Today's conference attendees are looking for presentations with substance: useful information, based in fact and research, that they can apply back at the job and in the rest of their lives. "Win one for the Gipper!" talks - entertaining as they may be - no longer make the grade.

The following partial list of presentations by Dr. Paul Powers gives you an idea of the types of presentations he has found helpful to a multitude of audiences. Select a topic below or contact us with a topic of your choice and we can prepare a content-rich presentation designed just for your group. Let your group take something home that will improve their lives - at work and at home!

Success Factors: The Psychology of Attitude and Action.
Psychologist Dr. Paul Powers has found and interviewed successful people in settings as different and varied as the White House, naval shipyards, Hollywood, the local grocery store, the boardrooms of the Fortune 500 and the corner travel agency. Though the settings may vary, he has found that there are 12 "Success Factors" that most achievers tend to share. Dr. Powers will explain what these "Success Factors" are and will offer an action-plan to help you find and develop them in yourself.

The Low-Stress Path to Super Sales: Becoming the Genuine Salesperson.
There are many keys to becoming a high-producing, genuine salesperson. Among them are: respect for self and prospect, understanding of self and prospect, genuine belief in self and product, and guileless presentation are among them. This upbeat, interactive presentation will help your sales team acquire the skills that will make them the those rare salespeople that customers seek out.

Personal Success - a user's guide.
You've got a good job with a stable company but you don't seem to be enjoying it as much as you thought you would. You have a caring family but don't seem to have enough time for them. You have friends, outside interests, and to the outside world it looks like you've got everything going for you. In fact, life seems to go faster and faster but you feel like you're getting less and less out of it. Adapted from "Love Your Job!" Paul's best-selling book from O'Reilly & Associates, this presentation - for all levels of employees - will help you make sense out of your career path, help you get more satisfaction from your current job and provide useful techniques for getting more enjoyment (and less stress) from balancing the often-conflicting demands of work, home, personal and community life.

Become a Tough-Minded Optimist!
Why is it that tough times bring out the best in some people? How can you develop those skills that will help you rise to the everyday challenges that seem to rob us of our confidence, optimism and vitality?

Dr. Paul Powers will share his insights into the traits and behaviors of those people he has come to identify as "tough-minded optimists". With no psychological mumbo-jumbo, he will offer practical and workable techniques to help you get the most satisfaction from your job, from your family and friends and, most importantly, from yourself!

What good is being successful without feeling successful?
An introduction to: LifeSpace Development.
In today's hectic world we are all trying to fulfill the expectations of us that come from many directions: from our companies, from our families, from our communities and still occasionally have some time and energy left for ourselves. After decades of getting shorter, the work week has gradually become 15% longer and the typical U.S. adult's leisure time has shrunk by 40%. Is it any wonder that many of us are working harder and seem to be enjoying it less? Dr. Paul Powers will share his insights on these issues compiled from his 20+ years as a management psychologist.

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• Helping Your Spouse Balance Work Life and Home Life. A common sense guide to the constant juggling act called "Modern Life".

• Why Grade 'A' Mangers Can Get a 'D' in Parenting 101. Some qualities that make for corporate success are not what's needed to be an effective mom or dad. Here's how to avoid the worst mistakes.

• Dual Career, Dual Income, Dual Headaches & Dueling Egos. Dealing with the upside and downside of the today's two career family.

• Family Business and Family Issues. A management psychologist takes a look at the many (and sometimes conflicting) roles of a spouse in a family business.

• Getting Your Spouse Ready For Retirement. How to get your spouse involved in planning for the 'R word'. Realistic goal setting, reality testing and overcoming the fear of the loss of vitality.

Other presentations:

• Management, Creativity & Humor: He who laughs, lasts!

•Family Business - Family Psychology. A management psychologist explores the needs and behaviors of the people most critical to a family business: the family members.

• Living With Change and Succeeding. How to anticipate, implement, and overcome resistance to what has become the third certainty of life.

• Motivation Strategies That Work! A session for managers who need to understand - and motivate - the new millennium workforce.

• Hope, Optimism & Encouragement: Positive thinking and personal productivity.

• Executives Roundtable. A rare opportunity for executives to get fresh ideas and objective input from their peers in diverse organizations.

• Hold On To Your Best People: Retention Strategies That Work. Avoiding costly turnover and improving productivity.

• Coaching Skills for Today's Manager. How to develop the skills, talents, and enthusiasm of that 'high potential' employee with coaching and counseling skills.

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