If Change is the New Normal, What Must Stay the Same? “Everything is changing, Scott. What do I do now?” Not long ago, as I was about to deliver a change management keynote speech, a harried chief executive manager asked me the question that you see above. If 2020 was a year of…
There is no Medicine Like Grit In my motivational presentations on Grit for healthcare organizations, my audiences are sometimes puzzled when I stress the importance of grit in every aspect of medicine and patient care. The relationship between grit and healthcare is stronger than you might imagine. The Predictor From physicians in training, to…
What I Learned from My Pandemic As a Florida motivational speaker who frequently delivers live presentations in Tampa, Orlando and Miami, I am well aware of what the pandemic did to wipe out everyone’s motivation. In fact, there’s a lot of research to back up why you’re feeling unmotivated following a miserable year of…
Having a Shared Corporate Vision: More Than a Feel-Good Expression My keynote speeches for corporations on the value and importance of having a shared company vision stress that a collective vision is more than a “feel-good” expression; it is a philosophy of corporate wellness. There is quite a bit of research that backs me…
Have You Neglected Your Most Important Client? As an insurance speaker and former advisor for Northwestern Mutual, I know the insurance industry fared pretty well in 2020. However, many media outlets viewed life insurance through the lens of “panic buying.” In a piece by Greg Iacurci for CNBC (October 14, 2020) entitled “Americans are…
Resilience is Forged by Determination & Grit Last year in a virtual speech on resilience, I was asked if a resilient manager is the descriptor of someone without conviction or an objective. “Oh no,” I said, “it is quite the opposite.” In fact, as a keynote speaker on resilience, I know that the most…
What is The Winning Script for Writing More Scripts in 2021? “The landscape of pharma was radically altered by the pandemic…experts say that the industry will soon be taking stock of how it navigated the pandemic and what the sudden shifts in operations and regulations could mean in the long-term.” – Pharma Manufacturing, January…
Sometimes Resilience Means Standing Firm As a motivational speaker on resilience and grit, I have learned that most people confuse resilient with flexible. They are different words with different meanings. The definition of resilient I like to use in my motivational speeches is “the ability to spring back into shape; elasticity.” Flexible isn’t Resilient There…
What does it mean to be “accountable?” As a safety and accountability motivational speaker, I know that my audiences, virtual or in-person, understand “safety” but I am often asked about the accountability part. We all know about accountability, but how it is measured? It is one of my favorite topics to cover in my talks…
Florida is Coming Back Stronger than Ever – Are You Ready? As a Florida Motivational Speaker who resides in Florida, you don’t have to remind me how badly the pandemic affected our state. A lot of my friends described the pandemic as a massive hurricane. In a way, that’s good. As a Floridian and…
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