Keynotes & Presentations
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We deliver motivational keynotes and speeches on high-impact leadership issues and organizational effectiveness. Regardless of the size or type of organization, we work with clients to learn their specific goals and objectives. By understanding our client’s priorities, we are able to customize the keynotes and presentations to fit the needs and interests of the specific audience. The following topics are samples of the keynotes and presentations offered by our partners Carol Gallagher, Linda Lewis and Susan Robinson. To obtain a speaker profile and/or fee schedule, please contact us at a4ex@a4ex.com or 510-658-3371.
Retaining and Developing Top Talent
For executives and leadership development managers, Dr. Gallagher explains
what other companies have done to attract, retain and promote top talent.
She shares success stories and mistakes of successful CEOs of companies
such as Intel, Schwab and Texas Instruments. She identifies what skills
and behaviors are necessary for an executive to succeed in today’s
business environment, as well as the 12 Executive Virtues imperative
to an executive’s ability to lead large groups of people.
Going to the Top
For the mid-level manager who aspires to reach the executive suite,
Carol highlights the specific competencies, behaviors, relationships
and political savvy that are necessary to mature into executive roles.
She addresses the misconception that what it takes to be a successful
executive is the same skill set as that of a successful mid-level manager.
She explains the myths of executive advancement and details the subtle
“tips from the top” that propelled senior executives into
the corporate apex.
15 Proven Strategies that Will Advance Your Career
Designed for all employees who want to achieve career success, Carol
explains that moving up the corporate ladder requires discipline, self-awareness,
a sense of curiosity and strong people skills. She identifies the 15
proven strategies that will help leaders move beyond their comfort zone
and take calculated risks to achieve their career goals. She dispels
misconceptions of what it takes to succeed in today’s business
environment, while defining the four Critical Success Factors: C.O.R.E.
Breaking Down Barriers: Tips and Techniques for Women and People
of Color
For companies focused on increasing diversity in their management levels
and for individual women and people of color who strive for an executive
position, Carol explores the unique obstacles that often prevent women
and people of color from crossing the executive threshold. She provides
an understanding of the differences in career progression and shares
best practices of companies who have been successful at increasing diversity
in the executive suite. She highlights the critical factors that enabled
women and people of color to become executives and identifies the one
key element that all successful business people have in common.
Creating & Running a Corporate University
Discover how to launch a corporate university and run it like a business.
Linda teaches best practices to capitalize on the corporate university
as a way to strategically advance your organization and to gain competitive
advantage. Based on her many years designing and leading corporate universities,
Linda highlights key success factors and discusses the critical elements
necessary for achieving successful outcomes. This workshop is invaluable
for those considering, or already offering, in-house programs and learning
opportunities.
Making a Difference through Action Learning
The traditional training and development strategies are giving way to
more effective, relevant approaches to developing the work force. Using
case examples from Fortune 100 companies and the US government, Linda
demonstrates the approach, benefits and outcomes that can be realized.
She teaches about “action learning,” a dynamic and challenging
approach, which is making a significant difference for both individual
and organizational performance.
Learning Individual Style to Enhance Productivity and Creativity
Each individual has a preferred learning style and alternate ways of
making meaning of what they learn on a daily basis. By increasing individuals’
understanding of how they learn best, we can accelerate learning and
help others to become more efficient and effective at grasping information
and developing themselves. Participants in this session have an opportunity
to identify their profile and apply their insights in order to enhance
productivity and creativity in the work environment.
How to Make a Start-up Successful
Taking a start-up to the next stage? Launching a big initiative? Starting
a major, high visibility project? Learn how to make it successful, taking
small and simple to large and complex, with all the transformative events
you must manage. Find out what start-up CEOs and successful entrepreneurs
believe was responsible for their upward business trajectory -- how
they made tough decisions on time and how they ensured key strategies
were implemented while building a creative, accountable team.
Be a Project Leader as well as a Capable Manager
Ever wished for better outcomes at the end of a tough project? Learn
how to position yourself as a leader from the proposal and planning
points, through execution, to the finish with accolades. Benefit from
research on what project owners and sponsors feel distinguishes a great
project leader from a manager who did a credible job, given the difficulties.
See how to close a project so every person involved is proud, satisfied
and ready to partner again.