“This will change my life.” Merck

“Simply the best program we have heard. Critical information that will make a difference” US Navy

Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry is that rare kind of speaker who can change the outcome of a meeting. He has the ability to challenge people to take action with high content ideas yet keep them laughing and entertained throughout with his energy, enthusiasm and wit.

A thought leader on the subject of leadership, performance and managing change, JP was one of the highest rated former lecturers at the prestigious Kellogg School of Management’s Executive Education Program (ranked number one worldwide).  He now acts as an advisor to numerous Fortune 100 companies as well as the NHL and NBA teams, and Olympic medal winning athletes. 

With his trademark high energy style and humor, JP:

• Grabs an audience’s attention and challenges them with thought-provoking ideas and powerful hands-on tools.
• Forges a connection with his audiences and builds to a crescendo leaving them wanting more; and,
• Delivers a high content and enormously inspiring presentation that leaves audiences with something different:  simple yet profound strategies they can implement the very next day to make a real difference!

What Makes JP Different

Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry is an uncommon combination of business entrepreneur, Olympic Coach and business school sage. He has grown the Institute for Health & Human Potential into a successful multi-national business, named one of the Fastest Growing Companies as part of the 18th annual PROFIT Magazine ‘Fast 100’ ranking. He has helped athletes win Olympic medals at three Olympics and he has trained at the prestigious Harvard Medical School’s Mind Body Medical Institute and the University of Massachusetts’s Medical Centre Stress Clinic. He is sought after worldwide for his expertise as well as his flat-out-fun and enthusiasm.  Audiences throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, Central and South America have heard edge-of-their-seat stories that created clarity for what was required to win and a call to action to get moving!

JP’s Most Requested keynotes

Redefining Leadership: What Highly Effective Leaders Do   

•  Your audience will learn how to manage emotions more intelligently to lead more effectively.

 Specifically, they will learn:

• Why smart people fail.  The brain science behind high performance.
• Why EQ counts for more than IQ for leadership performance.
• The 2 key reasons leaders who are high in Emotional Intelligence get promoted and achieve results.

 Key Points:

• Emotions are infectious – as a leader you have the power to unleash best performance or sabotage it.
• It’s not important that things always work out. The question is:  Are you learning and changing your game when they don’t? 
• Everyone needs to be a leader – the best organizations understand this, communicate this and deliver on it!

Playing Big™: The Four Decisions that Differentiate Leaders in Uncertain Times     

 Your audience will learn how to drive performance by delivering on the two key sustainability factors: Retaining best and brightest and Winning at customer loyalty. 

Specifically, they will learn:

• The principle reason well-intentioned leaders Play Small™– and how that drives away their best performers and best customers.
• How great leaders Play Big™ and how that influences an employees’ ability to consistently deliver best performance.

 Key Points:

• Playing Big™ takes courage and a willingness to take risks; research proves that leaders who do this are able to sustain performance over the long term.
• When a leader coaches to behavior and not the emotion driving behavior he/she is missing something.
• Employees do not always listen to what a leader’s says, they do, however, always watch what a leader does. There is no way around it, leader’s model behavior. Whether a leader likes it or not, how big a game they play becomes the operating style of an organization.

The Motivation Myth: High Performance Sales is Not Driven by Motivation, But by Managing Setbacks Effectively     

Your sales team will learn how to be more resilient, handling ups and downs more effectively while connecting more intimately to your most important clients

Your team will learn: ·   

• The key qualities that differentiate the top 20% of sales people.·     
• What customers buy and why that should change the way you sell.·      
• How to stay Patient, Positive and Prepared when it ‘ain’t happening’. 

Key Points: ·        

• It’s all about the relationship. If you really want to connect - start from their side of the bridge!·       
• You need to take risks and ask for the business! Too many sales people are driven by wanting to be liked and are afraid to ask for the business.     
• Maintaining perspective – especially when hitting a setback - is unquestionably the most important thing you need to do if you want to be effective in today’s tough sales environment.