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The Comfort Zone Illusion-Solving the Mystery
Susan Neustrom, Ed.D., Leadership Coach, Author, Speaker, Educator, Leading to Action
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self-Improvement
Request This Free SpeechAre you ready for change? Are you a leader embarking on change within your organization? Whether change is planned or unplanned, more than likely you and your team need to step outside your comfort zone and do something different. However, leaving your comfort zone is frightening and fear can stifle growth, halt progress, and negatively impact behavior making you feel as if you lost control, stuck, and not moving forward. When implementing transformational change in an organization leaders are challenged with getting everyone excited and motivated about new ways of working. Often times, leaders are met with resistance, complaints, and frustration because people are being asked to step outside their comfort zone. Change upsets routine and structure and opens the door allowing fear to enter and demonstrated in thoughts and action. Of course, it doesn’t need to be this way because the comfort zone is really an illusion. MORE >
This presentation unravels the mystery of the comfort zone to expose the stark reality of the discomfort of change. Therefore, enabling leaders to discover why leaving your comfort zone is so difficult, what creates fear during times of change, and how to develop strategies for engagement and empowerment that eliminate the fear of leaving your comfort zone and to view change through a new lens. -
The Art of Impactful Leadership – 3 Secret Principles to Elite Performance
Dennis Mellen, Owner, Full Throttle Leadership
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
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, Full Throttle Leadership
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
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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Why choose to go to the moon? Your Mission and Your Purpose
Brian Reinbold, The Mission Specialist, BraveHearts for Kids
TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational
Request This Free SpeechSixty years ago, John Kennedy declared “This nation will commit itself to, by the end of this decade, to put a man on the surface of the moon and return him safely to the earth.” That was the Mission. That was WHAT we did. The Purpose was also expressed: "Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win" MORE >
As The Mission Specialist, I help Purposeful Leaders accomplish their Missions. As the EmCee for your event, I help make you look good. "I don't fly the rockets, I just help make sure the trip goes well!" -
Yes we Can! We are the solution to climate change.
Dorelle Ackermann, Activist, Pachamama Alliance: Chicagoland Co-Hearts
TOPIC CATEGORY: Climate
Request This Free SpeechClimate change is an immediate and serious threat that must be addressed this decade. We will briefly touch on the impact of climate change that is evident today as well as the basic science of global warming. However, our main focus will be on the fact that the solutions to climate change are already here. We have the technology to "drawdown" our atmospheric carbon dioxide and prevent catastrophic climate change. MORE >
The "doom and gloom" scenario often heard on the news is not the reality of sustainability. Instead, we will embrace grounded optimism that recognizes our achievements, acknowledges future uncertainites while remaining hopeful that what we do in the present will shape the future. We will invite participants to consider individual actions to reduce their carbon footprint while inviting participants to join us at a local level to advocate for community, state, national and international action.Presentations are individually tailored to your group and we are especially excited to present to youth and school groups where we provide raffle prizes to motivate students to take action.
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Humanity’s Journey Home
Roger Breisch, Speaker / Provocateur, Dancing With Chaos
TOPIC CATEGORY: Miscellaneous
Request This Free SpeechIn his book "Humanity's Journey Home," Roger talks about the future of the species Homo sapiens and our relationship to the biosphere. It is a provocative view and well received by those who are willing to take off rose-colored glasses and examine the perils we face and the paradigms that got us here. The perspective is hopeful in the long term, but realistic in the short term. MORE >
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Changing the Course of Human History
Roger Breisch, Speaker / Provocateur, Dancing With Chaos
TOPIC CATEGORY: Miscellaneous
Request This Free SpeechNeil Postman once said, "Children are the living messages we send to a future we will not see." When we change the life of a young person, we change the course of human history.
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A set back, is a set up, for a comeback
R. Brady Johnson, USAF Veteran, former Sports Agent,Natural Bodybuilding Competitor, Stroke Survivor, Author
TOPIC CATEGORY: Motivational
Request This Free SpeechBrady speaks to people about persevering through their trials and tribulations through his own personal story. Encouraging individuals to not limit themselves and to instill hope and will to all he speaks to. At thirty-one, Brady had a massive stroke that left him paralyzed on the right side of his body. However, he was able to regain mobility on his right side without feeling his right side. Two years after his stroke, Brady participated in his first 5K. He is currently a competitor in Natural Body Building. MORE >
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Concussion Roulette
Anthony Surrusco, D.C., Clinic Director, Clarendon Chiropractic
TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness
Request This Free SpeechDid you know these alarming statistics? 70% of Players Played with Symptoms of Concussions; 40% of Coaches Didn’t Know About the Injury; 33% of Concussions Occur at Practice. A 10 to 30 minute presentation for coaches and parent meeting on the seriousness of concussions and how performance can be affected for athletes.
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Autoimmune Recovery Workshop
Anthony Surrusco, D.C., Clinic Director, Clarendon Chiropractic
TOPIC CATEGORY: Health & Fitness
Request This Free SpeechAuto-immune conditions such thyroid disease, leaky gut syndrome, poor digestion, chronic fatigue, diabetes, joint pain, skin rashes, brain fog and mood swings are just a few known conditions that affect millions of people in the United States. The age of thinking that autoimmune conditions are impossible to treat are over! This program will outline how to identify the potential root causes of these conditions and the proper procedures at effectively reversing them. MORE >