Cheryl Cran
Leadership and Mulit-Generatioal Communication
solutions. Audiences love her direct approach to leadership and strategic management of the generations in the workplace.
Cheryl-s consulting firm Synthesis at Work analyzes business trends that focus on leadership, change and
communication strategies for increasing profits and productivity. Her research includes 15 years of audience response surveys, generational focus groups and employee surveys.
In her fourth book, 101 Ways to Make Generations X, Y and Zoomers Happy at Work she provides strategies for companies on target recruitment, retaining employees and succession planning for Generations X and Y.
For 12 years, Cheryl worked as a top-performing leader for GE Capital, Mortgage Insurance Company and Bank of Montreal. During her career in finance she thrived in difficult economic times and motivated her teams to business excellence through two recessions.
In 1994 Cheryl joined the business strategy department of a nation-wide consulting firm – after great success with their clients she established her own consulting practice Synthesis at Work. For the past 16 years Cheryl has worked in such varied industries as agriculture, finance, construction, oil and gas, forestry, resources, health care, government, film, hotel/hospitality, retail and entertainment. Cheryl has the unique ability to apply her expertise in individual client circumstances to provide customized business solutions.
Leading Change in a Fast-Paced and Technological Workplace
This keynote focuses on how each individual can harness their own inner abilities to manage change and personal leadership in a positive and proactive way.
Attendees will leave with:
- Further insight into how technology and how the different generations are using it is transforming the way we work
- A shifted perspective on how we as individuals can manage stress and time in an increasingly fast-paced work environment
- A clear understanding of how each generation views change and deals with change and strategies to improve change responses and actions
- Insight into their own personal change behaviors and tools to leverage their individual ability to adapt more quickly to ongoing change with a positive approach
- Ideas on how to leverage the intelligence of each of the generations to increase sales, profits and productivity
- Tools to manage change in a way that combines emotional intelligence with generation intelligence and connects each person to the companys vision and goals
- Skills to communicate in a way that speaks to the higher potential of each individual and creates unprecedented understanding and commitment to change as we move forward
The return on investment for those attending this session and for the organization is an increased skill level for the leaders to manage change in a way that inspires each person to work hard for the vision and goals of the company.
Lead With 2020 Vision- Building the Workplace of the Future Today
What will leaders and their teams have to do to thrive in 2012 and beyond to the year 2020? Todays challenges include ongoing global change, uncertain economies and changing workplace dynamics. Different generational attitudes are shaping where we work, how we work and when we work. As leaders we are the ones to set the vision, the positive environment for collaboration and the probability for success. This keynote will provide insight, humor and creative ideas on how leaders can increase team buy in through their 2020 vision.
Attendees will leave this session with:
- A look at the trends and technologies shaping the future workplace today
- Ideas for leaders and their teams to adapt their personality style and leadership style to the evolving workplace
- Tools to use to successfully communicate with the different generations in the workplace
- Insights into how each of the generations handles change and what they expect from their workplace today and in the future
- Case studies and examples of progressive companies that are on the cutting edge of creating innovative workplaces and creating the template for the workplace of the future
- Strategies on how to get everyone on board with the overall vision, build excitement for the companys direction and create commitment and buy-in to taking action today and for the future
The War for Talent- Finding And Keeping Good People 2012 And Beyond
We are in a war for talent, US Conference Board states we will be experiencing the next big challenge of a shortage of skilled people by the year 2013. Certain industries are experiencing this already- agriculture, food, trucking and oil & gas to name a few. As quickly as people are being hired and trained other industries are approaching and poaching talent. What can we do?
Leadership expert Cheryl Cran provides tried and true strategies for attracting and retaining good people. It is time to create rather than compete when it comes to finding the right people and then providing leadership strategies to increase retention.
In this keynote or seminar you will leave with:
- Research on your industry and the current reality of finding and keeping good people
- Innovative ideas on where to find the right people that are suited for your industry
- Best practices from similar industries on finding and keeping good people
- Generational research on what Gen X and Y are looking for in an employer
- Generational research on what leaders need to do to keep good people of all generations
- Ideas on how to collaborate with other industries and partners to build an ongoing talent pool
This is an eye opening and value packed session that provides tactical ideas and strategies to help with the challenge of finding and keeping good people.
Say What You Mean – Mean What You Say
The new currency is people skills and communication is cash. Advanced communication can mean the difference between having award-winning individual departments and having a Fortune 100 company. Communication is often touted as a necessity by executives and leadersand
left at that. The reason the topic of communication surfaces repetitively is that, even though it is universally acknowledged as important, people dont always communicate in the most effective ways.
Based on Cheryls bestselling book, Say What You Mean Mean What You Say, this program highlights the personal benefits of solid communication to motivate personnel at all levels and provides proven communication techniques that audience members can use immediately. Effective communication begins with your ability to understand the position of the other party. Cheryl outlines a simple process to help members of diverse business units understand the unique challenges of people in differing project roles.