Doug Dvorak

Putting Positivity on the Map
Ever wish you could push a nitro button for your performance? You have arrived at your destination.
Some people always seem to be in high gear while others become stuck in the doldrums. This invigorating workshop will replenish the pep in your step.
Being motivated can become a daily struggle. The motivation battle is compounded when you have to navigate around commuting stress, multiple priorities with varying deadlines, and a fast-paced lifestyle - all of which can crash your engine. Let Doug Dvorak, a motivational speaker and an expert on developing human potential, be your travel guide through a humorous and interactive presentation, which teaches the audience how to arrive at goals by taking the positive route. You do not need to keep all arms and legs inside the moving vehicle: Audience participation is enthusiastically encouraged in a non-threatening manner.

Learning Objectives & Outcomes

• Create and project positive motivational vision and values

• Be more intentional and strategic in positive thinking, as opposed to relying on intuition alone

• Serve as a source of optimism and enthusiasm while eliciting excellence and innovation

• Provide the resources and support to encourage positive thinking

• Recognize ways to think positively under a variety of conditions/circumstances

• Think positively and remain motivated during times of change including crises

Five Essential Facets of Dynamic Motivation & Positive Thinking

• Consistently communicate an inspirational vision

• Initiate and implement change to meet goals

• Sustain the momentum – Motivate the audience

• Execute strategies, actions needed to create and sustain positive thinking

Program Goals
Burnout is a major personal and professional risk associated with high-stress jobs. This workshop builds each participant’s skill in balancing the goals and stresses of work and life. To ensure that each audience member receives a hearty laugh, leaves with a positive attitude, and experiences navigating daily life from the optimistic lane, Doug Dvorak makes positivity the focus and reminds his audience that laughter equals longevity and psychological well-being.

Duration
– 45–60 Minute Keynote
– 2–4 Hour Breakout Session
– 6–8 Hour Full Day Training

How To Overcome The Change Barrier Positively & Successfully
Businesses don’t do business — people do. They create the force that ensures an organization’s successful future. These individuals hold the solutions to problems, the ways to improve motivation, productivity, creativity to enhance products and services, and the insight that the company needs to move forward. Having strong leaders to ensure the people in your business are handling changes correctly is critical to any long-term business plan.
You and your group of will learn how to overcome the shock of change while adapting for success through communication, facilitation, creativity, innovation, and motivation. Doug will teach your group how to seize the hidden treasure in change by providing your group with strategies to increase productivity, motivation, and morale.

Learning Objectives & Outcomes

• Best communication practices to help all team members fully understand the change & stick to it.

• Be more intentional toward changes, as opposed to relying on intuition alone.

• How to serve as a source of optimism and enthusiasm while eliciting change.

• Provide the resources and support to encourage savvy risk-taking in times of change.

• Taking and delegating responsibility for making change happen.

• Recognize ways to stay motivated and motivate others effectively during company changes.

• Create the buzz and excitement to initiate change.

• Managing the “hard” project focused aspects of change and the “soft” people focused aspects of change.

Five Essential Facets of Managing Dynamic Change

• Create the vision that change is an opportunity vs. a problem.

• Sustain the momentum – Motivate Attendees.

• Execute strategies & actions needed to create and sustain success.

Program Benefits
Doug will provide you with the following benefits:

• Meet with you (at least once) before the speaking engagement to ensure goals and objectives are aligned.
• Provide help pre and post speaking engagement.
• Provide personalized suggestions for you to implement pre and post-speech to improve the effectiveness of the keynote.
• Provide your team with a professional experience.

Duration
– 45–60 Minute Keynote
– 2–4 Hour Breakout Session
– 6–8 Hour Full Day Training

Program Description
Leadership is like writing, most people know how to write, but not all of them can write well; most think they know about leadership, but few can lead professionally.
In this program, you will learn the three pillars of effective leadership – Purpose, Passion & Vision and how to implement them when leading your team. With the right attitude and action steps, you can become a great leader. After this program, you will increase your own personal skills and abilities in leadership, and, in turn, your employees’ efficiency and effectiveness can also be improved.

Program Goals

• Create and project your Leadership vision, values, and expertise

• Create and align your leadership vision with team members to achieve organizational objectives

• Consistently communicate a vision and create a "buy-in"

• Initiate and implement the leadership change required to meet goals

• Sustain the leadership momentum – Motivate employees

• Execute leadership strategies, actions needed to create and sustain Leadership success

Duration
– 45–60 Minute Keynote
– 2–4 Hour Breakout Session
– 6–8 Hour Full Day Training

This program can be customized for any event including:

• Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

• Recognition Ceremonies

• Sales Meetings

• Management Conferences

• Corporate Retreats

• Special Events

Program Description
Our team building workshops are highly interactive and are customizable to meet the specific needs of your team. The variety of experiential exercises that are available can take you outdoors or keep you inside the training room of your own company facilities. No matter what direction your organization decides to take, our team building workshops will create excitement, focus, and action for improvement.

Program Benefits

• Improved Communication through a revealing exploration of the different ways in which team members send and receive information.

• Reduced Conflict, the team will gain the ability to recognize and minimize unnecessary clashes between dissimilar personality types.

• Strengthened Management Effectiveness through an awareness of the various human needs and professional preferences within the team.

• Decreased Stress, the team will discover how to sidestep anxiety-generating and time-consuming interpersonal issues.

• Better Team Relationships, Heightened Morale, and Greater Camaraderie, boosted by a lively team building session, and sustained by the healthy insights harvested in the workshop.

How We’ll Work Together
In advance of your program, we’ll ask each member of your team to complete a team building questionnaire. This assessment gathers key preferences, including communicating, learning, and decision-making. We’ll ask you to return the completed questionnaires a couple of weeks before your workshop. Your team facilitator will use the results, along with a pre-course consultation with you, to personalize your program for your group.
The resulting workshop is highly interactive. Your facilitator will guide participants through fascinating exercises that bring team relationships into clear focus. Your teammates will have fun in the program, but they’ll also discover something fascinating: How personality preferences and the resulting professional relationships can paralyze or mobilize a team.

Duration
– 45–60 Minute Keynote
– 2–4 Hour Breakout Session
– 6–8 Hour Full Day Training

Program Description
Now, more than ever, your commitment to establishing a true team culture is not optional, it is vital to the success of your business. Is it easy to establish highly effective and proficient teams? Absolutely not. Does it simply mean that everyone on your team is working toward a common goal and are supportive of each other? That would be too easy.
Applying exciting examples of teamwork from the world of sports, Doug Dvorak will delve into the how to’s of building highly effective teams. This highly interactive program will provide participants with what they need to know about this vital business topic.

Program Goals
This program will offer participants the opportunity to learn:

• Characteristics of highly effective teams and why teamwork provides a competitive advantage.

• What can happen with absence of teamwork Dysfunctions of teams.

• How to apply five critical team skills that will make a big difference in productivity, profitability and Management/employee relationships.

• Real world examples of highly effective teams.

• Two team maintenance skills that will sustain teamwork if applied.

Duration
– 45–60 Minute Keynote
– 2–4 Hour Breakout Session
– 6–8 Hour Full Day Training

This program can be customized for any event including:

• Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

• Recognition Ceremonies

• Sales Meetings

• Management Conferences

• Corporate Retreats

• Special Events

Everything Starts & Stops with Leadership – Who, What, When, Where & How
In this program, Doug will define specific skills of proven leadership styles and provide the audience with effective leadership tools that can be applied immediately, resulting in improved teamwork and employee productivity. The group will learn to identify the most common mistakes made by leaders to help them better understand how to avoid making those same mistakes again. Doug will also discuss specific strategies to overcome those challenges.
This experience will provide your leaders with new ideas and tips to improve performance that they can incorporate into their work and management styles immediately. Doug will provide up to 2 follow-up conference calls with your leaders as needed so the concepts can be fully understood and implemented correctly.

Program Benefits

• Meet with you (at least once) before the speaking engagement to ensure goals and objectives are aligned.

• Provide help pre and post speaking engagement.

• Provide personalized suggestions for you to implement pre and post-speech to improve the effectiveness of the keynote.

• Provide your team with a professional leadership speaking experience.

Doug’s keynotes are custom tailored and designed to bring the most value to your organization. Doug prides himself on being a professional who hits targets and does not miss deadlines. His keynotes and workshops are content-rich and industry relevant, peppered with company-oriented messages that carry value and fuel success.
Doug provides motivational leadership speaker services to make a difference—The Dvorak Difference.

Who Should Attend
This program is ideal for anyone with current or anticipated leadership responsibilities, ranging from high-level executives and managers; managers expecting to take on leadership roles, and those who are not in management positions but are expected to lead and influence others in the course of their work.
This leadership program ties directly into optimizing your leadership and goal-setting time and efforts to improve your levels of productivity.

Duration
– 45–60 Minute Keynote
– 2–4 Hour Breakout Session
– 6–8 Hour Full Day Training

Program Description
Doug’s customized program focuses on selling techniques that are used throughout the sales process, from creative prospecting, to developing customized value propositions, to first impressions, to demonstration, to closing.
In prospecting, it is imperative to understand the different types of clients you will encounter and what selling techniques will work best for them. Some clients are going to want all of the facts and supporting data and may take a long time to make a decision to move forward. Other clients will want to know how the product or service will benefit the organization and may even make a decision without hearing the entire presentation.
When dealing with demanding situations, sales professionals need to be able to adapt their selling techniques and style to match the client’s needs. After all, the golden rule has changed to, “Treat others how THEY want to be treated.”

Results and Benefits

• Helps spot winners and establish a reliable method of choosing sales people.

• Evaluates the performance of both new and existing sales people.

• Shows the sales manager how to get the most out of the sales team.

• Provides coaching for the sales team for maximum results.

• Six point assessments that help select the salesperson that best fits the present needs of the company:
  • Prospecting
  • First Impressions
  • Qualifying
  • Demonstration
  • Influence
  • Closing

Once the results are received, sales skills development can be tailored to the different needs of each salesperson and organization. When sales people understand themselves and their prospects, communication becomes more effective. Therefore, sales productivity and performance increase. The information given in these assessments will enhance the sales development process for any organization.

Duration
– 45–60 Minute Keynote
– 2–4 Hour Breakout Session
– 6–8 Hour Full Day Training

This program can be customized for any event including:

• Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

• Recognition Ceremonies

• Sales Meetings

• Management Conferences

• Corporate Retreats

• Special Events

How to Harness the Secret Powers of Personal Branding!
What is Personal Branding? Your personal brand is the values that your friends, family, co-workers, and the marketplace associates with your name. What values do you stand for? How do you make that clear to the world around you? How do you achieve your goals by being clearer and more visible? By developing your Personal Branding.
Personal Branding describes the process by which individuals differentiate themselves through identifying and articulating their unique value proposition (UVP) to achieve a specific goal. Many other people bring the same products, services and skills to the marketplace that you do. So why is it that some people just seem to stand out? Chances are, consciously or unconsciously, they have created their own unique personal brand.
Personal Branding is not about applying a thin layer of veneer. It’s about getting in touch with your authentic self – what’s true and real and genuine about you. It’s about harnessing the values you live by and the passions that drive you and presenting the real you to others. “Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of personal branding.”

Program Goals – What you will learn:

• Recognize the importance of personal branding.

• Understand what a brand is and is not.

• Learn the key steps in building a personal brand.

• Begin your personal branding journey.

• Leverage the powers of the internet and search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing to enhance your personal brand.

Understanding the Nature of Personal Branding:

• Manage your personal brand effectively.

• Recognize techniques to enhance your brand.

• Avoid personal factors that inhibit authenticity.

Understanding the Personal Branding Process:

• Discover, create, and maintain your brand.

• Differentiate yourself from the competition.

• Gain confidence in your abilities.

• Increase visibility and presence in the marketplace.

• Achieve your goals and objectives.

Who Should Attend?

• Individuals or organizations developing or revitalizing their brands.

• Startups building a strong identity.

• Teams or employees needing brand clarity.

• Professionals unsure how to communicate what they do.

• Anyone looking to build motivation, momentum, and excitement around their unique personal brand.

Duration
– 45–60 Minute Keynote
– 2–4 Hour Breakout Session
– 6–8 Hour Full Day Training

“The servant-leader is a servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.” – Robert K. Greenleaf
The workplace has changed over the past few years and will continue to change. Raises, benefits, and other incentives are not the only source of motivation for employees today. Employees’ expectations have evolved, and so should leaders. Embrace the concept of “Servant Leadership” and listen to what your employees need. A servant leader works tirelessly to develop his/her people. They focus on what they can do for others. In this program, Doug will explore what characteristics a servant leader possesses, the advantages it can bring to you as a leader, and how to implement Servant Leadership strategies in your organization.

Program Goals

• Learn how to implement Servant Leadership strategies with the aim of achieving authority rather than power.

• Learn the core concepts of the servant as a leader including key elements and characteristics.

• Discover and understand critical tactics to create a Servant Leadership culture: listening, empathy, awareness, foresight, persuasion, and stewardship.

• Reflect and share key understandings about becoming a servant leader to plan next steps.

Duration
– 45–60 Minute Keynote
– 2–4 Hour Breakout Session
– 6–8 Hour Full Day Training

This program can be customized for any event including:

• Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

• Recognition Ceremonies

• Sales Meetings

• Management Conferences

• Corporate Retreats

• Special Events