Scott Burrows

Scott Burrows, Motivational Change Management Speaker

  Want to be Invaluable? Be the Change Agent.   The change management trends for 2023 have been widely acknowledged, and as a change management speaker, I’m not surprised that change is now considered the new normal. Whether employees are used to their workplaces being “transformed” from year-to-year or even month-to-month, like it or not […]

Scott Burrows, Inspirational Resilience Speaker

  Resilience Also Means Gratitude   As an inspirational resilience speaker, I am aware that there has been a lot of research into the strong brain-link between resilience and gratitude. As scientist and psychologist Dr. Jeff Thompson said in his article for Psychology Today entitled Resilience and the Practice of Gratitude: “Gratitude practices are not […]

Scott Burrows, Motivational Change Management Speaker

  Not an Easy Time to Lead Others   “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flow charts. It is about one life influencing another.” John C. Maxwell   This has not been an easy time to navigate through change, especially for leaders. As a motivational change management speaker I can assure you that leadership is […]

Scott Burrows, Banking & Mortgage Financial Speaker

  What is the Path through a Turbulent, Uncertain Market?   As a banking and mortgage financial speaker, who began his career in the financial services arena, I understand the challenges of uncertainty in a complex and chaotic industry. How do you continue to grow and attract new clients with interest rates doubling, rising to […]

Scott Burrows, Motivational Resilience Speaker

  If You Think Resilience is Difficult, Try Inflexibility!   About a year ago Wired magazine wrote an inciteful business article on why bosses don’t listen to employees. The article pointed out three problems in what they called a disconnect between bosses and workers: Bosses are more likely to be content to be back at […]

Scott Burrows, Business Resilience Speaker

How to Develop Greater Business Resilience   A recent article published by McKinsey & Company touches on many points I make to my audiences as a business resilience speaker. The following point was interesting, especially as businesses are all struggling with adversity: Optimal crisis preparedness includes defensive measures such as buffers and financial reserves but […]

Scott Burrows, Building Resilient Sales Teams Speaker

What Does a Resilient Sales Team Look Like?   The most frequent question asked of me as I am about to deliver a motivational speech on building resilient sales teams is: “What is the one thing all resilient sales teams have in common?” It is an honest question, but as 2022 has come around, I […]

Scott Burrows, Goal Setting and Resilience Speaker

Most Resolutions Guarantee Failure. So, Now What?   “Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.”  – James Clear, Author   Forbes magazine just ran an insightful article (December 31, 2021) on the importance of goal setting rather than making resolutions. One of my favorite observations as a motivational resilience speaker […]

Scott Burrows, Grit, Change and Resilience Speaker

What Were Your 2021 Resolutions, Anyway?   After my last keynote speech on Grit, Change and Resilience, I asked the participants a simple, yet revealing question: “What were your 2021 resolutions?” The question was met with lots of nervous laughter. The typical answer was “to forget about 2020.” But that’s not a resolution Everyone, including […]

Scott Burrows, Motivational Safety Speaker

Safety Did Not Take a Pandemic Holiday   As a workplace safety keynote speaker, it is sad to report that during the pandemic period, safety did not take a holiday. In fact, certain measures worsened. While those outside of the safety “industry” predicted a lowering of workplace accidents, in fact, they increased. From the Ride […]