On Fire at Work – How Great Leaders Ignite Passion in Their People without Burning Them Out
Targeted Audience: Employers, Business Leaders/Owners/Operators, Franchisees, CEOs, C-Level Execs, HR and Operations, Senior and Mid-Level Managers
Targeted Industries: Retail, Food Service, Fitness Centers and Gyms, Technology, Financial, Insurance, Healthcare/Senior Care, Hospitality, Maintenance/Cleaning/Sanitation, Construction, Manufacturing, Skilled and Professional Trade Associations
Presentation Style: Humorous, fast-paced, dynamic, motivational, content-rich. Highly customized actionable relevant ideas and strategies presented.
Type: 60- to 90-Minute keynote presentation
Description: After interviewing highly acclaimed C-level leaders across all industries, Eric Chester has uncovered the practices and principles that Best Places to Workaward-winning companies and great leaders are using to go beyond merely engaging today’s rapidly changing workforce, but to ignite what he terms “On Fireperformance.” Through a highly entertaining multi-media presentation, audience members discover the best practice ideas, tactics, and strategies these esteemed employers use to consistently attract and retain top talent, encourage innovation and collaborative thinking, and inculcate the desire to out-perform yesterday’s best. Based upon the groundbreaking research in his fifth leadership book, On Fire at Work: How Great Companies Ignite Passion in Their People without Burning Them Out(Sound Wisdom, Oct. 2015), leaders, managers, and supervisors walk away with actionable ideas for building an invincible army of entrepreneurswho take pride and ownership in their work.
Uplifting, inspiring, and content-rich, it’s impossible to experience “On Fire” without catching fire and igniting the passion for achieving excellence in those around you.
Take-Aways: Participants will discover the secrets and proven strategies that renowned companies and legendary leaders are using to:
- consistently attract top talent with minimal recruiting.
- on board new employees to make a lasting impression and cement their commitment from day one.
- create, develop, and reinforce the “7 pillars of anOn Fireworkplace culture” i.e. Compensation, Alignment, Atmosphere, Growth, Acknowledgment, Autonomy, and Communication to improve productivity and ignite performance.
- eliminate employee burn out, significantly reducing costly turnover.
- remain relevant with the emerging workforce as they develop young talent into future leaders.
- become the ‘employer-of-choice’ in their respective industry.
Reviving Work Ethic: Helping Leaders End Entitlement and Restore Pride in the Emerging Workforce
Targeted Audience: Employers, Business Leaders/Owners/Operators, Franchisees, CEOs, C-Level Execs, HR and Operations, Senior and Mid-Level Managers
Targeted Industries: Retail, Food Service, Financial, Insurance, Healthcare/Senior Care, Hospitality, Maintenance/Cleaning/Sanitation, Construction, Manufacturing, Skilled and Professional Trade Associations
Presentation Style: Humorous, fast-paced, dynamic, motivational, content-rich. Highly-customized actionable relevant ideas and strategies presented.
Type: 60- to 90-Minute keynote presentation
Description: The Golden Rule instructs us to treat others the way we want to be treated. But what if the other person doesn’t want the same things we do? What if treating others the way we want to be treated only creates friction between us?
In a perfect world, business leaders would employ a workforce that’s engaged, enthused, and ethically unassailable. The reality, of course, is that the new emerging workforce is streetwise and techno-savvy, but they’ve not been taught how to succeed in the workplace, at home, or at school.
Eric Chester is the leading authority on developing work ethic in young adults and leading Gen Y employees to achieve at their remarkable potential. His presentation will illustrate why the work ethic in America has declined, and he’ll provide solid, actionable ideas and tools for developing the young worker and restoring the pride of a job well done, instilling within them the work ethic they should have received at home and in school – but didn’t.
Some of the key topics areas covered and learning objectives include:
- Discover the 7 Indisputable Core Values that every employer demands from every worker, and why they are getting harder to find but are essential to develop.
- Find out how to promote a workplace culture rooted in reliability, professionalism, integrity, and respect.
- Learn how to be an ‘up and over’ leader, moving employees from “Idle,” “Lucky,” and “Cheating” behaviors into the “Valued” Quadrant.
- Improve customer service in your business to break free from a “vending machine mentality” by learning how to instill an attitude of gratitude across your front line.
How to Attract, Develop & Retain Young Workers to Jobs They Don’t Consider Sexy
Targeted Audience: Employers, Business Leaders, CEOs, C-Level Execs, Contractors, Subcontractors, Foremen, Senior and Mid-Level Managers and Supervisors
Targeted Industries: Skilled Trade Associations, Construction, Manufacturing, Equipment Handling, Printing, Warehousing, Transportation, Fabrication, Electrical, Plumbing, HRVAC, Roofing, Carpentry, Flooring/Tile, Agricultural, etc.
Presentation Style: Humorous, fast-paced, dynamic, motivational, content-rich. In-depth industry-specific research to present highly-customized, actionable and relevant ideas and strategies .
Type: 60- to 90-Minute keynote presentation
Description: Eric’s inspiring program for leaders, employers, contractors, etc. in skilled trade industries shows them what it takes to break through to the mindset of the emerging workforce. In this high-energy, dynamic, content-rich presentation, he reveals today’s best practices for recruiting, training, managing, and motivating the under-30 demographic to jobs many young people don’t consider ‘sexy’, and how to get them to performup to their remarkable potential.
Throughout his program he integrates best practice examples that have been successful in increasing interest, building application flow, and developing an enigmatic generation of workers from the inside out.
Take-Aways: Participants will discover the secrets and proven strategies that renowned companies and legendary leaders are using to:
- consistently attract top talent with minimal recruiting.
- on board new employees to make a lasting impression and cement their commitment from day one.
- create, develop, and reinforce the “7 pillars of an On Fireworkplace culture” i.e., Compensation, Alignment, Atmosphere, Growth, Acknowledgment, Autonomy, and Communication to improve productivity and ignite performance.
- eliminate employee burn out, significantly reducing costly turnover.
- remain relevant with the emerging workforce as they develop young talent into future leaders.
- become the ‘employer-of-choice’ in their respective industry.
