Keynote Speaking
In his guest speaking engagements, David uses his personal and organizational experience, past organizational events and humor, to bring awareness and creativity to the topics of diversity, conflict and change. Unlike those who lecture from the podium, David draws the audience in by through his unique speaking and facilitation style. Using a combination of humor, the organization's own history and current challenges, David leaves his audiences with a strategy for improving themselves and their business. More than just a message, David leaves the audience with a call to action.
Keynote Addresses
Use the Fear of Change as a Tool for Growth and Creativity
The bottom line is that organizations must change and adapt to survive and remain profitable. The problem is that organizational survival isn't always enough to get the team on board in a productive and meaningful way. This stimulating and insightful program focuses on identifying and understanding those fears. By assessing the current situation and our ability to handle the fear of the changes, this workshop identifies strategies that engage the mind power of the entire team. Harness the energy of fear into a creative and enterprising skill set in this challenging and humor filled presentation. People will be amazed at their ability to improve and empower themselves during times of peak change.
Conflict and Discontent: Tools of Productivity?
Employee engagement is a phrase receiving lots of press today. A term defining employee loyalty and commitment, where it does exist, it is constantly threatened by unhappy team members and employee conflict. This presentation turns what most of us spend our lives trying to avoid into a tool for enhanced productivity. When we understand the sources of conflict and our reactions and behaviors to it – we discover a source of creativity that when harnessed, can lead to performance improvement, appreciation of diverse work styles and a cutting edge workforce.
Diversity as a Strategy, Not Just Another Potluck!
It's unlikely you've been in the workforce over the last years and have not experienced a Diversity training program. Required by many private sector employers and mostly all public organizations, Diversity training has often been conducted by examining differences among race, religion and ethnicity of team members. By presenting diversity as an operating strategy, we turn other diversity training on its ear! We don't stop at looking at cultural differences; this presentation details specific strategies that harness the power of diversity by integrating diversity into your daily operations. Your audience will be amazed at the resources at their fingertips when they look at diversity as a tool instead of a compliance issue.
