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In this burgeoning age of artificial intelligence, automation and algorithms, skills that have been highly valued for decades are on the verge of becoming obsolete.

Not just routine, physical jobs, but high-level, cognitive skills long thought to be irreplaceable. We are all at risk of becoming dinosaurs. And so are the organisations we lead.

In order to navigate this uncertain future, forward-thinking organisations, optimistic teams and bold leaders need to change. To grow the capabilities that will set them apart now and in the future.

In this challenging keynote we pick apart the capabilities and qualities that leaders will need to develop to thrive in the next 10, 20, 30 years and makes the case for why not all leaders will be able to make the leap to next generation leadership.

Themes: Next Generation Leadership, Future Trends, Adaptive Leadership.

We have developed a powerful, experiential session that combines the key messages of our The Future of Leadership keynote with one of the famous (or infamous!) People of Influence behavioural learning simulations.

A powerful way to move from information to insight and insight to action.

Through this high energy, highly competitive and cognitively demanding business simulation – either the Wall Street or Office Politics simulation – we work with participants to pick apart the capabilities and qualities that leaders will need to develop to thrive in the next 10, 20, 30 years.

The key messages of this session are the same as The Future of Leadership keynote, but the messages emerge from the activity and pack an extra punch as a result.

NB: Timing = 3 hours to a half day rather than the 45-60 minutes for a keynote.

Have you ever met a person who seemed to have influence wherever they went and with whomever they met? Someone universally admired and respected, with that special ability to get others to effortlessly follow their lead?
There is something mysteriously irresistible about these individuals that gives them a rare power in our world: an ability to persuade and motivate other individuals, to mobilise teams and to shape organisations.

What if there was a scientific way we could explain their powerful influence? And what if we could translate these insights into practical strategies and tactics? Then we could transform our own ability to become one of these extraordinary people: a person others are compelled to follow.

In this entertaining, dynamic and audience-interactive keynote presentation, we work with the audience to:

• Reveal the latest social science research into how humans make judgements of other humans and how there are actually 2 key qualities that account for more than 90% of the impressions we make on other people (a startling result!)
• Discover 10 practical strategies to take control of how we are perceived by customers, clients, colleagues or any other important stakeholders in our lives (yes, even spouses!)
• Create a personally tailored action plan that can be implemented immediately to become a more compelling leader, a more persuasive professional or a more successful salesperson.

The Smiling Ox Paradox® is the ideal standalone conference keynote. Additionally, an extended half or full day program also includes access to the world-first The Smiling Ox Paradox® psychometric assessment tool.

Themes: Influence, Leadership, Executive Presence, Personal Brand.

Organisations the world over are trying to transform or evolve their cultures to be more collaborative, innovative, productive, resilient and agile. Essentially, more competitive. This requires behaviour change on a mass scale and yet almost all attempts within organisations to achieve behaviour change fail. Miserably.

In this revelatory keynote we unpack an innovative and game-changing methodology that will transform how you approach the enterprise of changing behaviour in your organisation. We call this approach behavioural engineering.

In this keynote we will explore:

• The 6 major reasons why changing behaviour is so hard
• The 3 keys to making a behaviour more sticky
• The power of ‘micro’ and how to backward engineer big organisational or team goals into their constituent micro behaviours so change can be effectively sequenced and ‘success momentum’ achieved
• How to run behavioural engineering experiments in your own organisations and be a change agent for good.

This work is game changing for all those who grasp its practical implications. Are you a Behavioural Engineer yet? is an ideal standalone conference keynote or extended half or full day program.

Themes: Behaviour Change, Influence, Leadership.