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About John Izzo - Expert on Leadership and Organizational Change:

As an author, community leader and inspiring speaker, Dr. John Izzo talks about the essential elements of leadership and the new frontier of that ever changing role. Dr. Izzo is an expert in leadership development, organizational change, personal well-being in the fight to balance work and life, and creating an engaged workforce. He is a much sought after management consultant.

Dr. Izzo is author of Values Shift: The New Work Ethic and What It Means For Business and The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die. He is co-author of Awakening Corporate Soul: Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work. John's pioneering work has been featured on CNN, ABC World News, Canada AM, and CBC Radio, as well as in the LA Times, The Seattle Times and BC Business.

Values-Shift defines how and why our work ethic is changing, offering practical ideas on what companies and managers can do to retain and inspire the people they need and value. Based on leading edge research and experiences with more than 200 companies, John Izzo helps people understand these shifting values and how they differ across generations and across gender.

The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die is based on a highly acclaimed public television series that aired on The Biography Channel. This book takes the reader on a heartwarming and profound journey to find lasting happiness.

John's clients include AT&T, IBM,ESSO,IMAX Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Marriott Hotels, Dow Chemical, American Management Systems, Bayer, GTE/Verizon, TELUS, Deloitte & Touche, AstraZeneca, Manulife Financial, Canada Life, Sun Life Insurance of Canada, Scotia Bank, and CIBC.

What John Izzo Talks About:

Dr. John Izzo's dynamic presentations provide audiences with practical ideas and thoughtful insights from his work with more than 500 organizations. John works hard at getting to the real issues within an organization and tailors his message to each group. He is powerful and practical, offering memorable tools to help people and organizations achieve their goals. He delivers an inspiring address that will get your people thinking, laughing and taking positive action in the workplace.

Leading In Tough Times: Engaging Your People During Change
How do we keep people engaged and motivated during tough economic times? What are the keys to keeping people on side and leading them through change? This session will explore the keys to leading people during tough times and engaging them through change. The session will help leaders understand what people need in changing times and practical ways to engage people during such times. Filled with real life examples from working with over 600 companies, Dr. Izzo will help your leaders learn the secrets to companies that navigate tough times effectively. Among other things, leaders will learn: How to keep people focused on the long term? How to engage people in change so that they help you stay successful and don’t act like victims? How to keep a climate of recognition and success even when things are tough? What are the five things people need from leaders during times of change and how can leaders deliver it? How to become the employer of choice when things are tough?

The Buzz Factor: What Great Workplaces Teach Us & How to Become One
Some workplaces have a buzz, a definable, palpable energy that makes people want to commit and do their best. Buzz is hard to define but we all know it when we experience it. It is characterized by high commitment, passionate belief, deep trust, and a tremendous sense of pride.

We have heard about such workplaces, but what is their secret? Why do some companies and organizations have what some have called magic? In this keynote, Dr. Izzo shares a lifetime of learning from working with and researching many of these unique places where passionate commitment reigns as normal everyday reality. He will help leaders and colleagues understand the key factors that create buzz, gain practical ideas on how to create it, and be inspired to strive to become one of those truly engaging places to work.

Branding from the Inside-Out
You are wasting your money if you think a logo is all you need to brand your company. A brand is created by the daily interaction between your staff and your customers. Who you hire, how they are treated, whether they are engaged or not and whether they believe in the services and products they sell, has everything to do with how the world sees your brand! In this inspiring and practical program Dr. John Izzo will help your attendees understand how to create an engaged team who live the values of the brand every day.

Building Your Business Through Engaging Your People
The key to business success and growth is to have engaged people who will be great ambassadors for your business. In this program Dr. Izzo focuses on how business owners and leaders can build the business through highly engaged employees who are passionate about the business, who know what matters and deliver it to customers and clients on a consistent basis.

Values Shift: Engaging a Changed Workforce
Worker motivation and retention now rank evenly with customer service as the key to holding market edge. Never has it been so important to see the workplace through employees' eyes, and cater to their beliefs and needs. This represents nothing short of a sea of change from values of even ten years ago. This keynote focuses on six major value shifts in terms of what people expect from work and are looking for in a company. It offers practical ideas on what companies and leaders can do to win commitment and increase loyalty of employees companies, Dr. Izzo will help your people understand these shifting values and how they differ across generation and gender. Find out what successful companies are doing in response! Based on His book, VALUES SHIFT: The New Work Ethic & What it Means for Business.

Four Generations - One Workplace: How to Bridge the Gaps & Thrive in the Future
Winning and keeping talented people has become one of the top concerns of today's managers and business owners who are determined to weather the turmoil and emerge with the strength to dominate their industry. How can organizations create high levels of commitment and engagement? With employees' values shifting, how must leaders shift their thinking and behavior? This program offers powerful and practical ideas on what managers can do to increase employee loyalty while responding to changing expectations.

Business & the Green Challenge: How Business Will Save The Planet
If you are tired of green talks that beat up on business, this talk is for you. Business is often blamed for damaging the environment but in this program Dr. John Izzo shows that business is and must lead the way to meet the challenge of sustainability. He shows how individuals cannot do enough alone and why government is important but unable to meet the challenge. Through inspiring examples, startling facts, personal stories and practical ideas, your audience will leave seeing the important role businesses and corporate leaders will play in meeting the sustainability challenge.

What are the keys to a purposeful, successful, and fulfilling life? What must we discover about life before it is too late? Dr. John Izzo interviewed over 200 people from the age of 60-106 and asked them to reflect back on their lives. What did they learn? What would they do differently? What brought the greatest happiness and meaning? What were the important crossroads and the decisions they made and what did they regret?.

Creating the Passionate Workplace:
Over the last several years, an increasing number of organizations and leaders have become interested in creating more spirited, soulful workplaces. Indeed, the deepest commitment comes from those who experience work as more than a way to make a living but as an expression of their values and desires to contribute. In this keynote, Dr. Izzo will explore four paths to finding more purpose and success and will help leaders at all levels discover practical ways to create more spirit for themselves and their teams. Based on his groundbreaking book Awakening Corporate Soul: Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work.