In this dynamic session, we delve into the significant role of technology in the fitness and wellness industry. Discover how technology can be leveraged to drive business growth for owners and exercise professionals, offering enhanced marketing, team and customer engagement, and operational efficiency. Explore the potential of AI in revolutionizing the industry, empowering personalization, data analysis, and virtual coaching experiences.

While embracing technology, we also address potential threats such as loss of personal connection and data privacy concerns. Gain valuable insights into navigating these challenges and striking a balance between technology and human interaction. Join us to unlock the transformative power of technology in the fitness and wellness industry.

Discover the immense potential of technology in the fitness and wellness industry during this captivating session. Dive into the ways in which technology can help business owners and exercise professionals propel their businesses forward, serving as a powerful lever for growth. We will explore the utilization of AI and discuss the potential threats that the industry faces in this technologically driven landscape.

Delve into the various ways technology can empower fitness and wellness businesses to expand their reach, optimize operations, and enhance client experiences. Explore the digital tools and platforms that enable effective marketing, customer engagement, and streamlined operations, offering insights into driving business growth.

AI, in particular, holds tremendous promise in revolutionizing the fitness and wellness landscape. Discover how AI-driven solutions can enhance personalization, improve data analysis, and provide virtual coaching experiences. We will delve into the specific AI platforms and technologies that can significantly benefit the industry, such as AI-powered workout apps, smart wearable devices, and data analytics platforms.

While technology offers boundless opportunities, it also poses challenges and potential threats. Gain valuable insights into the risks associated with excessive reliance on technology, loss of personal connection, and potential data privacy concerns. Explore strategies to navigate these threats and strike a balance between technology and human interaction to ensure a holistic and fulfilling client experience.

Whether you are a fitness business owner, exercise professional, or technology enthusiast, this session offers a compelling exploration of the transformative role of technology in the fitness and wellness industry. Join us to uncover strategies for leveraging technology, harnessing the power of AI, and proactively addressing potential threats, ensuring a successful and sustainable future for your business in this dynamic industry.

Simple, flexible, and applicable tools and techniques abound in this keynote on becoming a “Well-Being.”

A high performing team is usually made up of a group of unique individuals.

This session focuses on how each individual on your team can optimize their personal well-being and performance in key aspects of their lives. 

Studies have shown that when people are healthy, both physically and emotionally, they are more functional and resilient at work and in their home. 

Grant has spent over 35 years building wellness companies that have sought to change and impact people’s lives in fundamental and functional ways. Grant has distilled this journey of discovery into a powerful keynote that explores achieving optimal well-being through simple and incremental steps.

There are no fad diets, or radical exercise programs associated with Grant’s philosophy. Instead, he shares simple, flexible and applicable tools and techniques gleaned from years of one-on-one, group, community and regional programs he has created and championed. 

Come on a journey that blends the National Geographic “Blue Zones” learnings with wildly successful programs for the “Uninitiated” Grant has championed across the U.S. and Australasia. Get inspiration and insights on how to transcend the barriers that have prevented you from achieving your optimal state of wellness.

Grant began his journey in business with no formal training and no financial backstops.

At the age of 23, Grant took a business that had failed four times in a row at the same location, with the same team, equipment and facilities, and created a formidable brand in an incredibly competitive industry.

This experience began to shape a business career that has spanned numerous industries and changed innumerable lives.

With a strong focus on people, Grant has defied the odds to help transform companies that were struggling into fully functional powerhouses.

With  compelling stories of transformation in industries ranging from hospitality to healthcare, Grant has phenomenal tales of inspiration and motivation that encourage his audiences to see the possibilities within their business challenges.

A culture of trust, communication and great teamwork starts with mindful leadership.

In this presentation, Grant explores the connection between leadership and teamwork and how to produce a culture of trust and communication. He shares ways to inspire and ignite synergy between leadership and team in order to stimulate cooperation interdepartmentally and between divisions of your company.

Grant delivers this talk in simple, implementable ways that will help your team grow together. This talk can be incorporated with some fun activities exploring the differences and similarities between team members.

Empathy leads to great teamwork. When we get to know each other well, it becomes much easier to work together. 

This experiential layer can help reduce friction and develop appreciation and respect across your team.

Corporate Citizenship is a powerful movement that builds on the foundations of capitalism.

Sometimes described as “Conscious Capitalism” or “Corporate Social Responsibility”, this movement highlights the inspiration and engagement that occurs when companies look beyond pure profit motivation.

The concept of corporations being good citizens is not new, but truly engaging leadership, stakeholders, team members in a higher purpose has shown to pay enormous dividends for enlightened companies.

Implicit in this extension of corporate responsibility is engagement with the community (local, regional, or even global), good environmental stewardship, and inspired social responsibility.

In this presentation, Grant explores the opportunities and roles of you and your teams in integrating socially responsible underpinnings in key initiatives going forward.

COVID has triggered a spike in anxiety disorders across the globe. This is impacting individuals, households, businesses, and entire communities.

In this session, Grant unpacks what causes anxiety and addresses those things that individuals, family members, companies and communities can influence.

Genetics and trauma are common ingredients of anxiety, but environmental factors such as diet, common lifestyle stressors, and uncertainty, can play significant and ongoing roles as triggers and fuel for anxiety disorders.

Grant shares simple, achievable lifestyle tips that are underwritten by peer reviewed research.

He also elucidates the degree of uncertainty surrounding COVID and how it is at direct odds with our innate need to seek certainty and make contingency plans. 

He also brings into focus research which clearly demonstrates that resilience increases when we focus on the things we can change and when we reduce our fixation on those things that are out of our control.

This session is full of simple and practical tools to reduce and better manage this epidemic of anxiety on an individual basis. Grant provides insights and tools to address the environmental factors we can influence and to better bring our attention to the present, where we can reduce the uncertainty that clouds all our minds in these turbulent times.

Sometimes described as “fully absorbing experiences,” flow states describe the optimal state where we encounter a challenge that is testing our skills, and yet our skills and capacities are such that it is possible to meet this challenge.

If the challenge exceeds our skills, anxiety will rise. Or if our skills exceed the challenge, boredom sets in. In both these cases where the challenge either exceeds or underutilizes our capabilities, we’re not in a flow state.

This quest of Flow applies to you as a leader, to your team members in their daily pursuit of joy in their work, and to your company. When there is a state of Flow, productivity and performance follow.

In this session, Grant shares tools and tips to find and create a state of flow for you, your team, and your company.

Hire hard, manage easy.

The need to attract and retain talent has never been as necessary as it is in today’s global market.

Depth and breadth of your talent pool is critical, but how you lead and inspire teamwork will ultimately define your success.

In this presentation, Grant shares powerful methodologies for refining talent acquisition in your company. He also shares some unique perspectives on how to define and attract the right team members to your company.

Furthermore, Grant highlights critical elements of building cohesive and high-performance teams. He also focuses on engagement and retention tools and systems to ensure the talent you have worked so hard to recruit is more likely to stay on your team for the long term.

It is antithetical to attract team members who may be significantly different from us or hold alternate views. On some levels, this can evoke a feeling of vulnerability. When we’re surrounded by like-minded people seeing the world the way we do, there’s a certain comfort in that camaraderie. 

Yet as we open ourselves up to differing opinions, without fear of vulnerability, we become more resilient. We must understand that we don’t have all the answers and allow for additional points of view to permeate our bubble and confront the inevitable confirmation bias we all have. 

Much like a GPS system, if all the data points come from the same single position (or viewpoint), it is hard to get a true perspective on where you’re truly located or how well you’re really performing. With singular viewpoints and lack of diversity, it is increasingly more difficult to prosper in this ever-changing world we find ourselves in today.

Grant will share viable ways to promote and leverage diversity for optimal outcomes and performance.

There are fundamentals in the creation and nurturing of a culture of community and “AFFINITY” within an organization.

In this session, Grant shares simple ways to gain cohesion and a more organizational orientation, versus a departmental orientation.

Interdepartmental turf wars are routine in growing companies, and they usually start as a function of conflict in the leadership team. This silo effect dramatically impacts a company’s ability to function optimally.

Grant shares firsthand examples of the impact of ‘silos’ and the many ways in which you can enhance a sense of community, camaraderie and unity among your team even in the most challenging settings.

Corporate Citizenship is a powerful movement that builds on the foundations of capitalism.

Sometimes described as “Conscious Capitalism” or “Corporate Social Responsibility”, this movement highlights the inspiration and engagement that occurs when companies look beyond pure profit motivation.

The concept of corporations being good citizens is not new, but truly engaging leadership, stakeholders, team members in a higher purpose has shown to pay enormous dividends for enlightened companies.

Implicit in this extension of corporate responsibility is engagement with the community (local, regional, or even global), good environmental stewardship, and inspired social responsibility.

In this presentation, Grant explores the opportunities and roles of you and your teams in integrating socially responsible underpinnings in key initiatives going forward.

In this dynamic session, we delve into the significant role of technology in the fitness and wellness industry. Discover how technology can be leveraged to drive business growth for owners and exercise professionals, offering enhanced marketing, team and customer engagement, and operational efficiency. Explore the potential of AI in revolutionizing the industry, empowering personalization, data analysis, and virtual coaching experiences.

While embracing technology, we also address potential threats such as loss of personal connection and data privacy concerns. Gain valuable insights into navigating these challenges and striking a balance between technology and human interaction. Join us to unlock the transformative power of technology in the fitness and wellness industry.

Discover the immense potential of technology in the fitness and wellness industry during this captivating session. Dive into the ways in which technology can help business owners and exercise professionals propel their businesses forward, serving as a powerful lever for growth. We will explore the utilization of AI and discuss the potential threats that the industry faces in this technologically driven landscape.

Delve into the various ways technology can empower fitness and wellness businesses to expand their reach, optimize operations, and enhance client experiences. Explore the digital tools and platforms that enable effective marketing, customer engagement, and streamlined operations, offering insights into driving business growth.

AI, in particular, holds tremendous promise in revolutionizing the fitness and wellness landscape. Discover how AI-driven solutions can enhance personalization, improve data analysis, and provide virtual coaching experiences. We will delve into the specific AI platforms and technologies that can significantly benefit the industry, such as AI-powered workout apps, smart wearable devices, and data analytics platforms.

While technology offers boundless opportunities, it also poses challenges and potential threats. Gain valuable insights into the risks associated with excessive reliance on technology, loss of personal connection, and potential data privacy concerns. Explore strategies to navigate these threats and strike a balance between technology and human interaction to ensure a holistic and fulfilling client experience.

Whether you are a fitness business owner, exercise professional, or technology enthusiast, this session offers a compelling exploration of the transformative role of technology in the fitness and wellness industry. Join us to uncover strategies for leveraging technology, harnessing the power of AI, and proactively addressing potential threats, ensuring a successful and sustainable future for your business in this dynamic industry.

In this dynamic session, based on the ground-breaking book “The Affinity Principle” by Grant Gamble, we explore the key principles and strategies for becoming a great leader and innovator in the ever-evolving fitness industry. Join us to unlock the secrets of building strong connections, fostering innovation, and creating a thriving ecosystem within the fitness landscape. 

Drawing from Grant Gamble’s expertise and extensive research, we delve into the core concept of “The Affinity Principle,” which emphasizes the power of human connection and relationships in leadership and innovation. Discover how understanding and leveraging the inherent human affinity for community, support, and personal growth can propel you to new heights in the fitness industry.

Through real-world examples, we will explore practical strategies for fostering a culture of innovation, embracing change, and leading with purpose. Gain insights into effective leadership techniques that empower and inspire your team, create a positive and inclusive work environment, and drive success in your fitness ventures.

Moreover, this session will explore the vital role of innovation in the fitness industry. Uncover the characteristics of successful fitness innovators, learn how to identify emerging trends, and explore strategies for staying ahead of the curve. Discover how to harness your creativity, think outside the box, and develop innovative solutions that address the evolving needs of fitness enthusiasts.

Attendees will leave this session with actionable takeaways and a renewed sense of purpose, armed with the tools and knowledge to lead and innovate effectively in the competitive fitness industry.

Whether you are a fitness professional, entrepreneur, or industry enthusiast, this session offers invaluable insights into becoming a great leader and innovator in the fitness industry. Join us to unlock the power of the Affinity Principle, forge meaningful connections, drive innovation, and shape the future of fitness leadership.

Vision and action melded together with inspiration are key ingredients in achieving organizational goals and “AFFINITY”.

The visionary leader not only needs to be able to articulate the vision, but they also need to be able to focus resources, manage actions (including their own), and marry their passion and sheer will into reality.

The most critical element in transforming a vision into reality is the creation and stewardship of a talented team. 

Grant shares how to turn your vision into a reality, and the inherent challenges to be faced along that path to prosperity.

Without trust in your organization, most attributes that define a functional team disappear.  

This in turn impacts growth and performance in your company, and ultimately happiness among your team.

In the World Happiness Report 2016, the research team found that lack of social trust significantly undermined a country’s happiness scores. This applies to the microcosm of business equally.

Grant explores the “Triangle of Trust” and other tools to help you grow trust among your team and demonstrate the integrity that underpins your growth goals.

Corporate Citizenship is a powerful movement that builds on the foundations of capitalism.

Sometimes described as “Conscious Capitalism” or “Corporate Social Responsibility”, this movement highlights the inspiration and engagement that occurs when companies look beyond pure profit motivation.

The concept of corporations being good citizens is not new, but truly engaging leadership, stakeholders, team members in a higher purpose has shown to pay enormous dividends for enlightened companies.

Implicit in this extension of corporate responsibility is engagement with the community (local, regional, or even global), good environmental stewardship, and inspired social responsibility.

In this presentation, Grant explores the opportunities and roles of you and your teams in integrating socially responsible underpinnings in key initiatives going forward.

As with most attributes, inspiration can come in many shapes and forms. And what inspires one person doesn’t always inspire another. 

According to recent research conducted over three years by Mark Horwitch and Meredith Whipple Callahan at Bain & Company:

“The most inspiring characteristics of leadership emanate from how you connect with others and include attributes such as humility, empathy, listening skills, and vitality.”

The other key point from this study is that you don’t need all 33 characteristics detailed in the study to be inspirational. You can have as few as one. 

If your one distinguishing strength is in the top 10% of your peer group, you’re twice as likely to be inspirational.

Obviously, the more strengths you have the more inspirational you can be and the more likely you are to create Affinity. The study shows that any four strengths combined can almost assure your status as an inspirational leader.

Explore these characteristics with Grant in this fun and informative talk about finding and driving inspiration within your organization.

Corporate Citizenship is a powerful movement that builds on the foundations of capitalism.

Sometimes described as “Conscious Capitalism” or “Corporate Social Responsibility”, this movement highlights the inspiration and engagement that occurs when companies look beyond pure profit motivation.

The concept of corporations being good citizens is not new, but truly engaging leadership, stakeholders, team members in a higher purpose has shown to pay enormous dividends for enlightened companies.

Implicit in this extension of corporate responsibility is engagement with the community (local, regional, or even global), good environmental stewardship, and inspired social responsibility.

In this presentation, Grant explores the opportunities and roles of you and your teams in integrating socially responsible underpinnings in key initiatives going forward.

There are inevitable pinch points when we continue to do things the way we’ve always done them. These glass ceilings are hard to crack and often require a shift in perspective and mindset.

In this presentation, Grant explores ways to work on process improvement and explore opportunities for growth. He explores tactics ranging from delegation to outsourcing, process improvement to systems overhauls, and balancing automation with creativity.

Grant  also looks at transitional strategies that allow team members to expand their roles and allow everyone to move up through the organization. This can substantially improve retention and performance in your team, but ensuring the team members you’re promoting are up to the task does involve checks and balances that range from job crafting to safety nets.

Grant began his journey in business with no formal training and no financial backstops.

At the age of 23, Grant took a business that had failed four times in a row at the same location, with the same team, equipment and facilities, and created a formidable brand in an incredibly competitive industry.

This experience began to shape a business career that has spanned numerous industries and changed innumerable lives.

With a strong focus on people, Grant has defied the odds to help transform companies that were struggling into fully functional powerhouses.

With  compelling stories of transformation in industries ranging from hospitality to healthcare, Grant has phenomenal tales of inspiration and motivation that encourage his audiences to see the possibilities within their business challenges.

Encouragement helps create alignment and shape behavior in far more substantial and sustainable ways than disciplinary styles could ever hope to achieve.  

However, encouragement is not praise. Encouragement focuses on improvement and recognition of effort and can be doled out liberally in pursuit of the specific outcome sought.

With encouragement comes a sense of confidence and hope when it is underwritten by the support needed to achieve the designated goal.

Encouragement helps people persevere and in today’s discombobulated world of business, perseverance is more critical than ever.

Grant will share examples of companies built around the simple premise of raising people up and allowing those team members to be the best that they can be. 

Watch your profits soar when you focus on raising your people up!

The definition of team is both a noun and a verb. And both have applicability in the world of business. The noun, “Team”, describes what you have and what you’re building. And the verb describes the action of teaming up and teamwork. In this talk, Grant connects these elements through the Affinity Principle.

Based on his book, “The Affinity Principle,” Grant shares palpable examples where he has witnessed and experienced the difference between being called and treated as an employee and being called and treated as a team member.

This is not an exploration of semantics. This is a talk that outlines a simple recipe to create a spirit of teamwork within your entire organization.

Hire hard, manage easy.

The need to attract and retain talent has never been as necessary as it is in today’s global market.

Depth and breadth of your talent pool is critical, but how you lead and inspire teamwork will ultimately define your success.

In this presentation, Grant shares powerful methodologies for refining talent acquisition in your company. He also shares some unique perspectives on how to define and attract the right team members to your company.

Furthermore, Grant highlights critical elements of building cohesive and high-performance teams. He also focuses on engagement and retention tools and systems to ensure the talent you have worked so hard to recruit is more likely to stay on your team for the long term.

This is Grant’s keynote for business based on his award-winning and best-selling book, “The Affinity Principle”. The message is simple: when you embed “Affinity” into your company, growth, performance and vitality soar.

Creating a consciously positive work environment leads to dramatic decreases in stress, significant increases in team engagement, and increased retention.

When you develop a positive and mindful culture, you will inevitably achieve increased customer satisfaction, higher productivity levels and vastly improved financial performance.

Examples of the measurable benefits that engaged and aligned team members create abound. In a longitudinal study by the Queen’s School of Business where over 110,000 surveys were completed over a ten year period, the study’s data showed that companies demonstrating “Affinity” achieved:

•     65% increase in share-price
•     26% lower team member turnover
•     100% more unsolicited employment applications
•     20% less absenteeism
•     15% greater team member productivity
•     Up to 30% greater customer satisfaction levels

The U.S. Amazon Best Seller, “The Affinity Principle,” was written by Grant to summarize the many elements that drive engagement and alignment in teams. This keynote distills this seminal work into crystal clear takeaways for any team.

Providing and communicating a clear purpose and a consistent set of expectations for team members is not as ubiquitous in business today as you might think.

In early-stage startups, chaos usually reigns. As structure forms and the team grows, plans change and strategy shifts. The rubber’s hitting the road, stress is usually high, and clarity (and “Affinity”) is rare.

Even as companies’ mature clarity of purpose and expectations often becomes more clouded. As clear as the strategy may be in the visionary’s head, oftentimes team members feel ill-informed and unsure of exactly what they should be doing.

Grant has consulted with a wide range of companies from the beverage industry to healthcare and has seen first-hand that lack of clarity and poor communications are consistent, and persistent issues.

If you feel your organization lacks clarity of purpose or expectations, come on this journey with Grant as he shares ways to create “Affinity” for your team.

He will share ways to add context and drive motivation. He’ll show how the ‘why’ provides a much deeper connection than the ‘what’. 

Team members need a meaningful common goal that morphs them from a group of individuals each doing a job (potentially in isolation) into a team with a purpose with clear expectations of them and the ideal outcome of their efforts. Grant will show you practical ways to achieve this optimal state in your team.

Encouragement helps create alignment and shape behavior in far more substantial and sustainable ways than disciplinary styles could ever hope to achieve.  

However, encouragement is not praise. Encouragement focuses on improvement and recognition of effort and can be doled out liberally in pursuit of the specific outcome sought.

With encouragement comes a sense of confidence and hope when it is underwritten by the support needed to achieve the designated goal.

Encouragement helps people persevere and in today’s discombobulated world of business, perseverance is more critical than ever.

Grant will share examples of companies built around the simple premise of raising people up and allowing those team members to be the best that they can be. 

Watch your profits soar when you focus on raising your people up!

There are fundamentals in the creation and nurturing of a culture of community and “AFFINITY” within an organization.

In this session, Grant shares simple ways to gain cohesion and a more organizational orientation, versus a departmental orientation.

Interdepartmental turf wars are routine in growing companies, and they usually start as a function of conflict in the leadership team. This silo effect dramatically impacts a company’s ability to function optimally.

Grant shares firsthand examples of the impact of ‘silos’ and the many ways in which you can enhance a sense of community, camaraderie and unity among your team even in the most challenging settings.

Grant demonstrates how to help your team engage and consistently delight your customers and grow your bottom line. He shares anecdotes and insights into delivering incredible customer service.

Grant follows the journey to great customer experiences from recruitment, team selection and engagement, to training and outcomes.

If you’re in the business of service you’ll love this exploration of dialing your service up through TEAM. This presentation can be delivered at a team or management level, depending on your needs.

It’s not what you say, it’s what you do.

Consistently delivering your brand’s cultural promise to your team members, and in turn to your customers, is hard to do. It gets harder and harder as your company grows.

In this presentation, Grant shares scalable ways to grow and expand your cultural underpinnings and maintain brand integrity.

Grant has grown small, single0-site companies into regional and national icons and carried the cultural integrity through this growth. The power of a healthy corporate culture is undeniable and delivering your brand’s cultural promise through your team is achievable on any scale with the right training and systems in place.

The underpinnings of a great brand are complex, but incredibly important for your team to embrace. Building, or even maintaining a great brand is tied to many elements of your day-to-day operations.

In large measure, strong brands get built through strong culture and great customer experiences.

The process of defining your brand begins in the planning stages, but implementing that vision comes down to your team.

Your marketing team will be critical in this process, but your leadership and team members’ buy in is fundamental.

In this presentation, Grant explores how to achieve brand power and sustainability through people.

Group think: “The practice of thinking or making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility.”

Group think means reduced performance and productivity.

This might seem counter-intuitive, but the best decisions come when we gather multiple data points and team members feel free to express a differing opinion without potential retribution.

Whether it’s your Board of Directors, your executive team, or your team itself, diversity is essential. Diversity of opinion, gender, race, disability, of age, etc.

In this presentation, Grant shares anecdotes and graphic examples of the power of diversity in your workplace. Studies abound that support these benefits of greater diversity within companies.

Grant also shares some of the challenges that come with diversity and puts them in perspective.

Fostering different ideas, viewpoints and perspectives demands establishing trust, mutual respect and a culture of inclusion.

Creating this culture of teamwork and respect will promote a positive and productive work environment and Grant  shares some simple tools to establish these touchstones.

This talk is a great lead in to implementing a diversity training program. Ongoing diversity training is an essential element in educating your team on the proper way to include and treat people of different backgrounds.

Long-term, mid-term and short-term strategic initiatives are essential to maintain focus.

Aligning, prioritizing and focusing resources on these initiatives can be challenging. In this presentation, Grant explores a range of approaches from simple tools to sophisticated information acquisition, analysis and implementation strategies. He also hammers home the importance of maintaining focus and avoiding ‘strategic creep’.

In the fast-paced business environments we compete in today, problem solving skills are essential to keep your team and company on its strategic course.

These course corrections are critical and Grant reviews tried and proven tools and techniques and also explores some unique and innovative ways to create a culture of solution providers.

In the ever-accelerating race to improve and exceed the achievements of previous generations and iterations of everything, leveraging technology is inevitable.

However, it is our innate agility and creativity as humans that gives us the ability to adapt to this world of augmentation, altered realities, and constant disruption. Provided we’re willing to forego the premise of ‘business as usual’. 

Nowhere is this truer than in the leadership stakes.

As much as it may feel as though humans are moving into the background and technology is moving into the foreground, this need for innate creativity and agility ultimately secures our future as leaders and contributors to growth and success in our organizations.

Grant explores the top behaviors of global leaders that drive team dedication and performance and ultimately growth. Learn how your leadership team can cultivate and nurture those attributes.

As with most attributes, inspiration can come in many shapes and forms. And what inspires one person doesn’t always inspire another. 

According to recent research conducted over three years by Mark Horwitch and Meredith Whipple Callahan at Bain & Company:

“The most inspiring characteristics of leadership emanate from how you connect with others and include attributes such as humility, empathy, listening skills, and vitality.”

The other key point from this study is that you don’t need all 33 characteristics detailed in the study to be inspirational. You can have as few as one. 

If your one distinguishing strength is in the top 10% of your peer group, you’re twice as likely to be inspirational.

Obviously, the more strengths you have the more inspirational you can be and the more likely you are to create Affinity. The study shows that any four strengths combined can almost assure your status as an inspirational leader.

Explore these characteristics with Grant in this fun and informative talk about finding and driving inspiration within your organization.

Without trust in your organization, most attributes that define a functional team disappear.  

This in turn impacts growth and performance in your company, and ultimately happiness among your team.

In the World Happiness Report 2016, the research team found that lack of social trust significantly undermined a country’s happiness scores. This applies to the microcosm of business equally.

Grant explores the “Triangle of Trust” and other tools to help you grow trust among your team and demonstrate the integrity that underpins your growth goals.

One thing that courses through most teams’ veins is the desire to win. To be part of something special. 

This is where shared and well-articulated goals and encouragement can lead teams to significant performance improvements.

However, what works to inspire one team member may not work to inspire another. The performance-oriented company needs to find the resonant frequency teams and individuals need in order to focus their energy on the performance outcomes needed. 

This demands that performance-oriented leaders know as many facets of their people and teams as possible.

In this session, Grant illuminates ways to drive dedication and performance through relationships and performance orientation. This ultimately leads to a state of “Affinity” as Grant describes in his best-selling book, “The Affinity Principle”.

Getting everyone playing together in the sandbox is challenging. Done well, it can help engender cooperation and collaboration. 

This always takes a delicate balance of diplomacy and candor. As much as dedicated and high performing teams cite diplomacy as a preferred behavior for their leaders, it can cause the leader to hold back on delivering truth bombs that may potentially lead to a better ultimate outcome.  These compromises can blur the lines at times. 

The diplomatic style can be incredibly important in organizations seeking integration and collaboration. However, it’s not always the best style in start-ups, early stage, and fast-moving organizations.

Grant shares real-world examples of companies spanning the spectrum of that delicate continuum. He then examines how your executive team can help find that balance and amplify your company’s “Affinity”.

Hire hard, manage easy.

The need to attract and retain talent has never been as necessary as it is in today’s global market.

Depth and breadth of your talent pool is critical, but how you lead and inspire teamwork will ultimately define your success.

In this presentation, Grant shares powerful methodologies for refining talent acquisition in your company. He also shares some unique perspectives on how to define and attract the right team members to your company.

Furthermore, Grant highlights critical elements of building cohesive and high-performance teams. He also focuses on engagement and retention tools and systems to ensure the talent you have worked so hard to recruit is more likely to stay on your team for the long term.

John Maxwell describes “Level 4 Leadership” as “People Development.” He says that when you’re a Level 4 leader, “People follow you because of what you have done for them.”

He then describes Level 5 Leadership as the “Pinnacle of Leadership.” This is where, “People follow you because of who you are and what you represent.”

In both these cases, these leaders are Mentors.

A mentor can help develop leaders directly, or indirectly. In turn, this can inspire those new leaders to perpetuate the cycle of leadership growth, by growing leaders themselves.

What Maxwell would describe as a Level 5 Organization comes from this perpetuation of leadership growth.

Grant will share the intrinsic value of a Level 5 Organization and detail the clear increments needed to establish that perpetual motion of leadership growth in your organization.

It is antithetical to attract team members who may be significantly different from us or hold alternate views. On some levels, this can evoke a feeling of vulnerability. When we’re surrounded by like-minded people seeing the world the way we do, there’s a certain comfort in that camaraderie. 

Yet as we open ourselves up to differing opinions, without fear of vulnerability, we become more resilient. We must understand that we don’t have all the answers and allow for additional points of view to permeate our bubble and confront the inevitable confirmation bias we all have. 

Much like a GPS system, if all the data points come from the same single position (or viewpoint), it is hard to get a true perspective on where you’re truly located or how well you’re really performing. With singular viewpoints and lack of diversity, it is increasingly more difficult to prosper in this ever-changing world we find ourselves in today.

Grant will share viable ways to promote and leverage diversity for optimal outcomes and performance.

In this enlightening session, we delve into the captivating journey of the fitness industry, tracing its evolution from its formative days to the transformative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its current state. Join us as we explore the people-centric nature of the fitness industry and the potential for AI to complement, rather than replace, the services provided by exercise professionals.

We will begin by delving into the historical landscape of the fitness industry, examining the shifts in trends, consumer preferences, and the emergence of exercise professionals as key influencers in shaping the industry. Explore the challenges faced by fitness professionals and the industry at large, and the innovative solutions that have been implemented to adapt and thrive.

The session will then shift focus to the unprecedented disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflect on the rapid transformation of the fitness industry as it embraced digital platforms, virtual classes, and remote training to continue serving clients and adapting to changing circumstances. Learn from real-world examples and success stories of exercise professionals who navigated this challenging period.

As we explore the role of AI in the fitness industry, we emphasize its potential to assist and enhance the services provided by exercise professionals. Discover how AI-driven technologies, such as personalized workout apps, data analytics, and wearable devices, can empower professionals to deliver tailored experiences and track progress effectively. We will emphasize the importance of maintaining the human touch and personal connection within a technology-driven landscape.

Finally, we turn our gaze towards the horizon and prognosticate on significant future trends in fitness and wellness. Explore emerging technologies, evolving consumer expectations, and the shift towards holistic well-being. Gain insights into the integration of mindfulness practices, virtual reality fitness experiences, and the rise of personalized wellness programs.

Whether you are an exercise professional, fitness enthusiast, or industry observer, this session offers a thought-provoking exploration of the fitness industry’s evolution, the potential symbiotic relationship between AI and exercise professionals, and the exciting trends that will shape the future of fitness and wellness. Join us to gain invaluable insights, spark ideas, and contribute to the evolution of this dynamic industry. 

Simple, flexible, and applicable tools and techniques abound in this keynote on becoming a “Well-Being.”

A high performing team is usually made up of a group of unique individuals.

This session focuses on how each individual on your team can optimize their personal well-being and performance in key aspects of their lives. 

Studies have shown that when people are healthy, both physically and emotionally, they are more functional and resilient at work and in their home. 

Grant has spent over 35 years building wellness companies that have sought to change and impact people’s lives in fundamental and functional ways. Grant has distilled this journey of discovery into a powerful keynote that explores achieving optimal well-being through simple and incremental steps.

There are no fad diets, or radical exercise programs associated with Grant’s philosophy. Instead, he shares simple, flexible and applicable tools and techniques gleaned from years of one-on-one, group, community and regional programs he has created and championed. 

Come on a journey that blends the National Geographic “Blue Zones” learnings with wildly successful programs for the “Uninitiated” Grant has championed across the U.S. and Australasia. Get inspiration and insights on how to transcend the barriers that have prevented you from achieving your optimal state of wellness.

A culture of trust, communication and great teamwork starts with mindful leadership.

In this presentation, Grant explores the connection between leadership and teamwork and how to produce a culture of trust and communication. He shares ways to inspire and ignite synergy between leadership and team in order to stimulate cooperation interdepartmentally and between divisions of your company.

Grant delivers this talk in simple, implementable ways that will help your team grow together. This talk can be incorporated with some fun activities exploring the differences and similarities between team members.

Empathy leads to great teamwork. When we get to know each other well, it becomes much easier to work together. 

This experiential layer can help reduce friction and develop appreciation and respect across your team.

Encouragement helps create alignment and shape behavior in far more substantial and sustainable ways than disciplinary styles could ever hope to achieve.  

However, encouragement is not praise. Encouragement focuses on improvement and recognition of effort and can be doled out liberally in pursuit of the specific outcome sought.

With encouragement comes a sense of confidence and hope when it is underwritten by the support needed to achieve the designated goal.

Encouragement helps people persevere and in today’s discombobulated world of business, perseverance is more critical than ever.

Grant will share examples of companies built around the simple premise of raising people up and allowing those team members to be the best that they can be. 

Watch your profits soar when you focus on raising your people up!

There are fundamentals in the creation and nurturing of a culture of community and “AFFINITY” within an organization.

In this session, Grant shares simple ways to gain cohesion and a more organizational orientation, versus a departmental orientation.

Interdepartmental turf wars are routine in growing companies, and they usually start as a function of conflict in the leadership team. This silo effect dramatically impacts a company’s ability to function optimally.

Grant shares firsthand examples of the impact of ‘silos’ and the many ways in which you can enhance a sense of community, camaraderie and unity among your team even in the most challenging settings.

Hire hard, manage easy.

The need to attract and retain talent has never been as necessary as it is in today’s global market.

Depth and breadth of your talent pool is critical, but how you lead and inspire teamwork will ultimately define your success.

In this presentation, Grant shares powerful methodologies for refining talent acquisition in your company. He also shares some unique perspectives on how to define and attract the right team members to your company.

Furthermore, Grant highlights critical elements of building cohesive and high-performance teams. He also focuses on engagement and retention tools and systems to ensure the talent you have worked so hard to recruit is more likely to stay on your team for the long term.

Without trust in your organization, most attributes that define a functional team disappear.  

This in turn impacts growth and performance in your company, and ultimately happiness among your team.

In the World Happiness Report 2016, the research team found that lack of social trust significantly undermined a country’s happiness scores. This applies to the microcosm of business equally.

Grant explores the “Triangle of Trust” and other tools to help you grow trust among your team and demonstrate the integrity that underpins your growth goals.

Corporate Citizenship is a powerful movement that builds on the foundations of capitalism.

Sometimes described as “Conscious Capitalism” or “Corporate Social Responsibility”, this movement highlights the inspiration and engagement that occurs when companies look beyond pure profit motivation.

The concept of corporations being good citizens is not new, but truly engaging leadership, stakeholders, team members in a higher purpose has shown to pay enormous dividends for enlightened companies.

Implicit in this extension of corporate responsibility is engagement with the community (local, regional, or even global), good environmental stewardship, and inspired social responsibility.

In this presentation, Grant explores the opportunities and roles of you and your teams in integrating socially responsible underpinnings in key initiatives going forward.

Grant has consulted to numerous nascent, struggling, and successful companies over the years. If there was one indelible lesson that he garnered from every one of those experiences, it was the immeasurable value of communication.

During this session Grant will demonstrate the value of strong communication and share ways to build healthy and fruitful communication within your organization.

He will share platforms, tools, mechanisms, and forums to create healthy two-way exchanges throughout your organization.

One thing that courses through most teams’ veins is the desire to win. To be part of something special. 

This is where shared and well-articulated goals and encouragement can lead teams to significant performance improvements.

However, what works to inspire one team member may not work to inspire another. The performance-oriented company needs to find the resonant frequency teams and individuals need in order to focus their energy on the performance outcomes needed. 

This demands that performance-oriented leaders know as many facets of their people and teams as possible.

In this session, Grant illuminates ways to drive dedication and performance through relationships and performance orientation. This ultimately leads to a state of “Affinity” as Grant describes in his best-selling book, “The Affinity Principle”.

A culture of trust, communication and great teamwork starts with mindful leadership.

In this presentation, Grant explores the connection between leadership and teamwork and how to produce a culture of trust and communication. He shares ways to inspire and ignite synergy between leadership and team in order to stimulate cooperation interdepartmentally and between divisions of your company.

Grant delivers this talk in simple, implementable ways that will help your team grow together. This talk can be incorporated with some fun activities exploring the differences and similarities between team members.

Empathy leads to great teamwork. When we get to know each other well, it becomes much easier to work together. 

This experiential layer can help reduce friction and develop appreciation and respect across your team.

This is Grant’s keynote for business based on his award-winning and best-selling book, “The Affinity Principle”. The message is simple: when you embed “Affinity” into your company, growth, performance and vitality soar.

Creating a consciously positive work environment leads to dramatic decreases in stress, significant increases in team engagement, and increased retention.

When you develop a positive and mindful culture, you will inevitably achieve increased customer satisfaction, higher productivity levels and vastly improved financial performance.

Examples of the measurable benefits that engaged and aligned team members create abound. In a longitudinal study by the Queen’s School of Business where over 110,000 surveys were completed over a ten year period, the study’s data showed that companies demonstrating “Affinity” achieved:

•     65% increase in share-price
•     26% lower team member turnover
•     100% more unsolicited employment applications
•     20% less absenteeism
•     15% greater team member productivity
•     Up to 30% greater customer satisfaction levels

The U.S. Amazon Best Seller, “The Affinity Principle,” was written by Grant to summarize the many elements that drive engagement and alignment in teams. This keynote distills this seminal work into crystal clear takeaways for any team.

The definition of team is both a noun and a verb. And both have applicability in the world of business. The noun, “Team”, describes what you have and what you’re building. And the verb describes the action of teaming up and teamwork. In this talk, Grant connects these elements through the Affinity Principle.

Based on his book, “The Affinity Principle,” Grant shares palpable examples where he has witnessed and experienced the difference between being called and treated as an employee and being called and treated as a team member.

This is not an exploration of semantics. This is a talk that outlines a simple recipe to create a spirit of teamwork within your entire organization.

Without trust in your organization, most attributes that define a functional team disappear.  

This in turn impacts growth and performance in your company, and ultimately happiness among your team.

In the World Happiness Report 2016, the research team found that lack of social trust significantly undermined a country’s happiness scores. This applies to the microcosm of business equally.

Grant explores the “Triangle of Trust” and other tools to help you grow trust among your team and demonstrate the integrity that underpins your growth goals.

Corporate Citizenship is a powerful movement that builds on the foundations of capitalism.

Sometimes described as “Conscious Capitalism” or “Corporate Social Responsibility”, this movement highlights the inspiration and engagement that occurs when companies look beyond pure profit motivation.

The concept of corporations being good citizens is not new, but truly engaging leadership, stakeholders, team members in a higher purpose has shown to pay enormous dividends for enlightened companies.

Implicit in this extension of corporate responsibility is engagement with the community (local, regional, or even global), good environmental stewardship, and inspired social responsibility.

In this presentation, Grant explores the opportunities and roles of you and your teams in integrating socially responsible underpinnings in key initiatives going forward.

Providing and communicating a clear purpose and a consistent set of expectations for team members is not as ubiquitous in business today as you might think.

In early-stage startups, chaos usually reigns. As structure forms and the team grows, plans change and strategy shifts. The rubber’s hitting the road, stress is usually high, and clarity (and “Affinity”) is rare.

Even as companies’ mature clarity of purpose and expectations often becomes more clouded. As clear as the strategy may be in the visionary’s head, oftentimes team members feel ill-informed and unsure of exactly what they should be doing.

Grant has consulted with a wide range of companies from the beverage industry to healthcare and has seen first-hand that lack of clarity and poor communications are consistent, and persistent issues.

If you feel your organization lacks clarity of purpose or expectations, come on this journey with Grant as he shares ways to create “Affinity” for your team.

He will share ways to add context and drive motivation. He’ll show how the ‘why’ provides a much deeper connection than the ‘what’. 

Team members need a meaningful common goal that morphs them from a group of individuals each doing a job (potentially in isolation) into a team with a purpose with clear expectations of them and the ideal outcome of their efforts. Grant will show you practical ways to achieve this optimal state in your team.

Encouragement helps create alignment and shape behavior in far more substantial and sustainable ways than disciplinary styles could ever hope to achieve.  

However, encouragement is not praise. Encouragement focuses on improvement and recognition of effort and can be doled out liberally in pursuit of the specific outcome sought.

With encouragement comes a sense of confidence and hope when it is underwritten by the support needed to achieve the designated goal.

Encouragement helps people persevere and in today’s discombobulated world of business, perseverance is more critical than ever.

Grant will share examples of companies built around the simple premise of raising people up and allowing those team members to be the best that they can be. 

Watch your profits soar when you focus on raising your people up!

Vision and action melded together with inspiration are key ingredients in achieving organizational goals and “AFFINITY”.

The visionary leader not only needs to be able to articulate the vision, but they also need to be able to focus resources, manage actions (including their own), and marry their passion and sheer will into reality.

The most critical element in transforming a vision into reality is the creation and stewardship of a talented team. 

Grant shares how to turn your vision into a reality, and the inherent challenges to be faced along that path to prosperity.

One thing that courses through most teams’ veins is the desire to win. To be part of something special. 

This is where shared and well-articulated goals and encouragement can lead teams to significant performance improvements.

However, what works to inspire one team member may not work to inspire another. The performance-oriented company needs to find the resonant frequency teams and individuals need in order to focus their energy on the performance outcomes needed. 

This demands that performance-oriented leaders know as many facets of their people and teams as possible.

In this session, Grant illuminates ways to drive dedication and performance through relationships and performance orientation. This ultimately leads to a state of “Affinity” as Grant describes in his best-selling book, “The Affinity Principle”.

Getting everyone playing together in the sandbox is challenging. Done well, it can help engender cooperation and collaboration. 

This always takes a delicate balance of diplomacy and candor. As much as dedicated and high performing teams cite diplomacy as a preferred behavior for their leaders, it can cause the leader to hold back on delivering truth bombs that may potentially lead to a better ultimate outcome.  These compromises can blur the lines at times. 

The diplomatic style can be incredibly important in organizations seeking integration and collaboration. However, it’s not always the best style in start-ups, early stage, and fast-moving organizations.

Grant shares real-world examples of companies spanning the spectrum of that delicate continuum. He then examines how your executive team can help find that balance and amplify your company’s “Affinity”.

In this enlightening session, we delve into the captivating journey of the fitness industry, tracing its evolution from its formative days to the transformative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its current state. Join us as we explore the people-centric nature of the fitness industry and the potential for AI to complement, rather than replace, the services provided by exercise professionals.

We will begin by delving into the historical landscape of the fitness industry, examining the shifts in trends, consumer preferences, and the emergence of exercise professionals as key influencers in shaping the industry. Explore the challenges faced by fitness professionals and the industry at large, and the innovative solutions that have been implemented to adapt and thrive.

The session will then shift focus to the unprecedented disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflect on the rapid transformation of the fitness industry as it embraced digital platforms, virtual classes, and remote training to continue serving clients and adapting to changing circumstances. Learn from real-world examples and success stories of exercise professionals who navigated this challenging period.

As we explore the role of AI in the fitness industry, we emphasize its potential to assist and enhance the services provided by exercise professionals. Discover how AI-driven technologies, such as personalized workout apps, data analytics, and wearable devices, can empower professionals to deliver tailored experiences and track progress effectively. We will emphasize the importance of maintaining the human touch and personal connection within a technology-driven landscape.

Finally, we turn our gaze towards the horizon and prognosticate on significant future trends in fitness and wellness. Explore emerging technologies, evolving consumer expectations, and the shift towards holistic well-being. Gain insights into the integration of mindfulness practices, virtual reality fitness experiences, and the rise of personalized wellness programs.

Whether you are an exercise professional, fitness enthusiast, or industry observer, this session offers a thought-provoking exploration of the fitness industry’s evolution, the potential symbiotic relationship between AI and exercise professionals, and the exciting trends that will shape the future of fitness and wellness. Join us to gain invaluable insights, spark ideas, and contribute to the evolution of this dynamic industry. 

Simple, flexible, and applicable tools and techniques abound in this keynote on becoming a “Well-Being.”

A high performing team is usually made up of a group of unique individuals.

This session focuses on how each individual on your team can optimize their personal well-being and performance in key aspects of their lives. 

Studies have shown that when people are healthy, both physically and emotionally, they are more functional and resilient at work and in their home. 

Grant has spent over 35 years building wellness companies that have sought to change and impact people’s lives in fundamental and functional ways. Grant has distilled this journey of discovery into a powerful keynote that explores achieving optimal well-being through simple and incremental steps.

There are no fad diets, or radical exercise programs associated with Grant’s philosophy. Instead, he shares simple, flexible and applicable tools and techniques gleaned from years of one-on-one, group, community and regional programs he has created and championed. 

Come on a journey that blends the National Geographic “Blue Zones” learnings with wildly successful programs for the “Uninitiated” Grant has championed across the U.S. and Australasia. Get inspiration and insights on how to transcend the barriers that have prevented you from achieving your optimal state of wellness.

Grant began his journey in business with no formal training and no financial backstops.

At the age of 23, Grant took a business that had failed four times in a row at the same location, with the same team, equipment and facilities, and created a formidable brand in an incredibly competitive industry.

This experience began to shape a business career that has spanned numerous industries and changed innumerable lives.

With a strong focus on people, Grant has defied the odds to help transform companies that were struggling into fully functional powerhouses.

With  compelling stories of transformation in industries ranging from hospitality to healthcare, Grant has phenomenal tales of inspiration and motivation that encourage his audiences to see the possibilities within their business challenges.

Grant demonstrates how to help your team engage and consistently delight your customers and grow your bottom line. He shares anecdotes and insights into delivering incredible customer service.

Grant follows the journey to great customer experiences from recruitment, team selection and engagement, to training and outcomes.

If you’re in the business of service you’ll love this exploration of dialing your service up through TEAM. This presentation can be delivered at a team or management level, depending on your needs.

It’s not what you say, it’s what you do.

Corporate Citizenship is a powerful movement that builds on the foundations of capitalism.

Sometimes described as “Conscious Capitalism” or “Corporate Social Responsibility”, this movement highlights the inspiration and engagement that occurs when companies look beyond pure profit motivation.

The concept of corporations being good citizens is not new, but truly engaging leadership, stakeholders, team members in a higher purpose has shown to pay enormous dividends for enlightened companies.

Implicit in this extension of corporate responsibility is engagement with the community (local, regional, or even global), good environmental stewardship, and inspired social responsibility.

In this presentation, Grant explores the opportunities and roles of you and your teams in integrating socially responsible underpinnings in key initiatives going forward.

There are inevitable pinch points when we continue to do things the way we’ve always done them. These glass ceilings are hard to crack and often require a shift in perspective and mindset.

In this presentation, Grant explores ways to work on process improvement and explore opportunities for growth. He explores tactics ranging from delegation to outsourcing, process improvement to systems overhauls, and balancing automation with creativity.

Grant  also looks at transitional strategies that allow team members to expand their roles and allow everyone to move up through the organization. This can substantially improve retention and performance in your team, but ensuring the team members you’re promoting are up to the task does involve checks and balances that range from job crafting to safety nets.

Sales training starts with the CEO and threads its way through every layer of your company.

Grant explores “sales” and the many misconceptions that abound in the sales realm. He demonstrates the importance of sales skills for leaders and line personnel.

As with all his presentations, Grant has the ability to customize this talk to the audience you are seeking to address and focus on your key pain points or learning goals.

Whether it’s networking and relationship building or generating referrals, Grant’s wealth of experience across many industries helps  him dig into elements as diverse as your sales process all the way through to enhancing communications skills.

Consistently delivering your brand’s cultural promise to your team members, and in turn to your customers, is hard to do. It gets harder and harder as your company grows.

In this presentation, Grant shares scalable ways to grow and expand your cultural underpinnings and maintain brand integrity.

Grant has grown small, single0-site companies into regional and national icons and carried the cultural integrity through this growth. The power of a healthy corporate culture is undeniable and delivering your brand’s cultural promise through your team is achievable on any scale with the right training and systems in place.

A culture of trust, communication and great teamwork starts with mindful leadership.

In this presentation, Grant explores the connection between leadership and teamwork and how to produce a culture of trust and communication. He shares ways to inspire and ignite synergy between leadership and team in order to stimulate cooperation interdepartmentally and between divisions of your company.

Grant delivers this talk in simple, implementable ways that will help your team grow together. This talk can be incorporated with some fun activities exploring the differences and similarities between team members.

Empathy leads to great teamwork. When we get to know each other well, it becomes much easier to work together. 

This experiential layer can help reduce friction and develop appreciation and respect across your team.

Vision and action melded together with inspiration are key ingredients in achieving organizational goals and “AFFINITY”.

The visionary leader not only needs to be able to articulate the vision, but they also need to be able to focus resources, manage actions (including their own), and marry their passion and sheer will into reality.

The most critical element in transforming a vision into reality is the creation and stewardship of a talented team. 

Grant shares how to turn your vision into a reality, and the inherent challenges to be faced along that path to prosperity.

The definition of team is both a noun and a verb. And both have applicability in the world of business. The noun, “Team”, describes what you have and what you’re building. And the verb describes the action of teaming up and teamwork. In this talk, Grant connects these elements through the Affinity Principle.

Based on his book, “The Affinity Principle,” Grant shares palpable examples where he has witnessed and experienced the difference between being called and treated as an employee and being called and treated as a team member.

This is not an exploration of semantics. This is a talk that outlines a simple recipe to create a spirit of teamwork within your entire organization.

Providing and communicating a clear purpose and a consistent set of expectations for team members is not as ubiquitous in business today as you might think.

In early-stage startups, chaos usually reigns. As structure forms and the team grows, plans change and strategy shifts. The rubber’s hitting the road, stress is usually high, and clarity (and “Affinity”) is rare.

Even as companies’ mature clarity of purpose and expectations often becomes more clouded. As clear as the strategy may be in the visionary’s head, oftentimes team members feel ill-informed and unsure of exactly what they should be doing.

Grant has consulted with a wide range of companies from the beverage industry to healthcare and has seen first-hand that lack of clarity and poor communications are consistent, and persistent issues.

If you feel your organization lacks clarity of purpose or expectations, come on this journey with Grant as he shares ways to create “Affinity” for your team.

He will share ways to add context and drive motivation. He’ll show how the ‘why’ provides a much deeper connection than the ‘what’. 

Team members need a meaningful common goal that morphs them from a group of individuals each doing a job (potentially in isolation) into a team with a purpose with clear expectations of them and the ideal outcome of their efforts. Grant will show you practical ways to achieve this optimal state in your team.

Encouragement helps create alignment and shape behavior in far more substantial and sustainable ways than disciplinary styles could ever hope to achieve.  

However, encouragement is not praise. Encouragement focuses on improvement and recognition of effort and can be doled out liberally in pursuit of the specific outcome sought.

With encouragement comes a sense of confidence and hope when it is underwritten by the support needed to achieve the designated goal.

Encouragement helps people persevere and in today’s discombobulated world of business, perseverance is more critical than ever.

Grant will share examples of companies built around the simple premise of raising people up and allowing those team members to be the best that they can be. 

Watch your profits soar when you focus on raising your people up!

There are fundamentals in the creation and nurturing of a culture of community and “AFFINITY” within an organization.

In this session, Grant shares simple ways to gain cohesion and a more organizational orientation, versus a departmental orientation.

Interdepartmental turf wars are routine in growing companies, and they usually start as a function of conflict in the leadership team. This silo effect dramatically impacts a company’s ability to function optimally.

Grant shares firsthand examples of the impact of ‘silos’ and the many ways in which you can enhance a sense of community, camaraderie and unity among your team even in the most challenging settings.

Hire hard, manage easy.

The need to attract and retain talent has never been as necessary as it is in today’s global market.

Depth and breadth of your talent pool is critical, but how you lead and inspire teamwork will ultimately define your success.

In this presentation, Grant shares powerful methodologies for refining talent acquisition in your company. He also shares some unique perspectives on how to define and attract the right team members to your company.

Furthermore, Grant highlights critical elements of building cohesive and high-performance teams. He also focuses on engagement and retention tools and systems to ensure the talent you have worked so hard to recruit is more likely to stay on your team for the long term.

Time management might be the biggest single problem faced by entrepreneurs, leaders, managers and team members today.

Superfluous meetings and emails, interruptions, procrastination and the inability to delegate certain tasks, are the top 5 ‘time wasters’ executives cite.

In this presentation, Grant shares a simple technique that helps you understand your allocation of your most precious resource: TIME. He explores the challenges in reallocating this non-renewable resource and breaking unproductive habits. He covers delegation techniques and tools to help leverage your time and focus your efforts. He also explores some things to add to your list: worthwhile activities that will help you focus and leverage the gift of time with which we are all equally blessed.

Change is inevitable. Whether in business or our personal lives, nothing stays the same forever. Helping your team navigate change can be challenging, and yet rewarding.

In this presentation, Grant explores the dynamics of change and how it is seen by a cross section of team members. He shows you how to help those team members who are resistant to navigating this inevitable phenomenon within your company.

Helping your team embrace and leverage change will help you grow your brand and create a more profitable business.

Get your team excited about embracing change today!