"Your presentation was right on target for the times and for our audience.  I found that the discussion about accountability as it relates to leadership especially meaningful.  Again, we appreciated your time and your talent very much!"

Barbara J. Zlatnik, HSAE



Crisis & change are the circumstances in which leadership is most needed—and most difficult. Crisis & change are also the crucibles in which dynamic leaders are forged.

During these times of economic uncertainty, many organizations are just hoping to survive. Others are looking for ways to win. A key difference between these two organizational approaches to adversity is the quality of their leadership.

In this powerful, interactive leadership seminar, Jim Bearden, CSP, will offer practical insights on how leaders facilitate the process of winning, regardless of the hands they’re dealt.

As a result of their participation in Jim’s seminar and his follow-up
process, participants will:

  • Identify specific situations in which employee behavior is especially important to organizational success
  • Define the specific behavior they expect in those situations
  • Ensure that employees understand their expectations
  • Model the behavior they expect
  • Measure performance using expected behavior as the standard
  • Confront unwillingness to meet expectations

With his warm sense of humor and engaging style, Jim will capture and hold
participants’ attention. Using stories and personal anecdotes, he will expand
participants’ understanding of the topics he covers. And with his aggressive, post event follow-up process, Jim will help participants recognize and capitalize on opportunities to adapt and implement the material covered in his workshop.

 


Personal Accountability

Jim Bearden’s Alternative to Victimhood

Jim Bearden, CSP, facilitates Leadership Development Seminars, conducts Sales Training Programs and delivers customized keynote presentations on personal and professional development. A key component in all of his seminars, programs and presentations is Personal Accountability. In a society where victimhood is not just accepted, but encouraged, personal and professional growth are set aside in favor of waiting, wishing and hoping for “things” to get better or for someone else to make them better.  As an alternative to that mindset, Jim provides participants and audience members with humorous anecdotes and a real-world perspective on the relationship between personal accountability and success—in any area of life.

Victimhood

“Professional victims”—and we’ve all known a few—are convinced that their ability to succeed is determined by factors beyond their control.  When they encounter life’s inevitable setbacks they are quick to blame, wallow and quit. It doesn’t take them long to conclude that the best way to avoid setbacks, and the “suffering” that goes with them, is to just stick with the status quo. True, there’s no growth or progress, but hey, there’s also no “pain”.  Not a pretty picture, but one that’s becoming all too common.

Accountability

Individual accountability—the alternative to victimhood—is the first requirement for individual and organizational success. Accountable people recognize the impact of outside factors on them and their situations, but they also understand that the choices they make about those outside factors are often more powerful, and have more impact on them, than the factors themselves. When they encounter setbacks, accountable people may do some appropriate, rational “grieving”, but after doing so, they’ll determine what they can do to recover or learn from the setback, and then they’ll do it. Jim Bearden, CSP, integrates the power of accountability into all of his performance enhancement seminars, programs and presentations, helping participants take themselves and their teams to the next levels of success.