The Sweeney Agency

About Peg C. Neuhauser - Expert on Change, Communication and Work/Life Balance:

Peg Neuhauser is president of PCN Associates, the management consulting firm she established in 1984. As a speaker, consultant, and facilitator, she offers practical tips for action to create a more innovative and adaptive organization. Her focus is on increasing collaboration in cross-functional teams, managing change, improving communication among work colleagues, avoiding burnout by improving work/life balance, and strengthening the organization’s culture to focus on its goals more effectively. Her stories, case examples, and humor illustrate each idea in a way that is both entertaining and easy to remember.

She works with clients in many industries including health care, high tech, finance, and publishing. Prior to establishing her company, Peg worked for Hospital Corporation of America. She is the author of four books:

• Tribal Warfare in Organizations
• Corporate Legends & Lore, The Power of Stories as a Management Tool
• Culture.com: Building Corporate Culture in the Connected Workplace
• I Should be Burnt Out by Now, So How Come I'm Not?

What Peg Neuhauser Talks About:

The descriptions listed below will give you a general idea of the topics covered in each seminar or presentation. Peg will work with you to design the specific content that you want for your program and can combine several of these topics in one presentation.

Nuts & Bolts of Organizational Change: Pratical Strategies for Changing Your Organization's Culture
Change is a constant part of any organization. It is difficult to chart the course for your organization's future, but even harder to execute on that strategy if it means changing the way people in your organization functions. Changing the culture means changing the habits in your organization – individually, teams, procedural, technical. Change the habits and you change the culture. Peg provides down to earth, pratical tips and strategies for changing those habits. To be able to target these changes where they are need and do so rapidly is an essential skill for any successful organization in today's world.

Breaking Down the Silos in Your Organization
This presentation is based on Peg Neuhauser's book Tribal Warfare in Organizations. It takes a humorous and entertaining look at turf battles between departmental and professional groups in organizations . . . IT, HR, lawyers, paralegals, nurses, doctors, sales, back office or whatever the silos are in your organization. Neuhauser offers practical tips on the do’s and don’ts of tribal communication. The goal is to produce more effective collaboration and problem solving that makes life easier for everyone and provides service to customers.

The New Normal . . .Rethinking the Way You Lead (For Managers)
Moving On . . .Healing from the Turmoil and Adapting to the New Realities (For Employees)
Uncertainty is the word that best captures the thinking of most individuals and organizations these days. People say it’s like working in a fog. Is the recession really over? Will things return to normal? If so, when? If not, what will the new normal be, and how do we succeed in that world? What do 90% of top execs rank as the critical organizational skill needed today – agility. Here are some practical definitions of what they mean by organizational agility:

• Capacity to identify and capture opportunities more quickly than a rival does
• Combining patience and boldness
• Being ready to move the moment the fog lifts just enough so the choice is more than a crap shoot, but before things are clear to everyone including competitors

Help your leaders and employees understand the new normal in your organization and adapt as leaders and employees to these new realities.

I Should Be Burned Out by Now . . . So How Come I'm Not?
Everyone’s work life has been affected by this era of uncertainty. The world we are living in today operates at a much faster pace than a decade ago. In this presentation, Peg C. Neuhauser provides dozens of practical tips for coping with one of the most serious dangers of the high speed, uncertain world of work—burnout. Peg covers three areas where actions can be taken to reduce burnout in your organization: corporate culture strategies, eadership actions, and personal tips. In this interactive and entertaining presentation, Neuhauser will discuss ideas with the audience and tell stories about how people are surviving and even thriving in this era of uncertainty.

Building a Corporate Culture that Helps Your Organization Succeed
There is no one right culture for all organizations. The right culture is the one that helps you succeed in accomplishing your goals. Peg Neuhauser's presentation offers practical tips for how to build and maintain your corporate culture to succeed in today’s world. Neuhauser has written three books on corporate culture: Culture.com, Tribal Warfare in Organizations, Corporate Legends and Lore.