Speaking Topics for your Events and Meetings
Symptom:
Low Attendance or Interest
Diagnosis:
Boring Speakers
Prescription:
Call the Team Doctors for Jazzed-Up Attendees!
Diane is available to energize your organization
at meetings or special events. She speaks on a variety
of topics, and some of her most popular are listed here.
If you want to book a presentation, or need a specialized
presentation, contact Diane.
What Diane’s
Clients Say:
“Your presentation for the Philadelphia Society
for Human Resource Management on the topic “Retaining
Top Talent.” was informative, engaging and well
targeted to meet our needs. While this was my first
experience working with you, colleagues who have engaged
you to provide training for their organizations referred
me to you with praise for your speaking and training
abilities. Now I know why.”
Kimberly J.
Togman, SPHR
Vice President, Director of Human Resources
Managers Investment Group LLC
Past Program Chair for Philadelphia SHRM
Getting Results from
High-Performance Teams: Practical Techniques Learned from
the Field
The
team-based approach is gaining popularity as cross-functional
and international collaboration have become a requirement
in today’s business world. Many factors influence
a team’s success —and they may not be what
you think. Diane Hanson uses real-world examples and case
studies to demonstrate the key factors that create productive
teams, and provides a model for you to use in implementing
successful teams in your organization. Book
Diane
Team Doctor: Diagnosing
and Resolving Team Conflict
If
your team is throwing darts at each other instead of the
competition, it’s time for the Team Doctor to help
you diagnose what you can do to transition from conflict
to collaboration.
Using real-world examples and case studies to demonstrate
the key factors that create productive teams, Diane will
help you evaluate your team’s support structure
and take an eagle eye’s view of your organizational
to find the answers you are seeking. She will also help
you to implement the solutions successfully. Book
Diane
You Can Teach an Old
Dog New Tricks: What I Learned about Management from My
Dog
What
does a 7-year old cockapoo who was rescued from the local
animal shelter and rehabilitated have to do with business?
With the cockapoo’s help, Diane Hanson teaches basic
management principles in a simple and easy-to-understand
format that can help you become more effective and unleash
your employees’ full potential. During this fun
and interactive session Diane will share experiences with
both dogs and employees — and you’ll be amazed
by the similarities. You’ll surely try some new
tricks you learned on your employees—just don’t
tell them you learned them from a dog! Book Diane
Retaining Top Talent:
Keeping your Best and Brightest
Whether
the economy is up or down, organizations need to retain
top talent. As baby boomers retire, the challenge of recruiting
and retaining middle managers will escalate. Many factors
affect job satisfaction and retention of top talent and
the cost of turnover is far more than most managers believe.
Diane Hanson will share the latest trends and techniques
in employee retention and the tremendous impact of systemic
organizational development. By the end of this session
you should have developed some new ideas for retention
of your company’s talent. Book Diane
Breaking Through –
Trailblazing a Path of Success
From
gender discrimination and sexual harassment to politics,
how can women best cope, thrive and succeed? Diane Hanson’s
keynote presentation includes war stories from her career
as the first female sales representative hired by a major
pharmaceutical company to the launch of her management
consulting firm now starting its 20th year in business.
Her talk will highlight successful strategies for women
in business directly from one who blazed the trail even
before the Women’s Movement. Book
Diane
Stress Management in
Today’s Chaotic World
It’s
a hectic world out there. The average person works significantly
more hours and has far less leisure time that at any other
time in mankind’s history. Demanding jobs, demanding
families and it’s only the beginning and pressure
is expected to increase even more in the future. How is
a person to cope with it all? This presentation is designed
to help you relax your body, and calm your mind. Learn
techniques that can help you manage your stress. Book Diane
Top Performance in a
High Pressure World: Getting the Most Out of Your People
Competition
keeps getting stiffer and customers are more demanding
than ever. As the workload continues to build, how do
you get the best performance out of your employees and
meet the challenge of today’s dog-eat-dog world?
Learn how to gain competitive advantage through effective
management of your people resources while improving efficiency.
Book Diane
Creating a Motivational
Work Environment
It’s
not an easy task to keep everyone motivated and committed
to their work. Managers and supervisors must constantly
be aware of the many factors that can be motivational
and de-motivational in the work environment. In this session
you will learn how to engage the heart and minds or your
employees to conquer the competition. Reach new levels
of productivity and groom your employees to take on greater
challenges. You will also learn methods for increasing
morale and commitment to your department’s and organization’s
goals. Book Diane
Taming the Tempest:
Managing Conflict in Today’s Workplace
Are
your employees often at odds with each other or do you
sometimes find yourself and others embroiled in conflict?
The resolution of conflict among employees can steal up
to 20 percent of every manager’s time, costing their
organizations in countless ways. Improve your understanding
of what causes conflict and how to prevent it as much
as possible. You will learn about you own conflict management
style and effective methods for resolving conflict. Book
Diane
