Creating a “People-First” Culture is an imperative. 

When leaders are people-centric, they create a safe space for their teams to innovate, whilst upskilling them to succeed in an ever-evolving climate of uncertainty. When we connect at the level of humanness, we address the deeper people issues and become Encouragers who support, guide and challenge growth more intentionally. Let's do a deep dive into the fascinating trends that help people to fast track their own growth, with your intentional Leadership.

Are you struggling to lead your team through staff shortages, hybrid work arrangements, respecting work-life balance, while feeling accountable for company results?

Do you feel like you’re offering it all but your employees still aren’t happy?  There’s probably a hundred questions you could ask (if HR let you) but you are left without answers.

Barb gets to hear the answers to those questions.  You see, she used to be in YOUR seat, and now she hears everything from the other side of the desk.  As a CFO, Barb was known for solving problems, bringing order to chaos, and most importantly, bringing out potential.  She now uses those skills to coach her clients on how to implement and follow through with the changes they need to get the life they most want, while still thriving and contributing in their careers.  

They are thinking about the answers. A lot.  If your worst nightmare is having to replace your highest performers, you might want to come and find out what they're thinking.

While having a list of things to check off throughout the day is a good tool to help keep us organized, when it comes to our teams, doing “things” to check the box is only pretending to be engaged.  As leaders it’s our job to have an open door policy and to hold ourselves and those we lead accountable with effective communication.

One of the greatest challenges that is hurting leaders today is ineffective communication due to a lack of proper training and development which has led to organizational downfall and therefore leading to poor generational leadership.  This talk is dedicated to having an open door policy that doesn’t just “check the box”, but allows for authentic communication and leadership development both in the individual and in the team. 

Are you a leader in the marketplace? How do you put a fire under team members without burning them? How do you keep great workers without shackles? What if there were a strategy for creating a desirable atmosphere in your business, would you want to know? I answer these questions and more as I teach my 5 facet strategy for magnetic leadership in the marketplace. 

Your leadership is working perfectly for the results you are getting now. If you don't like those results, the first place to look is at your leadership. As a leader, you are the single biggest influencer on your team's performance. Performance is measured by metrics and key performance indicators (K.P.I.s). I present audiences with the ultimate K.P.I. - Kulture with a “K”, Positive Leadership with a “P”, and Interrelationships with an “I” which when executed will drive your other K.P.I.s and metrics.

Great leaders continually work on themselves. We need more great leaders in this world as many are firmly stuck with a fixed mindset, something they are either not aware of or think they have arrived and further development is only for their teams. Their leadership is not moving ahead causing frustration, stress, and many other negative emotions, not only in their lives but also in the entire organization.

In this talk the audience will become aware of the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset, the necessity of the latter, and how to indeed upgrade to a growth mindset so you can take your leadership to the next level and beyond. 

5 Key Take-aways:

1. The difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset and why a growth mindset is key for real success.
2. Why your mindset influences your behaviour; State of mind creates state of results!!!
3. Discover the characteristics of a leadership mindset and how to develop those in your life and business.
4. How to challenge your mindset on a daily basis; The need to be intentional in everything you do.
5. Why Self-care is also an important part of that process. We are so much more effective when we are in great shape.

Team managers and entrepreneurs strive for common goals when it comes to their teams: people who get the job done and add value to the organization. What their people want most: the autonomy to do so. This desire predates any hybrid model of working stemming from recent times. One way to make this work really well: tap the zone of genius. 

An individual's zone of genius refers to the particular gift that they have - effortless and something they love to do. Steven Kotler refers to this as being in a state of flow. For example, an eye for detail is a zone of genius (ZoG). 

However, there’s one thing that gets in the way of individual success that adds value to the team & business. 

When Jenny Vaz launched her business, she was determined to create a team that thrives with autonomy. Since then, she has seen inspiring results at the individual levels as well as a team. In this presentation, she will cover:

• What's needed for identifying someone's zone of genius.
• One way to help them tap it to align with business demands.
• The one thing that stops team members from being successful and how to overcome it.
• Build a team culture that thrives.

No matter the size of your team, as a manager, you will now have the skills to bring their bests to the forefront.

The triple threat of leading in my experience are emotional intelligence, engagement, and execution. They are my creation known as the score model. I introduce the concept and explain how each are vital for leader development. 

The current workforce environment demands that leaders and organizations evolve in their culture, approach, and thinking. This begins with clear, concise, and consistent communication across, up, and down in an organization.  While communication is a frequent topic of training, it continues to be a key contributor to most challenges in the workplace.  To combat this, instead of focusing on just one behavior we look at three and how they interact, impact, and build on each other.  These behaviors are assumptions, boundaries, and communication.

I’m a manager, now what? The skills to succeed as a people manager...

Management and Leadership is hard. Many organizations still do not adequately support those in people management positions and my mission is to find Ways to Change the Workplace to address that. 

Key sections of this 30 minute session:

• Articulating your management story
• The way organizations create managers, and the problem with it!
• The evolution of the workplace from a manager and employee perspective
• How to truly listen to your team
• Ways you can keep your skills up to date.

A lot of work is being done remotely in this pandemic era. Remote workers report feeling excluded and unimportant, and are often less engaged and effective. But there is a lot of benefit to allowing workers to work remotely, from reduced commutes to reduced sickness and increased family time. How can we get the benefits without the downsides?

The answer lies in creating shared experiences that increase people's sense of possibility, and lead to feelings of optimism and excitement. In other words - creative play. 

Many people think that play is the opposite of work, but that's not actually true. Play is a way to process information, feel included, and practice innovation. Creativity is a way to explore new ideas, become better brain-stormers, and have fun. All of this helps people become more flexible thinkers, more comfortable with ambiguity, and better problem solvers. As a result, teams become more engaged, more effective, better able to pivot, and more innovative.

In this session we will play some of the creativity games that I bring to organizations, so you can experience the magic of creative play and bring it back to your team.

In this presentation leaders will learn some of the top secrets that successful team managers employ with their team that makes them so successful.

88% of people leave work each day feeling that they work for an organization that doesn’t listen to or care about them.  For over two decades, Wade Thomas has given leaders the roadmap to improving the employee experience by utilizing leadership styles grounded in compassion and empathy.  We don’t often think of those terms when it comes to the workplace, but compassion and empathy provide your organization with a key strategic advantage, no matter what industry you’re in. Adopting a heart-based culture has been proven to reduce turnover, increase employee productivity, and create an employee experience that is second to none.

In this session, attendees will takeaway:

• Why adopting a Heart- Based workplace culture grounded in compassion and empathy has proven to drive business success for hundreds of organizations across different industries
• Identify essential leadership skills frontline leaders should develop to create  high-performing teams
• Learn from a former CHRO and current thought leader the eight Heart-Based leadership principles that lead to a winning employee experience
• Understand the power of positive energy and taking a personalized approach to leadership