Not your average motivational speaker....
Brian Norris has been referred to as one of the nation's best motivational speakers. But Brian shakes off the label. Maybe Chicago's best motivational speaker, but, the nation's best is a bit much! :)
As a motivational speaker, you'd expect Brian to tell you that you need him to motivate and inspire your team. You'd expect him to tell you that his stories and techniques will turn around your culture overnight and get everyone to love their jobs.
But that would be lying.
Brian Norris' motivational talks are aimed at encouraging personal responsibility. It's about solutions not just complaints. While an outside perspective can trigger important re-evaluation, it's up to every individual to find the incentive and personal motivation to improve their life, careers and relationships.
For instance, Brian doesn't point the finger at managers or presidents. It's not their job to motivate employees. Rather, it's their job to make sure that the checks don't bounce. It's their job to create consistency and to hold employees accountable to their job descriptions. It's their job to make sure that employees have the resources and conditions to to their jobs well and to grow in their ability to work autonomously.
Above all it is the manager's job to manage their own attitude, remain flexible in how they manage different personalities, and to model the behaviors and actions they expect of others.
These ideas are at the heart of each of Brian's motivational keynotes and motivational training programs. That's why organizations in every sector consistently come to Brian Norris. He's real, and really honest about the do and don't's --the realities and myths of workplace motivation.
What about motivating employees?
Assuming managers fulfill their end of the relationship, there are really only a handful of tactics you can use to influence employee behavior. Brian shares those with you so that employees have zero room to complain or fault others for their failure.
Strip away all the fluff and adult theory and consultant speak and you find these simples truths. An employee is either lazy or not lazy. They either do what's expected and then some or spend their time trying to beat the system or doing nothing.
Employees at every level are either right for the job or wrong for the job. You just made a bad hiring decision. And they made a bad career decision. People don't GET fired, they fire themselves! The problem is when they lack the motivation and courage to leave and manager's lack the courage to let them go!
That's a key secret to long-term motivation -- knowing what passions re-ignite an individual's internal drive and innate desire to be proud of their contribution to the workplace, community and at home. What drives you? What scares you? What turns you off? What does it take to increase performance by even 1%? The answers are as varied as the people you work with!
Another key is to hire a person with a work ethic that drives them to do a great job despite their mood or personal issues. Beyond just a "positive attitude" we must cultivate "let's find a way to meet our customers expectation's" attitude and a "let's do so profitably" attitude. Real motivation is an inside job.
Brian inspires audiences to tap into their own inner motivations. He forces them to take inventory of the motivating forces in their lives and harness them to accomplish more.
Motivation is also based on balance. Do your job well and go home. Workaholics are unbalanced, dysfunctional people. People who base their existence solely on their job title or where they work or how much they produce in a day are misguided and dangerous. Ultimately, life shouldn't revolve around a person's career. It should revolve the life they live AFTER the workday has ended.
These are just a few of the takeaways audiences leave with when you bring Brian Norris to present a motivational keynote or to facilitate. Brian has worked in the motivation industry as a professional speaker and workshop leader since 1990, when he decided to share his passion for life with others.
Today, this dynamic presenter writes and speaks, sharing his uplifting, honest, motivational message with audiences around the globe.
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