"People that win in this incredibly dynamic environment don't respond quickly to change, they create change and new opportunities. These  Change-Ready© people are always challenging the status quo, the 'way it's always been done' and constantly seeking bold innovative new ideas, opportunities and possibilities."
Bob Kriegel

“To keep ahead of the waves of change you must think like a surfer. Move when you’re at the crest of the wave, not the trough. Anticipate change. proact don't react, create the future don't respond to it. Wait too long and the wave passes you by leaving you flailing in the backwash.”
Bob Kriegel

“Don’t compete... Change the game. Competition breeds conformity. You won’t find your niche playing the same game as everyone else. To gain the competitive edge, be creative, not competitive. Reinvent your job, your business, yourself.”
Bob Kriegel

“Round up your sacred cows, the old policies, practices, procedures and paperwork that ‘graze’ on productivity and profits. after profits Sacred Cows cost money take time and slow progress. They also prevent you from responding quicklycreatively and efectively to change and new opportunities. Remember when on a sacred cow hunt... NOTHING IS SACRED, NOTHING.”
Bob Kriegel

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Robert Kriegel's customized presentations
draw on his 25 years of pioneering work with leaders and peak performers in all fields and his best selling books.
Dr. Kriegel’s presentations outline bold, innovative strategies and practical guidelines for excelling in these turbulent, rapidly changing, intensely competitive times.

Each of Dr. Kriegel's presentations is individually designed to reinforce the objectives of your meeting, to address the specific challenges and concerns facing the audience, and to have practical "take home" value.

To gather information about your organization, and the specific goals of your meeting, Dr. Kriegel will send you a pre-conference questionnaire, interview people in your organization, and read relevant materials.  Any of the following topics and bullet points can be combined into one customized speech.

Kriegel’s hard hitting, high energy, humor filled presentations entertain, inform and inspire.  You will learn tools and techniques to:

• Develop and lead proactive Change-Ready organizations
• Differentiate from the competition and deliver the impossible for the customer
• Streamline processes by rounding up sacred cows that are costly and prevent change & innovation
• Turn innovative ideas into action
• Perform at peak levels under pressure
  

TOPICS:

DEVELOPING A CHANGE-READY© MIND SET

• Creating change not just responding to it
• Becoming proactive not reactive, leading not following
• Playing to win rather than not to lose
• Increasing motivation and excitement about change

IF IT AIN’T BROKE…BREAK IT!

• Riding the wave of change without wiping out
• Flipping rules, looking outside & thinking like a beginner
• Bold, innovative ‘out of the box’ thinking strategies for:
• Keeping ahead of change
• Solving old problems in new ways
• Creating new opportunities and possibilities

SACRED COWS MAKE THE BEST BURGERS
Eliminating outdated thinking and practices
How to:

• Round up Sacred Cows that cost money and prevent change and innovation
• Have a Sacred Cow hunt
• Streamline processes and operations
• Control email epidemics, paper piles and meeting mania

LEADERSHIP

• Turn Managers into Leaders - Developing a Change-Ready© Culture
• Three strategies for motivating people to change
• Creating an environment where innovation flourishes
• Four steps for turning ideas into action
• How to overcome ‘firehosing’ and resistance to change

SALES, MARKETING & CUSTOMER SERVICE

• Selling solutions not products to keep out of ‘commodity hell’
• Innovative strategies for:
• Surprising not just satisfying customers
• Differentiating from the competition
• Outthinking not outworking the competition

MOTIVATION & RECOGNITION EVENTS

• Using success as a springboard to greater heights
• Why some people keep winning and others don’t
• The most overlooked strategy for keeping on top
• How to conquer the sabotage thinking that traps winners
• Why you should always mess with success

HI-TECH

• Out of the Back Room and onto the Front Line
• High Tech needs high touch to be highly successful
• How to think strategically and add value to business units
• How to sell to internal customers

“The way you tailored the presentation specifically for us was great! Your examples were relevant, the tips and techniques practical and ‘do-able’ in our environment.”
Kathy Moody
Western Regional Manager, AT&T

“Your willingness to go the ‘extra mile’ in learning about our business and meeting theme and incorporating that into your speech provided a high ‘value-added’ session. You are a true professional giving both energy and content.”
Robert Taylor, Conference Coordinator, IBM

“Your address was the most in tune of all the speakers I have heard over the past several years, exposing challenges that dealers and advertising people really face.”
Dennis O’Shaughnessy
Director of Merchandising, Cadillac Motor Car Division

“The time you took talking with our people  before the meeting really showed. You spoke our language. The agents directly related to your many examples and techniques for excelling in our industry... Standing ovations don’t come easy.”
Gail Solos
Chair, Annual Western Sales Meeting, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

“The time you spent becoming acquainted with our company and personalizing your talk make a significant difference over what we normally get as a canned program. Thanks a million for a contribution that will make a difference.”
C. Lee Johnson, President, Distribution Services,
The Limited

"Your talk went a long way in helping us get people to think about how to respond to changes and lead their organizations in a changing environment. Thank you for the time you took to prepare your talk so that it was tailored and specifically addressed some of the issues and challenges Pfizer is facing. Thanks again for your energizing speech."
CFO & Executive Vice President
Pfizer, Inc.