Brian Gareau
Brian Gareau offers practical solutions for workforce engagement through human capital strategies. A leader in employee strategies, he provides audiences with practical tools for transforming corporate cultures.
Why you should book Brian Gareau for your next event
- Audiences are happy to explore Brian Gareau's proven strategies for enhancing employee engagement. His entertaining keynotes delve into organisational goals and corporate values.
- Gareau offers practical tools for analysing current internal trends and transforming cultures. Listeners participate in an interactive and entertaining address designed to cover multiple human capital scenarios.
- The popular author of A Slice of Life and four additional books about improving internal processes, Gareau leverages his experience to offer leadership in engaging employees in complex organisational structures and transforming workplace cultures.
As a highly regarded executive, he offered his expertise in co-developing the cultural assessment process for Caterpillar. By participating in a wide range of corporate policy shifts, Gareau helped to transform the company's end-to-end employee processes. This transformation led to a shift in company culture, creating a better workplace for productivity and engagement. Working in a variety of areas throughout the organisation, Gareau has the experience to help companies meet global organisational challenges. He offers strategic tools for global corporations to enhance global strategies, employee performance, and productivity.
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Keynotes
Keynote by Brian Gareau: The Accidental Boss
Often individuals find themselves in leadership roles without a true understanding of how to succeed. Many are “good doers” misplaced, misinformed or misguided. And they find themselves struggling to balance the many demands of leadership. Now more than ever, these
Accidental Bosses
must effectively wear multiple hats (managerial, company advocate and employee advocate) to be successful and sustain organizational performance.
In this session, attendees will explore tactical and practical reminders on “blind spots,” “the signs all around us,” and “hazards” to effective leadership and sustainable high performance. As well, they will gain basic techniques that can significantly improve the commitment, effort, and loyalty of your workforce.
Remember, people are the only asset an organization has that can appreciate over time ... if we truly appreciate them.
Accidental Bosses
must effectively wear multiple hats (managerial, company advocate and employee advocate) to be successful and sustain organizational performance.
In this session, attendees will explore tactical and practical reminders on “blind spots,” “the signs all around us,” and “hazards” to effective leadership and sustainable high performance. As well, they will gain basic techniques that can significantly improve the commitment, effort, and loyalty of your workforce.
Remember, people are the only asset an organization has that can appreciate over time ... if we truly appreciate them.
Keynote by Brian Gareau: I Wish Someone Would Communicate Around Here!
Ineffective communication costs businesses big bucks – research estimates over $30B annually in the U.S. and U.K. alone. Communication is a simple, but definitely not easy, concept to consistently execute. Inconsistent, mixed messages create inefficiency. New technology increases speed and accessibility but not necessarily understanding. In this presentation, you will gain simple and easy techniques for improving communication in your organization.
Keynote by Brian Gareau: Customer Service - From The Inside Out
Research shows that “poor”
Customer Service
costs U.S. businesses over $80B annually. Are the behaviors and attitudes impacting these losses actually “reflections” of how leaders and employees are treating each other internally? External customers don’t care about an organization’s internal issues. But, internal issues can and do have a huge impact on delivering a competitive advantage of excellent external customer experience. Is your business culture safe or dangerous for customers inside and out?
Customer Service
costs U.S. businesses over $80B annually. Are the behaviors and attitudes impacting these losses actually “reflections” of how leaders and employees are treating each other internally? External customers don’t care about an organization’s internal issues. But, internal issues can and do have a huge impact on delivering a competitive advantage of excellent external customer experience. Is your business culture safe or dangerous for customers inside and out?
Keynote by Brian Gareau: Workplace Culture – Asset or Liability?
Competition is tough! Everyone is constantly looking for a “new” market, product or service, process, physical layout, design, delivery model, or technology that will differentiate them from everyone else. And, if they are fortunate enough to find “an edge” – how do they sustain it? According to Harvard Business School, “business culture can have a significant impact on a firm’s long-term economic performance.” So why do so few companies “master” their business culture’s competitive edge?
Keynote by Brian Gareau: The Sustainable Fuel for High Performance
Many businesses today struggle with “people issues” including: the ability to attract and retain the best talent, employee resistance to change, absenteeism, and individual accountability. All these create frustration, waste and lost performance. So, how do you unleash the engagement “sustainable fuel” (commitment, effort, loyalty) of your workforce? Engagement is more than an employee survey score – it must be an integrated element of your people and business strategy. It must be a critical competency that leaders master. And, it must be a priority to improve and sustain high performance.
Keynote by Brian Gareau: Stand Out in the Crowd
Every day organizations strive to find new ways to attract, retain and grow customer loyalty and market share. One key strategy used is product/service differentiation. The concept of differentiation is simple but also challenging to sustain - make your organization stand out from otherwise similar competitors in the marketplace. This same strategy of differentiation will also be even more critical in the future in finding, hiring, engaging and keeping a talented workforce. Does your organization distinguish itself from other employers and if so, is the differentiation sustainable? This session will help you gain a clearer understanding of a key missing ingredient in many Talent Management strategies, better understand the critical importance of workplace culture as a competitive differentiator and evaluate traditional versus new workplace differentiators in your organization.
Brian Gareau
Brian Gareau is an expert in employee engagement and corporate performance.
Brian Gareau is a senior fellow supporting human capital processes for The Conference Board. With more than 30 years in corporate leadership, he offers an expansive view of human capital strategies. Involved in Caterpillar's employee survey redesign, he leverages his engagement experience to guide organisations in transformational change. He's worked various management areas throughout his career, including sales, human resources, public affairs, and manufacturing.
Featured as a speaker for major corporations, including 3M, McDonald's Corporation, and Cigna, Gareau offers a wealth of information about managing employees in complex work structures. Offering consulting in more than 200 global locations, he travels to share his knowledge of employee engagement. With top-notch organisational development skills, he offers audiences action-oriented tools to implement within company processes.
From cultural processes to strategy, he helps companies manage and track performance to spark employee accountability. Moving beyond a simple assessment process, Gareau works with companies to reinforce company policy and expand corporate values. Gareau offers solutions for inefficiencies in workplace models and productivity execution. Working with companies across the globe, he brings his employee engagement experience to bear to increase organisational effectiveness.
As a trainer and speaker, Gareau's research and experience provide the perfect backdrop for imparting learning tools to improve human capital management and business productivity
Featured as a speaker for major corporations, including 3M, McDonald's Corporation, and Cigna, Gareau offers a wealth of information about managing employees in complex work structures. Offering consulting in more than 200 global locations, he travels to share his knowledge of employee engagement. With top-notch organisational development skills, he offers audiences action-oriented tools to implement within company processes.
From cultural processes to strategy, he helps companies manage and track performance to spark employee accountability. Moving beyond a simple assessment process, Gareau works with companies to reinforce company policy and expand corporate values. Gareau offers solutions for inefficiencies in workplace models and productivity execution. Working with companies across the globe, he brings his employee engagement experience to bear to increase organisational effectiveness.
As a trainer and speaker, Gareau's research and experience provide the perfect backdrop for imparting learning tools to improve human capital management and business productivity
The Sustainable Fuel for High Performance Employee Engagement
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