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Laughing all the Way to the Bank.

A serious and funny look at how ego and spirit impacts the bottom line.  Sandy presents her Spirited Economics™Model and shows how spirit is a quantifiable business asset that will have the organization laughing all the way to the bank. Pulled directly from her book Who’s in the Driver’s Seat: Using Spirit to Lead Successfully Sandy deals with a key leadership imperative – knowing how to behave and speak in ways that switch the team on to the company’s vision and goals.
 

How Your Team can kick the Habit of ‘Sweating the Ego Stuff?’ 

You will discover four easy to apply and completely unique action steps for building an unstoppable team that takes total accountability for delivering exceptional performance. In this informative talk Sandy draws on 30 years of experience assisting talented teams to pull together and achieve their goals.   She offers a totally different spin on why teams struggle and how they can make a quantum change in the way they work together, so that they can enthusiastically perform at their highest level and experience a sense of pride and fulfillment.
 

Why Bad Things Happen to Good Strategies

In this dynamic and entertaining  presentation, Dr Gluckman reveals  how the communication style of companies can make or break the successful implementation of the corporate strategy.  You will see, hear and laugh at the styles that switch employees off from the company’s goals; and discover what to say to switch the talent of others on.  You will experience how straight talk, in a bold and confident way builds strong relationships, creates dynamic team spirit, enhances innovation, results in competitive and profitable decisions and creates enhanced shareholder value. This is a “seriously-funny” keynote showcasing the communications concepts that appear in Sandy’s book, Who’s in the Driver’s Seat: Using Spirit to Lead Successfully. 

From Vision to Bottom Line

In this fascinating talk Sandy reveals how to use the corporate vision to align the organization from boardroom to backroom.   Sandy offers a whole new look into what a true vision is, what it is not, why having a vision is vital and how to use the intellectual and emotional power of a true vision to achieve structural and functional performance alignment. In this highly motivational presentation you will be experience the kinds of visions that energize employees and generate inspired implementation. 

It Takes Spirit to Make Profitable Decisions 

Sandy shows the difference between business decisions made with and without Spirit.  Spirited teams that make profitable decisions know how to play with the boundaries, not within the boundaries.  These teams break out of the current models, challenge outdated assumptions, bend the rules and see what others in their market cannot see.   Sandy unveils her Profitable Decision-Making Model™ and shares stories and examples of how this has catapulted companies to success 

Welcome to Customer Service with Spirit

This talk takes you beyond ‘excellent great, exceptional’ customer service to customer service that impacts the customer in a way that no other form of customer service can!  Sandy offers a unique perspective on how to build potent and profitable relationships with customers within minutes.  Based on a new book, soon to be published, Sandy offers an overview of the spirited skills, the innovative training and the non-traditional metrics needed to provide customer service that gets people talking.  
 

Marketing with Spirit:  It’s all about the Connection

Sandy looks at marketing through a new lens – the power of spirited marketing – which has been called buzz, live or grassroots marketing.  When you have your customers doing your marketing for you, you know you have connected with their spirit. You will discover where and how to break through the clutter and bond with the customer in an unforgettable way– whether this is business-to-consumer or business-to-business.   Sandy offers dynamic case studies of companies that have successfully executed Marketing with Spirit with phenomenal results.