrated and failing. It’s much easier to fall back to “managing” your process rather than leveraging purpose, responsibility and commitment to action.  Learn how building a successful business is not a result of management – it’s a result of leadership.

Please contact me to learn more about these and other topics or discuss event dates and times.  You can reach me anytime by phone at (248) 219-9435 or by email.

Quotes from the audience

“Thank you so much for your generosity and ideas… what a difference it’s made for me.” – David, technical business owner

“I’ve heard plenty of speakers before and they simply don’t measure up. You’re at the top of my favorites list. Thanks so much for an inspiring presentation.” – Bill, major gifts officer

“I could sit and listen for hours.” – Audrey, COO

“Your message is so critical to hear these days…people out of work, companies not knowing where to go or what to do. You provided powerful simplicity to get folks into action rather than sit and mope.” – Chris, CFO

“I’m a die-hard introvert and you got me to interact with others which, although intimidating at first, was a terrific experience. Thank you.” – Nancy, development director