Steve's Keynote
Walking the Walk: The Power of Personal & Professional Execution
What is it that drives some people to succeed far beyond others around them? Their intelligence? Their determination? Their incessant attention to detail? These may indeed be some qualities which lead to personal success (which you inevitably define for yourself), but what remains true in all successful people is an honest belief to their core that they can and will succeed. Their intentions are firmly based in the assumption that they will successfully execute every time.
Steve understands that no amount of strategy can make up for the fact that the job just needs to get done. The cold facts are that you are only as good as your last report, job, etc. Steve provides a comfortable atmosphere in which he uses light humour, interesting stories and timely examples to emphasis the importance of everyday execution.
Subtopics:
Understanding the Creative Process
One of the consequences of life speeding up is that people have less and less time to think. Important breakthroughs in thinking creatively arrive when the process becomes more important than the product. Research has shown that the average person thinks about seventy thousand thoughts a day. At first glance, one might see an amazing potential right away for creative thinking to thrive. Unfortunately, virtually all of these thoughts are the same ones occurring repeatedly and most of these thoughts stem from fear and worry. We waste our creative potential because of our incessant preoccupation with the possibility of failure. Opening ourselves to more positive possibilities and productive choices is the first step to freeing our inner creativity and executing our goals.- The Art of Professionalism
Professionalism is like beauty; it's hard to define but people know it when they see it. These subtle skills can have a number of benefits. The projection of professionalism will make top notch employees want to work for you and it will help give potential clients the confidence to put their trust in you. So what exactly is professionalism? Basically, the core of professionalism has to do more with who you are than with what you do. Professionals tend to stand out among the crowd. They carry themselves more confidently, and are therefore more poised and purposeful in their actions. In essence, their positive attitude is showing and it doesn't take long for others to notice.
- The Secrets of Effective Decision-Making
What is the main characteristic of successful people? It certainly isn't age or experience (Bill Gates had neither when he started). What it comes down to is their masterful ability to make smart, swift decisions day in and day out. The celebrated motivational guru Tony Robbins is famous for saying that it's in your moments of decisions that your destiny is shaped. Every time we make a decision, our pathway to success is either tweaked in a positive or negative direction. Our fast-paced, technological society demands us to decide now and decide fast or we're history. For three consecutive years, a Teradata Survey has confirmed this crisis in business decision-making. Senior business executives of top US companies report executives making more complex decisions in less time with increasing amounts of data. In addition, 70 percent said that poor decision-making is a serious problem for business, eventually affecting a company's reputation, long-term growth, employee morale, productivity and revenue. It is becoming quite apparent that businesses, big and small, need to understand how decision-making affects their bottom line.
"An excellent and enlightening presentation!"
~ M. French
