Speaking Engagements

An experienced international speaker, Jim will confidently engage your audience through personal experience, passion and presence. Personal anecdotes drawn from across his wealth of leadership experience ensures that the messages land in a way that promotes the change, commitment to excellence and outcomes that you’re seeking.

Whether it be lessons in leadership, focus and teamwork drawn from complex flying missions while hurtling across the earth at 540 mph or lessons in culture and change management arising from mergers and turnarounds in major organizations, Jim will leave them with practical, immediately applicable learnings.

The following abstracts outline just a few of Jim’s proven speaking engagements:

The Trust Formula

Four Essential Ingredients To Scalable Success

Abstract:

Trust is at the very foundation of every relationship, and everything we ever dream of accomplishing.  If you strive to lead a successful company and build a lasting legacy, trust is absolutely paramount.  In this dynamic, interactive workshop you will learn about the four essential ingredients of trust and how they impact every relationship in your life.  You will see how trust applies inside your company to create high-performance teams and a culture of excellence, as well as how to scale it across your customer base and your industry.  You will leave this session with practical tools and a deep understanding of how to grow and sustain trust, and if necessary, how to repair trust to enhance collaboration, cooperation, and effectiveness.  This deepened understanding of trust will position you to build a successful company with a lasting legacy.

The Human Connection

Leadership Beyond EQ

Abstract:

No longer can we lead our organizations only through the lens of excel spreadsheets in the hopes of creating successful organizations.  Today’s rapidly changing environment and highly mobile workforces demand that we engage the hearts and minds of our people to create not just revenue, but something that is equally important – meaning.  Shareholders and potential employees are rapidly shifting to companies that reach beyond simple return on investment – they want meaning and greater contributions to society and the world we live in. 

In this dynamic, interactive workshop, you will examine your own awareness and learn how to engage the hearts and minds of your people as a critical step to create engagement, alignment, loyalty, and retention; you will learn about ‘Leadership Beyond EQ’. 

You will learn how to reach beyond emotional intelligence to reach the depth of authenticity as a leader that is essential to succeed in today’s marketplace.  Authenticity, integrity, vulnerability, technical excellence, and trust all weigh into your ability as a Leader to deepen the human connection that will ultimately determine your success. You will be left with a deep understanding of the critical ingredients of the human connection, what they call upon from you as a leader, and practical tools you can apply to ensure your success. 

Your Leadership Unleashed

Prized Brand. Meaningful Growth. Devoted Workforce.

Abstract:

While ‘Leadership Unleashed’ is the holy grail that every CEO and executive team strives to achieve, it can only be achieved by mindfully developing three critical ingredients to success: 

1. Inspiring Leadership;

2. A Culture of Excellence; and

3. Positive Public Impact. 

The intersection of these key ingredients assures that you will create a devoted, loyal workforce, a prized brand and meaningful growth leading to a lasting legacy for you and your company.

 In this dynamic interactive workshop, you will learn how the three critical ingredients to success are each underpinned and how they come together to reach ‘Leadership Unleashed’ across your organization.  Leadership Unleashed – incorporates core attributes such as: Vision; Trust; Engagement; Awareness; Accountability; and Learning among others to fast-track your success.  You will leave with practical tools and concepts that can be immediately applied to accelerate your growth in business and in life.

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