One of the toughest problems with employing and investing in smart people is that it can be difficult to understand the important information they are conveying.
We help you re-engineer your engineers to:
  • Communicate, influence and engage others, even those without a technical degree.
  • Master the art of stating clearly a situation's impact on operations, people and the bottom line.
  • Become exceptional leaders who know how to develop their people and create thriving workplaces.
  • Maximize the outcome of any presentation from a conference call, executive meeting, training or speech.
OPENING KEYNOTES
Re-Engineer Your Career – How to Thrive in a Minefield
Secrets of successful engineers: Tactics that keep you on top
Have you ever wondered:
  • Why your peers got a promotion or prime project while you weren't considered…even though you're as smart as they are?
  • How much better your work life could be if people just understood the value you could add to the organization?
  • When you are going to get to work on the innovative or important work?
  • Why it felt like you're walking through a minefield at work and not sure what your next step should be?
It is possible to re-engineer your outcomes and improve your results to reach the next level. You can increase your professional influence and successfully navigate office politics to get more of what you want. However, you have to know the right strategies to connect, the right process to communicate and the right times to act.
Re-Engineer Your Engineers - Set them on Fire!
Wouldn't you like to re-engineer your employees to:
  • Bring a problem solving approach to all projects?
  • Pitch in and help their peers?
  • Show up in a more positive mood?
  • Stay loyal instead of learning something new and taking it to your competition?
  • Engage everyone around them?
Being a leader who is motivating and can get people engaged isn't rocket science. It's more like pyrotecni. If you want to light your employees up it requires some different techniques.
WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
Re-Engineer your Communication Strategies
How to appear really smart in a world of frustrated communicators
Ever thought you were:
  • Delivering crucial information but the audience was only grasping 10% of what you were saying?
  • Standing in front of a room of critics who thought they could do a better job than you?
  • Talking too much for too little end result/action? (not keeping their attention?)
There are ways to deliver top-shelf, data-driven content in a format that audiences grasp and remember. With the right communication skills, you can reduce your development time by 50%, increase the retention by 80% and convince people to not only agree but take action.
Re-Engineer your Presentations – Smart People Speak Better Naked!
Presentations undressed to reveal what audiences really need to see and hear.
  • Design content so that audiences can grasp it quickly & retain it
  • Learn what works and what fails
  • Become the sought after presenter who engages and entertains
You Must Be Kidding!
Use stories and humor in business presentations
  • Build rapport and engage your audience
  • Use relevant anecdotes to clarify your points
  • Communicate so well that people wish your talks were longer
  • Get customers to enjoy working with you
PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
  • American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Baylor Healthcare System
  • Sabre
  • Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • Alcatel–Lucent
  • Celanese
  • Raytheon
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)
  • Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. (RIMS)
TESTIMONIALS - EXCERPTS
Dave is a dynamic speaker with a passion to help others. He has tremendous talents in using humor and personal stories to get the message imprinted to the heart of the audience.
Grace Tyler, MBA - Asian American Engineer of the Year Award (2013) Executive Committee Chair at Chinese Institute of Engineers.
Dave’s audiences are energized by his encouragement to the extent that they laugh and involve themselves in his stories all the while thinking of ways they can apply the lesson he is teaching. He relates to the front line worker and the company executive with ease and confidence.
Adrian Sepeda - President and Owner, A. L. Sepeda Consulting Inc.
Dave is a talented engineer with an ability to bring the house down with his humor and insight into the human condition. Yes, an engineer with a sense of humor! Yes, an engineer with the human touch!
Barbara Beggs, ACC - Senior Consultant at PDI Ninth House.
Dave is an amazing educator and speaker. His enthusiasm for learning and his ability to tell and tell captivating stories is really top notch. He will leave you laughing, probably crying, and learning some very valuable lessons along the way. Having Dave as your speaker will be a decision you will be glad you made.
Tom Sheives, PhD, PMP - Senior Lead Consultant at Catapult Systems
ARE YOU READY TO TAKE ACTION AND HELP YOUR ENGINEERS SUCCEED?
Contact me now to discuss how I can help you:
  • Reap the benefits of having engineers with exceptional communication skills
  • Incorporate a workplace where employees and leaders have more fulfilling careers
  • Profit from increased productivity and profitability
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