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About Peter McCoppin - Orchestral Conductor and Leadership Speaker:

Peter McCoppin is a professional communicator who has developed and practiced his skills in engaging people to action. He has a 30-year career as an orchestral conductor on four continents. He has served as music director of the Victoria Symphony in B.C. and Charlotte Symphony in Charlotte. Peter McCoppin's skills on behalf of those orchestras resulted in increased audience attendance, public profile, and community ownership. Currently, he is Music Director of the Asia Pacific Entertainment Inc.

McCoppin has served also as host/broadcaster of many national, regional, and local TV and radio programs in Canada and the United States. He is in high demand as a keynote speaker and lecturer. Peter McCoppin’s demonstrated skills of leadership, team-building, and effective communication and presentation are the foundation of his consulting services and private coaching to corporate and government executives.

What Peter McCoppin Talks About:

Through practical experience in his professional life, Peter McCoppin has identified and developed skills and strategies for engaging an audience, enlisting an active response, and generating a collaborative effort in an experience of community. Through these collective experiences, he has developed skills for effective communication and inspiring leadership. These learnable and transferable skills are the core of his presentations.

The Essence of True Leadership
The culture of an organization reflects the behaviour of the leader. Inspiring and true leadership is not born through a study of business procedures but rather through a diligent building of self from the core.

Reliability and consistency of action earn leaders the trust and confidence of those with whom they interact to build a loyal and energetic team eager to drive towards the achievement of goals. But character alone is not enough; leaders must provide a clear and compelling vision – a concrete target and a strategy to reach that target – an end and a means to that end – to unify the intention of the team on a clear path to success and fulfillment for all.

Team-Building Facilitation
Peter McCoppin’s team-building sessions provide take-home skills to focus individual talents and energy and to maximize collaborative effort in defining and achieving team goals. Each session is preceded by a penetrating and absolutely confidential questionnaire which provides critical information for planning the direction and strategy of a one- or two-day team-building session. Each team, with Peter McCoppin's facilitation, defines its own culture in a written charter by full subscription in which team members specify behaviours and actions to which they will hold each other accountable to the fulfillment of identified team goals.

Each participant gains a clear understanding of, and commitment to, his or her role in achieving team goals. The result is a rich and dynamic collegial partnership, built on trust and sustained through engagement and confidence. Every team-building seminar to date has delivered immediate and lasting results – results marked by transformation of team culture, positive and productive interaction between team members and leaders, and improvement on all corporate performance measures.

The Art of Communication

• Create outstanding presentations
• Deliver the message to optimum effect
• Engage your people to peak performance

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