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KEYNOTES

“Times change. Terms change. Technologies change. But human nature never changes.
That’s why it always comes back to relationships and influence”. – DY
FUN
Fun is what you get in Keynotes that combine experience in economic research for the nation’s central bank, leadership development for the nation’s largest discount retailer, AND countless routines from numerous stand-up comedy performances.
FLEXIBLE

Filled with realism, inspiration, instruction, and humor, a DY Keynote will engage and empower your people! Every DY Keynote can also be delivered as a half-day or full-day leadership training program or as part of a Culture Strategy at your office, conference, or retreat.

DY's TOP FIVE KEYNOTES
Good Great Legendary
Framing Your Leadership Legacy
Making the Bad Apples Good and the Good Apples Better
Work Life Balance Is A Pipe Dream
Creating a Culture of Trust
CLICK EACH CATEGORY FOR DY's KEYNOTES/WORKSHOPS
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
  • 6 Lessons Your Employees Wish You Knew About Equity
  • 8 Lessons Your Students Wish You Knew About Equity
  • Becoming A Champion for Diversity
  • Becoming A Chief Diversity Officer: The CDO Academy
  • Becoming an Agent for Change
  • Creating a Culture of Inclusion
  • Establishing A World-Class Diversity & Inclusion Function
  • Increasing Innovation Through Inclusion
  • Increasing Sales Through Inclusion
  • Leadership Lessons for People of Color
  • Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce
  • The Power of Possible Similarities
  • Unconscious Bias…Like You’ve Never Learned It Before
  • What A Woman Has to Do to Get to The Top…From A Man’s Perspective (CABLE)
  • Winning with Diverse Teams
STRATEGIC EXECUTION
  • Creating A Shared Vision
  • Maintaining Strategic Intensity
  • Strategic Goal Setting
  • Strategic Planning Without Strategic Thinking Is Not (Very) Strategic
  • Strategic Relationship Building
  • The Power of Values, Vision, And Mission
  • The Strategy ‘Before’ The Strategy
  • Visioning
PERSONAL AND TEAM MOTIVATION
  • Don’t ‘Respond’ Like It’s Personal
  • DY’s Guide to A Powerful Attitude
  • Good. Great. Legendary
  • Lessons from Legendary Leaders
  • Orcas Aren’t Killers…They Just Gotta Eat: Creating A High-Performance Culture
  • Perseverance Matters
  • Work/Life Balance Is A Pipe Dream: A New View of The Topic
  • You Are Your Organization!
  • You Matter Most
CULTURE & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
  • Creating A Culture of Accountability
  • Creating A Culture of Coaching and Mentoring
  • Creating A Culture of Collaboration
  • Creating A Culture of Customer Service
  • Creating A Culture of Innovation
  • Creating A Culture of Servant Leadership
  • Creating A Culture of Trust
  • Developmental Delegation
  • Framing Your Leadership Legacy
  • Keepers of The Culture
  • Lighthouse Leadership: Preparing Your Team to Master Change, Challenge, Chaos, And Crisis
  • Making the Bad Apples Good and The Good Apples Better
  • No Surprises! Maximizing Your Performance Review Process
  • Winning Teams…Winning Ways
PERSONAL PROMOTABILITY
  • 17 People Skills Every Leader Should Know
  • Advanced Consensus Building
  • Becoming A Trusted Advisor
  • Beyond Gatekeeping: Next Level Administrative Assistant Skills
  • Dealing with Ambiguity
  • From Blumeyer To the Board Room: Everything I Needed in Business I Learned in The Hood
  • Expanding Your Influence
  • Increasing Executive Presence
  • Increasing Your Comfort Around the Big Shots
  • Increasing Your Composure
  • Know Thy Upline: A New Way to View ‘Managing Up’
  • Lessons from The Dolphin: Keys to Organizational Agility
  • Mastering Change
  • Now What: I’m A Supervisor and I’m Supervising My Peers
  • Politics Aren’t Bad…People Are
  • Seatbelt Sessions: The Power of Constructive Feedback
  • The Power Of G: How Young Professionals Differentiate Themselves in A System Built by Their Parents and Grandparents
SPECIAL CATEGORIES
  • EDUCATION
    • America Needs You Now!
    • The Education Conundrum: Leave It to Beaver Teachers with Tupac Students
    • We Serve: Making Customer Service A Campus-Wide Craze
  • GENERATIONAL
    • Get Over It: How Older Generations Understand Younger Generations
    • How to Hit the Ground Running: A Critical Career Guide for Recent College Graduates
    • Make My Hindsight Your 20/20: 52 Insights or Millennials Seeking Joy and Impact in A Work World Built by Boomers
  • GOVERNMENT
    • One Government. One Mission.
    • Succeeding in The Face of An Administration Change
    • We The People!
  • INTERVIEWING
    • Get the Job You Want: Unique Interviewing Secrets at Work
    • So, You Want To Date My Daughter?: Protecting Your Organization By Becoming A Better Interviewer
  • MENTORING
    • Creating A World-Class Mentoring Program
    • How to Mentor Others
  • NON-PROFITS
    • Becoming the Ultimate Board Member: Community Service Skills That Separate You from the Pack
    • Win-Win-Win Relationships: The Ultimate Goal of Fundraising
  • RELIGIOUS
    • Even Jesus Took Time Away: If You Stop, They Will Replace You
    • Just Because They Can Preach…It Doesn’t Mean They Should Lead
    • Moving Members from Their Seats to The Street
    • Succession Planning for Ministries

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