More than Motivational...
Mike's talks are rigorously researched to provide intellectual honesty, deep insights, and practical application. Mike is not a 'motivational speaker' but motivation and inspiration are a by-product of the intellectual respect he pays his audiences.
"This was a highlight & will be talked about for a while."
Delegate, Trend Controls Commercial Kick-off Conference
"The audience found that Mike’s introduction to such a complex subject was both witty and interactive and enabled the audience to leave with some very helpful tips and an insight into what can be achieved with further training."
Martyn Morgan, Partner & Conference Organiser, Quality Solicitors Talbots
"Mike Clayton's presentation to the Top Achievers seminar on "Effective Leadership" was excellent. This was interspersed with humour which made the presentation more engaging. He fully met the requirements of my brief, and I have no hesitation in strongly recommending him for talks, workshops or seminars."
Peter F. Haddon, Managing Director, Top Achievers Limited
Below are five standard keynotes.
Contact Mike to discuss how they can be customised for you, and other topics he can offer (take a look at his seminars).
For many people, good time management is already a habit.
If your audience contains some of them, then they need to go a step further.
Yes/No is about more than time management. It is about choice: the choice that makes all the difference to productivity, happiness, and success. Let Mike Clayton, an acknowledged expert on personal effectiveness, share five secrets that will change your habits for ever.
Five fabulously practical and insightful take-aways:
- Which gopher are you? The gopher mentality: and how can you overcome it
- How the Yes/No no compass can guide you to greater productivity
- When to say no and, more important, how to say no in a way that works and feels good
- Making your mind up quickly and living without regret
- We all procrastinate: learn when to stop, how to stop, and how to procrastinate well
What can your project managers learn from NASA?
In the 1990s, NASA launched a programme of missions under the banner 'Faster-Better-Cheaper'. Mike will show how NASA was both doomed to fail (why project management theory says 'faster, better, cheaper' is impossible), yet found a way to triumph. More important, he'll explain the powerful insight that can allow you to achieve 'faster, better, cheaper' and really get more for less.
Five fabulously practical and insightful take-aways:
- The most critical part of your project
- How to understand every project decision
- One thing that should be up every project manager's sleeve
- How to get predictable results
- The big difference between amateurs and professionals
Being smart, savvy and knowledgeable is one thing; but what next?
Being smart, savvy and knowledgeable in the early stages of your career is one thing. Being wise; an accomplished expert and someone who is widely regarded as having created something of substance and value, is what you really want.
Smart to Wise sets out Mike's 'Seven Pillars of True Success' that you must master, if you want to move from being seen as merely smart to being authoritative and trusted. In mastering the seven pillars, people will regard you as someone whose judgement they can trust, and to whom they will look for advice, guidance and involvement in key decisions and initiatives.
Five fabulously practical and insightful take-aways:
- What is wisdom, and how can you acquire it?
- The seven pillars - traits to develop that will make you wise
- Why only the wise will thrive in a VUCA* world
- Wisdom and influence: how to build gravitas
- Chart your journey from Smart to Wise
Stakeholder engagement is a strategic imperative.
And if it is not a strategic imperative in your organisation, Mike will tell you why it should be, and how to push it up your agenda
Stakeholders matter - they hold all of the aces. And if you don't believe this, ask Shell, Esso, Government, or anyone who has had a strong case for their decisions, yet failed to make them work. This is not a how-to seminar: it is a why to keynote with some practical advice, to get senior executives thinking about how to make your projects deliver more reliably, more frequently, and more.
If you have resided over half-successful (or even failed) change initiatives and project implementations, you will want to hear this talk.
Five fabulously practical and insightful take-aways:
- The origin of stakeholders and why they matter
- Why stakeholder management is a dead concept
- How up-to-date is the toolkit your project and change managers are using?
- What are the ethics of stakeholder engagement?
- How to create a stakeholder engagement culture... and measure its maturity
Coming soon... Exciting new keynote based on what is sure to be a best-selling book
Contact me directly to learn how you can be the first organiser to commission this keynote.
Five fabulously practical and insightful take-aways:
- The master switch to personal effectiveness
- What should you devote your time to? ...and what is the 5%solution?
- The Four-Ps that will ensure you succeed day-to-day
- How Click, Bubble and Hum can transform your thinking
- The tool for ultimate success
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