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Speaker Topics
What Audiences Say
"Never Rule Without A Magician, A Sage and A Fool" had the audience engaged the entire time; Clare is excellent. Clare's book and presentation look at Leadership and Management through the context of history, literature, mythology and current thought. It is a unique perspective and it works well, in no small part because of Clare's engagement with the audience - and her sense of humor. Try to catch one of her presentations!"
Kathi Clayton, Managing Director, Garnet Holdings, Inc.
"I could tell people were VERY interested - you could hear a pin drop because everyone was listening so intently."
Pam Sammarco, Co-Vice President, Programming, Northern New Jersey
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
"Some presenters have great style. Some instructors possess great subject matter expertise. Clare Novak is one of the rare folks with both. More importantly, she delivers useful content to be immediately applies toward better business results."
Mark S. Eichinger, Performance Improvement Specialist, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
"...such a model speaker - poised, animated, responsive to your audience and dynamite content!!!"
Mal Conway, Consultant, IBM Learning Services
Tailored to Your Needs...
Each topic can be adapted to your needs:
- Use examples from your business or profession
- Target the right level of knowledge for your audience
- Fit your timeframe
- Available on short notice (sometimes!)
Never Rule Without A Magician, A Sage and A Fool
Who's got YOUR back? Leadership excellence is easier when leaders wisely enlist three key advisors-Magician, Sage and Fool. Magicians contribute unwavering focus on vision; Sages, deep knowledge and commitment to rule of law. Fools love leaders enough to tell them the truth. Never Rule Without a Magician, a Sage and a Fool: How Great Advisors Help Leaders Soar While Keeping Both Feet on the Ground, transitions leaders from the "lonely at the top" paradigm to leading with comrades in arms. From this interactive experience, the audience can expect to:
- Walk away knowing exactly what a leader's job description is. Only four behaviors for leaders' success have weathered 5,000 years in the trenches. Do these four things right and experience success.
- Engage deeply with key advisors who care passionately that you succeed:
- What will your kingdom look like 20 years from now? Is it healthy today enough to get there tomorrow? - Magician
- Is there rightness to all your kingdom does and says? - Sage
- Did you remember that it's socks then shoes? - Fool
- Evaluate the current state of your "dream team" of advisors. Who in your in your life fully engages with you as a Magician, a Sage or a Fool?
- Use the gifts your trusted advisors give you to meet the challenges of running your kingdom.
Novak studied leadership and advisor practices on four continents spanning 5,000 years. Distilled from those practices are the behaviors that survived the test of time and the hard mileage of history.
Think AND Blink
Ever walk away from a meeting knowing something didn’t quite add up but you couldn’t put your finger on the issue? Learn to recognize gaps in logic, numbers that don’t add up and distractors designed to keep your attention away from flaws. Develop the skill to ask critical questions to provide insights worthy of Holmes and Watson. Most importantly, learn how to structure your responses in order to present them confidently and competently.
Participants will:
- Formulate critical questions
- Detect key information in the answers
- Identify and understand the structure of argument
- Structure and present their point of view competently and confidently
Coaxing Creativity from Cube Dwellers and Corner Offices
Forget thinking out of the box! Just get out of the box and think creatively where ever you want. Everyone is creative in one of the many forms of creativity. Learn to tap your creativity to help you solve business issues and experience more personal satisfaction at work.
One participant said, "The exercise on customers quickly gave us a lot of very positive solutions to old problems."
Interact, have fun, challenge yourself and learn:
- Brain basics
- Introducing - Ta da! - the whole brain
- Idea generation techniques- fast solutions to perennial problems
- Creative alternatives generation-from first idea to best idea
- Personal commitment to creativity
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