Keynotes

"Surfing a Tsunami": Becoming a Future-Ready Leader

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Organizations need "Future-Ready" leaders to scale growth. Technological innovations. Geopolitical Shocks. Generational differences. Cyberattacks within and across borders. All seemingly every day! David will help your leaders take on key counter-balancing "Future-Ready" mindsets and meta-behaviors. "Future-Ready" leaders need to be both "Analytical Observers" and "Ambitious Futurists." These two mindsets are followed up by two key meta-behaviors. "Future-Ready" leaders need to engage in "Adaptive Influencing" and "Active Patience." 

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"Stop being the Hero": Leading change that actually scales for growth

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Many leaders blame employee pushback when change efforts fail — but they may need to look in the mirror. When leaders try to play the hero, they often stop listening and take criticism of proposed solutions personally. Three change management strategies can help leaders avoid the hero trap: building coalitions based on problem expertise, not solution support; telling the problem’s origin story rather than just selling a vision; and not assuming that the organizational culture must transform.

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"Bouncing Back +": Building Team Resilience

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Scaling up your team’s resilience is a “must-have” leadership competency. Based on his Harvard Business Review article and more than a decade’s research, David provides insights from creating your own "resilience dashboard" to investing in role crafting to meet agile and uncertain challenges. Resilience is built with people AND perspective.

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"Leading Slow to Grow Fast": Active Patience as a Superpower

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When you’re listing the traits of a great leader, patience probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. BUT, David's research puts "active patience" at the top of the list. His research provides cutting edge data that demonstrates how patient leaders significantly boosts their follower's creativity, collaboration, and productivity. In a world that demands agility and quick results, how can leaders develop "active patience"? David prescribes key "patience boosters" for leaders to not only "grow fast" but create a sustainable growth culture.