Jason Jones, PH.D. Organizational Psychologist; Author; and Executive Coach

The science is clear, you don’t instill motivation in people, you ACTIVATE it! Learn what it takes to energize and inspire people toward greater focus, engagement, and passion in their work. Dr. Jones shares a science-based five-step framework to help leaders bypass outdated motivational theories and activate the internal motivation of people to be their best in work and life. Intertwining scientifically proven methods with stories about real-life leadership challenges, Dr. Jones’ helps attendees take ownership of their role and build confidence in their ability to activate their people.

Attendees Gain:

• Deep understanding of what really motivates people
• Specific motivational techniques to activate higher levels of performance 
• A method to identify the motivation triggers in yourself and others
• A simple and proven framework to approach leadership and relationships at work
• Tools to master the three Activator Leadership Method skills of Connecting, Coaching, and Culturing. 
• Specific ideas for activating people to be and do their best on the job and in their personal lives.
• Motivation to take your leadership to the next level.

Subtitle: Accelerate Your Team's Engagement and Performance

Effective managers and great leaders understand team dynamics and motivation triggers that drive team performance. Based on Dr. Jones’ book 28 Days to a Motivated Team, attendees will learn the most common motivational triggers of employees along with the 5 scientifically-proven factors that drive employee motivation and engagement.

Dr. Jones' presentation can be tailored to the needs of the audience by focusing on team leadership or team membership. This fast-paced, fun, and practical presentation will share dozens of ideas and inspire each attendee to become a better team member and leader.  

Attendees Gain:

• Understanding of the differences between individual and team motivation
• Tools to assess your team's current motivation and engagement gaps
• Confidence in your ability to build a high-performing team
• Practical techniques to boost the confidence, competence, and chemistry of your team

The field of Neuroscience has recently taken a giant step forward in a way that allows us to better understand the complexity of human interaction. These discoveries are especially applicable to the fields of sales, marketing, and leadership.

In this entertaining presentation, Dr. Jones gives you new insights into the power of the brain. You will learn how specific interactions support a buyers decision to trust you and to move forward with a purchase. The audience will learn how to engage in a purposeful conversation that moves the buyer through the "Trust Purchase" process and creates a relationship that will lead to future sales.

Prepare to be intrigued, enlightened, and equipped as you learn practical ways to apply neuroscience tactics to your sales efforts.

Attendees Gain:

• Understanding why and how the brain engages with certain information and activities
• Insights into what to look for in a buyer's behavior (the "tells") so you can know how to stimulate trust, engage, and commitment to a purchase
• Practical skills to identify and mitigate the threats in your environment that creates "Buyers Balk"
• A vocabulary of words and phrases that build trust and opens the buyer's mind
• Learn 5 highly-effective techniques to deepen and maintain relationships after the sale

Subtitle: Engaging the head and the heart of the people you lead.

Neuroscience has entered the world of leadership with data and application that is as enlightening as it is interesting. The great leaders of the future will be those who understand how to leverage the power source of our thinking and behavior -- the brain. Utilizing recent scientific discoveries leaders can learn how to activate more of the brain that can lead to higher levels of motivation, engagement, energy, health, and performance. 

Attendees Gain:

• Understanding the full power of the brain at work to think and take purposeful action
• Insights into why certain environments and interactions limit employee potential
• Techniques to activate the full brain that boosts decision-making, problem-solving, emotional intelligence, and creativity skills
• Actionable tips to engage the brain, capture attention and increase focus 
• Inspiration to lead in a psychologically-friendly manner that helps everyone succeed
• Proven methods for managing underperforming employees
• Inspiration to lead at a high level that will produce greater achievement and results for you and your team

We have more distractions in our current work environment than ever before. Recent studies have revealed that a person's ability to focus attention is at an all-time low. This comes during a time that these skills are desperately needed to perform at a high level.

In this keynote, Dr. Jones will inspire attendees to take an evidence-based approach to maintain focus, mitigate distraction, sustain motivation, and create personal accountability for achieving goals. This session uses audience interaction techniques and will inspire every person to take action to be more focused and intentional in their work.

Attendees Gain:

• Understanding of a science-based approach to setting and achieving effective goals 
• A pathway for taking action that builds confidence
• A practical strategy for avoiding distraction, increasing focus, and accelerating achievement
• Strategies to build momentum and keep yourself motivated throughout the year
• Techniques to manage and even expand your energy to be and do your best every day
• Blueprint for building a system of accountability that will keep you on track to goal achievement

Subtitle: The 3 Keys to Building Strong Manager-Employee Relationships

Effective management is more than driving results and accountability. The best managers build trusting relationships that unleash the best in their people and actively pursue their greatness.

When a strong relationship occurs between an employee and the manager, motivation, engagement, quality of work, creativity, and personal character increase.

In this session, Dr. Jones inspires audience members to improve their relationships with each of their employees and see the benefits of building a high-trust partnership to reach goals together. Attendees will learn how to use brain-based and practical techniques in three critical areas that impact the employee-manager relationship: Connecting, Coaching, and Culturing. 

Attendees Gain:

• Insight into the importance of the employee-manager relationship
• A three-stage approach to become a better relationship builder. 
• Techniques to build trust and deepen relationships
• Tips for managing uncooperative employees
• Techniques for guiding employees through change and ambiguity
• Inspiration to help employees achieve at a higher level and love their work

Subtitle: How Great Leaders Balance Driving Results and Caring for People

Effective leaders are able to manage driving results while also maintaining relationships. In this session, attendees are taught a proven conversational model that aids expectation setting, achievement, and accountability with their employees, while also building healthy relationships. Proven techniques for listening, leading with questions, giving feedback, and driving accountability are shared. 

Attendees Gain:

• A simple yet effective model to guide to maintaining the balance of driving results while also caring for the employee.
• An understanding of how to lead with questions to increase employee ownership and motivation
• Critical insight into how to give honest and direct feedback to employees
• Techniques that help employees think deeper about problems and challenges and to make good decisions
• Tools to help employees create goals and a plan for achieving them
• A method for accelerating goal achievement