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Speech Topics
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Organizing, Motivating and Inspiring
Your Group -- All With a Trademark Wit
Whether it is how to survive a corporate crisis
or the management lessons he learned from watching the squirrels take over
the birdfeeders in his back yard, Dick Yarbrough has something to say and
it will be insightful, purposeful and humorous. He speaks from the
voice of experience based on his 40 years in corporate life and his
observations as a syndicated newspaper columnist.
Yarbrough
has spoken all over the country to groups ranging from seminars for top
corporate executives to management conferences to rip-roaring black-tie
affairs. He shuns the "cookie cutter" approach in his speeches.
Yarbrough tailors every speech to fit the specific needs of his audience.
He takes his assignments seriously but not himself: "I give good talks,"
he says, "because I have sat through so many bad ones that I know what not
to do."
Whether you want to entertain or educate or both, you need to talk to Dick
Yarbrough about speaking at your conference or meeting. The following
speeches are Yarbrough's most popular:
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Never a Dull Crisis |
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You can do everything right as an organization, but you will forever be
remembered by how you handled -- or mishandled -- crisis situations.
Crises have a way of coming at the most inopportune times. Over his
career, Yarbrough faced crises ranging from issues of corporate integrity to
the Centennial Park bombing and lived to tell about it. In "Never a
Dull Crisis," Yarbrough tells you how to prepare yourself and those inside
the organization to stay calm, stay the course and deal with those pesky
reporters who just love to watch you squirm. |
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Success is Spelled with a "C" |
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This motivational speech is
geared toward business audiences and borrows from the style and philosophy
of the Beatitudes. The "C Attitudes" are: "Change: Blessed are those
who accept it for they shall never grow stale. Character: Blessed are
those who exhibit it for they shall positively influence so many others.
Creativity: Blessed are those who develop theirs for they shall find a new
world every day. Cynicism: Blessed are those who avoid it because
there is too much of it already and it blinds the good in all of us.
Communications: Blessed are those who learn how to use it because they might
actually learn something, particularly the listening part." |
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Dealing with Change: Sometimes You Eat the Bear;
Sometimes the Bear
Eats You! |
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We
live in a time of rapid change and yet, one thing never changes: the
public’s power to influence the
way we operate our organizations. Many
businesses, however, plan “inside out” and ignore the
“outside in” factors. This speech offers lessons from
Yarbrough’s experiences in two of the largest
organizational changes in history. The first was the
divestiture of the Bell System – the largest and most
complex business reorganization in history. The second
was the creation and operation of the 1996
Olympic Games in Atlanta – the largest peacetime event
and the largest Olympic Games ever held.
Yarbrough addresses what went right, what went wrong,
and how those experiences can teach us all about
managing change in complex times.
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Have
Dick Speak to Your Group! |
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If you would like Dick to speak at an upcoming event or
need more information about hiring Dick to speak, email us at
info@dickyarbrough.com
To view a list
of upcoming
speaking engagements,
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