SPEAKING

This popular keynote is ideal for leaders and teams that need to step back and make sure their priorities are in order. We can't be effective at work or home if we are running on fumes.

Mindful leaders have greater executive presence, connect well with others, and are responsive rather than reactive.  Mindful leaders can also focus and sustain attention yet are flexible and able to change course when needed. They are also better able to lead others through change and to deal with the ambiguous, complex, and 24/7 demands upon them.

While cultivating mindfulness is a skill developed over time that takes motivation, knowledge and practice, this introductory workshop will help leaders begin the process, educating them about what mindfulness really is and why it is not a “fluffy” skill but rather an essential capability for leadership effectiveness.

Leaders will also have opportunities to reflect and practice during the session, as well as to begin to map out their personal plan for cultivating mindfulness as a leadership practice.

The better we understand ourselves and others, the happier and more effective we are in our relationships, both at work and at home.

In this workshop, participants develop practical skills and behaviors related to self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management (key aspects of emotional intelligence). These skills and behaviors include:

• the capacity to identify and regulate emotions
• to understand strengths and weaknesses
• to recognize and understand others' emotions as well as their strengths and weaknesses
• to look for win-win opportunities in relationships with others.

This workshop will help participants identify strategies for communicating effectively and for handling conflict, which is a normal, stressful part of relationships.

Resilience is an essential competency for leaders today, one that enables leaders to be more effective in all they strive to accomplish.

This highly interactive workshop draws on the scientific research on well-being and resilience to help leaders develop their own personal toolbox for resilience.

Participants will have opportunities for self-reflection, for exploration and discussion in pairs and in small groups, and to participate in large group discussions at their own comfort level. 

Resilience is like a physical muscle that must be actively developed through gaining knowledge and understanding, creating intention and plans, and then deliberately practiced. Participants will leave with personal resilience plan that they can implement

"The servant-leader is a servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.”

– Robert K. Greenleaf

Servant leaders are focused first on the needs of others, both their customers and employees, rather than on their own ideas, goals, and ambitions.

What does it mean in a practical way to become a “servant leader” and how does the role modeling of servant leadership affect the organizational culture overall? 

This session will help emerging leaders develop important attitudes, skills, and behaviors of servant leaders.  Imagine what could happen in your organization if all of your team members became servant leaders.

It’s a new world these days for every employer. The pandemic of 2020 lingers into 2022 and beyond. The landscape of talent willing to work a traditional job has shrunk to record low numbers.

What is an employer to do?

This session describes the current challenges facing employers given "the Great Resignation" and the continued preferences for remote and hybrid work.

Dr. Allen will outline the strategies organizations can implement now to make a difference well into the future.

Ideal for management and executive professionals seeking to restructure recruitment and retention programs for continued success.

Tomorrow’s leaders will increasingly need to get things done through and with others. 

Innovation requires collaboration across industries, demographic differences, languages, time zones and more.

For successful collaboration leading to new solutions and innovation, leaders need to improve skills that reduce defensiveness and enhance true communication. 

With all the risks out there, from economic volatility to data breaches, some leaders overlook the role that developing an ethical culture plays in reducing risk and improving the bottom line. Focusing on creating an ethical organizational culture in an intentional way is now an established solution to reducing risk.

Hiring, selection, and retention of great employees is critical to the success of all organizations.  Dr. Chris Allen will share information and lead an interactive session to discuss important strategies for selecting, hiring, and retaining employees with the right stuff for your organization.