Conflicting priorities and competitive demands require even stronger leadership from your organization. Mary Byers helps your group fine-tune skills and recommit to the work ahead. Choose any of the following presentation topics or ask about a custom topic to fit your most pressing needs.
Managing Conflict so it Doesn't Manage You
Learning how to manage conflict is the key to productive and satisfying personal and professional relationships. This presentation helps attendees identify the potential for conflict, how to avoid creating or heightening conflict, and the three "Ds" of successful conflict management.
Personality Plus: Understanding Your Individual Leadership Style
The best leadership teams are comprised of individuals that understand each other’s work and leadership styles and adapt accordingly. That’s why it’s important to take time to identify and analyze each other’s strengths and weaknesses—before, or shortly after, a working relationship begins.
Meeting the Media: How to Deliver the Message You Want People to Hear
This program addresses how to successfully meet the media and includes what to expect when a reporter calls, how to share the message YOU want to share, answering tough questions proactively; and how to develop a personal media information file. From understanding how the media works to what to wear for a television interview, this workshop covers it all.
How to Get, Keep and Use Power without Getting a Bad Reputation
This is a no-nonsense look at one of the most mystifying aspects of career success--or failure. After this session, participants will understand their personal feelings toward power and be able to identify specific ways they can use it to help themselves and those around them.
How to Recruit the Brightest and Best Volunteers
An association is only as good as its people. Consequently, you want the brightest and best individuals volunteering. But how do you make that happen? This program provides a practical, no nonsense model that you can take back and share with your association so that recruiting becomes more than just filling available positions. After this program, you'll begin to think about developing your leaders in a whole new way.
Strategic Alliances: How to do More With Less
Partnerships are the wave of the future. Here's what you need to know in order for your association to capitalize on this trend: why develop an alliance; how to identify and approach potential partners; how to organize the partnership and how to end an alliance. Get the wheels turning today for what could be a viable and profitable partnership for your association tomorrow.
Recruitment and Retention:
The Habits of Highly Successful Member Organizations
It's not enough to send out an occasional brochure and hope your membership will grow. In today's competitive market, recruitment and retention takes creative planning--and careful execution. In this program, you'll learn: what other organizations are doing to capture prospective member attention; how to develop, and monitor, a recruitment and retention plan; and why non-renewals are more important than new prospects. Your organization's activities will be reinvigorated after this program!
How to Say No . . . And Live to Tell About It!
Have you ever thought, “Why did I say yes to that?” Wondered if people will stop loving you if you say “no”? If so, then this presentation is for you! This interactive program covers the following: why it’s hard to say no; setting priorities to make “no” easier; and specific phrases to help you say no without saying “no.” After this program, you’ll have the tips—and hopefully the courage—to begin using the word “no” without guilt.
The Mother Load: How to Meet Your Own Needs While Caring for Your Family
Who’s taking care of you while you’re taking care of your family? It’s an important question. If the answer is “nobody,” then this session is for you. You’ll learn three reasons you should be taking care of yourself, how to act on what you know, how to master the art of refueling, and all about the concept of giving yourself the “Gift of the 31st Day.”
Working from Home: How to Preserve Your Profit and Save Your Sanity!
Working from home can be great—or it can be the source of tremendous stress and frustration. This program will help you identify the potential pitfalls and provide practical suggestions regarding what to do about them. You’ll learn how to set realistic expectations of your family; how to juggle work and household responsibilities; and how to apply the “Law of the Seasons” to your personal and professional decision making.
How to Grow Out of Yourself
Just because you’re a mom doesn’t mean your own personal growth has to stop. In fact, one of the best ways to encourage your kids’ growth is to model it for them. During this program you’ll learn how to identify your own “growth edges,” how to set realistic goals, how to find the time for your own growth and how to write a One Year Business Plan for a Busy Mom in a morning or less. After this session, you’ll feel energized, refreshed and ready to grow!
Who Put This Alien in My House?
What’s a mother to do with a child who is the exact opposite of her? During this program you’ll learn how to handle the differences between you and your child, resources for learning more about different personality types, why acceptance is the greatest gift you can give your child, building a support network, and most importantly, how you can work to change your response to your child instead of working to change your child.
The Balancing Act
Does your head spin every time you think of everything you have to do? Are you being pulled in twelve directions all at the same time? Have you forgotten who you really are? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re not alone. Take time to find your balance and nurture your soul during this presentation. You’ll learn: how to identify when you are reaching your limit—and what to do about it; how to let go; and how to stop doing what isn’t working.
