John’s Keynote Speaking
From his years of speaking worldwide, Dr. Townsend is able to connect warmly with varied audiences, and provide thought-provoking ways to lead with success in one’s personal and professional life.
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Why the Hard Way is the Right Way:
How to Lead in a Culture of Entitlement
During this keynote Dr. Townsend will provide concrete strategies that will help your leaders encourage their employees to:
- Do what is best instead of doing what is comfortable
- Respond positively to constructive feedback
- Formulate plans and execute well
- Make promises and keep them
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Boundaries and Leadership:
When to Say YES & How to Say NO
Based on his New York Times best-selling book, Dr. Townsend will show you how to set the right limits for the right kind of relationships and success. This keynote provides strategies for how to:
- Manage your time & energy to increase organization performance
- Determine when to say yes and how to say no
- Establish accountability when working with difficult employees, misplaced values and long working hours
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Building Teams that Perform:
How to Find and Develop Rock Star Leaders
Research has proven that synergy of a team is infinitely more effective than people working alone. Dr. Townsend will reveal the 4 C’s of Building Teams that provide strategies for your team to:
- Achieve the personal desire and group cohesion to work together on the toughest of problems
- Become focused on roles that will lead to goal accomplishment
- Confront issues and have difficult conversations that end with solutions
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That Difficult Conversation:
Proven Steps for Solving Problems that Maintain Alliances
The toughest conversations between leaders and their employees involve discussing performance, attitude and relationships. Without a skilled approach to these conversations organizations cannot achieve their goals. During this content-rich speech Dr. Townsend will give you tools to:
- Establish alliances so people are open to your feedback
- Incorporate specific phrases and words into the difficult conversations
- Confront others in a productive manner that achieves fast results
- Overcome your fear of how to tell people what you want and deal with counterattack
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Leadership Beyond Reason:
How to Lead with Your Whole Brain
Most leaders are trained on the left side of their brain, which is logic, judgment and reason. High performing leaders need to operate with their entire brain. Based on his book, Leadership Beyond Reason, Dr. Townsend will show you how to:
- Access and develop your natural innovation and intuitive powers
- Craft more influential and positive relationships with your clients and direct reports
- Use your “gut” instincts to confirm key executive decisions
- Develop the skill to use your own creativity, passion and intuition to solve problems
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How to Build a High-Touch High-Performance Culture
Disconnected work environments lead to disgruntled employees. When powerful connections are made and relationships are encouraged productivity and profitability increases. During this speech Dr. Townsend will show you how to:
- Create a work environment where people work because they want to not because they have to
- Actively listen to what your people are saying between the lines so you can know what drives their performance
- Improve job clarity and standards while forming powerful connections
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