Sample Keynote Topics

Ian's ability and willingness to customize his presentations is legendary. The descriptions below are meant to help you decide how he can be of most help. Ian brings a remarkable blend of insight, inspiration and humor to every presentation.

The Profitable Power of a Peak Purpose™

"Having lost sight of our objectives, let us redouble our efforts!" seems to be the motto for many organizations today. They blindly rush to the 'how, what, and when' and only when the market or their own exhaustion forces them to do so do they stop and ask the question "Why are we doing this?" Millions of dollars and untold amounts of time are literally thrown away while at the same time customer get more and more frustrated. This hard-hitting presentation lays out in unarguable terms why the most powerful weapon in the battle for sustainable profitability is a highly defined purpose.

Who? Any conference or event. Particularly relevant to organizations in the middle of - or who are about to go through - enormous change. If people need re energizing and refocusing - this is the presentation you want!

The Real Purpose of Leadership: moving from information to wisdom!

This mind-expanding and soul-lifting presentation explores how you can access wisdom to see further into the future than the competition! Everybody has information and advice - but wisdom is the rarest commodity in the corporate world today. What your clients and customers want is wisdom, so they know you are the right choice to lead them. That means you absolutely must evidence wisdom in your leadership if you intend to take others into the future! This presentation provides the perspective your organization needs.

Who? Executive teams and audiences made up primarily of managers and leaders. Also ideal for those destined for leadership roles!

Lighting a Fire in Your Fireplace: rekindling the corporate spirit

In the chaos of mergers and re-engineering, the human spirit has been ignored and wounded. Learn how to "light the fire" and restore passion, purpose and performance to your organization. This session declares that your ultimate success lies not in your structures, strategies and systems - but in this rekindling of spirit. If you are going through difficult and exhausting change - this unifying, energizing and humor-filled session is just what you need!

Who? Any event where you want to see an abundance of fresh energy and enthusiasm. It's the intangibles that separate one organization from its competitors or that elicits loyalty from its members. This goes way beyond motivation to inspire people to greatness.

The 11 Commandments for an Enthusiastic Team: collaborating with purpose and passion!

You will laugh, you will cry - but above all you will commit yourselves to each other and to your purpose with a level of determination rarely seen. This is one of the most requested motivational and team-building presentations of modern times. If this presentation does not move your teams to supernatural levels of unity and performance, nothing will.

Who? If you are fed-up with the futility and waste of working in silos - this is the session for you. Absolutely ideal for any situation in which people must pull together for a common purpose! Ideal for events involving your clients and customers too! Superb as an opening session because it sets a high positive tone; ideal as a closing because it sends people out walking on air!

The Alignment of Life and Work: finding and fulfilling your higher purpose!

"Life balance" is a desperate dream for almost everyone these days. With humor, insight and inspiration, Ian reveals that life balance doesn't exist! Life is never balanced— and we've got to deal with it! The real secret to getting your life back is to know why you are on this earth in the first place...and that is were the magic happens! This presentation has a huge and lasting impact on audiences.

Who? Incentive trip winners and any situation where spouses/partners are involved make ideal audiences for this incredible presentation. It speaks to everyone whether they are part of the company or not, and makes people glad they were there!

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