Free Business Topics in Chicago
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Dealing with the Change Monster
Robert Starinsky, MBA, MS, CCP, ASBC, Principal, Tradewinds Group, Inc.
Request This Free SpeechSome years ago a former colleague of mine was attempting to become an ex-smoker. During his struggles, he often remarked that quitting was easy, he had done so numerous times.
As humorous as his remarks were, they highlight the difficulty we often have in making change stick in our everyday lives. MORE >
For most of us, change doesn't come easy. When it comes to change, organizations aren't much different. Change is a tough act to follow. However, change in the business world is a constant force that we must deal with.This entertaining and educational presentation provides practical guidance for business leaders and managers who want to manage change and uncertainty more effectively in their organizations.
NOTE: This presentation is available virtually to audiences across the country, or locally on an in-person basis, COVID restrictions permitting.
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The Art of Impactful Leadership – 3 Secret Principles to Elite Performance
Dennis Mellen, Owner, Be A Bean
Request This Free SpeechBe the visionary servant leader and inspire innovation and elite performance. Get your team feeling they "get to go to work" instead of "have to go to work"
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Stop Chasing Talent Away -The Ultimate K.P.I. to Be a Talent Magnet
Dennis Mellen, Owner, Be A Bean
Request This Free SpeechBreak free of the old leadership model and become a visionary servant leader. Inspire your team to perform at a level they never dreamed possible with the ultimate KPI (key performance indicator).
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3 Simple Steps For Women In the Corporate World To Stop Being Left Behind
Rosie Zilinskas, CEO, No Woman Left Behind
Request This Free SpeechDo you really want the title and money you deserve? Find out the 3 Simple Step For Women in Corporate America to Stop Being Left Behind
-Discover the 2 characteristics must you possess to get started on your new career.
-Find out how to uncover your blind spots. MORE >
-Figure out how to ask for the support that you need.-Identify how you are holding yourself back through limiting beliefs.
-Start taking simple action steps that make the difference in your career.
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Fundamentals of Leading Distributed Teams
Bryan Krup, Senior Organizational Health Consultant, sr4 Partners
Request This Free SpeechOur world has shifted (rather drastically) to a hybrid work environment with some team members in the office and others working remotely. For managers, this presents a unique set of challenges that need to be addressed in order to ensure success. In this training, we’ll help leaders learn how to prioritize the FFT (Fairness, Flexibility and Trust) Framework to encourage a healthy and productive work environment. We’ll highlight best practices for a hybrid environment in the key areas of communication, collaboration and connection.
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Communicating with Clarity and Consistency
Bryan Krup, Senior Organizational Health Consultant, sr4 Partners
Request This Free SpeechEffective communication allows leaders to cut through the noise, and bring greater focus and alignment to their teams. In this leadership training, we’ll discover how to provide clarity even when the outcomes are unknown and learn best practices for communication in the face of uncertainty. We’ll learn the key questions to ask to help develop clarity and consistency for your team and explore the role that vulnerability plays in authentic communication.
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Coaching Principles for Managers
Bryan Krup, Senior Organizational Health Consultant, sr4 Partners
Request This Free SpeechYour leaders are most effective when they are coaching their people to be their best, yet most managers simply tell their people what to do. When leaders learn and apply coaching skills in their management of team members, people make better decisions, solve problems more efficiently, and progress in their careers. In this leadership training, we will dig into what it means and what it looks like to be a coach for your team members. You will learn an effective coaching model to use to help your people grow, and we will identify and discuss the two key coaching behaviors that are most desired by those we manage.
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Master Class in Listening
Bryan Krup, Senior Organizational Health Consultant, sr4 Partners
Request This Free SpeechGood leaders all have one thing in common: they are great listeners. Active listening provides the foundation for better communication, increased engagement and a more inclusive organization. In this leadership training, we’ll cover the (6) steps of active listening: paying attention, withholding judgment, reflecting, clarifying, summarizing, and sharing. We’ll discuss the difference between active listening and three other listening styles. We’ll learn how we can be better listeners in our personal and professional lives and apply effective techniques to absorb, understand, respond, and retain what is being said during communications.
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Enhance Collaboration through Creative Problem Solving
Bryan Krup, Senior Organizational Health Consultant, sr4 Partners
Request This Free SpeechFor most of us, problem solving is a daily requirement--it demands our time and attention, and the process is often complicated when team members take different approaches to issues. What if there was an effective and repeatable framework for problem solving that could actually unleash creativity, encourage productive dialogue, and tap into the strengths of your team members (and you)? In this leadership training, we will dive into the FourSight design thinking tool and explore the benefits it can provide your entire team. You will have the opportunity to self-identify your strengths in this model and learn how to apply this framework to a current challenge on your team.
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Leading Purposeful and Effective Meetings
Bryan Krup, Senior Organizational Health Consultant, sr4 Partners
Request This Free SpeechMeetings are essential for enabling collaboration, creativity, and innovation in any organization; unfortunately, most meetings are a terrible waste of time. You have the power to change ineffective meetings by focusing on the who, when, and how of your conversations. In this leadership training, you will learn how to get better results by approaching meetings with an eye towards efficiency while not forgetting the “human factor”. We will explore pre-meeting best practices as well as how to get the most accomplished during meetings and post-meeting strategies. We will also identify the facilitator skills you need to hone to become a meeting maven.
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