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GETTING PEOPLE TO DO STUFF

A keynote speaker plays a key role at your leadership convention or conference. The speaker emphasizes your theme and offers a value-added message. Most importantly, he or she helps attendees be better leaders for their organizations.

 

Remember, the team usually improves right after the leader does. 

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Michael Angelo Caruso delivers a fantastic keynote on leadership that is both educational and entertaining.

This session covers what your leadership group needs to know about the best ways to educate, motivate, and reward team members.

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He’ll talk about ways to handle the four most challenging work personalities, giving special attention to handling negative people.  You’ll learn a simple, yet effective technique for confidence that few leaders use and the best way to offer criticism.

 

Unfortunately, most managers try to motivate employees using three tools that usually don’t motivate: job descriptions, performance reviews and evaluation forms that are linked to money. It turns out that money doesn’t motivate most employees anyway.

 

Here’s how Michael uses the power of story to motivate leaders who attend his keynote presentations:

Leadership uses psychology

This program teaches how to motivate employees using “hot and cold water.”  Using the “hot and cold water” technique, managers can take themselves out of the “bad guy” role forever.

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Leading will be much easier when you learn:

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  • Why money does NOT motivate most people

  • Two things that motivate almost every time

  • How to deal with under-performers

  • Why most job descriptions are DE-motivating

  • The #1 thing workers want (but don’t get) from bosses

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  • Why performance reviews should be UNpredictable

  • Why starting a meeting late works against you 

  • A secret for interviewing job applicants that will save your job

  • Deal with the 4 most challenging personalities 

  • Tips for dealing with negativity

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  • A fun way to guarantee feedback from your team

  • How to instantly improve your presentation skills

  • A simple technique for confidence that few people practice

  • Read people better and faster

  • The fastest way to show interest in someone

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  • The best learning tools on leadership

  • Become more clear to direct reports 

  • Find the Power Seat in any room

  • The best places to get more training

  • The lost secret of how to give a compliment 

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  • Repair almost any relationship 

  • Be less of a boss and more of a coach

  • Stop being "the bad guy"  

  • Help team members make better decisions

  • Why the “LB/NT” technique is the best way to offer criticism

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  • The 15 most powerful words you can ever use with another person

  • Find out which mode of learning is best for your people

  • And much more!

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