James Robbins

Topics

The Art of Moving People
How to Stir Minds, Ignite Hearts, and Elevate Performance through Inspirational Leadership.

Leadership hinges on your ability to move people.

But moving people takes more than a cookie-cutter approach because it’s more an art than a science.

The good news, however, is these principles for elevating performance can be learned.

In this session, James teaches you both the Art and Science of influencing others within the context of leadership. When managers embrace these principles, they will become inspirational leaders who lead energized and engaged teams.

This motivating keynote demystifies Inspirational Leadership and breaks it down into a dead-simple framework that anyone can learn to increase the engagement and motivation of their staff.

Nine Minutes on Monday (Leadership)
Transform your Managers in Only 9-Minutes a Week!
Nine Minutes on Monday is a simple system to help you raise productivity, boost morale, and increase employee engagement. The number one reason why managers fail to increase productivity, and get the best out of their people is they neglect to keep their leadership priorities in front of them.

In today’s environment it’s easy to become task focused, leaving work teams that are over-managed, under-led, and operating below their true potential. Nine Minutes on Monday combines proven engagement drivers and principles of human motivation into a simple system of execution. No matter how busy you are, Nine Minutes on Monday will ensure your staff are motivated, inspired, and equipped to bring their best to work each day.

In it you will learn:

• How to use the simple 9-minute template to keep your leadership priorities in front of you no matter how busy you are so your people are never without their leader
• How to implement the top engagement drivers and identify which ones you need to focus on the most to create a motivated and high performance team
• Increase motivation with the three simple questions that will connect purpose to pay by creating a clear line of sight between what employees do and how it affects the organization
• A four-step formula for giving feedback that takes the stress out of addressing sub-par performance and drives complacency from the workplace
• How to use the Recognition Codes to reward and recognize your employees so they feel valued, appreciated, and inspired.
• How to apply the top drivers of engagement with employees who are telecommuting
• Watch your employees performance and confidence soar with this simple coaching model you can use to develop your staff on a limited time budget
• The one activity that takes only 10-minutes a week that is a proven engagement driver which most managers neglect

Reaching New Heights (Personal Excellence)
This session is a motivating presentation in which James shares life lessons  from expeditions around the world combined with the recent research from the fields of social psychology, and motivational theory. Using adventure as a metaphor for one’s life, James helps audience members see the importance of facing their fears, taking risks, persevering in tough times, embracing change and the necessity of a good team. With stunning images and compelling tales, James will customize this presentation to your organization’s current journey and will challenge the audience to quit settling for average, whether in life or business, and outline the steps for reaching new heights.

In this presentation participants will learn:

• Three simple strategies to face your fear and get out of your comfort zone
• How to design your own personal motivation strategy
• How to develop the 4 C’s of mental toughness taught by Sport Psychologists to the top athletes around the world
• A simple strategy for mastering your thoughts and emotions
• The one crucial thing that will make you an asset to those on your team
• Three things you can do to inspire excellence in your teammates
• How to get back on track when you fall off pace
• A simple system to help you focus on the things that bring you success
• And more…

The Art of Conversation
How to Create a Culture of Healthy and Effective Communication.

This dynamic session teaches employees how to communicate effectively and give them a proven framework for handling difficult conversations. Employees will learn:

• How to successfully have difficult conversations so that all parties feel heard and respected.
• The crucial mindset shift you need to make once the conversation begins.
• How to address tough and sensitive issues without the other person becoming defensive and difficult.
• How your brain works against you in difficult conversations and how to override its default setting so you can take control of the situation.
• The three most difficult conversations in the workplace.
• Three things you MUST do before beginning the conversation.
• Three things you can do immediately to calm your emotions when they begin to rise during the conversation.
• What to do when you find yourself ambushed by a difficult conversation.

Story Telling For Leaders
How to Use the Power of Story to Motivate and Inspire Your Team.

Storytelling for Leaders is a training program to help you increase the effectiveness of your communication.

In this training course you will learn:

• How to build a story from the ground up so that it has maximum impact.
• The Trojan Horse Principle and why it’s the key to every story you tell.
• The two questions you must answer before you begin your story selection.
• The eight different types of stories and when to use each of them.
• How to use story in emails to get your team motivated and inspired.
• How to mine your life for stories.
• And more…

Storytelling for Leaders will teach your managers how to better communicate with their teams.