Leveraging Fun for Employee Engagement, Performance, and Retention
 
Remember the best job you ever had?  I’ll bet you were also highly productive and engaged – and having fun!  Whether you are a one-person team or are part of a large organization, come learn how you can rekindle that magic!  We’re not talking pizza parties and silly hats though.  That type of goofy fun doesn’t motivate or last.  Instead, this interactive session is based on the latest research, which says for maximum impact, fun must be engrained in the work – not special events separate from it.  When the work tasks, work environment, and work relationships are fun, employees engage, perform, and stay.  You’ll apply tools to analyze your work experience and develop an action plan that even the most curmudgeon Operations VP will embrace.
 
 
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How We ‘See’ the Future Changes Everything! — The Power of Transformational Change Leadership

Abstract: I’ve been assembling the list of “7 Core Beliefs of Transformational Change Leaders” (TCLs) over the past several years, and I’ve come to discover that these folks are just — well — different. You “know” it when you’re in their presence... TCLs live an attitude of “been there, done that,” and have an approach that is calm, accepting, and wise. TCLs never seem to have their “hair on fire” about anything, and usually have a good answer for virtually any question. In this thought-provoking keynote address, we’ll dig into the core beliefs of transformational change leaders, we’ll compare/contrast these with those of what I call “transactional managers,” and we’ll see how transformational change leaders create better, faster, more sustainable results. Prepare to become a TCL!

Key Learning Points in Transformational Change Leadership:
1. Take the Situation Seriously, but Not Myself
2. Change-Related Anxiety Represents Leadership Immaturity
3. Transformational Change Can’t Happen Through Me Until It’s Happened To Me
4. Innovation is an Attitude, Not Something on a “To-Do” List
5. People Don’t Resist Change. People Resist BEING Changed without their Permission
6. Invest In Only the Best Options and Have the Courage to Let the Rest Fall Away
7. Allow What WANTS to Happen, Don’t Myopically Look at What I WANT to Happen

Robert S. Tipton has been in the business of transformational change for most of his life. He describes himself as a “manager’s nightmare” because of his constant questioning and his drive to look for new approaches. It’s from this foundation of searching, examining, probing, and synthesis that he drives extraordinary results using his non-traditional approaches.
He has spoken in more than 30 countries, and 40 states. Called an “innovative change expert” by Forbes, CNN, CNBC, etc., he is the author of three books, the latest of which, JUMP! – Get Unstuck, Extraordinary Life Breakthroughs Through Innovative Change is the basis for his transformational change-related keynote presentations and workshops.
He is a recovering corporate refugee, having spent time in many “C” level roles, including CIO of a $1B company and CTO of a $1.2B consulting firm.  Finally, his approach to education, professional accomplishments, etc., not surprisingly, is also non-traditional. He’s gone to school, he’s accomplished some big things. But — more important than 30-year old degrees, or the lists of “in recognition of” stuff, suffice it to say his life has prepared him well to help people move through the toughest, messiest situations toward positive, enduring outcomes.