Length – 2 to 3 hours 

Focus – effective leadership / human relations / team building 

The leader, in times past, was the biggest and strongest of all the workers. Today, the tactic of pushing people around just doesn’t work. Tim believes effective leaders ‘sell’ their followers on company objectives, as well as their day-to-day tasks. Listeners even explore the workings of the human mind – what we remember, and why! Those attending are reminded to communicate to people using positive words, because the negative suggestions (DON’T do that, etc) usually result in people doing exactly what we told them NOT to do. Companies benefit when employees begin to communicate more effectively.  

Listeners are encouraged to be “different”, because less than 20% of the employees of any given company are usually functioning at their ‘peak’. Tim says, if you’re ‘normal’, you’re in the other 80% - just limping along. Personal choices about how much Television one watches and what sort of material one is reading, as well as how familiar one should become with subordinates are addressed. These inputs to the mind result in conduct patterns. Companies benefit because employees become focused on ‘business’ during working hours. 

Leadership involves the building up of followers. Listeners are reminded that great leaders encourage people constantly, even when it’s necessary to reprimand them. Tim explains the need for true empathy – listening to the employee, while remaining focused on Company objectives. And leaders understand the importance of their ‘example’ being one worth following. Further, Tim explains that leaders must be willing to stand for principals, even if one stands alone. Companies benefit from the encouraging of their current management, as well as the challenging of their rank and file employees. 

This “common sense” presentation has been a favorite of Tim’s audiences since 1971. One client, the United States Air Force Senior Non Commissioned Officer Academy (Montgomery Alabama) has included Tim’s presentation of this talk to every class (eight times yearly) since 1981.