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Dynamic Keynote Speaker and Motivational Leadership Speaker

Greg Smith provides motivational keynotes, leadership development training programs and management consulting that accelerates performance and builds exceptional places to work that drives employee satisfaction, employee engagement and employee retention.

Above and Beyond

In his practical and motivational style, Greg unfolds a blueprint that has helped thousands of people empower themselves, transform others and drive a positive “can do” attitude. People can choose to be negative or positive – it is their choice. Those that choose to be negative affect the attitudes of others, cause conflict, complain and resist change. You will learn how to become a leader, build enthusiasm and make a powerful difference to the lives of others. This session is designed to help human resource professionals and business people become change agents to improve performance and deliver powerful results.

Keeping People Engaged, Motivated and Heading in the Right Direction

The ability to navigate change, see beyond the horizon, innovate and keep people engaged and motivated is more important than ever before. Change affects people in different ways – new directions, new strategies and ongoing uncertainty plague the workforce. Success comes to those who transform themselves, leverage human talent and harness the opportunities this changing environment brings. In this interactive and motivational presentation, Greg provides a transformation process that will quickly enhance performance creating a foundation of employee engagement, change and innovation. He provides practical ideas along with personal antidotes on what it takes to enhance creativity, improve employee engagement and help people find passion and pride in what they are doing.

Fired Up!

Leading Your Organization to Achieve Exceptional Results

Are you ready for the new economy? Are you prepared for the changing horizon?  Every organization today must achieve higher levels of performance. Success depends on your ability to manage change, improve financial results, build customer loyalty and motivate your workforce from the bottom to the top. This session will help you design a road map and a long-term strategy that gets your business heading in the right direction and each person performing at a higher level – achieving peak performance.  Learn dozens of ideas and strategies on improving performance, motivating your people to new levels and innovative ways to grow your business.

The Beatitudes of Leadership

The actions taken by the leader is the driving force in building effective teams, improving performance and engaging and retaining a talented and skilled workforce. This session will provide attendees with five key strategies that drive performance and inspire and motivate people to go above and beyond. You will learn how to reward, motivate, engage, make accountable and coach people toward higher performance. By building confidence in your abilities you will be able to handle leadership challenges and guide your people to sustained high performance. You will gain a comprehensive range of very practical and highly effective leadership tools and approaches that can be implemented immediately.

The High Performance Organization:  Leading and Growing Your Business to Achieve Exceptional Results

Whether you are a small company or a large corporation, success depends on your ability to eliminate status quo, improve financial results and exceed customer expectations. The goal of this workshop is to get every person performing at a higher level – achieving peak performance. The High Performance Organization manages change effectively and embraces shifts in markets, competition and customer preferences. The organization is enabled to make meaningful change to improve programs, services, products and processes and to create new value for the organization’s stakeholders.

Here Today, Here Tomorrow:  Proven Ways to Attract, Retain and Motivate Your Workforce

The key to success for any organization is the ability to attract and retain skilled and talented people. Good organizations make employee retention a core element of their talent management and organizational development strategy. Those that fail to make it a priority risk losing their top talented people to the competition. This session shows you how to design an effective talent management strategy that provides a comprehensive road map for not only attracting and keeping talented employees, but for motivating and engaging them to achieve a higher level of performance and productivity. This session is jam packed with tips, practical ideas, and easy-to-implement advice for creating a motivating, high-retention culture.

Employee Engagement Strategies to Boost Performance

Successful organizations realize employee engagement is critical in sustaining their leadership and growth in the marketplace. Employee engagement is the person’s connection to their work, the organization, their customers, the leaders and the relationships they have with their co-workers. Engaged employees stay with their employers, have higher levels of job satisfaction and make significant contributions. During this fast-paced workshop you will learn dozens of strategies and employee involvement techniques such as Roast, Toast and Boast, Vampire Extermination Expedition sessions and Quest programs to boost motivation and teamwork. Enhance employee engagement by using Idea Campaigns, Shining Stars and Idea Olympics. Learn how these programs can improve retention, cut costs, reduce employee turnover and have a major impact on job satisfaction.

Fast, Focused and Friendly:  The Essentials of Great Customer Service

Learn to create a powerful culture of exceptional customer service that permeates and drives the actions of the entire organization. This program will help you create a five-step service quality process that develops the right attitudes, behaviors and emotionally connects with your customers. Discover how to hire, manage and reward your employees so they act quickly, take responsibility and deliver a high level of service. Learn how to train your employees to become your ambassadors that will keep your customers pleased and coming back. This session provides dozens of tips and strategies that can be implemented immediately.

Dynamic Team Building:  How to Enhance Communication and Build Effective Teams

DISC Workshops

Individual behavior styles and preferences have a direct impact on our interpersonal relationships in the workplace. Team members differ from each other in fundamental ways including their values, behaviors, talents, temperaments, wants and beliefs. This workshop helps people understand each other better and appreciate the differences each person brings to the workplace. As a result, you will become a more successful leader and make interactions with others more rewarding and effective. The workshop incorporates a DISC behavior assessment to give a more complete understanding of yourself and others. This program will unlock some of the mysteries in dealing with people on and off the job.

How to Use Personality Tests and Behavior Assessments to Identify and Hire Top Talent

Each person brings their own unique skills, talents, beliefs, and personality to the job. These differences affect how we behave with each other, communicate, and perform. Assessments provide an unemotional evaluation of an individual’s behavior, attitudes, values and talent – qualities difficult to judge in an interview alone. Learn how to use assessments and behavioral reports to hire the right person and match them with the right job for long term success.

Hire the Best, Forget the Rest! How to Hire Top Performers Each and Every Time

The key to business success is the ability to attract, hire and retain skilled and talented people who fit your culture. Learn the skills, processes and the knowledge you need to identify and hire top performers each and every time — those that will perform in the top 20%. When you add the money spent on recruiting, hiring, orientation, training and employee turnover costs, it equals to 2.5 times the person’s annual salary. This workshop shows you how to design a comprehensive strategy for not only attracting and hiring skilled employees, but for motivating and engaging them to achieve a higher level of performance. As a result, you will generate greater customer loyalty, decreased employee turnover and higher financial returns for your business.