JP Pawliw-Fry
When Goldman Sachs in NY was struggling with the chaos and uncertainty of the financial markets this year and needed to change, and when the US Federal Reserve was trying to improve its leadership in the midst of great change, they turned to Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry. A world leader in understanding how individuals don't just survive but thrive and change in turbulent times, JP understands what differentiates individuals who can perform more effectively under the pressure of the present economic climate and during change. He brings a scientific understanding and insight into the traps that can cause leaders to become more reactive and ineffective in difficult environments. He offers real tools to help individuals lead themselves and others through complex and uncertain times.
Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry speaks on the impact of emotions. He 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 Pawliw-Fry 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 Pawliw-Fry:
- 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, recently 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!
About JP Pawliw-Fry
In 1998, Dr. JP and Elizabeth Pawliw-Fry decided to leave their previous academic and clinical careers and start the Institute for Health & Human Potential. While the first few years were difficult as they focused on putting together some of the early research, training and coaching programs, today they are proud of what the IHHP team has accomplished. With offices in Canada, US, Australia and Switzerland, IHHP is recognized as a world leader in developing and delivering unique training programs in Emotional Intelligence to increase performance and leadership. It was recently named by Profit Magazine, as one of the ‘Fast 100‘, 100 fastest growing companies.
JP is acting President of IHHP and is responsible for turning its research and development work into new ideas and models that can help individuals and organizations find an edge in a competitive world. Formerly, he taught at two of North America’s most prestigious business schools executive education programs: the Kellogg Graduate School of Management in the US (rated number one worldwide) and Queens’s University in Canada. He is a highly sought after speaker on leadership and performance and has received acclaim for his work in personal leadership with sales organizations, leadership retreats, and motivational seminars across the world – last year he reached audiences in places such as England, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Venezuela, India and Australia.
His diverse training includes: Queen’s University, Harvard Medical School’s Mind Body Medical Institute and the University of Massachusetts Medical Center stress clinic.
Olympic and elite athletes have sought out JP to help them find an edge in performance. JP has worked as a performance coach to the Canadian Olympic men’s volleyball team at 3 Olympic Games. He has also worked with the Orlando Magic, as well as executives of the NHL, NBA, NFL and the US Olympic committee.
Along with his busy speaking schedule around the world, he now spends his time researching and writing about the variables that drive performance and leadership. His forthcoming book, Leadership Rewired, the New Science of Sustainable Performance, will be published in 2009.
JP Pawliw-Fry’s Most Requested Keynotes
Change is Coming. Are you Ready? Tools to Thrive in Turbulent Times
Organizations that survive and thrive in today's environment have leaders who do something different: they manage emotions intelligently. They manage the impact of uncertainty that can rip apart a workplace and help their people think more clearly - not an easy feat when the pressure is intense and the ground is changing around them. These two new keynotes adress the issues and provide strategic tools for changing times. Drive performance in times of uncertainty by delivering on the two key sustainability factors: retaining the best and brightest, and winning at customer loyalty.
Redefining Leadership: What Highly Effective Leaders Do Playing Big
Learn how to manage emotions more intelligently to lead more effectively. Many factors have been attributed to great leadership. In this riveting keynote, you’ll discover the secrets of the best. Senior executives will learn key strategies to move their teams to the next level and how to select and retain the best and brightest. Equip your organization with an edge. Discover why Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is the single greatest driver not only of effective leadership, but of performance at all levels of an organization. It is Personal Leadership throughout the organization that will allow you to outperform the competition.
The Big Disconnect
Why most Leaders miss out on engaging the next Generation. The largest generation of people in history, some 77.5 million people - are about to retire. Over the next 5 to 15 years, the workplace will shift to a new generation of leader. Organizations that can’t figure out how to keep and engage this new generation of employee will lose. This powerful keynote will provide a framework to better understand the BIG DISCONNECT that is at the heart of generational tension and show how the tools of Emotional Intelligence (EI) are critical to successfully bridging this gap. Individuals will learn:
What is at the heart of the disconnect between the generations.
- Why most popular management gurus are wrong about the ‘values’ gap that ‘exists between the generations.
- Understand the brain science of emotions and the critical role EI plays in bridging the generation gap.
- Three strategies to help boomer and veteran leaders engage ‘new generation’ employees more successfully in order to increase discretionary (extra) effort and retention.
- (and, for your high potential Gen X & Y’s) how to become more effective leaders themselves, how they can take more responsibility in leadership, including how to more effectively manage the boomers on their team.
This program will help leaders cut through the ‘noise’ clouding this critical management issue and provide them with insight and tools they can use the very next day to improve their performance. It will draw from our cutting-edge research on the generations as well as our work with Olympic medalists, professional athletes and high performing leaders around the globe.
The Motivation Myth: High Performance Sales is Not Driven by Motivation, But by Managing Setbacks Effectively
Create a more resilient sales force that can handle ups and downs more effectively while connecting to your most important clients more intimately. All sales people are not created equally! If 20% of your sales force brings in 80% of the business, what then differentiates the high-performers from the average? In this fascinating keynote, Dr. Pawliw-Fry draws from cutting-edge research and his work with Olympic medallists, professional athletes and high performing sales teams around the globe. Discover the definitive edge that will drive sales performance and the business.
What's Going on at Your Hospital
Ongoing change and turbulence in hospital systems and in health care is causing immense people strain. The consequence is that well-intentioned people are not as effective as they would like to be, or their team needs them to be, or their hospital requires them to be, in order to deliver great patient care. This presentation will address the consequences of this ongoing change and offer a way forward, giving your staff strategies to deal with strain no matter the turbulence or challenges they face on a day-to-day basis. Your team will discover:
- the silent killer in hospitals is today ( hint: it’s not staph aureus! )
- why well-intentioned hospital personnel fail to act when they see short cuts or imcompetence on their watch
- what the impact of well-intentioned personnel who fail to act have on the health outcomes of patients
- what some health care organizations are doing to address this very big problem
- why Emotional Intelligence is the difference maker in providing great patient care
- strategies you can us the very next day
Contact us for more details on tailoring a program to your company's needs.
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