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About Dr. Mark DeVolder - Motivational Speaker on Change and Employee Engagement

Dr. Mark DeVolder is a change expert and and an internationally acclaimed motivational keynote speaker. As a top professional speaker, Mark speaks on topics like change, communication, engagement, leadership, and teamwork.

All of Mark's customized keynote programs contain lively audience connection and interaction, cutting edge content, practical ideas, lots of opportunities to laugh and learn, all illustrated by humor and memorable stories. Audiences leave with the tools they need to re-energize, re-engage and transform their workplaces and lives.

An expert in the dynamics of organizational change, Mark DeVolder reveals why 70 percent of all change initiatives fail to achieve their stated goals. Most leaders focus the majority of their time on the numbers, but it is the people issues that often make or break a deal. With straight-forward strategies and convincing business examples, Mark shows leaders how to improve the bottom line.

Mark is skilled in both boardroom settings and conference halls, as a sought-after trainer, as a mediator in emotion-charged negotiations and as a guest speaker delivering high-energy messages to audiences of all sizes.

Dr. DeVolder's clients have included IBM, Genivar, PricewaterhouseCoopers, AIG Financial, as well as many Federal Government departments and Aboriginal First Nations.

Mark is the author of Get Engaged! A Practical Guide for Improving Employee Engagement..

What Dr. Mark DeVolder Talks About:

Harnessing the Hurricane: Surviving and Thriving Extreme Change
In Mark's signature keynote, leaders learn how to adapt, survive and thrive in a climate of constant change. You will receive essential leadership tools and a template to successfully plot a course through the storm: the turbulent times and the doldrums. Leaders will leave with a personal plan to successfully navigate change in their organization, become a leader/coach and develop employee engagement. Don't just survive; learn to thrive during Extreme Change!

Sales & Customer Service: Get Engaged! Love Your Job
See the profound connection between highly motivated employees and increased productivity and profitability. With straight-forward strategies and convincing business examples, Mark shows leaders how to improve the bottom line through the pillars of commitment: clarity, competence, influence and appreciation. You will leave tools and a template to re-energize, re-engage and transforms your workplace and life.

Trust Factor: The Business of Relationships
Trust is at the heart of every successful organization, and trust is always about relationships. With compelling business examples and proven strategies, Mark DeVolder reveals essential behaviours and characteristics to build and strengthen trust throughout the organization.

Your managers will increase their trust capacity with:

• Tools to assess their own level of integrity
• Simple skills and exercises to practice trust behaviours
• Clues to identity the warning signs of betrayal and disengagement

No matter what the industry, everyone is in the business of relationships. You will gain a competitive advantage with trustworthy managers, loyal employees and clients who trust the integrity of your company and product. It’s the trust factor.

New Leadership - The Player-Coach
Many managers spend the majority of their time fixing employees problems. DeVolder shows leaders how to leverage their efforts to the greatest advantage: coaching people to fix it themselves.

Now You're Talking! The Art of Effective Communication
Leaders will learn how to improve listening and delivery skills, recognize non-verbal messages and speak with genuineness and confidence.

You Can Do ANYTHING!
Built around the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy, Mark shows you how to believe in yourself and others. You will learn to Believe - Expect - Exceed. This presentation rises to the level of true inspiration, triumph and celebration.

Other Popular Keynotes:

The Invisible Leader - Managing Virtual Teams

The Power, Passion and Potential of Volunteers